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Hi Gary,
Do you have multiple versions/sizes of the FSLs with you in Grayland? I've
observed, through posts and a little listening, that some of the small FSLs are
similar in reception quality to the big guns. I'm wondering if the RF Zoo in
Puyallup, as well as a possible
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Congratulations, Gary. :) Any chance you could make a video of the nulling
ability of the new setup sometime? :)
I have a video from about 5 years ago nulling my local 50kW pest, 1170-KCBQ, on
the barefoot PL-606. (Wow where has the time gone? I find it hard to believe
I
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Hi Gary,
The version at the box link looked fine on my PC. (I saw your post on the
ultralightdx group mentioning something was jumbled.) Also of course the
mediafire version is good too on my end. I'm running Chrome 47 on Windows 10
Pro. I haven't tested downloading & d
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That definitely sounds to me like a moderately significant improvement in
signal, Gary, considering it was apparently blank without the nano-FSL or
whatever you want to call it. :) (Although on my S-rating system based on my
perceptions of RST, I'd probably rate that signa
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And someone just snapped up #2 apparently, I was about to buy one. :( Any
suggestions on where I can find a similar or better price-performance radio
under $100? AM is most important to me, especially selectivity next to locals.
For example I'd like to be able to hear < 1
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I should clarify (in case there's any confusion) that I mean metal fences in
general, like chain-link fences or other wire fences. I haven't been to or
tried that specific fence. It also works for utility pole ground wires,
although in those cases you also have the noise
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Usually I just put my radio on the fence and it boosts reception strength
significantly. Unfortunately it'd be untuned, so local stations would likely
overload the receiver, negating most of the advantage and masking the weaker
signals that otherwise would be heard.
73, St
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Hi Gary & Nick,
I'm thinking this "hair color" thing could belie one's age, maybe? :) I wasn't
even born (for at least another decade plus) when Gary was in high school (or
in the service, if I remember right that he served). I just had my 34th
birthday this past Wednesda
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Oh, and maybe I should consider a challenge of attempting a TP DX session at
Columbia Park in the morning, especially near the southwest corner? Or am I
the only one who would dare attempt it? (Maybe a FSL might help, instead of my
SAT.)
I've been planning for about a mon
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I'm not sure yet, I might like to go though as long as it isn't too expensive.
:) Depending on what's going on, I may consider coming up just for one day,
idk yet if I want to spend $ on a motel, and if I do it'd be offsite so I could
hopefully get it for under $45/night.
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Hi all...
This past weekend I was participating in a friend's wedding near Tucson, AZ,
with my parents. I had a little free time a couple days to do a little radio
stuff, so I recorded a few videos. :)
First, an AM bandscan near Vail, AZ, on the Sangean PR-D15 around 3pm MS
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I was just up in L.A. for a couple days, and was a bit surprised (but of course
pleasantly so) to hear 1070's IBOC off. :)
Come to think of it, though, I forgot to check the bandwidth of their signal,
to see if they've opened it up. They did sound better than IBOC would hav
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The two named early on in this thread are locals for me, with XEPE being
slightly stronger than XEUT. Their sites are about 15 or so miles south of me.
Before XEUT signed on, I remember hearing KCJJ (i think that's their call?)
from Iowa. Some time ago when XEPE was off d
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I enjoyed reading your report as usual, Gary. :)
Something I've been thinking about re: your reception reports..."Signals that
pegged the meter at 25 dB S/N" ...
I'd like to see some distinction if possible (especially on future reports)
between stations that merely flash 25
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Good work, Patrick.
So far I've heard nothing of the test here near San Diego, CA. I'm just using
a SRF-M37W and Select-A-Tenna, and also having XEKT & KLTX practically in my
back yard doesn't help. (I also got a late start & didn't start listening til
about 15 past.)
I
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Patrick, KFWB has been a talk station for at least a few years now. KNX is the
only all-news station in SoCal and has been for the last few years or more.
On Monday, August 18, 2014 12:47 PM, Patrick Martin wrote:
I just heard this morning that long time All News stat
it does
hamper my reception of the fringe TIS I sometimes receive on 530, though.
I've noticed on your cliff loggings you almost never have stations on signals
ending in "0", like 540, 630, 720, 810, etc. Is that because the FSL + cliff
combo isn't directional enough to nul
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Haha nice one, Gary :)
Reminds me of a few times I've been fooled on my DSP portables. :)
For one, several times I thought I could hear weak talking on 1560 in the
daytime, with the aid of the SAT. I thought for a while I had KNZR from
Bakersfield here in the east county
Haha Guy I love that adaption of the 153 fish account :) Maybe the fish were
responsible for swallowing up your DX, then were instructed, like in the story
of Jonah, to spit the DX out on the cliff in time for Gary to be there? ;)
Gary, I'm curious as to how strong those signals really were :)
I've been recently wondering about this myself (short-radial efficiency, or
lack thereof), but more from the standpoint of low-power part 15 transmitting
setups. One example I'm thinking of is such that the total length of the
antenna AND all ground radials is 3 meters, and does it make much d
I'm east of San Diego, and I'm hearing Spanish music under semi-local sports
talker XEPRS (part-time ESPN) in their null. Checking KMXA's TuneIn Radio app
stream reveals similar-sounding music. Right now as I type this, the local
1090's running spots in Spanish, making it tough, but I hear wh
I remember seeing an article like that a long time ago! I was looking for it
relatively recently but haven't found it. Some highlights I remember were
mentions of loud and clear daytime reception 250 miles away near Ogden, Utah,
with the radio near a railroad track, and someone else hearing i
Hello DXers,
I was checking several AM frequencies a few nights ago, and found 700 was open.
I think KALL, my normal received station, was on, but with an unmodulated
carrier. Lo and behold, I heard another English talk-type station underneath.
I happened to have my camera recording, so las
I'm hearing 840 WHAS under KXNT right now just south of El Cajon, CA, on my
barefoot Tecsun PL-398BT. (I've heard them once before, last winter or so.) I
wonder if other stations could be making it across the US tonight? :) (a quick
check didn't turn anything up, but I only spent about 15 sec
Hi Neil,
The 1140 in Vegas runs CBS Sports Radio. You might want to keep that in mind
before you engrave Sacramento in stone. :)
73, Stephen
S of El Cajon, CA
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On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 1:17 PM PDT neilkaz wrote:
>As usual in late Oct, SSS DX to my west was decent
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On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 8:49 AM PDT neilkaz wrote:
>Times EDT.
>
>Milwaukee's Radio Disney pulled the plug sometime yesterday afternoon (I
>think). They should be silent while looking for a buyer. This means the
>Portland area stn is now the only Dosney on this cha
Nice DXing, Allen. :)
I wonder how well your awesome DX skills would do with hearing All India Radio
1071 Rajkot on the SRF-M37V - in the southwest quadrant of Columbia Park in
Torrance, CA, strong enough to completely wipe out KNX? ;)
73, Stephen
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On Thu, Sep
Aha! I've been wondering when there'd be one that enables me to listen to MW,
LW, VLF, etc! :) I wonder if it can be made to run with an Android phone
running 4.1.2 Jellybean, instead of a windows/mac PC/laptop? I might like to
try experimenting with this, one thing being using it as a band-wid
I'd really like to see IBOC go to where the rich man went (in the story of him
and Lazarus). >:(
If IBOC stays, though, I was thinking. Maybe the stations that suffer from its
interference could have a way of combatting it without further authorization
from the FCC?
For example, allow the stat
It's still there for me. Steps I took to get in just now:
Open Chatzilla (my chat client - attached to Firefox)
type "/server irc.starchat.net", then wait the several seconds for it to load
type "/join #mwdx" ... and there it is. :)
I also have AndChat on my Android phone, and it has an entry I ca
Wow, Allen! :o
I'm beginning to think you have fewer countries NOT logged than I have
countries logged! So far I have 7 countries logged -
USA (too many to list here),
Mexico (too many to list here - a couple dozen or so are good 24/7 reception on
barefoot ultralights, including 1700 XEPE whic
So I was watching an SRF-42 on ebay that was sitting at $25 with no bids. I put
a bid in with a few minutes to go...then with ~10 seconds left got outbid. I
increased my bid, but it wasn't enough. :/ I couldn't afford to go much over
$30-35, and it went for $44.75. (Apparently a third person al
Hi Gary,
I always enjoy seeing your DXing reports, and listening to the audio files. :)
I was thinking, though. I would love to see a video of an actual DX session.
It would be interesting to me to see how you do it. :) Would something like
that be possible?
I'd also like to see a couple b
Hi Gary,
Would it be possible to leave the camera and/or recorder running the entire
session? The first time or two through, maybe you could "scan" fairly quickly,
stopping for a few seconds or so on each channel. (I'd also love to see a
video of a full DX session, to see how you do it. ☺)
A
But KECR is not running IBOC, and from what I know about FR, likely never will
under their current ownership.
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On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 9:25 PM PDT Aaron Kreider wrote:
>I think some IBOC stations put out dirty signals - I've got this video of WIP
>610, Philadelphia
Hello, ULR / Tecsun DSP radio experts (N7EKX, VA3SW, KE7MAV, etc)... :)
I've noticed that one of my medium-strength locals, 910 KECR (about 67 dBµ on
the PL-398mp - an uncleanable smudge seems to make it look like 87 dBµ) seems
to have quite a wide splash, even in the ±1kHz bandwidth mode. The
I'm not even trying for it. Being in the extreme southwest, I'm too far - not
worth it.
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On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 5:31 PM PDT Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
>I expect most people to record this test instead of staying up for it.. i
>suggest people record al l3 top of hour
Hi Tim
They did test their new transmitter once or twice some weeks back, but are
planning to make the big switch on the 28th of this month. Also I think their
new transmitter would be a tougher catch there - it's directional aimed mostly
out west over the Orange County area (and also L.A. som
Hi all ... I heard WHAS recently in El Cajon, but somehow I can't send my post
to this list? :( Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
You can read it on the ABDX Yahoo list and radiodiscussions.com though ...
http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=228951.0
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABDX/
Any chance I would be able to hear it on a Tecsun PL-398mp, PL-606 or PL-380
near San Diego, CA? They can tune 486 kHz, is DSB-AM only in that range (no
SSB or CW) and has selectable bandwidths from 1kHz (probably more like 1.5) to
6khz audio. They are pretty deaf on LW and low MW, though. I'
PL-380 and FSL in THAT bad? Or are they being used for other projects?
73,
Stephen Airy
From: "d1028g...@aol.com"
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 8:48 AM
Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultra
oh ok :) I already sent my reply re: XEPE possibility before I refreshed my
inbox and saw this. :) Maybe the recording linked therein it'll help you be
able to pick it out in the future, though. :)
Several weeks ago I was listening to the GlobalTuners node in Ireland, and
dialed up 1700. With
I've heard that the 1700 in Iowa also runs ESPN, at least according to Tim
Tromp / kilokat7.
XESPN is a local for me, about 15.6 miles S of my location. On my Tecsun
radios they typically indicate in the low 50s dBµ or thereabouts using the
internal ferrite bar loopstick antenna. I made a rec
Hi all ... so almost a couple months ago I caught this...
http://youtu.be/91crQZQxLP0
That
was, I think, KTUC Tuscon, AZ, about 349 mi / 562 km from me, heading 94°
(reverse 277°). Or, could it have been KCYK Yuma, AZ, which is about 134 mi /
215 km at a heading of 93° / 274°? KTUC is listed
Hi all ... so almost a couple months ago I caught this...
2012-10-03 02;35 PDT - 1400 KTUC - PL-398mp - (or possibly KCYK)
That
was, I think, KTUC Tuscon, AZ, about 349 mi / 562 km from me, heading
94° (reverse 277°). Or, could it have been KCYK Yuma, AZ, which is
about 134 mi / 215 km at a h
So I was listening to 1580 KMIK, and decided to briefly switch over to 1110
KDIS. (I'm a little south of El Cajon, CA, about 299.6 mi / 482.2 km, 262.2°
from KMIK and 111.4 mi / 179.3 km, 146.7° from KDIS. KMIK is usually one of
the strongest skywave signals here, often capable of exceeding s
Haha lol :) Was thinking ... I didn't know you were THAT close to WJR's
transmitter. :p WBZ must be a tough cookie there, though. :) You're doing
better than me, though, at nulling out the strong ones. If I'm extremely
careful positioning my radio (seems if I move it 0.01mm or 0°0'0.1" the wr
makes it into europe, but are there other possible options?
For Malaysia I was thinking possibly 910 WFDF due to its pattern taking it over
the pole, and for Mexico what about KMIK or KDIS in the evening before pattern
changes, or would KDDZ 1690 Denver, WSDZ 1260 St Louis, 1160 San Antonio or
some
e active) and I thought I've heard 1575
previously but it may not have been good enough to confirm. Hopefully 1575's
signal is good enough to confirm my suspicions on what I heard?
73,
Stephen Airy (near El Cajon, CA)
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IRCA mailing list
Hi guys,
Was just wondering... what's the closest NDB (to the other's home location)
that either one of you has logged, from your own home location, that the other
has NOT yet logged? If you want you could expand to mediumwave stations -
non-directional non-GYers preferred but not required.
>From using the distance tool on Google Maps (which shows the path), it looks
>like 1071 would be a TA from there on the east coast, and a TP from here on
>the west coast. (My reception of it would be a miracle, though, due to
>near-local-like KNX-1070 owning that spot on the dial 24/7 from 111
figure that getting 594-JOAK would be tough from where this video was
recorded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS1ZlpTClbA
73 & better DX tomorrow :)
Stephen Airy
From: "d1028g...@aol.com"
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 5
X-bander on 1701 kHz)
> were the order of the day. A full DXpedition report on this bizarre
> 4-day trip will be prepared shortly, which hopefully will motivate
> other DXing fanatics to push their luck on the cliffs!
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> Ca
sonally would like to videos of other bandscans in addition to mine, like
yours, others, etc, so I could get an idea of what the local stations / QRM are
like in other locations. :)
73 and good DX,
Stephen Airy
From: "d1028g...@aol.com"
To: ultraligh
a splatter.
73,
Stephen Airy
El Cajon / La Mesa, CA
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On Mon, May 21, 2012 11:00 AM PDT Chris Knight wrote:
>I watched the eclipse take place beginning around 6:00PM Arizona Time
>(MST/PDT) and noted Utah doing very well on 650, 1080 (stn underneath probably
&g
that point for another future post
sometime.
73 and good luck on your quest for #10,000 ;)
Stephen Airy
> From: Robert Ross
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 12:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [
As far as I know, KIEV isn't on the air, and from what I've read on various
other boards/lists/forums, isn't gonna be for a while. I suspect the sports
you heard on 1500 may have been KSTP St. Paul - they are a semi regular weak
visitor here on my Tecsun PL-606. Also along a similar vein, any
I don't have the fancy setup you guys have, but I do have a Tecsun PL-606 which
has a relative signal strength indicator (although I don't believe it's
calibrated to any particular source.) Here's a list of several of the
strongest stations here as indicated on my barefoot Tecsun PL-606...
Day:
Allen
I'm curious to know what midday/groundwave catches you might have across the
pond with that setup grounded in the saltwater? :) I've heard of 5kW 560 Miami
(when their transmitter was in Biscaine (sp?) Bay) being heard on a barefoot
Sony ICF-6500W at Signal Hill, NFLD. With some Eu
40 kHz
up from that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICaOz_Nvxeo
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From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr."
To: Stephen Airy ; Mailing list for the
International Radio Club of America
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Good News Regarding The KOTZ
I would definitely want another chance to try for them. I think I heard a hint
of phone off-hook signal once through heavy KDWN QRM in SoCal, but I'd have to
check my recording (which may not happen till Wednesday). Also it would help
if somehow some downtime could be arranged at KDWN so those
Hi all,
I've read about 670-WSCR, 720-WGN and 780-WBBM being off the air, and a few
stations on their frequencies doing some DX tests. So far I'm aware of
670-KBOI doing 1 minute of 50kW ND morse code a couple times (I forget what
times, though). I've heard them previously before they re-dire
So the CW is 700 Hz, you say?
When I recorded the video last night (link in a prev msg) of my reception on
900, I don't recall ever hearing any trace of CW. XEW was on top, and there
was considerable splatter from 910-KECR.
I hope to try again tonight, though, and I was thinking Does any
I suspect you received and replied to the non-list copy
which is why I got it directly instead of the list.)
From: bill kral
To: Stephen Airy
Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2012 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] CKMO Signoff at Midnight on March 4th
Hi Stephen,
CKMO i
Are they still on? All I've been hearing here in El Cajon, CA (using the
PL-606 + SAT) is XEW and local 910-KECR splatter even before midnight.
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On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 11:59 PM PST bill kral wrote:
>Listening to CKMO 900 I just heard an announcement for" News from T
Any chance that someone could get some of the stations out west to shut off
their transmitters (like 670 KIRN, KMZQ, KBOI & KLTT, 720 KDWN, 780 KKOH, KAZM)
for a short period at the time (probably 3am PST/PDT?) when the Chicago
stations fire back up, and get the Chicago stations to do brief test
I'm getting it weaker than normal but still nearly armchair copy on 700 KALL,
pushing aside 690 XEWW splatt is also listed as an affiliate but they seem to
have something else running, and have a het (around F or F# about 1/2 octave
below middle C) ripping the frequency to shreds.
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KFBK does have the highest RMS field at 1 km (and unless I'm calculating wrong
it seems KSTP, which has a similar-type antenna, has the highest RfccMS field
at 1 km for 1 kW of applied input power. BTW KFBK's RMS field is actually
3126.79 mV/m @ 1 km nighttime, 3545.89 mV/m @ 1 km daytime, and
... so I have a chance at catching them? I believe I struck out with the KRPI
test. (I did record it though.) Of the several tests that have been on in the
past year or so, the only one I've logged was the 1490 in New Mexico. I doubt
I have much of a chance at the two tests tomorrow, and the
I plan to use the PL-606 and Select-A-Tenna to try for this test. I'm 17.5 mi
@ 193° from 1kW ND 1550-XEBG, and 1149 mi @ 347° from KRPI, in a deep KRPI null
(~174 mV/m @ 1 km ; 386 watts ERP toward me).
Should I null the local pest with the SAT and peak the target with the PL-606's
built-in f
Any chance they could run night power and day pattern for a few minutes, or
better yet non-directional on day pattern for a few minutes during the test?
They have a deep null almost right toward me in southern California, and I have
a semi-local Mexican on 1550, XEBG, which will make it almost
Hi Gary,
First off, I wonder if you possibly have 1070-KNX underneath your 1070-CFAX
antenna shootout recording linked in the article?? I think I may have
recognized the voice in the background. Here are a few stronger recordings of
KNX including that same voice so maybe you could check it ou
Hi Richard,
I've noticed that my PL-606's "6" kHz bandwidth is actually more like a "4".
If I tune 5 or more kHz off in that setting I get the distorted off-tune audio,
and the signal strength "dBµ" meter drops off much more than it would if I was
still within the bandwidth. Also when viewing
What program was on what you think was KSFO, Tim? I had Bill Handel's "Handel
on the Law" on KBLU (Yuma, AZ) ripping 560 to shreds here in El Cajon. KBLU is
normally directional with their main wide lobe to the south, nulls to the
northwest and northeast and a minor lobe to the north at night,
I haven't concentrated much on graveyard DX, but there are a couple that stood
out for me.
First one was several years ago (probably at least 6 or 8 now, I don't
remember). I have a local on 1240 about 11.2 miles west of me, KSON (now
KNSN), whose signal is strong enough to pretty much have th
*slaps self on wrist* I normally run with an admin account (I'm also behind a
hardware firewall/router which I'm sure helps). There are a lot of things I do
that require admin access and I get sicker of having to authenticate every few
minutes than you guys do of hearing IBOC hash. ;) I haven
Glad to see you've made it in to the #mwdx chat, Rick.
Now if we can just get some more DXers in there, like N7EKX, AA7U, Tim Hall
(KD6YDP?), KE7MAV, Paul Walker (W5VPY?), (and considering I'm young enough (30)
to be grandson to most of you seasoned DXers, I'm probably missing a few
billion oth
So what would be my best chance of logging them in south El Cajon (east of San
Diego), CA? Looking at their pattern data and plot (as well including the
field strength values specified in the detailed results) and calculating from
that info, their ERP toward me on their day pattern appears to b
Ahh this'll be fun & interesting. :) Looks like from here in El Cajon (near
San Diego) I'll be able to listen to TWO of the types of music I like - MYL
(especially the 50s-era triplet/ballads (the ones in, I think, 12/8 time)), AND
Radio Disney (Yes, I'll admit I like them). All I'll have to
Tim posted a few days ago on the yahoo ABDX list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABDX/message/54910
From: Patrick Martin
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Whatever happ
That sounds like a good step in the right direction. I would also like KFYI,
KTSA, WBZS, KLZ, WQAM, WRDT, KLAC, KLIF, WSPZ, KMJ, WGAC, WHP, WTAG,
KQNT, KOGO, WBOB, WCAO, WMT, WREC, KOJM, WFNZ, WIP, WTVN, WVTJ, KMKI,
KTAR, WDAE, WTMJ, KHOW, KJSL, WMAL, WPRO, KFI, WMEN, WOI, WW
I was listening to the comparisons that Gary DeBock posted in the ultralightdx
group of the gain imparted to an ultralight radio with a 5" mini FSL vs. a
4-foot air core loop, and noticed a few things.
On 980 CJME, in the first part of the recording I can hear another station or
two underneath
I'll have to check tomorrow - I *JUST* missed TOH this time, but I would expect
they do.
From: Steve Francis
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] For DXers targetting 1700-XEPE
Any chance they play the
I recorded a few minutes around 4:00am TOH a few days ago. This includes, at
the beginning, a few ads that target Mexico, read by a couple voices that
frequently do those ads. Their legal ID (in Spanish) is at 2:03 in the clip,
after a brief ESPN current/next program announcement.
http://www.
Hmm... looks like I still won't have a chance at that one, even with its SW
lobe. Co-channel KMIK in Tempe, AZ (300 miles east of me), goes directional
with 6 towers at night and sends nearly all its IBOC-dehanced juicemy way.
They are one of the strongest stations I get here at night, sometim
... shutting off your transmitter for over an hour a few nights ago so I could
have a chance at bagging 1130 CKWX on your channel. It was very much
appreciated.
So I caught my nearest blowtorch pest, 10kW 1130 KSDO (6.3 mi, 350°) off the
air on the 29th of Dec, so I grabbed the SAT and my Zoom
Alright you guys ;)
I saw the post that one of you has logged his 25th NDB state (bonus points for
not even residing in the USA).
So who will be the first to do at least one of the following...
Log all 50 states (bonus points if it's done by someone outside the USA),
although the contiguous 48
"Before they could give their call letters, WHO came back on"
Sounds almost like the reverse of an experience I had at least a few months
ago. :) I was inductively coupling my PL-606 to a SAT & utility line, tuned to
1670. Normally KHPY Moreno Valley owns the frequency, often being
near-loca
Speaking of pest vs. desired station, I've been wondering about something.
About how much stronger does a signal have to be above what John Q. Public
might consider acceptable quality (I've heard David Gleason says this is 10-15
mV/m in urban areas) before a trans-oceanic-and-equatorial DXer wou
ds starting
around 0:53, revealing KSL and XEQIN), but it was nothing compared to what you
would see in my other two videos linked in the message. ;)
>> Please forgive, if I'm just re-stating the obvious
You're forgiven, although I don't really know if all of what you s
Hi all,
I was in Lakeside, CA, yesterday, and recorded a video clip of what happens
when I try to receive 1160-KSL at around local sunset using my PL-606. I did
mention a few things in the video's description...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eQql8niXLE
Is there some internal modification I
possible. A few ideas I want to try are a 2" long ferrite bar
antenna, a 2"x3"x0.5" air-core loop, and a same-size ferrite sleeve loop (using
a bunch of half-inch ferrites - could a bunch of those, enough to make a 2"
FSL, be had for under $10-15?).
73,
Stephen
$20-$40 for one for now, though, so Gary DeBock's
"affordable" FSL is still way out of reach for me. Even something inexpensive
and small should be a huge improvement over the stock antenna in my PL-606, I'd
think (even more so than the fence I've been using).
_
Hi LW ULR DXers on the list ...
I was checking the LW band a couple mornings ago (around 2am local) with my
PL-606, and thought I heard traces of audio on some channels. I've uploaded
the audio clips here: http://www.mediafire.com/?kmm6adkwz0yyk - they range
from about 30 seconds to abou
I thought when a signal got up to S9 ("extremely strong signal" using RST
reports), one would be seeing "50/00" readings on nearby blank channels on
Tecsun radios (and 88/25 to 94/25 on-channel, as well as over 66-72 dBu on IBOC
sidebands). ;)
I hear IBOC hash even adjacent to S3 "moderately wea
I was noticing your times being close together for TPs and TAs, and was
thinking...
Has anyone ever heard a TP *AND* a TA (each with strong enough audio to trip a
seek/scan function, or continuously peg a Tecsun radio's S/N indicator)
simultaneously competing on the same frequency? (Bonus poin
Hi all,
I was trying to record an experiment with my Tecsun PL-606 several days ago.
Unfortunately, the Zoom H2n recorder I was using (which otherwise seems to be a
very good recorder) was picking up a station's mid-strength(?) signal with JUST
the audio patch cord plugged in, without even ha
I was on my way south from Riverside, CA, this afternoon, so I decided to see
how far the "SB" NDB on 397 kHz could be heard on my stock Tecsun PL-606. When
I was just leaving Temecula on I-15 heading south, I made this recording at
around 5:33pm PDT on 2011-10-23 about 42 miles from the transm
Ok, I tried for them using my PL-606 + SAT. I recorded what I heard and split
the recording into 10-minute segments (about 3 MB each; the last one is a
little over 10 minutes).
http://www.mediafire.com/?50jurbna2b2l0
Timestamps at the beginning of each recording are in the file names. Does
Their day pattern is directional with a deep southwesterly null. They send 49
watts to me near San Diego, and with KMIK's IBOC only 300 miles away on the
same heading and their analog blasting 100+kw toward me, I'm getting nada.
On Sat Oct 22nd, 2011 10:29 PM PDT Rick Dau wrote:
>I've been lis
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