[HCDX] AOR

2005-12-16 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
Hello To ALL! I am considering the AOR AR8600 MarkIIB receiver. I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience with this brand and/or model. I don't wish to spark a ridiculously long thread but I would also appreciate views on what the experienced DXer considers to be a high performance

[HCDX] Logging program

2004-12-20 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
Any thoughts on the best all around logging program for BOTH ham and SWL? Tnx! Happy Holidays ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcored

[HCDX] ILGRadio Database

2004-12-29 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
Online Shortwave Database and more. Try it, you'll like it! Happy New Year! No matter how or to whom you pray to, add the people of SE Asia to your prayers http://www.ilgradio.com/ilgradio.htm#ILGDATABASE ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preor

[HCDX] WHKT 1650 AM

2005-01-15 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
I am slow in getting to list messages so this may have already been answered. First I used Dogpile, yes Dogpile a multiple search engine: http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/WHKT and came up with: Radio Disney, Norfolk AM 1650 Their page is located: http://disney.go.com/home/html/index.ht

[HCDX] WHKT in "hiding"

2005-01-15 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
WHKT is part of the Disney Radio network and "hides" behind the company website. However, their phone number is: 519-9171 in Hampton Rods, VA. I suspect that you have to go through Disney corporate offices to get a QSL out of them. ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handb

[HCDX] How deep?

2005-02-21 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
How deep should coax RG-8U equivalent be buried to reduce man made noise? I have a FM broadcast station nearby ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASI

[HCDX] Air FM Gold and or Voice of Greece

2005-02-22 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
I happened across what I figured to be DX thanks to the rapid QSB. I have Ham Radio Deluxe which includes a shortwave database. It identified it as: Air FM Gold" at 9425 time 0347Z Q3/4 S5-7, Windom 132 ft dipole. Obviously Hindi or similar music. Then at 0355Z I heard" This is Athens, this the

[HCDX] Bable Fish

2005-02-23 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
http://babelfish.altavista.com/ It's from the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---

[HCDX] NCDXF/IARU Beacon Location Chart

2005-02-24 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
A very useful propagation tool: http://www.ncdxf.org/Beacon/BeaconLocations.html ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---

[HCDX] Betar

2005-02-26 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
It wasn't difficult to find out what "betar" meant, you could have done the same. All you have to do is type "betar" and "bangladesh" into the address bar of your browser. You end up with the result which means "radio" Next time you need to know something, exercise your fingers and use the great

[HCDX] 500 and 2182 khz

2005-03-10 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
I've been absent from the hobby for a number of years. Can anyone tell me when 500 and 2182 khz stopped being used as maritime distress frequencies? -- http://home.earthlink.net/~jaywayne/index.html Instant Message IDs: AOL AIM: konotayee Yahoo: waynejay95458 ---[Start Commercial]---

[HCDX] NMC, Communications Area Master Station Pacific (US Coast Guard)

2005-04-04 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/camspac/index.htm mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Write your questions to them directly Way back in early 1970's I was stationed there. -- http://home.earthlink.net/~jaywayne/index.html Instant Message IDs: AOL AIM: konotayee Yahoo: waynejay95458 Skype: konotayee CQPhone: 490

[HCDX] Navtex

2005-04-04 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/camspac/index.htm You probably heard Guam/ NRV on 518 khz -- http://home.earthlink.net/~jaywayne/index.html Instant Message IDs: AOL AIM: konotayee Yahoo: waynejay95458 Skype: konotayee CQPhone: 490-0578 Digtrx HamDRM: 14233, 21340, 28680 My MFSK/Hell calling freqs: 35

[HCDX] 18102.5 khz

2005-04-06 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
This list seems to have a large subscriber list so what the hey. I am transmitting 32 tone MFSK 1000 hz bandwidth Olivia at 2232Z. I am located in Northern California. MFSK, for those who don't know means multi frequency shift keying. The band is very noisey at the moment, which could mean coul

[HCDX] Navtex Link (Sitor-B)

2005-04-22 Thread Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
One of the best pages on Navtex stations and freqs and zones can be found here: http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/navtex.htm -- http://home.earthlink.net/~jaywayne/index.html Instant Message IDs: AOL AIM: konotayee Yahoo: waynejay95458 Skype: konotayee CQPhone: xxx- Digtrx HamDRM: 14233, 21340,