I have looked at possible antennas in the 100-120 feet patch of land and maybe
a tree close to the center, so I think I will go after a Super KAZ, shown as
112 feet in length. I am not sure of the exact dimensions, but it should be
reasonably close. the EWE is quite forgiving, so I presume the K
What was that word? Erratic. And definitely inferior to the last
few days. I'm sure 972 and 747 et al popped up for a moment or two
with good signals, but I didn't catch them. Lots of interesting
carriers, just on the edge of audibility is the best I can
say. Sunrise enhancement concen
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Try a Flag, Pennant or Delta (Kaz), preferably the latter.
Chuck
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Chuck,
Both John Bryant and I felt that the EWE had coastal p
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 06 March follow.
Solar flux 96 and estimated planetary A-index 35.
The estim
Mark,
I could see how that might work using twin wires on a EWE, but I may as well
try something different, especially if Chuck feels it may improve my reception.
The 35 years I have had the SW EWE, I have logged a lot fantastic DX, from 100
watt Australians, 60 watt Japanese Lighthouse station
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] The VACTROL progress
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 19:33:49 +
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Chuck,
Both John Bryant and I felt that the EWE had coastal properties. They work well
for me, but I am not against trying something new. After all I have a stretch
that runs about 100- 125 feet running East/West. I did try out a K9AY some
years ago that did well but had low gain. I logged two
Colin:
Did you ever take a look at these, as I had mentioned?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5PCS-GENUINE-NEW-LCR-VTL5C-LINEAR-OPTOCOUPLER-DIP-4-8ZJ1-/231858914783?hash=item35fbde45df:g:6eYAAOSwe7BW0ZD4
And, with a design change I had mentioned, I think the 10 turn pot and vernier
dial are not needed
A surprising eruption of TA activity at sunset last night, mainly
1215 which ended up delivering several IDs, but audio on a couple of
others too. Very doubtful it will happen tonight.
Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it
understandable by a native speaker, though ofte
Conditions seemed quite lively when I first tuned in around 1330,
with fair audio from Japan on 693,747,774, 4QD Australia on 1548, Korea
1566 and VOA 1575, with quite a number of other promising carriers.
That turned out to be the peak though, as unlike recent days, signals
dropped rapidly
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 05 March follow.
Solar flux 96 and estimated planetary A-index 4.
The estima
That must be a pretty old article (but very build-able!) as the VACTROL's I
can get are now around $12 (USD), Ten-turn posts (which the nimble fingered
could live
without ) around $16 (USD)
Totally into building more flexible products -- with a bit more direction
and experience.
-Mark Connelly vi
Apart from some hot spots, upper mid band, there was only
a fraction of the excitement today that there was yesterday -
Started listening at 1330 UTC today - noted the following stand-outs.
1341UTC 1458Khz with bright pop music and odd sounding YL in Asian lang
1348UTC1422Khz with music qu
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Steve Byan's original version Vactrol circuit used for Beverages can be adapted
for Ewes.
http://www.w0btu.com/Remote_Beverage_termination_control.html
The trick is that the Ewe element would need to be redone with a two-conductor
wire such as lamp cord, twisted pair, o
TP conditions today were decidedly poorer than the past few days. A few
stations managed to briefly reach good or fair levels for a minute or
two before lapsing back into mediocrity. Otherwise, there wasn't much
to get excited about.
GOOD
774JOUB, good-fair for about a minute with start
Patrick:
You can't use Colin's box. Modifications would have to be made to it and to
your transformer box. Perhaps the next version of Colin's box will have a bit
of flexibility.
I'd scrap the EWE: it has by far the poorest antenna pattern in the
EWE-Flag-Pennant-Delta (Kaz) group. Plus, it's g
Chuck and Colin,
So it looks like the best way is not to use this for the EWE the way it is
designed? I may have to build a different antenna, one that is floating, a
K9AY, a Flag, or a KAZ antenna? Any form of a "loop" is my best antenna to
use? I was concerned about any form of voltage/curre
I have tried when there was a good opening in the East, but never anymore than
a weak carrier. I have too much 1520, unless the signal was really strong to
over power it.
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
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> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 04:54:54 +
> To: irca@hard-c
23 new stations added to the logbook last month. Here's the rundown
with a few reception videos thrown in. All heard from West Michigan
using the Perseus SDR and reversible North/South D-KAZ antenna.
Times/dates are UTC, all logs are new except where noted. Total MW
stations now logged since Jan
Listened from 1325-1355 UT and conditions was down on the top part of the band
but up on the bottom.
693 JOAB hrd at 1342 UT with a few words in Japanese.
774 JOUB hrd at 1339 UT with a few words in Japanese.
1566 HLAZ hrd at 1336 with talk
Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ
Drake R
Not quite the rock show from yesterday - fewer audio, fewer signals.
Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC
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