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Re: Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW Radio Review – July 2021
Paul Blundell
I have never really hidden who I am in real life. A simple search brings up a lot about me. On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 1:11 PM Frank Standford <dxer2k1@...> wrote:
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Re: PL330 battery discharge time
Paul Blundell
I know. I am in the process of replacing a heap of mobiles here at work due to the batteries losing charge quickly... It is sad to see how much ewaste we produce these days. Paul On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 1:10 PM Frank Standford <dxer2k1@...> wrote:
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Re: Software - MWDXerDB
Paul Blundell
Update: 06/08/2021
I have updated my code to also include the signal level in the formula for working out the ULDXIndex number and added an option to only update this when you want to, before this it would prompt you to update the values every time you edited a record.        |
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Re: Loggings - 06/08/2021
No photos??? How far away from your QTH is this location and what differnece did adding the signal rating make? I assume you accounted for this in your loggings? Sent: Friday, August 06, 2021 at 10:38 AM
From: "Paul Blundell" <tanger32au@...> To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io Subject: [UltralightDX] Loggings - 06/08/2021 These were all logged at the Talbot Road lookout at 8:30am, using my AR-1733. These are also my first batch of loggings which include signal strength as a factor in the ULDXIndex.
3CR on 855kHz had the highest ULDXIndex = 0.1784
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**MWDxerDB - Report** Report Date: 08/06/2021 Report Time: 10:03:08 ------------------------- Freq / Name: 0531 - 3GG Details: Warragul - Commercial - 5000w - 384km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.10752 Freq / Name: 0585 - 7RN
Details: Hobart - National - 10000w - 168km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.03192 Freq / Name: 0594 - 3WV
Details: Horsham - National - 50000w - 679km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.019012 Freq / Name: 0621 - 3RN
Details: Melbourne - National - 50000w - 459km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.022032 Freq / Name: 0693 - 3AW
Details: Melbourne - Commercial - 5000w - 458km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.17404 Freq / Name: 0747 - 7PB
Details: Hobart - National - 3500w - 168km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.1152 Freq / Name: 0774 - 3LO
Details: Melbourne - National - 50000w - 459km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.02754 Freq / Name: 0828 - 3GI
Details: Sale - National - 10000w - 360km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.0684 Freq / Name: 0855 - 3CR
Details: Melbourne - Community - 3500w - 446km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.1784 Freq / Name: 0864 - 7RPH
Details: Hobart - Community - 2000w - 171km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.1197 Freq / Name: 0891 - 5AN
Details: Adeliade - National - 50000w - 1030km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.02884 Freq / Name: 0936 - 7ZR
Details: Hobart - National - 10000w - 168km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.03192 Freq / Name: 1008 - HPON (LTON)
Details: Launceston - HPON - 5000w - 6km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.0036 Freq / Name: 1341 - HPON GEELONG
Details: Geelong - HPON - 5000w - 429km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.16302 Freq / Name: 1422 - HPON MELBOURNE
Details: Melbourne - HPON - 5000w - 449km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.12572 Freq / Name: 1611 - HPON LAUNCESTON
Details: Launceston - HPON - 2000w - 6km |
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Re: Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW Radio Review – July 2021
Nice video. This just makes me want my V115 even more. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2021 at 7:27 PM
From: "hamrad45" <hamrad@...> To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW Radio Review – July 2021 Thanks for access to your great posts.
Tom Stiles
From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io [mailto:main@UltralightDX.groups.io] On Behalf Of Paul Blundell
Thanks for that Tom, you have covered this well.
Paul
On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 8:56 PM trrs73 <trrs73@...> wrote:
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Re: Rockwork Cliff S9 DU Blasters
While I know very little about this, it looks like you have all had a great experiance and the results sound impressive. How often do you do this sort of thing? Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2021 at 5:47 PM
From: "Gary DeBock via groups.io" <D1028Gary@...> To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io Subject: [UltralightDX] Rockwork Cliff S9 DU Blasters From my first couple of days at the wild and wacky Rockwork 4 plunging ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR, here is a small sample of Ultralight + 8" FSL antenna South Pacific DX. We were honored to welcome Bruce and Jeroen to the cliff for the first time this year, as well as hard-core "Cliffhangers" like Tom, Chuck and Craig (plus yours truly).
531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Samoan female call-in talk at blistering level at 1233 on 8-4; trace of an Aussie underneath https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xs1z6jc5311dtv0ea6ruxa7hq9cb2lsa 558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji, 10 kW Island music and Fijian speech at potent strength at 1314 on 8-4 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/mv6warsrd82yy6772ou377zz3lgq6h5c 585 7RN Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 kW Female speech at huge level // 576 at 1311 on 8-4 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/g5ifxt2uebv8cqv162qca9gnrjxdej2z 594 3WV Horsham, Australia, 50 kW Aussie big gun can't quite shake off the pesky NZ Star network (ID at 17 seconds) at 1311 on 8-4 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ca2kuman0joko8e7ddse87c2bov14khj 603 Radio Waatea Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Maori net flagship station with potent strength island music at 1307 on 8-4 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8p56acvr09muwqmrugjfuwimworb9n6n 936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ, 1 kW Very low powered ethnic station blasting in over S9 with female Chinese speech at 1246 on 8-3-- best signal ever at the Cliff https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/wzxseegq4kapemsr6herf9e72ufx4j03 1017 A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga 20 kW The usual meltdown level signal with island music at 1318 on 8-4 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/i378fdbilz4j9ad709x0a47bkvvg08cb Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 Cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave and XHDATA D-808 portables + two 8" FSL antennas |
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Re: PL330 battery discharge time
Mine has STILL been held up :( Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2021 at 5:16 PM
From: "Zacharias Liangas via groups.io" <zliangas@...> To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] PL330 battery discharge time My parents v115 can operate to around 15 hrs playing mp3 music at 48kbit rate.Just a guess.
FM reception is quite tricky and requires proper installation of external wire It seems that none in this last used or owns a pl330 to verify the discharge time |
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Re: MW DXing
Here the band is so crowded that not having digital display is a huge disadvantage. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2021 at 2:42 PM
From: "Paul S. in CT" <dxrx@...> To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] MW DXing For less money than the Tecsun PL-series radios, The R-909 and R9012 are top analogs for about US$20 each. They will go great with your AN-200 loop. Each of these two radios run on 2 AA's and the batteries will last OVER 400 HOURS.
Regards Paul S. in CT FN31nl |
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Re: ULDXIndex - A Suggestion
So the jump is .3 - .5 - .5 - .6? The increse of each looks about right. Do you see a way to include both this and the origional way in your program? Some people might want to use one system, the other or a mix of both. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2021 at 2:17 PM
From: "Paul Blundell" <tanger32au@...> To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] ULDXIndex - A Suggestion In MWDXerDB, I have used these values for the different signal levels.
Poor = 1.1Weak = 1.4 Average = 1.9 Good = 2.4 Excellent = 3 The formula I use is: Distance/ Power * SignalLevel = ULDXIndex These were only some rough figures, I am happy to adjust these to ensure it is a fair system.
On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 12:55 PM Frank Standford <dxer2k1@...> wrote:
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Re: Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW Radio Review – July 2021
More so how easy it is to stalk people these days and how much information they share so freely. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2021 at 2:12 PM
From: "Paul Blundell" <tanger32au@...> To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW Radio Review – July 2021 I like living here, what do you find is funny about what I share?
On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 12:53 PM Frank Standford <dxer2k1@...> wrote:
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Re: PL330 battery discharge time
Add to this cell phones these days are 99% with the battery builtin, you can't even replace them. Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2021 at 10:12 AM
From: "DXer" <hfdxmonitor@...> To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] PL330 battery discharge time I dislike radios that 'deviate' from the AA battery 'standard', but if your radio has a USB port for charging, I've been using Dollar Store cellphone battery banks. They work a treat and last a long time.
Regards, Vince Ottawa, ON |
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Loggings - 06/08/2021
Paul Blundell
These were all logged at the Talbot Road lookout at 8:30am, using my AR-1733. These are also my first batch of loggings which include signal strength as a factor in the ULDXIndex.
3CR on 855kHz had the highest ULDXIndex = 0.1784
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**MWDxerDB - Report** Report Date: 08/06/2021 Report Time: 10:03:08 ------------------------- Freq / Name: 0531 - 3GG Details: Warragul - Commercial - 5000w - 384km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.10752 Freq / Name: 0585 - 7RN
Details: Hobart - National - 10000w - 168km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.03192 Freq / Name: 0594 - 3WV
Details: Horsham - National - 50000w - 679km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.019012 Freq / Name: 0621 - 3RN
Details: Melbourne - National - 50000w - 459km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.022032 Freq / Name: 0693 - 3AW
Details: Melbourne - Commercial - 5000w - 458km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.17404 Freq / Name: 0747 - 7PB
Details: Hobart - National - 3500w - 168km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.1152 Freq / Name: 0774 - 3LO
Details: Melbourne - National - 50000w - 459km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.02754 Freq / Name: 0828 - 3GI
Details: Sale - National - 10000w - 360km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.0684 Freq / Name: 0855 - 3CR
Details: Melbourne - Community - 3500w - 446km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.1784 Freq / Name: 0864 - 7RPH
Details: Hobart - Community - 2000w - 171km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.1197 Freq / Name: 0891 - 5AN
Details: Adeliade - National - 50000w - 1030km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.02884 Freq / Name: 0936 - 7ZR
Details: Hobart - National - 10000w - 168km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.03192 Freq / Name: 1008 - HPON (LTON)
Details: Launceston - HPON - 5000w - 6km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.0036 Freq / Name: 1341 - HPON GEELONG
Details: Geelong - HPON - 5000w - 429km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.16302 Freq / Name: 1422 - HPON MELBOURNE
Details: Melbourne - HPON - 5000w - 449km Notes: 06/08/2021 - ULDXIndex = 0.12572 Freq / Name: 1611 - HPON LAUNCESTON Details: Launceston - HPON - 2000w - 6km |
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Re: Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW Radio Review – July 2021
hamrad45
Will do.
Tom Stiles
From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io [mailto:main@UltralightDX.groups.io] On Behalf Of Paul Blundell
Sent: Thursday, August 5, 2021 7:21 PM To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW Radio Review – July 2021
No problems Tom, I will be adding to the review overtime so feel free to keep an eye on that post.
Paul
On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 7:28 PM hamrad45 <hamrad@...> wrote:
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Re: PL330 battery discharge time
Paul Blundell
Thanks for that. I must look at replacing all my AA and AAA's, and will change them all at the same time to a new brand. On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 10:28 PM radiojayallen <radiojayallen@...> wrote: Paul, --
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Re: Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW Radio Review – July 2021
Paul Blundell
No problems Tom, I will be adding to the review overtime so feel free to keep an eye on that post. Paul On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 7:28 PM hamrad45 <hamrad@...> wrote:
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Re: Rockwork Cliff S9 DU Blasters
Looks like you had a Wellman loop there as well. What are those things that look suspiciously like antennas in the roadway? |
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Re: PL330 battery discharge time
Zacharias Liangas
Older times I have bought around 4 batteries of various clone brands including an 2100 mAh as advertised All worked ok ezcexc that the big amperage one that worked as a typical standard battery with external charger and used in my Nokia mobile
Quite latertwo of them grow n fat due to total.discharge by the time and littered... This is their death |
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Re: PL330 battery discharge time
Zacharias Liangas
Older times I have bought around 4 batteries of various clone brands including an 2100 mAh as advertised All worked ok ezcexc that the big amperage one that worked as a typical standard battery with external charger and used in my Nokia mobile
Quite latertwo of them grow n fat due to total.discharge by the time and littered... This is their death |
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Re: Rockwork Cliff S9 DU Blasters
radiojayallen
What a beautiful spot...have a great time!
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Re: PL330 battery discharge time
radiojayallen
Paul,
I have found the Panasonic Eneloops regular capacity, not super capacity AA's are verly lw self-discharge. They hold their charge over over a year if unused. I just unpacked some after 14 months storage and they still show full charge. I have ben told that the extra capacity ones may not have such low self discharge rates. A friend of mine who uses only rechargeables and has treid everything recommends these strongly...I use them in my ATS-909X2 and they work very well. |
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