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WABC 770 Off-Air Period [ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 ]
Les Rayburn
DX OPPORTUNITY: WABC 770 kHz Off Air Period from the Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the NRC/IRCA. The tip was verified by Wayne Heinen and it comes from a very reliable source. Please submit interesting loggings during the off-air period to: Below is the original announcement with details: The National Radio Club received a post on our website's contact form this morning concerning some upcoming maintenance at WABC-770. Per the post, they will begin on the evening of Tuesday, November 9, 2021, around 2200 (+/-) Eastern Local Time and will be working on things on and off until they are finished with the maintenance. Hope all back east can take advantage of this opportunity! 73 Wayne Heinen N0POH Editor NRC AM Radio Log Aurora, CO 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman Member WTFDA, MWC Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees RDS Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Kitz Technologies KT-501 Pre-amps, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. “Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…”
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Re: A New Radio For Christmas
Peter Jones
I tend to purchase direct from XHDATA. I've ordered lots of radios from them without issues. Not sure about other countries, but the ones in the UK are sent via Amazon Logistics and arrive next day. Prices very reasonable.
https://www.radiwow.com/ Only negative point is the Tecsun Radios offered aren't the export versions
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WABC 770 Maintenance Period Tomorrow
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Wayne Heinen <amlog@...> Date: Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 7:37 AM Subject: [nrc-am] WABC 770 Maintenance Period Tomorrow To: NRC-AM <nrc-am@...>, <IRCA@groups.io> Hi All
The National Radio Club received a post on our website’s contact form this morning concerning some upcoming maintenance at WABC-770. Per the post, they will begin on the evening of Tuesday November 9, 2021 around 2200 (+/-) Eastern Local Time and will be working on things on and off until they are finished with the maintenance.
Hope all back eat can take advantage of this opportunity!
73
Wayne Heinen N0POH Editor NRC AM Radio Log Aurora, CO
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Re: Make the most of what you've got!
kevin asato
i do similar with a 300 Ohm (twinlead) FM dipole antenna that i take with me on travel - i use it for FM, Air Band, Marine/WX, and 2 Meters RX as well. i carry a small TV type balun (300 Ohm to 75 Ohm) to connect to radios with coax input. Works well enough. i usually tape mine up to the hotel window. Unfortunately, in many locations, the room Air Con is normally below the window so there is added noise when the unit is turned on. i suppose i can also transmit through the antenna as well if i fabricate some sort of matching network. . . . 73, kevin kc6pob
On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 12:36 PM M.I.H.0 via groups.io <metagenetics=protonmail.com@groups.io> wrote: Hi all,
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Re: Make the most of what you've got!
Paul Blundell
Thanks for the photo. That really shows what our hobby is about, making things "work" and having fun. Paul
Hi all, --
Paul
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Re: A New Radio For Christmas
Paul Blundell
Thanks for the links, I will check them out. At this stage I am thinking theR-108 might fit the bill. Paul
On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 11:04 PM radiojayallen <radiojayallen@...> wrote: Paul, --
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Make the most of what you've got!
Hi all,
I just thought I'd share a very crude little antenna that I cobbled together this evening, whilst staying at a relatives in the spare bedroom! A small 2 core piece of wire, 5 minutes and a few bits of tape, was all it took to knock up a very makeshift little 4.9ft boost to my R-108's SW signal! Hobbies are about having fun and sometimes not taking things overly seriously. I enjoyed playing around with this tonight and in fact, the results are really not bad at all! All the best, M.
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Re: Alaska AM DX Nov 7th
Paul Blundell
Well Paul and nice loggings as always. Paul
On Mon, 8 Nov 2021, 4:27 am Paul B. Walker, Jr., <walkerbroadcasting@...> wrote:
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Alaska AM DX Nov 7th
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Things are rebounding nicely after a total wipe out last week 738, 2NR Grafton NSW was in real good for quite awhile, and they are very very very rare here. I had an 1161 playing what I think is classic hits and presume to be a Filipino... it sounded english during live listening but I'll listen back to my recording. I also had Magic, Tauranga, NZ on 1107 fairly well. Not new by any means, an old stalwart in fact but normally theyre only really good when theyre playing music on the weekends. Today i had some super good speech peaks. 4BH 1116 was pretty decent, A3Z showed up a bit Paul
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Re: Official 'ultralight' specs?
Zacharias Liangas
I really wonder of this includes the Chibo radios
C330 was the best of all of its models with very sharp audio (sibilant in HIFi jargon) in its FM . Sad that later it was broke. Half size of Degen DE-1102 There is another model, quite smaller but fatter with very bad specifications. I later littered it
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PL330 firmware 3306 enhancements question (repeat)
Zacharias Liangas
Does anyone know what are the enhancements of the 3306 version over the previous?
I just received the PL330 from ebay As tested from the well known hidden features table this thanks
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Re: Official 'ultralight' specs?
The change in the SSB requirement is good to know, Gary as it opens the door to a few more radios. I used to tease John with the thought that my R390A ought to be grandfathered in because it does have handles.... 2 in fact. You are buried in making FSL's, I'm in a similar situation restoring GE Super Radio's. I located a line of audio grade capacitors which will fit in the space available allowing the 30 year old, dried up electrolytic to be pulled and replaced with the audio grades. Audio is much more smooth and detailed. Also am replacing the 280 kHz wide Chinese filter in the FM IF with a 180 kHz Murata. Very helpful, does not change the response on these mono radios but makes them competitive on FM DX. I want to add a super small but bright LED, out of sight but lighting up the dial pointer. If it will fit AND not cause QRN, that'll be a winner.
Still have my hot-rodded PL-380 and 1 spare 7.5" ferrite bar. That'll go on the D-808. -- Chuck Rippel, K8HU Chesapeake, VA USCGR, ret.
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Re: A New Radio For Christmas
radiojayallen
Paul,
The PL-330 and PL-368 perform quite similarly...their biggest difference is ergonomics. The R-108 lacks SSB but has great audio. I have reviews of all of these radio on my website...the R-108 I reviewed was badged Radiwow R-108 but is the same radio as the one you mentioned. Jay https://radiojayallen.com/tecsun-l-368/ https://wp.me/P1wpLu-1iR PL-330 https://wp.me/P1wpLu-15R Radiwow R-108
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PL330 firmware 3306
Zacharias Liangas
Does anyone know what are the enhancements of the 3306 version over the previous?
I just received the PL330 from ebay As tested from the well known hidden features table this thanks
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Re: Retekess V117 analogue SW/MW/FM radio receiver
radiojayallen
Thanks Paul.
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Re: Retekess V117 analogue SW/MW/FM radio receiver
radiojayallen
Mark,
That 98 MHz was a typo on my part...I meant 8 MHz which is what my radio and your pictures show. I got my radio last December or in January since i wrote it up in January. Jay
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Re: Official 'ultralight' specs?
Hi Paul,
That's great - thank you. M
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Re: Official 'ultralight' specs?
Hi Jorge,
Thanks for this - interesting insights.. I'll have a look at your link! All the best, M.
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Re: A New Radio For Christmas
Hi Paul,
Like Bill I also have the R-108 - my one has the 'RADIWOW' branding. It's my go-to radio that I'll pick up whenever away from home for a night or more. I too find the sensitivity to be more than adequate and I must have been lucky with the battery, because mine performs quite well, I think. It's also not too shabby when scanning the airband. The build quality on these is really quite good, feeling solid and certainly not flimsy. All the best with your new purchase. M.
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Re: A New Radio For Christmas
Paul Blundell
Thanks Bill. I think with the prices, we are paying for a local supplier with a local warranty. I will have a good look over them. Paul
On Sun, 7 Nov 2021, 8:47 pm mediumwavedx, <desertbilly@...> wrote:
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