> 1. The SDR-14 does require a separate 12v supply. The SDR-IQ runs off
> the
> USB connection power.
For this reason SDR-IQ requires USB 2.0 while SDR-14 works via USB 1.0. A 1
GHz Pentium 2 or better is recommended in SpectraVue manual.
SDR-14 shows the whole 30 MHz, while SDR-IQ can show o
Colin,
There are lots more, 650-Sacramento, 910 & 960 SF, 1160-SLC,
1190-Portland, 1140-Sacramento, 1330-Portland, 1640-Portland,
590-Spokane. KEX & KSL are the worst here though. KFBK is not using
IBOC either tonight.
Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception Manager
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Scott, coming from you that is a nice thing to hear. It was fun. I may
go back to a few of them for better and closer pics, but that would
entail contacting the right person at the stations.
It is funny about Delaware because the only "missing" station on your
list is the only one I have seen so f
Jason was a fine young gentleman of great promise. With a little mentorin by
Jacksonville native son and poet laureate, the late ottis elwood toole, he
would have achieved even more than he did.
ottis and his travel companion, mr. henry lee lucas were more forthcoming
than teambloc.
How did TeamBLOC promote HD? They coerced broadcast engineers and hid it from
the rest. Hinky, albeit understandable. They've much to hide, perhaps even
from astute broadcasters who would squash HD like a bloated, noisy, putrescent
insect had they full knowledge of iBLOC's penchant for jamming.
publicity frightens teambloc. why not tell air talent? the more people hear
of this pig-sawed corkscrew tailed 'technology', the more they reject it,
according to marketing surveys.
time to consign this noisy violator of public airwaves to the slagheaps of
radio ignominy.
While plowing thru dross, refuse, & bilge chaugies in workroom below, had R.
Musical, 1140, qth Habana, w/YL soprano belting out Ernesto Lecuona's
'Siboney', 2158L.
1140 Musical heard above Rebelde on R-388 #16.
590 Musical up on Zenith T/O 7000. Judge Stephen, autumn '84, magnanimously
decl
> Just heard WABC and WSB for the first time since
> September 13, and they never sounded so good. I'd be
> happier still if WJR shut off their daytime IBOC as
> there is a lot of day-time DX on 770 around here.
Same here. It is nice to my local WSB again. But don't hold your breath, I
think it
The DX counterargument is null and void. No one can dismiss concerns on
grounds this only affects DX'ers. It's clearly affected everyone, broadcast
execs
included.
Typical 90s dingbats, they expected to have it five way. Scribe revised
'protected contours' on existing coverage maps, and like
I have read the interview with Martin Stabbert, Cheif
of Engineering for Citadel Corporation. I would like
to tip my hat off to Mr. Stabbert for his boldness to
stop this madness and be the first to cease night time
operations of the AM IBOC HD signals, all in the name
of good engineering practices
Ten Tec has enclosures in various grades of finish and colors from $10 to
$35 for those with "more time and less money" to finish it out or as
a matter of principle find it obnoxious to be charged $100 for a small metal
box. Seems somewhat odd that 20% of the price of the finished radio is
the si
I don't recall hearing RMN 1140, but 590 RMN is a welcome guest in these
parts when Atlanta's Rat Radio is not grabbing the spot with bubble gum
music.
73 Gil
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Hi Willis,
> > And on a side note, just worked Turks and Caicos
> on
> > the 40 meter band, so you can sign me...
> Joe, was that CW or phone??
Phone. He did move around some though, so I can't what
specific freq to look for, but I worked with him on
7148 and he then moved to 7151. I think he sai
Guy,
Thanks for the info! One thing I liked about the case that Colin
shows in his pictures was the similarity to my TenTec RX-320 case.
Your idea of remoting the LEDs is helpful, too. There are some files
on the SDR-IQ Yahoo group site showing Hammond boxes (specifically
the 1455N1201 pa
Hi Patrick,
I don't think the LCD screen would be any problem. I have one and it
doesn't seem to cause any noise. On the noise blanker, the SDR-IQ does
have one but since I have a fairly low noise outside antenna setup I
haven't used it much.
Rob
Walt,
The best I can tell you is that it never hurts to ask politely. A case
should be a purchasable repair part...
Rob
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Paul:
WDAB was a late TOH ID at 10 p.m. local time (EDT). Definite
mention of Greenville-Spartanburg in the ID, but I'm not sure about
Traveler's Rest. I can read Spanish and translate it, but I'm not much on
hearing exactly what is said.
David
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Checked at 1353 and 1420 --
Down from yesterday -
Weak audio on 774 and 828
Carriers yielding a little audio on:
567, 576, 585, 612, 639, 747, 756, 765, 972
Receiver - Drake R8
Antennas - 2 X ALA100
Phaser - Misek/Lankford
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The RFSpace SDR-14 showed up about an hour ago. It was an easy setup. I
already had the latest version of SpectraVue installed off their web site.
I only needed the USB drivers off the supplied CD.
Took a very short amount of time to get a listenable signal. just had to
click a few things so th
1680 KDOWWA, Seattle rec. vf in 6d
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98121-1840. MW QSL: 2966. (PM-OR)
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The Hammond 1455-series boxes are less than $20, are available from
many suppliers, and appear to be close to final size for the SDR
board. I'll likely get one, and will post my results,
Brett
> Ten Tec has enclosures in various grades of finish and colors from
> $10 to
> $35 for those wit
I made a first run up the dial about an hour before dawn enhancement
and it was the worst that I've experienced from here this fall. There
was audio from the big Japanese: 594, 747, 774, 828 and quite a few
hets below 1000 kHz and virtually nothing above. The one thing of
interest on the first
At 12:38 PM 10/3/2007, you wrote:
>I made a first run up the dial about an hour before dawn enhancement
>and it was the worst that I've experienced from here this fall. There
>was audio from the big Japanese: 594, 747, 774, 828 and quite a few
>hets below 1000 kHz and virtually nothing above. Th
> So, the pickins
> were sparse, especialy on the Top Band, but interesting, none the less!
>
> John B.
My observations exactly -- less the unusual audio...
not the worse morning in the last 30 days...
maybe in the bottom 5.
I think I have missed 2 or 3 days in the circuit in
the last 25 days or
At 01:05 PM 10/3/2007, you wrote:
>> So, the pickins
>> were sparse, especialy on the Top Band, but interesting, none the less!
>>
>> John B.
>
>My observations exactly -- less the unusual audio...
>not the worse morning in the last 30 days...
>maybe in the bottom 5.
>I think I have missed 2 or 3
> > a matter of principle find it obnoxious to be charged $100 for a
> > small metal
> > box.
It is not the box that costs you money --
It is the custom holes and knock-outs that
have to be created... mounting... testing... labeling etc.
I spent about 4 wonderful hours with Walter's SDR-IQ
and
> At 12:38 PM 10/3/2007, you wrote:
> Strange! I was going to just post something to the effect that it was a
> wonderful morning for DU and JJ, but not CC or Russian LW. I had plenty of
> audios4QR on 612 at a 9 at 14:01, Fiji on 639 at an 8 at 13:49. 738
> presumably RFO Tahiti at an
Hi John,
Good going on JOIR 1260. I have not heard that one myself. Yes 1026 &
1062 were DZAR and DZEC. I also heard several others including DZXL 558,
and Unid ones on 639, 765, and 855. Nothing new logged here, but as you
said it was an interesting morning.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
KAVT Re
"I spent about 4 wonderful hours with Walter's SDR-IQ
and the last time I checked, my hours are worth
more than the value of a 100$ box"
And what pray tell is your hourly rate for dxing? ;)
R and D session on the box:
1) Should the enclosure be a sphere, pie, skull or box?
2) Should we make it
> And what pray tell is your hourly rate for dxing? ;)
Custom electronic work, design, testing, prototyping, etc: about 50$/hr
Of course I never charge anyone that... ;-)
My motto: "measure 3 times - cut once!" was used frequently
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Gil & fellow IRCA friends -
Last had 1140 Musical Aug/Sep '05, during afternoon hike through Lemon
Bay Park, on DX-398. Absent was R. Banderas, so figure Banderas mitter running
Musical, perhaps nites & weekends? Who can say? Not me.
As ever, R. Cadena Habana blows thru on 1140 as wel
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> Thanks Walt. So the SDR IQ would probably work with
> the regular
> computer I have. But I still have the issue with a
> NB. Do any of the
> computer generated receivers have a NB? Can one be
> added easily?
NO, but they CAN in the software. Ther
"My motto: "measure 3 times - cut once!" was used frequently"
Mine: "measure twice, screw up regardless, cuss often."
73 Gil
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# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 October follow.
Solar flux 66 and mid-latitude A-index 9.
The mid-latitud
Brett,
I know they've sold a few even recently.
Rob
Brett Saylor wrote:
> Rob,
>
> Thanks - I thought that they were supplying them, but seem to recall
> reading on the SDR lists that no one ever got a definite availability.
> Do you know if they ended up selling them?
>
> Brett
>
>
>> Brett,
David:
I just checked with WDAB's Chief engineer, who also is the Chief Engineer
here at WABV 1590.
Exactly what date and time did you hear WDAB? He checked the remote contorl
and everything should've signed off on time at 730pm or so (He's not sure
exactly when WDAB sign off time is, but knows t
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 03 October follow.
Solar flux 67 and mid-latitude A-index 16.
The mid-latitu
Walt & John,
My complaint about this morning was not enough Filipino activiy. I got
several, but I could not raise them out of the jumble enough to do
anything with them. If I could have fiqured out all the Filipinos I have
heard through the years, I would have tripled my logs and probably
doubled
Here is the RW article on Citadel too.
73,
Patrick
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http://www.radioworld.com/pages/s.0121/t.8847.html
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It looks like the powers that be STILL want to give the technology a
chance to work. I believe that they have not yet accepted the
possibility that it may not work at all.
Bill
Patrick Martin wrote:
> Here is the RW article on Citadel too.
> 73,
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
> KAVT Reception
Bill,
The big boys want IBOC on AM. No doubt about that. It was for FM in the
beggining and yet the big outfits depanded it for AM too, even though it
was reported from the beginning that is would not work.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
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Patrick, indeed. However, some of the well meaning engineers have been
hoodwinked as well. They sincerely believe that this is a speed bump and
they will eventually find a way to make IBOC work. For them, just about
the only way they will stopped is if the FCC tells them to do so.
Bill
Patri
Hi all:
I notice at the end of the article that the "celebrating and drinking
toasts on the MW lists" was passed on to the author. This seems to
indicate that quite a few people are reading these posts...
Kevin S.
Bainbridge Island, WA
> Patrick, indeed. However, some of the well meaning engi
Forwarding this to the BCB lists.
Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A
Memphis, Tennessee USA
NRD-535, R-390A, ICF-2010
Wellbrook LA5030 loop, PAØRDT mini-whip,
attic longwire, Quantum phaser
QRZ.com/KH2AR
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I''ll drinnkkk to thhat.hic'
(somebody, please cut him off...)
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I notice at the end of the article that the
> "celebrating and drinking
> toasts on the MW lists" was passed on to the author.
> This seems to
> indicate that quite a few
Bill,
The vast majority of engineers I know, think IBOC is garbage on AM. FM?
maybe...It is hard to believe that ANY knowledgable enginneer would not
see through the hype. We can, so why can't they? My guess is they have a
money wrapped up in it, ownership, stock...There has to be more to this
tha
Kevin,
I hope so. Even if it means anything or not. We all have to get the word
out. I don't want to have to move to Sitka AK to DX.
73,
Patrick
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Hope this helps!
Mike Hawkins
Jim Pogue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Forwarding this to the BCB lists.
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Memphis, Tennessee USA
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Thanks Mike - I forwarded your info to Cesar.
Jim
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Hi Patrick,
If you're looking for a finished product with good software, but only a
15-20Khz real time spectrum window, I'd recommend the Winradio SDR's.
Both of these units offer a very flexible Spectrum analysis window, but
one that will take several seconds to do a scan. Once the scan is
I have the Winradio G313i running quite happily on Windows 98. Can't
really comment on other brands of SDRs, lacking experience with them, but
they might also run on 98.
Also, the Winradio works fabulously with my LCD screen!
Art Peterson
Richmond, CA
Art,
You've got one too? It seems like the ones that don't have them are
getting into the minority.
73,
Patrick
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Hi Ptrick,
I have an R8B but haven't made any detailed comprisons of sensitivity or
selectivity between the SDR's and the R8B. The SDR's all have the
advantage of a visual view of the spectrum which allows you to see
various station peaks, spurs, interference etc, and that is why I like
them.
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