Hi all, My name is Ron and am a member oft the dx-antwerp radio group an also a ham with the call ON2RON and live in a small town 12 km south of Antwerp in...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Oct 6, 2011 12:39 pm
Hello Ron, Welcome aboard ! ... Yes a BOG is the same as a Beverage but lies on the ground. And therefore it has a lot less signal strength. I once tried it to...
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John Faulkner
bfmtvc
Oct 6, 2011 1:20 pm
Hello Ron and welcome to the group. Our experiences may differ, but from my own. the flag has always been superior to the ewe and offers deeper, more stable ...
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Mike Bugaj
mikb46
Oct 6, 2011 1:52 pm
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Ron <on2ron@...> wrote: *Now want to receive TA medium wave broadcast signals and notice the Flag is not ideal. It is...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Oct 6, 2011 2:09 pm
... No John, it is has to with the termination. Termination and size of EWE are the culprits. You can get good F/B if your termination matches the size of the...
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Ron
dxnature
Oct 6, 2011 4:44 pm
Hi Jurgen, John and Mike, Thanks for the nice welcome words. I have to start my message with a negative note. I went for a walk this morning to mesure the...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Oct 6, 2011 5:18 pm
Hi Ron, ... I use this IC: EL2125 It's low noise on MW but has higher noise on SW. I set its gain to 3dB to lift the morning signals a little bit to get into...
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Ron
dxnature
Oct 8, 2011 12:12 pm
... I was thinking about a Wellbrook ALA-100L amplifier to combine with the Flag. Could that be a good option? Would like to receive down to 15 khz or so and...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Oct 8, 2011 12:38 pm
... See this, I have heard good reports of it and it's not too expensive 10kHz - 55MHz using with a loop http://www.activeloop.de ... Thanks Ron ! Jurgen...
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Ron
dxnature
Oct 8, 2011 9:25 pm
... Thanks Jurgen, i found the site 2 weeks ago on the net and sanded an e-mail for availability and pricing of this amplifier but never got an answer. I send...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Oct 11, 2011 9:15 pm
Anyone has a spare tube for them? http://www.newstatesman.com/broadcast/2011/10/long-wave-radio-service-bbc ...
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Sean Gilbert, Interna...
g4ucj
Oct 15, 2011 10:21 am
As some of the comments say, it is not a well written piece. The other thing that no-one mentioned is that the switching signal for the 'Economy 7' (if it is...
Hi everyone, I have a question about a little receiver I'm planning on purchasing, It's the Tecsun PL380. I already have a PL310 and I'd like to know how the...
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Julian Hardstone
julesomega
Nov 2, 2011 3:33 pm
André - If no-one on here can answer, maybe you would like to post to the Skywaves VHF group, where two members have used the PL380 and I'm sure they would be...
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satnipper
Nov 2, 2011 3:45 pm
André I have both the 380 and the 310 and I would say the 380 is more sensitive on MF. Just tested now (15.40 UTC) and the French 1377 is audible on 380 but ...
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Daviesruby@...
markanglesey
Nov 13, 2011 12:28 pm
Hi Everyone Thought I would share some tips from the Tropical Bands (mostly) a few new ones coming in as of late From pm 9/11/11 5050khz Beibu Bay Radio,...
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patrice privat
fast_logger
Nov 27, 2011 9:13 am
Hi a night session with the barefoot ultralight PL-380 Tecsun in bed. 1130 unid Sports station from North America, quite good at peaks in AM (no SSB in...
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Marko I-552VE/TS
marko_kle
Dec 1, 2011 2:09 pm
Hallo i'm a new member from Italy Trieste loc jn65vp '73 Â _________________________________________________________________________ Marko I-552VE/TSÂ Hallo...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Jan 12, 2012 10:53 am
This morning a bit better cx to the western CAN provinces and Washington state First time I logged to MWLIST via StationList ...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Jan 16, 2012 7:06 pm
Newfoundland already strong at 1900z unusually early ! Jurgen Bartels Suellwarden, N. Germany Antennas hor.: 45-87MHz: 11-ele, FM: 15.11, Band-III:13-ele,...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Jan 19, 2012 9:51 pm
Very strong signals right now, even from Ottawa (1310-CIWW) Jurgen Bartels Suellwarden, N. Germany Antennas hor.: 45-87MHz: 11-ele, FM: 15.11,...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Jan 19, 2012 11:33 pm
Oh boy am I amazed ! I had to disconnect my rx due to a thunderstorm here. So I turmed on my Sangian ATS909 and do hear VOCM-590, 930-CFBC with the built-in...
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patrice.privat
fast_logger
Jan 25, 2012 9:28 am
Hi 1660 Radio Gigante WGIT , Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Spanish. 1700 WJCC Miami Springs , Florida, Haitien ("merci, bonjour, amen, hallelujah") 1700 KVNS...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Feb 2, 2012 8:40 pm
16-22 Jan had superb TA conditions. I started recording in the evening and got quite a few daytimers. It took me quite a while to listen to all the recordings ...
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patrice.privat
fast_logger
Feb 11, 2012 9:53 am
Hi several stations from American at sunrise today : 1130 WBBR Bloomberg New York, very strong with "Bloomberg" Identifier 1540 English language station...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Feb 13, 2012 3:38 pm
Sunday morning had among others Cuba in the focus See logs here: http://www.mwlist.org/mw_logmap.php?band=ALL&redir=true&datum=2012-02-12&omid=873 Jurgen...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Feb 24, 2012 12:11 am
This morning gave the strangest cx I ever experienced. On the lower MW some MEX & CLM On the upper MW I got Utah, and even Tijuana Otherwise CUB was quite...
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Mike B.
mikb46
Feb 24, 2012 2:47 am
... For the past few days WKCW 1420 has not been dropping down to 60 watts at night but has been stuck at it's day power of 22kw. For many evenings here it has...
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Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975
Feb 24, 2012 8:06 am
... Thanks Mike ! I already had some doubts, but forgot to mention that. 60W on such a crowded channel would simply get drowned I wonder does it really make...
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patrice.privat
fast_logger
Feb 27, 2012 8:16 am
Hi 1670 Radio Enfants Ado, Gatineau CAN in French, nice peaks on Tecsun PL-380 barefoot, 0610z First Canadian ever on ultralight Patrice...