Back in style, Dave! Congrats on the Challenge. 73, Jim, KR1S http://kr1s.kearman.com/ http://qrp.kearman.com/

I'm glad to see some interest in LWBC. The service is restricted to 153-279 kHz. While it is supposed to use 9-kHz spacings, there are a few off-channel stations in Europe. Here's a list of stations

Stephen, A couple of points: 1) An RSSI/SNR of 37/02 is quite common. This could be from atmospheric or man-made noise, or from antenna noise. All loop antennas are basically limited in their SNR

I read the message from Bill (WX4A/KP4) with interest since he's DXing from Puerto Rico. There aren't too many DXers in the central and eastern Caribbean area and I think we will all find his

24Apr2010 Sat 1380 CKPC Brantford ONT 2107EDT 25k 25k, 145 mi oldies #296 **** 40th canadian 28Apr2010 Wen 640 CMBC Guanabacoa Cuba radio progreso 2125EDT 50kw mi SSE talk #297 **** Cuban

The 2 foot loop does not have a tuning cap attached to it, so I call it untuned, but the number of turns, spacing, and wire size were determined by a calculator for tuned loop antennas, with the

I would be curious to hear if you get anything REAL on LW, other than beacons, with either antennae. I'll be checking from the East soon! Thanks - FARMERIK

--- In ultralightdx@..., "farmerik" wrote: > > # of turns to be tuned with a 360 pf [?] cap for AM BCB. - FARMERIK > > > > > --- In ultralightdx@..., "farmerik" wrote: > > > > > > Two foot loop,

--- In ultralightdx@..., "farmerik" wrote: > I thought the chip tuned the antenna? A tuned circuit consists of a capacitor (C) and an inductor (L). In the Tecsun radios, the inductor is not

wrote: Hoop Loop and for a non-ultralight radio. Try tuning the transformer of the ULR loop with a regular variable. It really works! That's how I tuned it to look for Australia. Figured the bearing

I'll be giving it a try on LW too! Once you switch to include LW on the PL-360, it tunes 150-1620 as one band, in 9 or 1 kHz. steps, depending on how fast you turn the thumb wheel. I had wondered

Hello All, David Henry of Aberdeen, Scotland has qualified for one of themore unusual Award Certificates offered in our diverse program-- the RobRoss 7-Day DXing Challenge certificate. Named in

# of turns to be tuned with a 360 pf [?] cap for AM BCB. - FARMERIK

--- In ultralightdx@..., "farmerik" wrote: > > Two foot loop, untuned but sized for AM BCB What does that mean? 73, Jim, KR1S http://kr1s.kearman.com/ http://qrp.kearman.com/

I guess you nailed it. I heard WEWN on 454, and they said they were broadcasting on 11250? Not sure I didn't mix up the last three digits. So that was an image. Also, sounded like Hams on 388, and

farmerik wrote: That's surely a spook or SW intermod artifact. China re-broadcasting from Canada is a likely suspect. Number two would be Radio Habana Cuba. Untuned loop says it all! There are no

Hi Jim, The other 2 of 3 hoops are for another antenna idea different from the Hoop Loop and for a non-ultralight radio. The reactance range was something I was trying to figure out. 1000kHz came

I have absolutely no idea what the numbers mean. I just did the scan quickly because conditions might change in the early evening. I started typing the message, and entered the numbers as I got them.

I just heard my first broadcast, [not beacon or weather] on LW on the PL-360. The program ended at 9:30 Eastern, and appeared to be from, or at least about Viet Nam. It sounded like a typical

Hmm... 37dBu and only 2dB SNR? Something sounds fishy here. Either you have a source of a lot of local noise, or you're fairly close to a strong transmitter. On my PL-380 (uses the same chip as