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Re: Ultralight FC DX from Nova Scotia, July 3
Rik
That is VERY impressive. If I remember my US Geography, Alabama has no Atlantic ocean frontage at all, but was not much further than the stations you heard in Georgia. - FARMERIK
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Ultralight FC DX from Nova Scotia, July 3
John Cereghin <jcereghin@...>
I'm in Greenwood, Nova Scotia visiting the in-laws and heard the
following on July 3 on my PL-310 Ultralight with just the whip antenna. The opening was from Nova Scotia to Central Florida/Florida Panhandle/ Georgia and Alabama. : 102.9 WXXJ Jacksonville FL 1358 miles 97.3 WSKY Micanopy FL 1440 miles 92.1 WECQ Destin FL (probable) 1544 miles (all time distance record for me from any location) 92.9 WAAC Valdosta GA "C93" 1393 miles 95.5 WSBB Doraville GA, 1280 miles 93.7 WDJC Birmingham AL 1408 miles I checked the radio on-and-off during July 3 while driving through Maine and New Brunswick and I may have heard something on 88.9, mixing with CHNI Saint John NB about 1300 Atlantic time, but heard nothing else until about 1945 Atlantic. John Cereghin Smyrna DE, vacationing in Greenwood Nova Scotia
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ETM radio ideas-FARMERIK
Rik
I really like ETM on my PL-390, and I see it is now available on the PL-360 and PL-310 as well which actually qualify as ULRs. Based on the reviews here, I chose the '310 over the PL-380. Now there are also the PL-505 and 606 which don't especially appeal to me, and I didn't notice if they offer ETM or not. Does anyone here have any recommendations for ULR radios with ETM? - FARMERIK
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thomashuber@...
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Re: Tescum Pl-210 Alignment Instructions or Schematic Needed
maxyhopy
Hi Joe,
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Well if you want I can ask them. Let me give it a try, you never know. Frank
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Re: Tescum Pl-210 Alignment Instructions or Schematic Needed
josephrot
Egad! If only Tecsun could be induced to supply those same quality documents for the PL-660 unit.
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Joe
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Re: Tescum Pl-210 Alignment Instructions or Schematic Needed
ferrite61 <dxrx@...>
Somewhere's on the interneet I found a schematic for the R-911 model, and it resides here, for the tinkers. It would be interesting to note the similarity between some simpler models like the R-9012/R-912/R-911.
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Paul S. in CT
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Re: Country # 99 Heard on an Ultralight Radio
Hi Allen.....Another Caribbean Graveyarder on a ULR...what more can I say than.....
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OLE!!!! Great Work!! Country # 100 is just around the corner...... 73.......ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA *******************************************************************************
On 2013-07-01, at 10:17 PM, Allen wrote:
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Re: Tescum Pl-210 Alignment Instructions or Schematic Needed
maxyhopy
Hi Everyone,
I decided to send a email directly to Tecsum and ask them for the schematics and to my surprise they sent me the complete set of schematics. I will upload the pdf to the files area.
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Re: Country # 99 Heard on an Ultralight Radio
Tony Ward
"Newfie Screech" is what you are looking for Richard. A leeeetle difficult to find outside of Newfoundland though! (G) Tony (VE3NO) NYAA Starfest Whitby, ON tonyward@... http://www.nyaa.ca No Titans were harmed in my recent full knee replacement ...
From: RichardA To: ultralightdx@... Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2013 12:18:46 AM Subject: [ultralightdx] Re: Country # 99 Heard on an Ultralight Radio Allen: What drink should we toast you with when you reach #100? I imagine it won't be long now. Good DX. Richard. --- In ultralightdx@..., "Allen" wrote: > > Hello To All, > > > While tuning the dial this evening I heard a station in English with Religious talk in English underneath CBG Gander, Newfoundland on 1400 khz. > > As the evening progressed the signal began to intensify with each peak and at times was almost equal to the Gander station. > > Finally on the hour came the station ID , alas another new country for the Ultralight logbook as follows: > > 1400 khz - GRENADA - Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou 1:00 UTC 7/2/13 w/ Religious programming in English, Gospel songs then into station ID followed by "Daily Light" broadcast ( heard through and at times equal with CBG Gander NL ) > checked the web also // tunein.com webfeed > > Ultralight Station # 1078 Country # 99 On Ultralight Latin Station # 222 > > Receiver: SRF-M37W barefoot > > > > Good DX > > > Allen Willie > Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland > 47:43N 53:11W >
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Re: Country # 99 Heard on an Ultralight Radio
Tony Ward
Fantastic Allan! Knocking on the door of that big round number! Tony (VE3NO) NYAA Starfest Whitby, ON tonyward@... http://www.nyaa.ca No Titans were harmed in my recent full knee replacement ... From: Allen To: ultralightdx@... Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 10:17:08 PM Subject: [ultralightdx] Country # 99 Heard on an Ultralight Radio Hello To All,
While tuning the dial this evening I heard a station in English with Religious talk in English underneath CBG Gander, Newfoundland on 1400 khz. As the evening progressed the signal began to intensify with each peak and at times was almost equal to the Gander station. Finally on the hour came the station ID , alas another new country for the Ultralight logbook as follows: 1400 khz - GRENADA - Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou 1:00 UTC 7/2/13 w/ Religious programming in English, Gospel songs then into station ID followed by "Daily Light" broadcast ( heard through and at times equal with CBG Gander NL ) checked the web also // tunein.com webfeed Ultralight Station # 1078 Country # 99 On Ultralight Latin Station # 222 Receiver: SRF-M37W barefoot Good DX Allen Willie Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland 47:43N 53:11W
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Re: [IRCA] DXers signing off
Jay <jaypolicow@...>
I agree. As a lifelong broadcaster and hobbyist I find AM radio (at least here in the US) to be alive and well and all the prophets of doom are voicing opinions which may not be founded. I say let's be positive about it and keep enjoying our hobby.
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Many people are also saying (and have for years)that shortwave is dead but they tend to be people who don't listen. Sure there are far fewer signals than there used to be but those of us who do still listen can find tons to listen to. jay Allen http://radiojayallen.com
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thomashuber@...
The original message was received at 2013-07-02 05:46:17 -0400
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Re: Country # 99 Heard on an Ultralight Radio
bbwrwy
Allen:
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What drink should we toast you with when you reach #100? I imagine it won't be long now. Good DX. Richard.
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Re: Newfoundland Ultralight Radio Logs June 29
bbwrwy
Neil:
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Thank you for the information. KRDY isn't much of a problem here, but KNZZ might be. Despite its low power, KNZZ is aubible when I point the receiver toward Brazil. However a good signal from Radio Globo should be audible here. Good DX. Richard.
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Country # 99 Heard on an Ultralight Radio
Allen Willie
Hello To All,
While tuning the dial this evening I heard a station in English with Religious talk in English underneath CBG Gander, Newfoundland on 1400 khz. As the evening progressed the signal began to intensify with each peak and at times was almost equal to the Gander station. Finally on the hour came the station ID , alas another new country for the Ultralight logbook as follows: 1400 khz - GRENADA - Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou 1:00 UTC 7/2/13 w/ Religious programming in English, Gospel songs then into station ID followed by "Daily Light" broadcast ( heard through and at times equal with CBG Gander NL ) checked the web also // tunein.com webfeed Ultralight Station # 1078 Country # 99 On Ultralight Latin Station # 222 Receiver: SRF-M37W barefoot Good DX Allen Willie Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland 47:43N 53:11W
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To Me AM DXing Has Just Begun !
maxyhopy
To Me AM DXing Has Just Begun!
I have been a shortwave listener and also a ham radio operator for over 30 years and I am just discovering the fun aspect of AM DXing. To me there is much more information available then ever on how to construct all types of antennas, baluns, tuners and even rolling your own DX receiver. To me radio communications will always be fun and exciting and I will always love it. Still enjoying radio after all these years.
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Re: [IRCA] DXers signing off
Peter Laws
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 2:49 PM, <D1028Gary@...> wrote:
John Bryant and I formed the Ultralight Radio DXing community primarily to provide DXers an alternative to the gloom-and-doom atmosphere, and the new niche group caught on like wildfire. A positive, exciting message will drown out pessimism every time. Ultralight radio DXing is tough, challenging and completely different from relying on table receivers and large antennas for success-- but the challenge forces you to develop new skills and attitudes... something that you haven't needed to do for decades. The other side of the coin is that the new challenge provides you with DXing excitement that you haven't felt for decades, either!Yeah, and thanks for that. A chance meeting with Richard Allen at the OKC Train Show a few years back where the discussion turned from trains to the subject of TP DXing on ultralights lead me to a Tecsun PL606 (though he and I would probably prefer "Oklahomun"-branded radios). I've not done as much AM DXing as I'd like subsequently, but I would not have done *any* (save for Cubs baseball on WGN in the car at night) had it not been for the ULR folks. I gotta say, the *content* of the broadcasts these days really turns me off on two levels: one is the sameness - regardless of station, it's all programmed out of the same corporate offices in a way that it wasn't 30-40 years ago. Worse, the ads are all the same! The other is that there is so much *crap* on the airwaves! Political, conspiracies, combinations of same. Back in the day, the most radical thing you were likely to hear was the stuff from the Chicago Federation of Labor on WCFL (1000 kHz, Chicago - now WMVP). I'd be hesitant to give a kid an ultralight these days given some of what can be heard (and explained the next morning). But it's still just as exciting to log a new station! -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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Re: [IRCA] DXers signing off
Like everyone else, I'm sorry to read this morning's posts from Lee and John, and the additional comments about the general decline of the AM-DXing hobby. The domestic radio scene certainly isn't very inspiring, and pessimism seems to be the order of the day. Some giants of the hobby are passing judgment on our future, and calling it a day. Unlike almost everyone else, though, I'm convinced that the AM-DXing hobby still has plenty of excitement to offer those who are willing to take on new challenges-- and try out new styles of DXing.
At the peak of the IBOC-inspired pessimism in late 2007 DXers were all too eager to throw off the funereal mindset that was dominating both the IRCA and NRC lists, and take on an exciting new challenge. John Bryant and I formed the Ultralight Radio DXing community primarily to provide DXers an alternative to the gloom-and-doom atmosphere, and the new niche group caught on like wildfire. A positive, exciting message will drown out pessimism every time. Ultralight radio DXing is tough, challenging and completely different from relying on table receivers and large antennas for success-- but the challenge forces you to develop new skills and attitudes... something that you haven't needed to do for decades. The other side of the coin is that the new challenge provides you with DXing excitement that you haven't felt for decades, either!
The accidental loss of John Bryant in early 2010 was a shock to us all, and could have given the ULR community a legitimate reason to "throw in the towel." But guess what? John's organizational work had done had already laid a firm foundation of optimism and excitement in our community, and we continued to grow like wildfire. Today our Yahoo group has well over 1300 members, and I honestly can't remember when anyone on Ultralightdx has posted a gloom-and-doom message about the future of the AM-DXing hobby.
I was a teenage DXer in the IRCA in 1969, and can well remember how favorable DXing conditions were with clear channels, Monday morning sign-off periods and frequent DX tests. But I can honestly say that the past few years have been far more exciting, with new discoveries like the FSL antennas, enhanced ocean cliff transoceanic propagation and computer-based sharing of MP3 files. Recently two of the most vibrant segments of the AM-DXing community (Perseus-SDR DXers and the ULR community) have cooperated to develop the new Broadband FSL antenna, which has the potential to provide breakthrough spectrum-capture capability on ocean side cliffs. There will be other exciting AM-DXing challenges coming in the next few years, both in antenna development and transoceanic DXing... and I personally can't wait to see what the future will bring. I may sound like a voice in the wilderness, but I'm sure that noted DXers like Allen Willie, Rob Ross, Richard Allen, Gary Deacon and others will agree with me :-)
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
Ultralight Radio Group Co-Founder
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From: Fred Schroyer To: irca Sent: Mon, Jul 1, 2013 11:14 am Subject: [IRCA] DXers signing off Reading the posts by Lee Freshwater and John Callarman left me feeling saddened and nostalgic. Saddened for the obvious decline of AM radio and our DXing hobby, and saddened to see two of our legendary DXers signing off. And nostalgic for those magical winter nights when I was a teen in the 1950s-60s, listening first with a little Zenith table radio, then with a Hallicrafters S-85, feeling the excitement of hearing 1 or 5 kw stations in California from my western PA QTH, or the OCs suddenly bursting into the SSB with the s/on of a 500 watter in the deep South, or the barely audible 1YZ on 800, or the amazing signals from daytimers doing Monday-AM FCs or ETs or DX tests on actual clear channels, or the evening parade of s/offs on 1580 progressing westward every 15 minutes, or the astonishing morning when HCJB-1310 faded up to top the channel after sunrise for a once-in-a lifetime clear ID, or typing my report to NRC's DX News and sending it off... Well, as the song says, everything must change, nothing stays the same...but it's been a great ride, and I'm glad for all of us who got to be a part of it! _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@... http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@...
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Re: Shouyu SY-X5 AM FM SW Radio
elimixpro83 <elimixpro83@...>
:-)
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I forgot... the radio itself feels solid, also the tuning dial is not "centered" it will incline when tuning, making it harder to read a frequency...
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