Sure thing Bert. I have shown it a bit before in videos, thought I would explain it a bit.. and one of these centuries, I'll write up a parts list.
Someone asked me where the design for the volleyball net mag loop came from. I said.. "inside my head" lol On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 8:34 PM, Ira Elbert New III <i...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for sharing Paul. > > Bert > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 23, 2017, at 12:39 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My Shortwave listening set up continues to evolve and I thought some > people would like to see what I've been up to . Here's a collage look at > pictures I took today. (Click the imgur.com link nelow) > > > https://imgur.com/a/6A8Wz > > > I have honestly had a few people ask what I do/use/how I do it, so I > thought I'd share this. > > > Let me say this then explain the set up with a few comments..Except for > the Wellbrook antenna amplifier/controller, all the antenna pieces were > bought on amazon. Then me, who is not a handy, patient, instruction reading > type of person put this all together in about 30 minutes the first day I > got it. > > > Thanks to Colin Newell in Victoria, BC, Canada.. Thomas Witherspoon at > SWLing.com and Andy at Wellbrook for answering my incessant quesitons > which encouraged me and propelled me to put this all together. > > > Considering my location which is 50 feet from a major intersection in town > and just a few blocks from downtown, I do pretty darn good noise and > reception wise.. plus, this has certianly made a HUGE difference in my > reception over the average Wellbrook premade magnetic loop, the W6LVP and > Doxytronics loops. > > Top left picture is my radio listening table. The radio is an Icom > IC-746Pro. Om top of it is a Zoom H1 handheld digital recorder with an > audio in port that gets audio from the ICOM's audio out jack. > > The small box/speaking looking thing is an Tecsun ICR100 that functions as > an external speaker. On the brown chair is an EmTech ZM 2 antenna tuner. A > DXEngineering HF PreAmp(boosts the signal about 15db) is next to it on the > tbale. > > The DXEngineerinf HF Preamp isn't really needed as the Icom radio has it's > own 2 stage amplifier you can select manually, but I sometimes still use it > on weak signals. As well, the Icom also has it's own built in tuner you > manually activate but I still use the EmTech ZM2 antenna tuner as it still > does help a bit on tuning up a signal to be stronger and less fade-y. > > The top right picture is my antenna. Single conductor 22 gauge electrical > hook up wire runs up the side of a speaker stand with 1 1/4 inch pvc pipe > jhammed on top for extra height. The antenna wire runs to the top of the > pvc pipe, and goes 25 feet out to another pvc pipe/speaker stand and down > the side..... then two ends of the wire meet in the middle. > > The two ends of the wire connect to a Wellbrook ALA100LN antenna amplifier > and then to a antenna/radio interface box. > > The bottom left picture is a close up view of my radio listening gear > > The bottom right picture is a view of the 30 amp power supply the radio > requires. > > The radio and power supply each weigh about 20 pounds. My gear is outside > and is not permanent. I must carry it out when I want to use it and back in > when I am done. > > _ 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
