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Re: 540 kHz UnID-- Australian English Assistance Needed (Again)
Vimal
Well said,I agree with you.
On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 6:03 PM, radiojayallen <radiojayallen@...> wrote: One thing I love about this string is how the internet has let us pool our resources. Before the internet many (if not most) of us were all by ourselves in our hobby, but I have met many people thanks to online discussions. With all the negative press social media gets these days I just wanted to point out one of its positive aspects.
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Re: Tecsun R-9700DX or Tecsun PL310ET
radiojayallen
I agree with this assessment. I will also say that I have two of these...one bought way back when it first came out (maybe 10 or more years ago...it's been around quite long time) and one purchased last year and the older one is slightly better aligned then the newest one. It is a decent performing analog radio and I like it overall but having a fairly low accuracy analog dial it is not a DX'ing favorite...better (for me) for program listening and general band scanning to see what's there. Also has Pre-DSP Fm which is not very selective. Jay
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Re: 540 kHz UnID-- Australian English Assistance Needed (Again)
radiojayallen
One thing I love about this string is how the internet has let us pool our resources. Before the internet many (if not most) of us were all by ourselves in our hobby, but I have met many people thanks to online discussions. With all the negative press social media gets these days I just wanted to point out one of its positive aspects.
Jay
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Re: 540 kHz UnID-- Australian English Assistance Needed (Again)
Paul Blundell
Nothing local to me so I agree with the above.
-- Paul - Moderator UltralightDX
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Testing my new Eton Elite Traveler on TA MW outside
Peter 1956
Poor TA conditions. Nothing audible in the house, only one TA station audible outside. 1130 WBBR.
https://youtu.be/WmeelGV3MOY Peter Wilson
Blackpool UK
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Re: 540 kHz UnID-- Australian English Assistance Needed (Again)
Thanks William, Andy and Richard,
Your helpful assistance on deciphering 540-Rhema's Kiwi English is greatly appreciated! I never could have figured any of this out by myself. You would think that after having "discovered" the New Zealand MW-DX oriented "Kiwi Cliff" on the Oregon coast in 2011 I would at least have made some progress in understanding the Kiwi English accent, but to me the Japanese and Cantonese recordings are easier to figure out. Kiwi English and Maori seem equally challenging. A few years back I sent a strange UnID language recording to my Kiwi transplant buddy Theo Donnelly, asking for his opinion of the language. He immediately chastised me for not recognizing that it was Kiwi English. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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My new Eton Elite Traveler on FM
Peter 1956
See YouTube description and video captions for details.
https://youtu.be/-rsU9SLAVRM Peter Wilson
NB the MW problems on the former model Eton Executive Traveler seem to have been resolved. I don't have an Executive Traveler, nor an Eton Traveler III to make a direct comparison.Blackpool UK
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Re: Tecsun R-9700DX or Tecsun PL310ET
Vimal
I have pl-390 in my collection of almost 15 good radios. And would advise you to stay away from it. It is a beautiful paper weight ;simply not worth your hard earned money. Tuning and volume controls are the culprit; they don’t obey your commands. Just my two cents. Vimal Oberoi
On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 6:35 PM, Glenn BRIDEN <gbriden64@...> wrote:
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Re: Tecsun R-9700DX or Tecsun PL310ET
Glenn BRIDEN
While the 9700dx is a nice reciever for an analog it is a little harder to tune a specific frequency. The sound is good and it does a good job of receiving weaker signals. You will find it is effected by noise more bit that is common with analog radios.
Accept it for what it is and you will enjoy this radio.
Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada’s largest network.
From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Marc Coevoet <sintsixtus@...>
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 7:47:58 AM To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] Tecsun R-9700DX or Tecsun PL310ET Op 3/12/2019 om 13:35 schreef Hans Stam:
> Hi all.. > > At this moment I have the Tecsun PL-660, and this receiver is OK.. > > But I have the intention to buy the Tecsun R-9700Dx receiver > > Is there anyone in this group who own this receiver? If you compare it > to the 310et or 380 is there a difference in the sensitivity > > And how about the noise? I live in an apartment surrounded by offices > etc.. So not the perfect place to listen > > Any replies are most welcome! > I would not spend 60$ on a 9700, but on a 390 or 390 with mp3 player, a 398... https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=R-9700Dx&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 I own one, it sits in its box, waiting for a true crisis in my other radios ... Marc -- The "Penguin" has arrived - and he's not going away - ever. For former Apple users: Xubuntu.org (menu's up left) For former Windows users: Lubuntu.org (menu's down left)
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Re: Tecsun R-9700DX or Tecsun PL310ET
Marc Coevoet
Op 3/12/2019 om 13:35 schreef Hans Stam:
Hi all..I would not spend 60$ on a 9700, but on a 390 or 390 with mp3 player, a 398... https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&;channel=fs&q=R-9700Dx&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 I own one, it sits in its box, waiting for a true crisis in my other radios ... Marc -- The "Penguin" has arrived - and he's not going away - ever. For former Apple users: Xubuntu.org (menu's up left) For former Windows users: Lubuntu.org (menu's down left)
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Tecsun R-9700DX or Tecsun PL310ET
Hans Stam
Hi all.. But I have the intention to buy the Tecsun R-9700Dx receiver Is there anyone in this group who own this receiver? If you compare it to the 310et or 380 is there a difference in the sensitivity And how about the noise? I live in an apartment surrounded by offices etc.. So not the perfect place to listen Any replies are most welcome!
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Re: 540 kHz UnID-- Australian English Assistance Needed (Again)
Richard Allen <dx747j@...>
Gary:
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It’s definitely New Zealand. Hawks Bay & Gisborne are on the east coast of the North Island of Aotearoa. Good listening. Richard Allen.
On Dec 3, 2019, at 05:45, Gary DeBock via Groups.Io <D1028Gary@...> wrote:
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Re: 540 kHz UnID-- Australian English Assistance Needed (Again)
Andy ZL3AG
Hi Gary,
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Had a quick listen - heading off to bed soon. Definitely Kiwi. Talking about English football: "...cup holders Liverpool..." then later NZ weather: " ...Southern Wairarapa... Manawatu..."Horowhenua through to Wellington, partly cloudy with a few spots of light rain, Nelson/Malborough cloudy periods... ...heavy about the ranges. For Canterbury, mostly cloudy with scattered light rain, Otago/Southland..." Cheers, Andy (Member NZRDXL)
On 4/12/19 12:45 am, Gary DeBock via Groups.Io wrote:
This 540 kHz recording was made in Poipu, Hawaii at 1503 UTC on November 6th, and features a male speaker giving some sports news and a weather report. I suspect this is 540-4QL in Longreach, Australia with some local programming. The signal is strong enough, but with the accent I can't really pick out any local names to make sure the signal isn't Rhema from NZ. The weather report seems to have quite a few place names, all unfamiliar to me. Any Australian or NZ native speaker could probably dig out all the details very easily... help! https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/2842z2ptalg40wu9368645fbb79u76he
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Re: 540 kHz UnID-- Australian English Assistance Needed (Again)
William Renton
Hi Gary,
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This is definitely the Kiwi with NZ English and mention of NZ weather including ‘Gisborne, Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa’. Best regards, Will.
On 3 Dec 2019, at 22:45, Gary DeBock via Groups.Io <D1028Gary@...> wrote:
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540 kHz UnID-- Australian English Assistance Needed (Again)
This 540 kHz recording was made in Poipu, Hawaii at 1503 UTC on November 6th, and features a male speaker giving some sports news and a weather report. I suspect this is 540-4QL in Longreach, Australia with some local programming. The signal is strong enough, but with the accent I can't really pick out any local names to make sure the signal isn't Rhema from NZ. The weather report seems to have quite a few place names, all unfamiliar to me. Any Australian or NZ native speaker could probably dig out all the details very easily... help! https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/2842z2ptalg40wu9368645fbb79u76he
73, Gary DeBock (DXing in Poipu, Hawaii from November 2-8)
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Re: New style of FSL........I think ?
Tony Magon
Thanks Dean Yes I would think that would be the first time ferrite has been in a loop this way I do have a loop that I bought years ago that was made up in a basketweave style It looks it was made up in a jig then fishing line was threaded through where the small sticks were to keep it all together - it used normal enameled wire. - Think it was about 9 inches diameter or thereabouts I think the sticks on the jig were probably small skewers. Was modifying the amp that was originally in it - It is down in the garage somewhere - It worked very well. Yes noise in the house is always a problem and Sydney - Australia is not a good location Regards Tony VK2IC
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 1:04 PM Dean wayman <dx_plains@...> wrote: A little more info:
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Re: New style of FSL........I think ?
As far as I know this is the first time Ferrite has been used in a spider web coil ?
Dean
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Re: New style of FSL........I think ?
A little more info:
Spider weave coils or basket weave coils are very high Q that's why the crystal set radio builders use them .Combine a high Q tuning cap (ceramic insulators) and this loop has very sharp tuning ,enough so that even at BFO setting like in LW you get a very crisp tune . Also the basket weave coils have very little distributed capacitance ,some thing that has been talked about a lot when the first FSL builders were tweaking their designs. Used inside most houses this loop suffers from noise as any very sensitive antenna does ,as far as i know nothing can be done about that ATM. Dean
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Re: New style of FSL........I think ?
Tony Magon
Hi Dean Thanks for the info - all ok Regards Tony VK2IC
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 12:53 PM Dean wayman <dx_plains@...> wrote: Hi :
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Re: New style of FSL........I think ?
Hi :
The length will depend on what value of capacitor your going to use but these loops have been around 60 ft of litz. the count 1200/660/275 etc. isn't so important as the AWG ,46 is best for MW. Dean
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