Re: [HCDX] HAARP Tests

2024-02-26 Thread Zack Widup
Thanks for the info! I have heard some of the HAARP tests in the past, and participated in the reception of the EME experiments by HAARP at 7 MHz some years ago. They don't do as many experiments as they used to. It's good to have info on upcoming experiments. Zack W9SZ On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at

Re: [HCDX] Radio Beacon AA8SH

2023-11-26 Thread Zack Widup
Where does one get the WSPR software? I don't see it specifically mentioned in the latest WSJT software. Zack W9SZ On Sun, Nov 26, 2023, 6:25 AM Bill Smith wrote: > Radio Beacon AA8SH heard at 0418 UTC on November 26, > > >2023 on .475596

Re: [HCDX] Radio Beacon W4BCX

2023-10-23 Thread Zack Widup
I have been hearing several beacons on this frequency. One identified in CW as W8JI. Several of them seem to follow a sequence - one will stop transmitting and another will appear. I haven't installed WSPR on my computer yet, so I haven't been able to decode anything from the others. Zack W9SZ

Re: [HCDX] Shortwave Modernization Coalition FCC Petition

2023-07-21 Thread Zack Widup
They skip the ham bands, like so many other services do. I used to work with a vertically-incident ionosonde that scanned 2.0 through 30+ MHz. It was programmed to skip the ham bands and the WWV frequencies. But it only stayed on a given frequency for such a short time that I doubt it caused any

Re: [HCDX] FW: ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power Allocation on Shortwave Spectrum

2023-07-12 Thread Zack Widup
There are a number of these in the Chicago area. I just went by one on Sunday. See photo attached. This was in Yorkville, IL. It looks like they are using a log-periodic and a couple SteppIR antennas. Zack W9SZ On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 11:56 AM Bill Smith wrote: > > > Sent from

Re: [HCDX] AM Radio In Alaska

2022-01-30 Thread Zack Widup
com> wrote: > > Look for it on YouTube. It’s not commercially available. > > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 8:36 AM Zack Widup wrote: > >> I have not heard of the FSL antenna up till now. Is there a site >> somewhere with construction details? What kind of ferrite rod? (

Re: [HCDX] [bdxc-news] UNID Morse signals jamming 3985 kHz Shortwaveservice

2022-01-29 Thread Zack Widup
Well, that frequency is inside the 75 meter ham band in the USA. Probably some irritated ham was doing it. 73, Zack W9SZ On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 5:08 AM Wolfgang Bueschel wrote: > CW morse jamming against Shortwaveservice > Kall Eifel 6085 kHz shortwave outlet at 10.57 UT: > > CW morse code

Re: [HCDX] [irca] AM Radio In Alaska

2022-01-28 Thread Zack Widup
I have not heard of the FSL antenna up till now. Is there a site somewhere with construction details? What kind of ferrite rod? (What is the best type of material? 61? 77?). Will these work in the LF range? (down to 100 kHz)? Zack W9SZ On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 1:48 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. <

Re: [HCDX] HAARP back

2021-06-27 Thread Zack Widup
I don't even know why they have to mention the "controversial" aspect. I am a radio scientist. Nothing they do there is controversial to me. But then, I understand everything they have been doing there. I believe I saw mentioned on their Facebook page that they may have their summer camp for

Re: [HCDX] Logs with a new antenna

2021-05-26 Thread Zack Widup
Can you describe your new antenna? Is it a loop? I have been trying to use a 1.5 meter square loop with 20 turns of wire with taps at 3, 5, 10 and 15 turns. The 3 and 5 turn taps seem to work the best for AM BCB DXing but it suffers from a noise level so bad that I can hardly receive anything