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skpounds14 <skpounds14@...>
Do you have a model number on the Logitechs? Walmart only has a $23 pair w/subwoofer on their website. Logitech's at Amazon.com - http://amzn.to/iYfPcJ
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Thx, Keith
Keith, you might try out the smallest conventional, analog (not USB) powered computer speakers from Logitech; under $12 in Walmart here on the ConUS. They're dark gray-black, have an AC cord that leads directly into the left speaker (no wall-wart) and have no hum when output from netbooks, ULRs and my ATS-909. They feel solid, sound very good to me and are inexpensive and uncomplicated.
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Newfoundland Ultralight Radio Trans-Atlantics & Domestics Report May 21-22
Allen Willie
Hello To All,
Decent evening once again here in the North Atlantic with good propagation from Africa and the Middle East which lasted until around at least 1:30AM local time this morning . Three new stations were added during the evening to our ULR logs. 684-SPAIN-Radio Nacional 1 Sevilla, 23:59UT/21 political talk in Spanish 855-SPAIN-Radio Nacional Torre de Cotillas, 00:20UT/22 Spanish talk (Strong) 1008-CANARY ISLANDS-R. Punto, Las Palmas 00:18UT/22 two men in Spanish 1017-SPAIN-Radio Nacional various 00:14UT/22 woman in Spanish 1026-IRAN-IRIB1 Tabriz 00:12UT/22 Chants (very good) 1035-PORTUGAL-Star FM Belmonte 23:58UT/21 ID, Chanson D'Amour song 1053-LIBYA-R. Jamahiriya, Tripoli 1:04UT/22 Arabic music & talk 1089-ENGLAND-Talksport Radio,Brookmans Park 23:58UT/21 Sports talk (Like Local) //1053 1116-IRAN-IRIB1 Bandar Lengeh, 00:25UT/22 Chants with crowd response //1026,1278 ***NEW*** (AW) 1125-SPAIN-R. Nacional various 00:10UT/22 Spanish teletalk //1107 (Like A Local) 1134-IRAN-IRIB1 Bojnord, 00:30UT/22 Chants 1170-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-R. Sawa, Al Dhabbaya 00:07UT/22 song in Arabic 1188-IRAN-R. Payam,Tehran 23:57UT/21 man & woman in Persian talk 1197-MOROCCO-RTM B Agadir 00:22UT/22 Chants by man, Arabic talk 1251-LIBYA-Voice of Africa, Tripoli 23:55UT/21 Arabic music & talk 1278-IRAN-IRIB1 Kermanshah, 23:55UT/21 Persian talk & music,ment. Iran (Very Strong) ***NEW***(DF) 1296-ENGLAND-Radio XL 1296 AM-Langley Mill 00:10UT/22 Indian language programming 1314-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-R. Farda Al Dhabbaya 23:54UT/21 Arabic talk,pop music 1332-IRAN-R. Tehran, Tehran 00:26UT/22 Persian string music,talk 1341-NORTHERN IRELAND-BBC Ulster, Lisnagarvey 00:08UT/22 talk about Spanish demonstrations 1413-SPAIN-R. Nacional Jaen 00:08UT/22 woman in Spanish 1431-DJIBOUTI-R. Sawa, Arta 23:53UT/21 Arabic pops 1440-SAUDI ARABIA-General Arabic Programme, Dammam 23:53UT/21 woman in Arabic (mixing with Luxembourg Relay) 1440-LUXEMBOURG-KBS Korea Relay via Marnach 23:52UT/21 DXing program in English 1521-SAUDI ARABIA-BSKSA Duba 23:50UT/21 Arabic talk by man & woman 1530-SAO TOME – VOA Relay, Pinheira 3:50UT/22 Talk in English on Palestinian situation (very good) 1566-BENIN-Transworld Radio Conotou 3:35UT/22 "This is Transworld radio AM 1566" in English, Lively music,African language followed 1575-SPAIN-SER various 4:02UT/22 Spanish talk by two men //1485 ***NEW*** (AW) 1575-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-R. Farda, Al Dhabbaya 23:50UT/21 Arabic music,talk (very strong) Receivers: SRF-M37V, SRF-39FP , SRF-59 barefoot Good DX Allen Willie & Dianne Froude Bristol's Hope,Newfoundland 47:43N 53:11W http://nldxers.110mb.com
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Re: Newfoundland Ultralight Radio Trans-Atlantics & Domestics Report May 20-21
Peter 1956
Hello,
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Congrats once again on your logs...although I suspect that any Scots on here might be touchy about you saying that Radio Scotland is from ENGLAND! ;) Peter, China
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Newfoundland Ultralight Radio Trans-Atlantics & Domestics Report May 20-21
Allen Willie
Hello To All,
Very good Dxing conditions here in the North Atlantic the past couple of evenings and especially last evening and early this morning with the following audible. Three new stations for the ULR log as well as a new state (Indiana) State # 36 and also a possible new Distance record for the records list for both World and Western Hemisphere categories @ 250 watts barefoot. I have sent an email off to WCFO 1160 in East Point Georgia as mentioned below to confirm whether they were indeed on nighttime power of 160 watts 810-ENGLAND-BBC Scotland,Burghead 1:01UT/21 talk about a play 864-FRANCE-France Bleue Paris Villebon-sur-Yvette 00:50UT/21 French talk & music 909-ENGLAND-BBC 5 Live,Moorside Edge 00:28UT/21 talk about regimes in the world 909-MOROCCO-RTM B Safi, 00:29UT/21 Arabic music & chants ***NEW*** under BBC 970-WZAN-Portland ,Maine 7:38UT/21 talk about WWF Wrestling 972-GERMANY-NDR Info, Hamburg 1:00UT/21 woman w/ news in German 981-ALGERIA-Alger Chaine 2, Ouled Fayet 00:57UT/21 Arabic music & talk 990-CKGM-Montreal,Quebec 4:12UT/21 Sport & NHL talk (under CBY) 1008-CANARY ISLANDS-R. Punto Las Palmas 2:14UT/21 Spanish commentary 1017-GERMANY-SWR Wolfsheim 00:57UT/21 man & woman in German 1026-IRAN-IRIB1Tabriz 00:27UT/21 Persian music & talk 1030-WBZ-Boston,Mass 4:23UT/21 Weather Forecast, ID 1035-PORTUGAL-Star FM Belmonte , 00:51UT/21 Bob Dylan song,ID 1044-SPAIN-SER Santander, Monte Igueldo 00:26UT/21 Spanish teletalk (Very Good) 1050-WEPN-New York,NY 4:21UT/21 Basketball talk,ESPN ID 1053-LIBYA-R. Jamahiriyah,Tripoli 00:18UT/21 Arabic talk woman (mix w/ England) 1080-IRAN-IRIB1 Abadan 00:20UT/21 Chants & music 1089-ENGLAND-Talskport Radio, Brookmans Park 2:23UT/20 Talk about marriage //1053 1090-WBAL-Baltimore,Maryland 4:18UT/21 Kohler Generator Ad,ID 1130-WBBR-New York,NY 2:20UT/20 Bloomberg 11-30 ID, Ads 1134-SPAIN-R. Nacional various 00:56UT/21 Spanish talk,music program 1160-BERMUDA-VSB3 Hamilton 6:45UT/20 BBC News 1160-WCFO-East Point,Georgia 5:29UT/21 "Talk of the Town ID" Atlanta's Home for Imus in the Morning" CBS News,Legal ID **NEW** (Awaiting station email return for proper power output confirmation ) could be New ULR Distance Records for World & West Hemisphere @ 250 watts barefoot) (This one says 160 watts nighttime (1882 miles) 1170-Unidentified 00:07UT/21 Traffic,Queen song English talk (tentative Magic 1170 England) 1170-Unidentified 4:25UT/21 David Masters talk show ? (Good) 1180-WHAM-Rochester,NY 4:26UT/21 Legal ID, talk show 1179-ROMANIA-Romania Actualitati, Galbeni-Bacau 00:00UT/21 Romanian talk,American pop song 1206-FRANCE-France Info Bordeaux-Neac 2:18UT/20 man in French talk 1215-ENGLAND-Absolute Radio, various 00:17UT/21 pop songs,ID 1251-LIBYA-Voice of Africa,Tripoli 2:18UT/20 Arabic talk & music 1260-WMKI-Boston,Mass 7:35UT/21 Disney ID's ,promos 1290-VENEZUELA-YVLF R. Puerto Cabello 6:47UT/20 man in Spanish /ID 1296-SPAIN-COPE Valencia 00:05UT/21 two men in Spanish talk 1314-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-R. Farda, Al Dhabbaya 23:30UT/20 Arabic talk ,ID 1341-NORTHERN IRELAND-BBC R. Ulster Lisnagarvey 00:05UT/21 "95.5FM,1341AM ,Live on the Web" ID Music show 1370-WDEA-Ellsworth,Maine 2:17UT/20 Red Sox baseball game 1377-FRANCE-France Info, Lille-Camphin en Carembault 2:15UT/20 French talk & promos (Like A Local) 1413-SPAIN-R. Nacional, Jaen, 00:55UT/21 man in Spanish (Very Strong) 1422-GERMANY-Deutschlandfunk Heusweiler 23:28UT/20 German talk,Bob Dylan music feature 1431-DJIBOUTI-R. Sawa Arta 23:20UT/20 man in Arabic talk (good) 1470-WLAM-Lewiston,Maine 4:44UT/21 True Oldies Channel ID,oldies 1503-IRAN-IRIB1 Bushehr 2:13UT/20 man & woman in Persian talk 1521-SAUDI ARABIA-BSKSA Duba, 2:40UT/20 Arabic music & talk (Like a Local) 1530-WCKY-Cincinnati, Ohio 4:43UT/21 ESPN Sports Center ,talk 1539-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-VOA Relay 00:22UT/21 two men talk about Afghanistan in Arabic 1557-FRANCE-France Info Nice-Fontbonne 00:25UT/21 French talk,African music feat. 1570-CJLV-Laval,Quebec 4:47UT/21 French talk,oldies 1575-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-R. Farda Al Dhabbaya 23:21UT/20 Arabic pops (Good) 1620-WDND-South Bend,Indiana 7:28UT/21 ESPN Radio, sports scores ***NEW** (NEW STATE) Receivers: SRF-M37V & SRF-39FP barefoot Good DX Allen Willie Bristol's Hope,Newfoundland 47:43N 53:11W http://nldxers.110mb.com
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Re: Retread
Stuart
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...Keith, you might try out the smallest conventional, analog (not USB) powered computer speakers from Logitech; under $12 in Walmart here on the ConUS. They're dark gray-black, have an AC cord that leads directly into the left speaker (no wall-wart) and have no hum when output from netbooks, ULRs and my ATS-909. They feel solid, sound very good to me and are inexpensive and uncomplicated. Stu M.
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Re: Retread
Kevin Schanilec
Hi Keith:
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The digital Sony model is probably the SRF-M37W. It is fairly sensitive and has great sound through headphones (IMHO), but it has quite broad selectivity and issues with images, so not necessarily the best Ultralight for urban areas. However, Allen Willie in Newfoundland exclusively uses one, and has heard a jaw-dropping amount of DX with it. It is covered in the Shootouts and Gallery in Folder 1 - Start Here" in the Files section here on the Group. As for speakers, I have found many little add-on speakers are quite noisy, either because they have a wall adapter that gives off a lot of RF noise, or the component in the amplifier circuit are noisy. This includes speaker designed for computers. I found a little set of speakers with no amplifier - just the speakers - and they work pretty well. They will not fill a room with sound, but are serviceable, especially next to my head as I drift off. I don't believe the M37W or many other Ultralights have sleep timers, although the Tecsun PL-300/310/380 and others have a timer. Hope this helps - Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA
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skpounds14 <skpounds14@...>
Someone at Amazon.com mentioned for $10 more than the SRF59 there was a Sony model that had digital tuning. Anyone know which model that might be?
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Also I'd like to go to sleep with the radio at night and need some small speakers to hook up to the radio. Any suggestions? Thanks, Keith
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Re: Newfoundland Ultralight Radio Trans-Atlantics & Domestics Report May 16-17-18
dave_hackwell <dave_hackwell@...>
Great list as always ..... I was also surprised how early you had my local Gold Manchester on 1458 !
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Re: Update on FS antenna project
Paul V Birke PEng <nonlinear@...>
Dear Kevin yes ferrites on the outside ends using two sides sticky tape, 3 tapes per end hole to be drilled out each end to take the pickup ferrite rod (3 amidon 1/2" by 8" rods in series) so flat ferrites on top each end and pickup in the middle best Paul
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Kevin Schanilec
Hi Paul:
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I am also continuing to work on a FS antenna, and am collecting up the pieces needed for a larger one. This product from US Plastics looks very interesting... and big! Will that be the form around which you put the ferrites and coil, or will everything go inside of it? Thanks -Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA
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Re: Finally, a new station to add to my log....#262 - WOKY Milwaukee.
Brian Miller
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btw - That's 920 kHz - WOKY "The Wolf"
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Finally, a new station to add to my log....#262 - WOKY Milwaukee.
Brian Miller
Hey everyone!
I listen to the BCB everyday and night at some point, but I haven't logged anything new in awhile, so I was happy to log something new for the first time in several weeks. Around 0655 EDT this morning, I logged WOKY, a C&W station in Greenfield, WI (Milwaukee). It came through on my Tecsun PL-606 with a male announcer giving a bit of local news including something to do with Reba McEntire, then he spoke about the new Pirates of the Caribbean film opening today before giving a time check and then I heard him give the call letters and the signal dropped completely. -Brian Miller Berkley MI USA
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Update on FS antenna project
Paul V Birke PEng <nonlinear@...>
Dear Michael
best wishes Paul
From: Michael To: ultralightdx@... Sent: Thu, May 19, 2011 2:00:00 AM Subject: Re: [ultralightdx] Re: New Sangean DT-400W Thanks for the update, Paul. I look forward to reading how it looks and performs.
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Re: Retread
Albert
Welcome Bear, Have been to Maui twice in the last couple of years. Cant wait to get back and do a little ULDXing there.
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Re: Retread
On 19/05/2011 8:31 PM, qrpbear wrote:
Wow....19 Locals.....that's as bad as New York City!!! I take it you are in Honolulu??? I have 3 Locals here...and think I'm hard done by!! HAHHAHAA.... 73....ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA
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qrpbear
Robert,
Thanks for the welcome. DXing is going to be a bit of challenge here. I have 19 local AM broadcast stations within a 20 mile radius of me! I don't believe any of them are required to observe day/night power variation or quiet hours. Fortunately the SRF59 has a very deep null. Digging through my junkbox I found a 4.5" ferrite core that I rescued from an old radio may years ago. I will probably use that to make a tuned passive coupler. I'm more inclined to believe I need more in the way of interference rejection than in added sensitivity. 73, 'Bear' NH7SR
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On 19/05/2011 6:39 PM, qrpbear wrote:
Hello Bear: Welcome to the ULR Group!!! You may very well be our first member from HAWAII!!! You are in an IDEAL SPOT to hear a lot of Wild DX from all directions!!! You will be happy with the SRF-59...it is an amazing little DX Magnet. It's the Radio I started ULR DXing with in JAN 2008. I have now switched over to mainly using an SRF-T615 (Have 3 of these little Buggers)!!! I logged over 300 Stations in the first 30 Days of ULR DXing...using the SRF-59. After 3 Years I am sitting at 929 Stations heard on a ULR!! So..the sky is the limit.....as long as you devote time and effort to DXing with ULRs. Many of the list members have proven that distances of 5000 Miles Plus are VERY POSSIBLE with ULRs...and your location with WATER EVERYWHERE...should prove interesting!! Let us know what you hear...we can hardly wait!!! Have Fun with the ULRs.....and again, welcome to the Group!!! 73......ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross (For the ULR AWARDS Committee) London, Ontario CANADA
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qrpbear
I'm one of those old geezers that used to DX the AM broadcast band with an All American 5 back in my high school days in the late 50's. Reading about the results you guys have been having with these new radios whet my curiousity. Today I bought an SRF59 on closeout at a local drugstore along with a pack of batteries. Tried it out walking home and must say I was blown away by it. I have never heard an AM radio of its size with that much sheer performance. I cannot abide that dinky tuning knob and impossible to read dial so mine will be installed in a cigar box and outfitted with a fancy Pilot vernier dial. For any serious DX'ing I will have to take it on Safari to a nearby park. There is entirely too much signal loss and anthropomorphic noise in my concrete and steel building.
It will be very interesting to see what stations I can pick up here in Honolulu where everyone but locals are at least 2500 miles away! 73 es DX, 'Bear' NH7SR
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Re: New Sangean DT-400W
Jay <jaypolicow@...>
They probably do vary a bit but I should also add that my particular one is also very hot on FM.
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Re: New Sangean DT-400W
Albert
Fine business Keith, I find no fault with your thoughts on these subjects because basically they have been my experience also.
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With the exception that the DT-400W is much more pleasant to listen too than the DSP-equipped radio's. It sounds more like a very strong analog radio with all the nice features of a digital radio. I think that is why the costly Sony SRF-T615 is so popular. By the way if you get a turkey radio, well you give it to one of your kids and go back to what works best, probably a trusty old SRF-XXX. One of my favorite radio's is the very analog 1978 Panasonic RF 2200, of course it is an uber sized radio not an ULR. No freq counter on this baby! Very Best 73's Big Al N0CEK
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