These are wonderful !
I'm going to join your group as I'm sure I have some cassettes laying
about as well.
I'm curious, what radio was probably used for these? Where are you
located?
73!
John K9RZZ
Milwaukee, WI
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I have found the information on this page very useful in my building of a
mediumwave preselector:
http://www.geocities.com/amdxlog/index.html
The one thing that I found really helpful was learning that the Q of a LC
circuit is greatly affected by the impedance of the circuit. I took 20 minutes
I just checked the ILG database page ( http://www.ilgradio.de/ ) and this
is what it shows:
- - - -
Project temporarily stopped
because:
- copyright violence
- censorship pressure by IBB Washington
- spam-mail and form-mail (about 700 a day)
After successful solution of these problems it
9795khz, 2145z. Very loud, broad spectrum noise, sigs S9+45db here in
Wisconsin. Who are we (USA) jamming on this frequency? Iran?
John K9RZZ
Milwaukee
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I have All India Radio on 11,620khz in English running S9+ 10 to 20 db with
minimal fading. The best I've heard them in quite some time.
John K9RZZ
Milwaukee, WI USA
Palstar R-30 + 9 meter vertical
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In a message dated 10/5/06 5:28:00 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Why leap to such a conclusion? It`s DRM from Sackville, Canada on
9795-9805 and
has been there every afternoon for many months. 73, Glenn Hauser
Because I've never heard DRM before and it just sounds like
In a message dated 9/21/06 7:43:10 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Considering an Icom R75 receiver. Comments from users appreciated.
Thanks,
Jerry WWØE
It gets a 4.6 out of 5 here:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/427
John K9RZZ
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In a message dated 8/9/06 9:23:24 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Does any of you have any experience with the flattop antenna
construction and use?
I am interested if any of you has simple manuals over necessary
equipment and any idea of the costs.
I have approx 40-41
The cheapest route would be to bury a long coax cable, perhaps RG-6, several
hundred meters - no problem at medium wave frequencies. Just deep enough to
keep out of harms way is all you would need.
John K9RZZ
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In a message dated 1/27/06 2:07:19 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
That's a beginner station like HCJB or VOA and not hardcore!
vy 73 abo
Maybe he used a homebrew regenerative radio and a bed spring antenna ? THAT
would be hardcore!
jw
k9rzz
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Just doing some searching looking for the MP3 of it, seems like there are
some people who won't miss it at all !
:^]
jw
k9rzz
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. NEW! (RZZ-WI)
Audio clips (MP3) here:
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/RadioLider.mp3 (175kb)
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/VoiceOfKorea.mp3 (171kb)
73 !
John Wilke K9RZZ
Milwaukee, WI USA
Yaesu FT767gx + 40m loop
667mhz PC + Cool Edit 2000
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Radio Tashkent, Uzbekistan 7190.0 khz - 1228z Sign off -
(English) - sio:444 - Right at Tashkent sunset, my sunrise. Very good sigs
and excellent copy in English. CRI heard under and after 1228z Tashkent s/off.
John Wilke K9RZZ
(FT767gx + 40m loop - Milwaukee, WI USA - Nov. 8, 2005 )
Am hearing Radio Rebelde on 5025khz right now at 1330 local time. They are
quite weak, but this is the first time I've ever noticed them during the day.
WWV on 5 mhz is a solid S9 as well.
John Wilke K9RZZ
Milwaukee, WI USA
FT767gx + 40m loop
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KWMO Missouri, 1350khz x 3 = 4050khz back again tonight, fair sigs right now.
John Wilke K9RZZ
Milwaukee, WI
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Heard this morning:
4799.8khz Radio Buenas Nuevas San Sebastian, Guatemala Oct. 16, 05 1130 -
1210z with good signals. Programming in Spanish. Loudest signal on the band
this morning ... 1KW ? NEW ! (RZZ - WI )
Clip:
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX
Fair to good signals on 4049.96khz (3 x 1350khz). Running country western
music and slogan Pure Country. plus they just gave the call letters KWMO.
AMLOGBOOK.COM lists them as oldies, but that's what call they gave.
Anyone else hearing them?
John Wilke K9RZZ
Milwaukee, WI
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. I guess it
could be an image ... but an image of who?
Audio clip here:
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/1650khz_TS_beacon.wav
Thoughts?
John Wilke K9RZZ
Milwaukee, WI USA
Yaesu FT767gx + 40m loop
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In a message dated 10/5/05 2:47:29 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello again,
as I posted already in the list some days ago, I could receive a station
from
Taiwan on mediumwave 846 kHz. Here is the clip:
http://home.arcor.de/mschnitzer/Kuanghua.mp3
vy 73
Still awaiting FCC licenses, but transmissions in this new 'ham band' should
start soon.
http://500kc.com/
John Wilke
K9RZZ
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In a message dated 5/30/05 2:08:47 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I'm going in my room to tape it !
Lucky boy. Absolutely nothing here all day. A little bit of troposphere
enhancement on the police scanner, but that is it.
Go get em !
John Wilke
K9RZZ
Milwaukee
In a message dated 4/22/05 12:48:04 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does anyone have any knowlege of this unit? Is it work the money? I saw
it listed in the Universal catalog. Thanks.
I have one and really like it. The added gain it provides is really handy
when you're
In a message dated 2/26/5 10:02:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
7185 BANGLADESH, Bangladesh Betar, Feb. 26 1232 in at fair-to-poor level
(SIO 232) with EE program.
Is this time zulu?
I know it sounds like a dumb question, but I have heard Malaysia on this band
as late as 1600z (10am
Winter update now available.
WHat a nice Christmas present !
jw
k9rzz
milwaukee, wi usa
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Here's the current status of K9RZZ ... a mess !
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/shack_photo.jpg
On shelf, left to right: Yaesu FT221R, FT767gx, FT736R, FL2100b, and
unfinished 6m amp project on the far right.
Under shelf, PC monitor (old!), 2 solid state amps stacked in the back for 6
and 2m
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/890_Progresso.wav
I got up about 0930z for some sunrise DX (40/41m mainly) and read on the NRC
list that WGN was off for maintenance. Quickly I zeroed in on 890khz and heard
Cuban Radio Progresso booming in. WGN came back on at 1000z.
Turned out to be the best
In a message dated 12/16/04 11:04:52 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL
PROTECTED]
writes:
World Music Radio (WMR) is now running full 10 kW on 5815 kHz (till 21
UTC tonight) and again tomorrow Friday when we'll be on the air 07-21
UTC with 10 kW. Then back to 5 kW for the rest of the weekend
In a message dated 10/18/04 11:19:47 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On your recording of unID LA on 1030 kHz is an ID
for Radio Fórmula 970(not 1030) AM Cadena
Nacional. So your unID is probably XEYC.
Thanks to Mike Westfall and Bjorn Malm for their translations on a
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73!
John Wilke K9RZZ
Milwaukee
R71a+MW550P+mini-DXP5+vert/ewe
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Am just being careful in loggging the correct stations in a language that I'm
not fluent in. Had WBZ phased, heard Radio Formula, 1030 AM. No mentions of
Radio Centro.
Clip: http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX
Thanks!
John K9RZZ
Milwaukee, WI
Vert/EWE-Mini-DXP5-MW550P-R71a
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Buenos noches ... [jingle] ... ? sesenta nueve AM ...
Columbia lopatenza ... [jingle] .
Clip here: http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX
Clip is 590kb .wav file, 1 min and 9 sec.
I've been chasing this one for two days now, this is the best ID I've heard
yet out of some 16 hours of recording (oh yes
Well, it was suggested that it might be XENY, so I emailed them the clip, and
what do you know ... they replied!
No es nuestra estacion pero proximamente tendras la radio via internet
buen dia hasta luego
Which by the Google translation tool reads:
Tendras is not our station but proximamente
I crawled up from the basement listening post last night and did some antenna
comparisons with my box loop that I normally don't use (because it's deaf in
the basement). I compared my 3' box loop against a 85' wire that slopes up to
the top of a 70 ft oak tree. As has always been stated,
Any help with this spanish ID?
760khz, approx 0300z, WJR looped.
Sounds like transmundo musical ... lividad then a quick jingle.
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/760unknown.wav (171kb)
Palstar R30 + 3' box loop.
John K9RZZ
Milwaukee, WI
(I should learn spanish)
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and address given.
Clip: http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/555khz_ZIZ_StKitts.wav (424kb,
52seconds). Recorded directly to the hard drive of my 233mhz PC using CoolEdit2000
software.
This is my noise reduced, filtered clip.
I did use the Palstar MW550P tuner with the Icom R71a. It certainly
I was getting bits of Rebelde on 530khz early this morning, but easily
overpowered by RVC and CIAO.
Will try again tonight.
John K9RZZ
Milwaukee, WI
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The VHF logger gets tremendous use and is a must to check when operating.
jw
k9rzz
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Been up for years, yet sees very little usage.
jw
k9rzz
milwaukee
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Awesome ... keep 'em comming.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what's an audio clip worth?? :^]
John Wilke
K9RZZ
Milwaukee
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In a message dated 6/2/04 5:56:12 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I dont understand this, i send a station a radio reception report, instead
of verifying it on a qsl card, they send you and empty blank qsl card without
any detail on it.
Which station sent you a blank
In a message dated 5/31/04 1:13:47 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
** What time?
Morocco or Kavala (GRC) possible.
Acc. to HFCC db.
Karel Honzik
the Czech Republic (Czechia)
It was around 02 or 0300 z. By the signal strengths, I would almost guess a
Carribbean
the daytime when the
locals are at their highest power, but with the attenuator in, it works fine.
Here's a few audio clips of some DX I've heard with it recently (antenna is a
20m vertical dipole, top at 35 ft ... hung in a tree). All are new stations
for me.
A HREF=http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX
In a message dated 5/30/04 11:09:52 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What you thought was R.Free Asia is in fact China Radio Intl using new
13700
at 1800 for a bc in the Chaozhou language. It's a new frequency and I don't
know where the tx is located or where it is aiming
Am hearing VOA's Radio Farda on 9865khz at S9+ levels here in Wisconsin. Is
there a listing of the various transmitter sites used for Farda? ILG database
only lists Greece.
73,
John K9RZZ
Milwaukee, WI USA
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In a message dated 1/13/04 8:19:28 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Does anyone know of a currently produced radio that would perform better
than
the low end models but cost a bit less than the R8B?
The Palstar R30 does a great job on the MW band. The front end is
In a message dated 1/3/04 11:22:06 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
7185, BANGLADESH, Bangladesh Betar, GOS, *1227-1246,
Jan.3, English, IS, YL w/ ID in Vernacular, music
(NA?) followed by YL w/ ID and frequency schedule in
English. OM w/ news items regarding India,
Holy cow ... the best I've ever heard them.
WDHP, 1620khz, US Virgin Islands.
All alone, peaking S9 with Carrib. Xmas music.
Fantastic!
jw
wb9uai
Milwaukee, WI
R71a and 55' vert
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In a message dated 12/2/03 10:03:15 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Clips 1 and 2 seem to be the same. I heard La Voz de Me'xico on the ID.
No idea which one this is.
Clip 3 ID'd as Norten~o Siete-Veinte, which I have as XEDE, Saltillo,
Coahuila.
--
Number 2 at
In a message dated 12/1/03 4:22:10 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I made in Real Audio to save on space. The original cassette and .wav
files
are slightly better.
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/720khz_unknown_0955z_30nov3.rm
Very sorry, I missed a digit
Geeze, I wanted to check the parallel HF freq and it's being jammed from 5020
to 5035khz ! Super loud jammer.
jw
wb9uai
milwaukee
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wb9uai
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You could certainly hook up an external tape recorder to any radio that has a
headphone jack or speaker.
What's you budget? How much can you spend?
We'll help you find a good radio !
jw
wb9uai
milwaukee
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In a message dated 10/23/03 12:27:40 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
John:
This is not a phone-in show but rather election returns. Most of the returns
are from distrito veinte (district 20). There is a string of ads at about
9:30 that mentions Mexico and pesos. There's
In a message dated 10/20/03 10:03:26 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
AOL is currently blocking all mail from QTH.net, see
http://mailman.qth.net/news.html for details.
Bummer !
jw
wb9uai
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I didn't have much time, but I did manage to sneek out for a short time
tonight backpacking the Palstar R-30 to a local park and laying out a beverage on
ground (BOG) antenna. This time I brought my MFJ-1026 but had left the coax
jumper at home ( Doh ! ), and then while stringing out the wire,
), it's big, 1 mb, but worth
it:
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX
Any Real Audio player should play it since I used an old version of RA
Encoder to make it. It sounds a little muddy at max signal because the recorder is
getting too much audio from the receiver. I need to fix that. Yet, not bad
In a message dated 9/24/03 9:19:32 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Palstar R30 could be an interesting alternative.
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/commrxvr/0330.html
This sure looks like a sweet radio. I guess I'd be looking for a used one ...
after all this
I am in the market for a portable receiver with the following requirements:
- Must fit in backpack/daypack without breaking my back. I still need to be
able to ride my bicycle while carrying it.
- Must have good performance when connected to longwires/beverages without
undue overloading.
Spent most of my radio time searching for longwave NDB's, but kept checking
for transpacific hets. First het was 738khz heard at 0620z, weak ... then
1503khz first heard at 0650z, also very weak, both on my west EWE. QRN got to be
too much after 0700z from some thunderstorms 35 miles south of
://members.aol.com/j999w/DX
I can make longer files in real media if needed.
John WIlke
WB9UAI
Milwaukee, WI
Icom R71a, phased vertical vs box loop.
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Comming home from a long night shift, and NOT turning on the TV, but turning
up the volume on the MW radio that's been taping all night, listening to the
band slowly fade out ... cool late summer breeze gently wafting through the
window a.
I've got two full nights of taping on 1460
In a message dated 8/26/03 12:55:17 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I am sure you can do some fine DX with a simple receiver and wait until
you have an opportunity to have a better one.
Yup. If you had to be 'off the air', this is a good time of year to be off.
Take a
In a message dated 8/12/03 8:23:47 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
GREENVILLE: 13820 khz - 13630 Khz
Formula:
13820 - 13630 = 190
13820 + 190 = 14010
So what kind of ERP are we talking ??
jw
wb9uai
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Am hearing CFRX from Toronto now at 1630z.
I know there was some questions as to whether they were still on or not.
John Wilke
WB9UAI
Milwaukee, WI
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Hearing unknown station in SS currently on 14,010.0khz. Weak, but taping it.
Almost sounds cuban, like Reloj . Harmonic?
1800z, Aug. 12.
John WB9UAI
Milwaukee, WI
R71a,vert.
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I posted it on rec.radio.shortwave, and it was also heard in Michigan, but
not in Virginia.
You can hear the audio clip here:
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX
Sounds like a spur of Radio Marti from somewhere. The ident is weak, but
fairly certain.
John Wilke
Milwaukee
Wb9uai
R71a, vert
Just as announced, 1100khz WTAM, Cleveland, OH went off the air for scheduled
transmitter repair at 0506z this morning. I set the computer to record as I
was at work and heard what sounds like Radio Cadena Habana, Cuba with poor to
fair signals. A new one for me !
1100khz Radio Cadena Habana,
.
Okay, try this one (you may need a Yahoo password - free):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LatinMWDX/files/Audio%20Files%20-%20IDs%20of%20s
tations/1100khz/
Or try this one (my FTP space):
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX
There's a few other clips there too.
jw
wb9uai
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In a message dated 7/8/03 4:51:53 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hey dxers: What's the best type of MW antenna set-up for the GE
Superadio? I have both the original and the Superad II. Does a long wire on the back
really help or is a loop better? It does pretty good on
In a message dated 6/24/03 8:36:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello there,
what about listening to good music on SW?
I was just thinking how I miss John Peel on the BBC with his new pop/rock
music.
John Wilke
Milwaukee
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Being the start of winter there ... what is the farthest you can hear on
medium wave??
John WB9UAI
Milwaukee
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1210khz , KGYN Guymon, OK absolutely boming in tonight.
Will be hanging out on the BCB logger if anyone wants to chat/DX:
http://dxworld.com/bcblog.html
GL!
John WB9UAI
Milwaukee
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My EWE report:
I found this to be a good time to make repairs on mine as well. My north EWE
had come down over winter, and water had gotten into the termination box,
rusting everything. Hope to have that one up soon.
My east/west EWE has been working well lately, allowing me to log 800khz XEV
The following stations were heard while doing some in the shack work. I
parked on 1520, started the recorder and went over it later. Too early for KOMA.
Trying to clean up the winter antenna damage before the bugs get too bad. Lots
of rust on my EWE termination boxes, and on the vertical, so I
In a message dated 6/10/03 12:47:27 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Crazy Wave Radio, 06-08-03, 2300-2400 SIO: 2/2-/2-. The signal was first
noted at 2256 UTC. From 2256-2320 static made it very difficult to read the
signal. After 2320, the signal became more readable and
I've got a cassette somewhere around here with R. Baghdad from the 1980's ...
if I copy it to .rm file, would anyone like to hear it?
John Wilke
WB9UAI
Milwaukee
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. That works
well too, but takes lots of tweaking to keep the nulls deep enough.
1020khz Unident. spanish - tropical mx with mentions of Puerto Rico-isima ?
13March,'03 0415z. KMOX phased.
1030khz Unident. spanish - Radio Prada? 14March, '03 0700z w/ WBZ phased.
[http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX
. This is
not Rebelde, Rebelde had faded down and this one came up over.
Will try to grab another ident on the tape, but for now, this is the best I
have:
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/1180khz_unknown_8MARCH03_0600z.wav
(8bit, 8k, mono .wav file, 302kb)
THANKS !
John Wilke
WB9UAI
Milwaukee
R71a
. Any
help appreciated !
Clip #1: Same as my first post. R. Rebelde, Cuba can be heard in the
background with a baseball game.
http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/1180khz_unknown_8MARCH03_0600z.wav (305kb)
Clip #2: R. Rebelde is on top with the baseball game, under is the unknown
station running
Nothing really exciting, but a few new-for-me loggings. After discovering
that the ferrite rod inductors I was using in my homebrew LC phasing box gave
me about 25db of loss, I quickly replaced them with some 9 inch basket weave
coils using speaker wire. Boy, are signals loud now ! I wonder how
Some loggings before heading back to work the next few nights. Trying to
clean up on 1180khz before the Miller Park TIS fires up for the spring
baseball season. Distant growlings of spanish with WHAM phased. No idents
heard. R. Marti ? Another station with music of your life, WVLZ ? Some
Hi all. Lots of new ones this time around using either Kenwood R1000 + box
loop, or Icom R71a + phased loop/vertical. I had forgotten how well the box
loop works, and now phasing it against my 55 ft high vertical, have
discovered a powerful directional antenna combination for DX ! Had fun this
In a message dated 2/12/03 2:07:28 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Subj: Re: [HCDX] Help with spanish Ident??
Date: 2/12/03 2:07:28 PM Central Standard Time
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Enrico Oliva)
To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is there anyone fairly fluent with spanish
I'm trying to construct a BCB preselector to eliminate overload of my MFJ1026
by local transmitters. I'm currently using coils taken from discarded
portable AM radios, but I would like better selectivity (higher circuit Q).
For example, using a series LC circuit peaked on 760khz, my pest on
In a message dated 1/28/03 9:16:51 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'd modify the 1026 as per the info at
http://www.w8ji.com/mfj-1025_1026.htm
and see where that gets you. The design is certainly not optimum from a
strong signal handling point of view, and these mods
Can you comment on which laptops are the best/worst for generating RFI?
If I may suggest two other software titles worthwile to look into:
CoolEdit2000 for audio recording, and SR5 for audio DSP. CoolEdit has a
graphical image of the audio file that allows easy editing of a whole night's
Still chasing a positive ident on that off frequency station under CFRB on
1009.8khz heard in spanish since late in November.
The ident they keep playing sounds like ... una musica la raza ... . I have
a short .wav file at http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX (152k)
I can best hear it LSB on my
Finally got my last Canadian Provence last night ...
356khz ZF Yellowknife, NWT 12.16.02 0530z 1kw
Recorded on the computer using CoolEdit2000, then looked at the spectral view
in the morning. Bingo ! Canadian NDB #177, and last Provence.
John Wilke
WB9UAI
R71a, north EWE
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Have been spending too much time on the shortwave bands, but finally got some
new AMers and a little DX.
730khz CKAC Montreal, PQ 11.26.02 0550z F-G with news format in FF. Frequent
mentions of Montreal and Quebec. NEW
1009.8khz Unknown station in SS making a nice het on CFRB.
From Milwaukee, WI at sunset am hearing what to me sounds like african music
with announcements in french on 1610khz. Poor copy because of local TIS
stations.
Ideas?
John WIlke
WB9UAI
milwaukee
R71a, 55' vert, EWE
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189khz Iceland with pop standards. 0350z Just above the noise if I turn my
computer monitor off. :^] No other LW broadcasters audiable at this time.
John Wilke
WB9UAI
Milwaukee, WI USA
R71a, north EWE, now remotely terminated !
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Radio Yugoslavia heard in english with interval signal and sign on at 0100z,
7115.0 khz. Announced broadcasting on 6100, 7230, 9580khz, into EU and NA,
but not audible here on any of these frequencies. End of english program at
0125z with national anthem, then into Yugoslavian (?) program. Not
In a message dated 10/10/02 1:57:47 PM Central Daylight Time,
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Maybe this is naive, but could this echo have been intentional (like
reverb)?
Certainly, but it was pretty long, PLUS it came and went in less than 5
minutes.
I went over the recording and cannot pull
.
This was followed by a still weaker station opening up at 2130z in dutch.
I posted a short composite .wav file at http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX
(340k) for anyone interested.
73 !
John WB9UAI
Milwaukee, WI USA
R71a, 55 ft vertical
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What happened to Iran on 15,084khz ???
John wb9uai
Milwaukee, WI USA
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