Hah, same here. I like to get out in the fresh air with my ham gear and inevitably someone asks if I'm talking to Mars, or little green men. Only maybe 99% of the time it's when I'm about to break

I DX from the top of my driveway here in McGrath, Alaska... on a very public road. When i first got here, everyone in this small town wondered what i was doing.. and tons asked.. now everyones used to

Hi Paul, I find people are generally curious when they see radio equipment set up and like to know what you are doing. I generally tell them it is Amateur (ham) radio as most people have heard of that

Don’t let it short out. The other leg on an input plug connects to the radio’s ground, so a short will ground the long wire and make the antenna useless. Also, be careful. Some radio front ends

What radio is this for? Paul

January 2022 Update: I was recently swapping over my radio kit to my new backpack when I came across this radio in my crate of "less" used radios. I put in a new set of AAA batteries and had a bit of

Firstly Happy New Year to all! Okay, more newbie help required. I was about to make up a long wire aerial when I realised I wasn’t certain how to do it. I’ve bought a 3.5 mono jack to which I want

How do people who undertake their hobbies in public areas handle any questions or concerns from members of the public? Yesterday I was out at a local park and had my full kit with me, I was setup in

I just downloaded that and had a read, that is a really nice newsletter and has some good and interesting information. Paul

I have joined your group and find it very interesting. Paul

A new year brings a new radio challenge for me. I have decided to challenge myself to log every 50kw big gun station in Australia. I am not sure how long this will take and how successfully this will

Asian DX Review - Volume 40 - No. 567 - January 2022 Indian DX Club International celebrating 40 Years of Asian DX Review High Resolution Copy also available for download

You're nto weird. Sometimes when I log a station from my Alaska QTH, I'll go virtual tower hunting on google maps and find a good view of it. I run a facebook group called "I take pictures of

No … you are definitely NOT weird. Your interests may be different than mine. But that is the way things are supposed to be. It’s GOOD for the hobby. It always bugs when I’m at my Amateur

Hi all, Great responses and thank you! Hi Jock, I have recently been thinking about DX'ing the NOAA freqs! LOL! Cool! Johnny

This makes me smile! Some of the ultralights can also receive NOAA weather stations. Sometimes I enjoy DXing NOAA weather radio:

Excellent post Bill, it sounds like your experiments with propagation are a more "serious" version of my Long Term DXing project. "What a great hobby!" ^ 100% agree, I love how much variety this

I could definitely get into FM DXing. I've been messing with radio of all kinds since the late 1950s. SWLing, MW DXing, also a ham since 1963. The most intense and excited I've ever been about the

Just an update on this, I have made some changes and have reposted this (the original URL above does not work anymore) New write up and photos here:

Thanks for posting this. I am also a bit "weird" in that I also like to hunt down TX sites and "see" what I am hearing. I also like to run my longterm dxing project which I know is not everyone's cup