John, Your shootouts are always informative and interesting. Do the totals for the Insignia pocket radios include HD sub-channels, or just the main stations? Haven't had much luck with FM Dx here in

That is a lot of stations for that part of northern VT, and I like your long list of radios too! - FARMERIK

5.8.10, 2130, 1490kHz, WTIQ, Manistique, MI, 88mi/142km, 1k/1k, N-NW 339deg, Oldies, PL-380 5.9.10, 2051, 1230kHz, WCLO, Janesville, WI, 224mi/361km, 1k/1k, S-SW 231deg, Newstalk, PL-380 5.9.10, 2325,

Doh! Adding power for uncorrelated sidebands should be a factor of 3dB, not 6. So much for that theory... Perhaps the specification has been somewhat revised relative to the document I Googled.

Paul, I got the -25dB number from an iBiquity document (the inventors and promotors of IBOC). Since the two sidebands are uncorrelated, the total power in both sidebands would add up to -19dB (-25 +

IMHO the calls for the // 1340 should not be allowed to be broadcast unless the 880 callsign is also broadcast in conjunction. Paul S. in CT

From what I have read on the internet, iBOC is usually transmitted at -19db relative. Thus a 50kW atation broadcast iBOC at about 630 Watts. Due to the nature of the signal, it interferes directly on

I agree that its often temperature inversions moreso than tropo. Atleast up to a point distance-wise. On some of these 'skip events' you can watch as the the thing moves with the weather. I don't

Hello All, With fellow DXing fanatic Guy Atkins also living in the small city ofPuyallup, WA, we probably have more weird technical projects per capitathan any place on the planet. Guy is mostly

Hi Stephen, This would require a radio with dynamic range exceeding 86 dB (20*log(3150/0.15)), which is higher than all commonly available consumer gear. Even then, the adacent-channel rejection is

but it only receives to 1600 khz, you're missing the top 100 khz of the band. byron

I don't know about the salt water but tropo seems to like water paths here in the Mid-Atlantic. My usual tropo is to Southern New England and the Outer Banks, both generally over salt water paths.

I wonder if salt water helps FM signals travel farther, as well, like it does for AM. I happen to live behind a hill, but if I at least go on the roof of my house, or go to the top of the hill, I can

Yeah, you're probably right that the PL-360 is not the radio for me. ;) And no, I'm definitely not satisfied with the PL-380 here, although I really wanted to like it :( especially based on your

Hello, Seller dpmega says free shipping on his shop until 23may: (although not indicated in his

Eastern Caribbean signals that are fairly common in coastal areas of Massachusetts: 555 St. Kitts 580 Puerto Rico 620 Antigua 630 Puerto Rico 640 Guadeloupe 680 Puerto Rico (with WRKO nulled) 780

Oh, yeah. Any time I get good tropo conditions I switch over to FM. One night, I got some excellent catches barefoot on my G8! Farthest away I believe was KSNY at 101.5 FM in Snyder, TX (approximately

Heard a station coming in pretty strong broadcasting in Spanish on 880 from 2015-2045 tonight. But they ID'ed as 1340 from Clearwater, FL! From the direction, nearly due E-W of Memphis by the loop,

Welcome to a FM ULR Rodeo! All radios were tested 11am to 2pm on the same day from the same location. Each receiver was coupled directly or inductively to an external FanFare FM26 omni-directional FM

--- In ultralightdx@..., "farmerik" wrote: Rik, > I have been working with just the 2 foot air core loop antenna and Gary's 7.5 inch ferrite rod. > > Here are the new numbers for midday reception