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Good Evening,
153 RUSSIA, 0734 weak with man in Russian.
180 RUSSIA, 0735 weak.
234 RUSSIA, 0736 weaker of the two above.
279 RUSSIA, 0736 best of the four, good steady signal.
774 JAPAN? 0744 level 4 carrier.
1017 Tonga? 0738 thought I heard faint audio? but signal
At 02:47 1/29/2009, you wrote:
>Hearing occasional brief fadeups of pop music now in USB mode. Maybe it will
>fade up better as the evening progresses. 0245 utc now. No music heard on the
>adjacent channels.
certainly the carrier is there; don't think any audio is too likely with my
antennas!
As Nick alluded to earlier, not all would agree with that assessment
what I consider to be a wealth of knowledge on this and other subjects
exists at:
http://www.w8ji.com/magnetic_receiving_loops.htm
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and an excerpt from that page:
**
*Small loops are often referred to as "magnetic radiators
At 09:59 PM 1/28/2009, you wrote:
>Walt,
>
>I do have the option of building a loop like Guy and mounting it in a
>tree pointed to the N/NE. I could easily buy 4 sections of 10 foot
>pieces of PVC and make a 20 foot loop form and run the wire around it.
>If I did not put it up too high, I should be
Walt,
I do have the option of building a loop like Guy and mounting it in a
tree pointed to the N/NE. I could easily buy 4 sections of 10 foot
pieces of PVC and make a 20 foot loop form and run the wire around it.
If I did not put it up too high, I should beable to keep it up in our
high winds, bu
Conditions continue to improve tonight, bringing some nice signals
from the west. I've heard, for example:
540 CBK (huge, maybe best ever here)
660 CFFR
850 KOA
880 CKLQ
960 CFAC
970 KQAQ
1070 KVKK (and maybe KNX in behind)
1130 CKWX
1140 CHRB
1290 CFRW
1630 KRND
Alas, 'tis past time for
KAZ,
Not a chance as the BOG would run right through the field where the cows
are. They would be sure to get tangled up in it. Also this time year,
there is water in the field. I used to have a beverage at 2,000 feet at
350 degrees. It got shortened to 700 feet and did well with TAs. I could
put t
I'll try for this tomorrow if not fixed. I think my NE wires can get past
WIND.
Steve if you did more domestic DX to the east with those 1600 ft phased
Bev's you'd get awesome stuff. 73 KAZ
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I have been wondering why Spain on 558 is so good sometimes, but they have a
tx near La Coruna which is right by the NW coast. 73 KAZ
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From: "Barry McLarnon"
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America"
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:32 PM
S
Patrick, I'm trying to recall your QTH from the convention. Can you run a
BOG for several hundred feet at about 355 degrees ? That should work fine
for the northerly TA's off the right side of the main beam. 290 ft at 355
deg here in IL is not useless for TA's and does things like have UK atop
Steve,
I've got it here too, with very weak music fade ups.
Drake R8
1500 ft. Eastern beverage
Patrick Martin
KGED QSL Manager
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Hearing occasional brief fadeups of pop music now in USB mode. Maybe it will
fade up better as the evening progresses. 0245 utc now. No music heard on
the adjacent channels.
Steve
NE Oregon
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To:
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 5:54 PM
On Wednesday 28 January 2009 21:07, Chris Knight wrote:
> 171-Morocco is in at S-2 with audio. Other LW = just 2 or 3 weak
> carriers. MW has weak carriers on 531, 585, 639, 693, 729, 738,
> 747, 774, 855, 891 (always OC), 909, 999, 1215, 1251, 1521. Spain
> signals mostly is my guess implying a sl
Nick,
This looks pretty broad to me at less than 3 DB, 40 degrees off center.
This is great news... Thanks.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
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I'm hearing the carrier, 560.867 kHz, with the narrow audio filter, medium
strengh, 0226 utc. Easy to hear the carrier varying, sometimes sounds almost
like morse code in narrow filter. Very odd!
Steve
NE Oregon
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From: "Barry McLarnon"
To:
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, Ja
Colin,
At first I thought I would have to tack the possible loop to the North
on the house, so I was concerned about noise, but now I think I can
place it at an angle and away from the house and high enough.
Thanks for the information.
73,
Patrick
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Nick, Walt, etc.
I found a spot to run a loop from the SE corner of the house over to the
center tree in the the backyard, about 35 feet and the magnetic
direction is about due North, so perfect for TA's at adding 15 degrees.
I would like to have more than 35 feet, but the loop would have a total
171-Morocco is in at S-2 with audio. Other LW = just 2 or 3 weak carriers.
MW has weak carriers on 531, 585, 639, 693, 729, 738, 747, 774, 855, 891
(always OC), 909, 999, 1215, 1251, 1521. Spain signals mostly is my guess
implying a slight low path TA opening into Colorado.
Chris Knight
Fort Lupto
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Guy,
Thanks for providing the link to your Mt Rainer DXpedition.
The pictures are great.
Dennis,
Salmon Creek, WA
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On Tuesday 27 January 2009 19:52, Chernos Saul wrote:
> Yes, you're reading correctly. WCKL Catskill NY is easy pickin's on
> 560.86 USB, clear as a bell there, safely away from anything else
> on 560. Putting a huge het on 560. IDing as "98.5 Lite FM" and
> playing a mix of pop music. If they keep
Hate to mention it but good carriers on some of the usual suspects at 0125UT:
1575, 1215, 1134; a few minutes later 1215 had pop mx had fair strength..
Nick
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Victoria, BC
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vanished from my system. If they could resend?
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Hi Guys:
Well...Just to keep the equilibrium going tonight...I DX'd Sunset
Skip for 2 Hours..and then Shoveled Snow for 2 Hours !!! I don't know
what everyone else got today from the Big storm...but we got another
foot of snow or so to add to the already mountainous piles along the
sides o
I picked the ALA100 because of the fact that you can
use it in VERY close proximity to buildings and sources
of noise (QRN) - it is very immune to electrical noise
because it is a magnetic antenna.
It is also directional - and the limited space
on an Apartment balcony or lanai is a HUGE plus.
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Guy,
Thank you for the info! I'll read it over. Spacing is definitely important
when antennas are side by side. What about flags in the same plane? For
example, Flag #1 is oriented N/S, but is terminated on the north such that
the lobe is to the south. Not too far away (but north of Flag #1) is Fl
Nick,
Depending on the complexity, the antenna system could wind up pushing real
estate limits real fast. Loop antennas have always been good performers and
work in smaller spaces as Colin pointed out. And, if the ALA100 is the
Hummer of broadband loops, I'll get one eventually if I don't get laid
Great skit, Colin! One makes do with the space they have whether it's a
shoebox or a folded newspaper in the middle of the street. :-)
>>This is starting to remind me of the Monty Python "Four Yorshiremen"
skit -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
"we would have killed for a 50' X 60's b
Hi Chris,
It wouldn't quite fit in your back yard, but an intriguing design is the
Phased Flag Array as designed and described by Dallas Lankford (see the
Kongsfjord.no DX site and look in the "Dallas Files" section). He and I have
been discussing this antenna quite a bit recently. If the EZNEC pl
> At 17:49 1/28/2009, you wrote:
> >I would love to stumble upon/design an antenna setup that would emulate a
> >BoG system, that could easily fit in my 50'x60' backyard. Having the ability
> >to control direction and angle of signal pickup would be a plus...hi. (like
> >a mini Wullenweber antenn
> At 19:29 1/28/2009, you wrote:
>
> >The question may have been asked/answered before in this thread so please
> >forgive me if I'm asking it again: What does the ALA 100 offer in
> >performance over a standard (comparable?), amplified broadband (or
> >remotely-tuned) loop of the same size?
The
At 17:49 1/28/2009, you wrote:
>I would love to stumble upon/design an antenna setup that would emulate a
>BoG system, that could easily fit in my 50'x60' backyard. Having the ability
>to control direction and angle of signal pickup would be a plus...hi. (like
>a mini Wullenweber antenna)
Chris,
At 19:29 1/28/2009, you wrote:
>The question may have been asked/answered before in this thread so please
>forgive me if I'm asking it again: What does the ALA 100 offer in
>performance over a standard (comparable?), amplified broadband (or
>remotely-tuned) loop of the same size?
I guess primaril
Faroe Islands-531 not great today but in the clear at 2130 UTC with hymn "How
Great Thou Art."
Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, Cape Cod, Mass.
http://www.wtfda.info/showthread.php?t=228
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At 07:45 1/28/2009, Steve wrote:
>Lots of folks on ndblist use various size loops with ALA100 preamps for LF
>reception. They have found, at least on LF, that the lobe is fairly narrow and
>you can't just put up an E/W loop for example and expect to hear 90 degrees on
>each end.
This is a val
The question may have been asked/answered before in this thread so please
forgive me if I'm asking it again: What does the ALA 100 offer in
performance over a standard (comparable?), amplified broadband (or
remotely-tuned) loop of the same size?
73, Chris
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A bit of a step backward this morning, generally lower signal levels, but also
noticed what appeared to be some DU's trying to break through. Lower band
conditions were better than higher band ones for certain.
Listened from 1430 to 1520UT with a couple of stops by the radio thereafter.
pret
Just as a follow-up, a cardioid pattern can be broken into parts. It is
equal to the combination of a vertical and a loop antenna. Adding another
loop antenna to mix would probably just make the main lobe of the original
cardioid even wider with slightly less pickup in the center of the main
lobe.
Listened from 1520 to about 1525 and from 1535 to 1540.
Drake R8: Audio on 594, 774, 828
Eton E1 (from the later time...) Audio on 774, 963, 972...
Kind of felt like an average August or mid-November morning.
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All times here are in UT: subtract 6 hours for CST
** OKLAHOMA. Off-again, on-again: KEOR, 1120, Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa, was again
being heard at 2150 UT Jan 20, with the same limited playlist of oldies;
already losing out to KMOX, about 7 Hz away; pause at 2158 but no legal ID
audible tho they h
Hi Steve, Nick, et. al,
The ALA100 sounds like a great antenna!
Some observations/thoughts...
Each antenna has its (dis)advantages. The 17'x37' corner-fed loop here is
very quiet, but has a broad lobe (= more splatter). Signals aren't as strong
as a bi-directional loop, but they are quiet. The c
Well, so much for all "ones and zeroes." It was nice while it lasted!
Date 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 28
UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100
SFlx 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70
Nick, Thanks for the info.
73, Chris
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[mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com]on Behalf Of Nick Hall-Patch
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:01 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Bevera
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Good Morning:
Listened from 1330-1522 utc. Dawn enchancement brought
in 5 stations after 1500 utc. Lower band again much better
than the upper channels.
279RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1342 fair with jazz music. Still in at
1518 with weak signal.
594JAPAN, JOAK 1448 weak with spl
TP's conditions were down from yesterday and the only audio was from JOUB-774
and 28 with carriers. Listened from 1350-1445 utc.
Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ
Drake R8
At 12:16 AM 1/28/2009, you wrote:
>Walt, Steve, & Nick,
>
>I don't see anyway I can run any antenna to the North/NE at this time.
>Since Guy uses a rotor for his loop, I thought I could mount a loop made
>of PVC pipe nailed on the ten foot stump behind my big dish. The huge
>stump is solid as a r
WATR, when playing music, is oldies. When not local, they run the Jones
Satelitte Radio Network. The liners used during satelitte programming are
usually spoken by a male and said in a somewhat sped up tone of voice (they
are cramming 5 seconds of information into 3 seconds)
the station has a webs
Hi Guys:
With the Logging of a New ULR Station at Sunrise today, that's 2 New
Stations in the past 12 Hours!! Very happy with that, seeing I can go a
week now without finding anything new!! I subconsciously attempt to log
1 New Station a day if I can. It doesn't always work out that
way..bu
It was me who found it, but it was a different portion of the site.. a site
that listed the Strongest radio stations i a given town or city. This simply
lists what towers are in the area
Paul Walker
www.onairdj.com
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 6:45 AM, Blaine Thompson wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009,
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
Just found this:
http://www.city-data.com/towers/cell-Ord-Nebraska.html
We taunted this site a few months ago, either here or on Barry's list. I
thought it was Mr. Walker who found it (then) and pointed out the bad data
it had (a station in P
After thinking about it, I do have an option for a N/S antenna. Not what
I would want, but at least I can try. The back end of the house aims
N/S. I run a small diameter wire around the end of the house. The length
is about 30 feet from the tree, so I would be using 60-70 feet of wire.
It would be
Just found this:
http://www.city-data.com/towers/cell-Ord-Nebraska.html
Switch out Ord-Nebraska with any other town, must be a hyphen between city
and state.. and if the town is two words, a hyphen between each word
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walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com
Walt,
I can easily understand why the Eastern beverage does so well on flea
power Midwest/Eastern domestics. It is a beautiful beverage, burt it has
its limits.
Thanks for the info.
73,
Patrick
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I would have to say my best DX catch of 2008 would be KCLE-AM 1140 Cleburne,
Texas (Now KHFX, KCLE is on 1460 in Burleson)
1140 AM is 5KW Day/4 towers and 760W Night/4 towers with a big null to the
North and an all NW signal at night.
I was in Marion, Illinois having just visited my friends radio
Walt, Steve, & Nick,
I don't see anyway I can run any antenna to the North/NE at this time.
Since Guy uses a rotor for his loop, I thought I could mount a loop made
of PVC pipe nailed on the ten foot stump behind my big dish. The huge
stump is solid as a rock and stands 10 feet tall. I have one
At 09:33 PM 1/27/2009, you wrote:
>Walt,
>
>I knew the Magnetic North was different than True North, but I had no
>idea, it was "That" much different. I fiqred maybe 5 degrees. Then if I
>am sitting at the beverage running 60-70 deggres, does that knock it off
>by 15 deggres farther to the East? In
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