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Does anyone know if the NRC Facebook group is still active? A couple of weeks ago I joined NRC and also asked to join the Facebook group, but got no response. Maybe the admin is in transition or

Yes the tuning on the loop needs to be very precise. A touch either way and you loose the peak. It is also pretty critical where you place the radio relative to the loop. With some of my small radios

Hi Ron Once again many thanks! So clip-on it is! And now finally fully understood, and I really appreciate your patience 🙂. Cheers Drifter

Hi FenDrifter You can still improve SW a good bit by plugging a long wire into the jack. Its not as good as turning on whip only (CH 5) and connecting an external antenna to the whip. If you are in CH

That depends very much on what you call “ground wave”. If you mean a wave that propagates along the ground and follows the curvature of the earth, like MW or LW does,  then you're right FM does

Hi Ron Many thanks for such a detailed reply! It’s cleared me up on attaching a long wire for SW. So do I understand that plugging a long wire into the jack socket only benefits MW? In other words,

Hi FenDrifter When you press and hold the "3" button while radio is in the MW/LW mode you will see a short message on the display that reads either "CH 5" or "CH A". In "CH 5" the radio is using the

FM tends not to travel by ground wave. You may want to recall the weather on that day. The transmitter could have been operating in a ducting condition which enhances VHF propagation. . It is quite

Hi all, I recently heard a "lowish" powered FM station (generally speaking), WBNO out of Bryan, Ohio, from my Michigan home. The station is broadcasting at 6000 watts, with an antenna approximately

Okay all! I bought another one! This time it was called Hwydo AN200, but they’re all the same. This time I’ve learned some very valuable beginners lessons. If you’re reading this having never

I have just spent some time updating this and it might be a good resource for some of our newer members. Paul -- Paul

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 07:24 PM, James Rohrer wrote: Do you expect the ULI scores to be lower during the spring and summer? I think it's time for a reality check here. Long range DX is very

Notes on the changes are below: MWDXerDB_V22.03: - Check all declared values and move as many as possible to config.ini file. - New Logo - Add basic system information display - Add ASCII Checker -

I would not think so, I have found that the time of day is a bigger factor. Paul -- Paul

Do you expect the ULI scores to be lower during the spring and summer?

The latest version is now online: https://ultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2022/02/software-mwdxerdb.html The change log includes all the changes since 22.02.

Total? I did not think of doing that. Need a spreadsheet. Maybe I will just compute my best two.

DATE: 10/03/2022 TIME: 22:15 LOCATION: Home, Launceston Tasmania RADIO: Digitech AR-1733 NOTES: N/A 531KhZ - 3GG - ULDXIndex = 0.3072 549KhZ - 2CR - ULDXIndex = 0.07632 594KhZ - 3WV - ULDXIndex =

Thanks Paul