Ciao, I got an old Collins 51S-1, so I made some test on BC band. Here is a log
73 Giampiero 5040 4/3 0010 Radio Habana, Cuba, English program, good 9505 3/3 2345 Radio Record, Brazil, talks, fair 9675 3/3 2335 Cancao Nova, Brazil, songs, ids. Good 9765 5/3 0908 Radio New Zealand Int. Reports in English, weak 10000 3/3 2355 Observatorio Nacional, Brazil, fair 11520 4/3 0040 WEWN, USA, religious in English, fair 11711 4/3 0024 RNE, Argentina, Portuguese program, culture, tango Astor Piazzolla, good 11780 4/3 0034 Radio Nacional Amazonia, talks, good 11815 4/3 0030 Radio Brasil Central, songs, jingles, good 11920 4/3 0037 HCJB, via Chile, religious, portuguese 15190 5/3 0903 Radio Inconfidencia, talks, music, weak 15400 5/3 1310 HCJB, Kununurra, Australia, English, talks, ids, at 1315 DX program "DX PartyLine", good 15590 5/3 1325 Radio Martì, USA, talks, songs, fair, QRM 15610 5/3 1330 WEWN, Catholic Radio, USA, Holy Mass, good 15640 5/3 1333 DW, Trincomalee Relay, Sri Lanka, reports in German, fair 15660 5/3 1336 KSDA, Adventist World Radio, Guam, English, talks about president Lincoln, good 15825 5/3 1339 WWCR, USA, religious talks, good 15850 5/3 1343 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng (Sound of Hope), Taiwan, Mandarin, Whitney Houston (presumed) concert 17700 5/3 0938 Radio Pakistan, Talks, songs, Hurdu //15100 fair 17785 5/3 0943 Radio Riyad, BSKSA, Saudi Arabia, French program, talks about Riyad region. Good 17840 5/3 0949 Radio Farda, via Sri Lanka, songs, good RX: Collins 51S-1 Ant: T2FD 40 meters long QTH: Milano city My SW blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/ <http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/> Giampiero Bernardini Milano Italia ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html