RE: [HCDX] Emerging Techniques in High-Tech DX

2003-01-05 Thread Charles Hutton
I don't know what machines are best / worst but would not count on any of them to be perfect. To compensate for the lack of perfection, I always use snap-together style ferrite chokes on all cables coming into and out of the laptop. Fair-Rite makes a few, and Radio Shack carries one, or a similar p

Re: [HCDX] Emerging Techniques in High-Tech DX

2003-01-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 12:20 AM 1/5/03 EST, you wrote: >Can you comment on which laptops are the best/worst for generating RFI? > In addition to John's comment about not RFI problems with laptops...remember that at Grayland we use electrically sanitary coax lead-ins for our antennas with separate antenna ground from

[HCDX] SWR LOGS VIA SOUTHERN CALIFORBNIA-ORANGE COUNTY

2003-01-05 Thread Stewart Mackenzie
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2003!Wish Everyone Good Listening All Through the New Year of 2003! ANGUILLA CARIBBEAN BEACON 11.7552130 GMTEE 333 Jan 2nd Rev Gene Scott w/religous rock music, the Gene Scott commenting on his cigar smoking habit.MacKenzie-CA GERMANY VOICE O

[HCDX] Logs from tonight (Semi-auroral conditions tonight) and bestbets for deep-South America

2003-01-05 Thread Aurel Chiochiu
Hello !   Semi-auroral conditions tonight. Stayed on 640 for over a half-hour and received Cuba, Venezuela and a station that was playing cuban jazz with a very good signal that gradually faded down in strenght but remained in for over 10 minutes (didn't sound like Radio Progreso though, they

[HCDX] DX Listening Digest 3-003; WOR 1163

2003-01-05 Thread Glenn Hau-ser
DX LISTENING DIGEST 3-003 has now been posted at http://www.worldofradio.com/dxld3003.txtCONTENTS: WOR 1163 / PAYPAL / DXLD STYLE / ANGOLA / AUSTRALIA HCJB / AUSTRIA / BARBADOS / BELARUS / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / CUBA / CYPRUS TURKISH / CZECH REPUBLIC non / DJIBOUTI / ECUADOR / FRANCE / GERM

[HCDX] RE: Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1130

2003-01-05 Thread Steve Kamp
1070 unID is definitely not KNX, which is a CBS all-news station ("Newsradio 10-70; KNX News Time..."). [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sacramento CA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 9:54 AM To: [EMAIL PR

[HCDX] [radiostamps] Stamps featured on QSL cards

2003-01-05 Thread Chris Brand
All I can currently contribute towards this fascinating subject is a 1978 QSL card from Radio Sweden. This featured a stamp on the front, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the death of Sweden's Carl von Linne, the founder of modern botany. The Swedish Postal service issued a set of stamps to c

[HCDX] Recent logs

2003-01-05 Thread RLC Wilkner
Bob Wilkner, Margate, Florida Icom R-75, NRD 535 GUATEMALA 4052.5 Radio Verdad 1212 Christmas music with marimbas, om talk over the music, excellent signal, 3 January [Wilkner-FL] GUATEMALA 4799.84 Radio Buenas Nuevas 1245 chorale ~ "Silent Night" followed by "transmite R. B. N." with fqy'

[HCDX] Last Log from Italy

2003-01-05 Thread BCLNEWS
5075  5/1 0035 WWCR - NASHVILLE  TALK OM E   343337180  4/1 0029 BIBLE VOICE BC NETWORK - AL DABBIYA  IS? ID E     355449435  5/1 0015 DEMOCRATIC VOICE OF BURMA - JULICH  TALK OM BURMESE   49525  4/1 0035 VOICE OF INDONESIA - JAKART

[HCDX] HCJB Kununurra

2003-01-05 Thread Jarmo Patala
Hi, checked this at 0655-, no sign of HCJB at all here in Finland, only very powerful audio from Radio Finland with echoing signals, also via the long path (this is a 500 kW unit) but at our local noon time at 1000 UTC, Radio Finland's signal was decreasing a little bit and HCJB was tentatively

[HCDX] MW station on SW now!

2003-01-05 Thread Arnaldo L. Slaen
ARGENTINE/FEEDER: 15820L Radio Diez, Buenos Aires (//710 Khz), January 05. Spanish. Weather report: "el tiempo en la ciudad de Buenos Aires y alrededores"; Time cheek. ID by male as: "Radio Diez, la radio mas potente de Argentina" Programme: "Mas alla del dia". Listeners messagges. 4 (Arna

[HCDX] Logs

2003-01-05 Thread Norrieclan
LIBERIA 5470 R. Veritas, 07.22, English commentary on "complimentary health care systems and then into Bing Crosby vocals (don't tempt me in ?) for 10 secs and then "you have been listening to.. Radio Veritas, weak but intelligible (Norrie, 5th Jan). ETHIOPIA 6210 R Fana, 18.04 in Vernacular

[HCDX] Kununurra update

2003-01-05 Thread Paul Ormandy
Now it's 0730z and Finalnd is totally dominant, HCJB audible weakly in the background. Paul Paul Ormandy Host of The South Pacific DX Report http://radiodx.com ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2003 will be out soon. Order it now! http://www.amazon.com/exec/

[HCDX] HCJB Kununurra

2003-01-05 Thread Paul Ormandy
11755kHz HCJB Kununurra, heard at s/on with loop annc & mx from 0655 thru to Australian national anthem at 0700 UTC. Suffers heavy QRM from Finland and only about 30% intelligible here in its target zone. I understand that they are not currently running full power. Paul Ormandy Host of The Sou