We are continuously expanding the range of information available at this site, and we apologise for the rather basic text style of some of the earlier technical reviews, which were put on in our early days while I was learning html. We will eventually have our full product catalogue and numerous technical reviews, articles, and application notes available on line here.
We have been asked many times to put our selling price list here on our Web site. We have not done so for two reasons, firstly that the Web is truly World Wide, so prices depend on where the customer is because of shipping charges, import duties, local distributor markups etc, and secondly that we do not regard the Web purely as an advertising medium to sell products. Obviously we do welcome orders, but we regard our Web presence primarily as a free support function to help our customers by providing them with information that would be too expensive for us to publish as paid for advertising space.
Looking for a bargain? Then have a look at our current Second Hand List
We launched the new WiNRADiO TM at the London show earlier this year, and there was a tremendous amount of interest. We have a demo program of the front panel operation available for you to download, and we now have the product available from stock at GBP 409.00 inc VAT.
Lowe Electronics have been servicing the world hobby radio market for nearly thirty years. We operate in a number of different radio-related markets.
- Short-wave receivers
- Scanners
- Ham Radio Equipment
- Packet Radio
- Business Radio
Another new and very exciting area for us is GPS equipment. Some models can also be used in conjunction with all Kantronics TNCs to provide simple radio based location systems. We have several new links here to a number of very interesting sites that we have found with lots of application information, particularly on Garmin products. We also have the full spec on the brand new Garmin GPS II on the GPS page.
Sorry that the info on the Ham Radio
pages is a bit sparse at the moment. We are gradually getting there,
having just bought a new scanner. When we have learned to drive it
properly, there will be lots more pictures of ham equipment on those
pages. You will find lots of interesting things if you
follow the Short wave Receiver and Packet Radio links though! We have built our company reputation by providing the best
customer service possible, both before and after the sale. This
reputation has spread world-wide, indicated by the large number
of manufacturers that have chosen Lowe Electronics as their UK
distributor. We now operate in several major product areas. Our close involvement with Short-wave listeners led into the
development of a range of short-wave receivers that we design
and build right here in our Matlock head office. These have a
growing international reputation that has quickly established us
amongst the top names in this market in a very short period. Our
receivers are highly regarded by many professionals and have won
many awards, a testament to our innovative approach to our
products. A quick look at reviews in leading publications such as
Short Wave Magazine, World Radio and TV Handbook and Passport to
World Band Radio will soon show you what others think of our
products! By the way, if any of our overseas readers would like to get their
own copy of that most excellent UK publicationShort Wave Magazine, just click on
the link to e mail the publishers. Our design team are currently working on
several new and exciting projects that we feel sure will enhance our own
reputation and at the same time provide the short-wave listener with even
better receivers and accessories in the very near future. Watch this space for
more news as it
happens! As computers are playing an even bigger part in short-wave
listening, we have also added some high quality receiver control
and data decoding software to our range of products. Our AIRMASTER product for example plugs into
the Com port of a PC and enables you to decode data transmissions from aircraft
in real time straight off air when used in conjunction with a VHF airband
receiver. The latest Version 3 of this program is now available, with an upgrade
from the older V2 also now in stock.
In addition, we are a Yaesu Master Dealer and also sell receivers
from Kenwood, Icom and AOR and are also the UK distributor for
Watkins Johnson and JRC. Our other short-wave products
include RF Systems special SWL antennas,
JPS Communications DSP
audio filters and more recently, Kiwa Electronics filter
upgrades and MW loop antennas. If you would like to see Kiwa's or JPS's own Web Home Page,
then click here. JPS have a very impressive product called the
ANC4. This virtually eliminates local noise on your receivers from computers,
TVs, power lines etc, and just has to be heard to be believed! There is a
very good user
review of this device that you may like to read. Our range extends from basic portable short-wave receivers from
Sony right up to MIL-SPEC short-wave
receivers and multi-band wide range receivers with computer
control and data decoding facilities for specialist applications. We are the UK s largest Ham Radio dealer, and have recently been awarded a
MAJOR AWARD by Kenwood.We offer a wide range
of transceivers and accessories from major manufacturers like
Kenwood, Yaesu, Icom, Alinco and ADI. None of the major
manufacturers other than Icom have yet got around to having a UK Web presence yet, but there are
some interesting product pages available from Kenwood USA and
Kenwood Japan.
Other new additions
we have just come across are US pages on Icom equipment plus some from
Icom UK
and Yaesu There is also a very interesting
set of links to other ham radio pages that can be found at
Ham Radio Showcase in the USA.
Another nice site for our UK surfers is
G4NJH' s Homepage
In addition, we offer a huge range of external equipment and can
supply everything from the antenna right through to the mains plug. Other ham radio manufacturers that we represent include
AKD, Barenco, Bencher, BNOS, Chelcom Aerials, Cushcraft, Diamond,
Emotator, Global, Himound, Hy-gain, JPS Communications inc., JRC,
Kantronics, Kent, Maldol, Manson, MFJ, Pro-Am, Tonna, Vargarda and Watson One of the problems with scanners is that there are so many of
them, a situation that leaves many customers in a state of
confusion! We solve that problem by choosing only the best
scanners to sell. Before we take products on board, we have to be
sure that they will work effectively and give good value. At the
same time, we have to be sure that we will be able to support all
the products we sell, often going direct to the manufacturer to
ensure continuity of supply of both product and information. Our scanner range includes products from:
AOR, Create, Icom, LoweScan, Maldol, Maruhama, MFJ,
Realistic, Signal, WIN and Yupiteru Unfortunately, we are unable to sell AOR scanners at the moment,
as they have not yet gained CE certification for sale in Europe.
However, we do have information on the
AR8000 scanner so that you can see what you are missing.
As soon as AR8000s are available again
(with the dreaded CE certification ), we should have them available. Make sure you see the details on this
special new page.
We are pleased to announce that we have CE marked MVT7100 available
for sale from stock, which have superior performance to the AR8000 anyway!
We can offer full spectrum coverage unblocked scanners for immediate
dispatch to any part of the World. Just call or e mail us for a quotation, or
call us with your credit card details for same day shipment.
As well as providing simple systems for the hobbyist, we also
supply professional and business users with a wide range of
communications and test equipment. Our latest expansion is into the area
of Short Range Business Radio or SRBR using the
excellent Handiecom products from Motorola. We are located in a small provincial town called Matlock, which is in the
UK in the county of Derbyshire. This is in a region of the UK known as the
East Midlands. There is an interesting project known as
EMNET which we are supporting that can give
you more information on this area if you are interested. Please do get in touch with us by e mail, phone, fax or plain old letter
post if you would like any advice on any aspect of Short Wave Listening,
Scanning, Airband Listening or Ham Radio. We will try to help you if we can. Lowe Electronics Ltd Phone +44 1629 580800 Fax +44 1629 580020 Why not e mail your enquiry to
info@lowe.demon.co.uk If you would like to see our list of UK branches, just click here
If you would like a list of our Overseas Dealers, just click here
Short Wave Radio
Ham Radio
Airband and Scanners
Commercial Radio Systems
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Chesterfield Road
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 5LE
UK