Hi Steve- Thanks for verifying that for me. I was pretty sure I recalled from my dim-distant electronic/electrical past that there was nothing detrimental in the end to end gluing. I would think a

I was wondering if shorter rods glued end to end would work out instead of the expensive 200 mm ones. I searched the net and found this article on construction of a receiver for the ulf band to listen

Hi Guys: Didn't get out on the deck to DX Longwave last night til about 2200 EDT. I was out there for about an hour and came up with Nothing New!! I woke up early this morning and was out on the

Hi Guys: Conditions seemed pretty good to the West this morning at Sunrise....but oddly enough, the only New Station I heard was from the East!! This station is NEW to both the ULR and OVERALL

Guys, I have been logging and writing down mostly in a Notebook a lot of mainly Medium Wave Stations on Gary DeBock's 7.5 inch "D" external Loopstick I recently wound with higher gain 100/44 Litz

Thanks Gary, already have the 7 inch Funnoodle on the PVC pipe mount now, but final PVC glueing still needs to be done. That other Capacitor mounting Method from your Longwave Variable Capacitor

Hi Jerry, <<< Think I got it, from a picture blowup, that Tiewrap Support under the Variable Capacitor looks like it was moved over to the left hand side making it parallel to the 3rd Tiewrap.

Think I got it, from a picture blowup, that Tiewrap Support under the Variable Capacitor looks like it was moved over to the left hand side making it parallel to the 3rd Tiewrap. Jerry

Hello Rob, <<< Gary...What's with the COLD Temps on the Left Coast so early in the Season??? I always thought it was quite respectable there temperature wise. Up until last night.....it has been very

Gary...What's with the COLD Temps on the Left Coast so early in the Season??? I always thought it was quite respectable there temperature wise. Up until last night.....it has been very Mild here

Hello All, For once there was no static at all in the East-West direction, and several new beacons showed up in the 28 degree back yard to warm things up a little. Montana stations were especially

Hello To All, Propagation continued decent here in the North Atlantic last evening, however with a bit more turbulence and less signal stability than previous nights. A late evening check of the band

Hi Guys: Out on the Back Deck this morning at 0600 am EDT.....and everything was coated in FROST!! Temp was 32 DegreesF/0 Degrees C.....almost feeling like Good Longwave DX Weather!!!

Thanks for your reply and the Parts Gary. I have a couple of questions re your MW Affordable 7" FSL Construction: 1) Re your item # 28 From Your Writeup" 7 Inch Diameter "Affordable" FSL Antenna,

I've been able to log otherwise impossible to hear stations during power outages. After the Northridge Earthquake in 1994 I was able to log Oklahoma City on 1520 from California. There's a regional

Hi Guys: The temp is now down to 40 Degrees F.....and I just finished Round 3 out on the deck........This time I was greeted by 2 Big Fat Racoons feeding under the Bird Feeders!! They are a lot

Hi Guys: Round 2 out on the deck tonight...Conditions seem to be favouring the East and West this time. 2 New Beacons Logged from the West.....and 2 Relogs of ........ 350 DF Deer Lake, NFLD.

Hi Guys: Another nice evening outside on the deck tonight!! Temp is a little cooler at 47 F...but still pretty nice for this time of year!! No Skunk tonight....and I didn't get skunked as I logged 2

Hello Rob, <<< I have a Back Shed I could move into and dx I guess......and that will shelter me from the Rain/Snow/Wind. Hey.......I may have just come up with a good idea!! Been a while since I had

An update here. Power restored 5PM EDT yaaay. WALK 1370 is 80km distant. WPAZ is the call I heard, and X-referenced using AM-LOGBOOK, however, the FCC database indicates the call sign is WBZH. The