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Re: The RADIOWOW R-108 is in the Amazon Prime-Day deals for $41.57
I got mine two days ago. I'm extremely happy with it.
The build quality is very good. Excellent sensitivity on medium wave. Shortwave is good too. I'm also enjoying the air band. Buttons work well and are not as stiff as the PL-380. I'm hoping they will hold up as the radio ages. It has a beautifully-lit display which is very easy to read.
It does everything the C. Crane Skywave does plus more and was about half the price at $41. The R-108 has the ability to display the RSSI signal strength and SNR signal-to-noise ratio too, which the Skywave does not. For a DXer and one who like measurements, this is essential to me.
Bill
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Re: The RADIOWOW R-108 is in the Amazon Prime-Day deals for $41.57
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I did order an R-108 on the Amazon Prime day price. I just received it this morning and I'm beginning to evaluate it. I noticed an earlier message thread on the warranty offered by 'RadioWow' on the radio as being essentially worthless. NO real surprise there on any low to moderate priced items from China as being essentially throwaway items.
Due to the covid situation, Amazon has extended the return time frame for purchases until 1/31/21. So I have basically a 90 day plus warranty time period on the radio!
My 30 minute impression of the R-108. Speaker output sounds very good for a tiny radio. Good volume. FM sensitivity seems typical for DSP radios these days. AM reception here (daytime) also seems typical. The radio looks to be solidly constructed. Looks to be a keeper so far.
KE8WO
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Re: The RADIOWOW R-108 is in the Amazon Prime-Day deals for $41.57
I did order an R-108 on the Amazon Prime day price. I just received it this morning and I'm beginning to evaluate it. I noticed an earlier message thread on the warranty offered by 'RadioWow' on the radio as being essentially worthless. NO real surprise there on any low to moderate priced items from China as being essentially throwaway items. Due to the covid situation, Amazon has extended the return time frame for purchases until 1/31/21. So I have basically a 90 day plus warranty time period on the radio! My 30 minute impression of the R-108. Speaker output sounds very good for a tiny radio. Good volume. FM sensitivity seems typical for DSP radios these days. AM reception here (daytime) also seems typical. The radio looks to be solidly constructed. Looks to be a keeper so far. Update:
- I did a middle of night casual comparison of the R-108 with my CountyComm GP5 (aka PL365) on 6 or 8 weak AM BCB signals. The R108 was more listenable in all cases. The sensitivity seems a little better on the R108 and the audio was definitely more listenable compared to the GP5. I suspect this is due to the superior speaker and better audio processing so far as suppressing the hissy noise that was more prominent on the GP5.
- My 'ATS' AM BCB scan found 70 stations. Perhaps 10 or 12 were not listenable and I easily deleted a few. A deleted memory essentially leaves an empty channel in the middle of the full memories. I would prefer that the R108 would automatically 'squash' the memory channel's to eliminate the empty memories or just sorted the memories by the frequency. (People who maintain a memory reference sheet would not want this!)
- The tuning knob as two selectable speeds. The actual control takes a little force to rotate from one detent to the next.. Not really stiff but far from being able to 'spin the tuning dial'
- The supplied user manual looks to be complete and well written.
- As of today, 10/18/20, there is a $10 off coupon on the R108 on Amazon .. making the price to be $41.97 .. which is just pennies more that the Prime day price.
Update #2 The battery life is on the order of 8 to 10 hours of listening time. My R108 seems to also draw some level of current when not even on such that it will slowly drain the battery on it's own. This is a minor inconvenience. Overall, a nice solid little radio that works well for general usage. KE8WO
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I listened at 1157-1233 and TP DX was down from yesterday.
747 JOIB poor strength at 1157 and 1213.
774 JOUB fair in KSPI 780 splatter at 1214 (fair on barefoot receiver at 1216).
828 JOBB good with EE lesson at 1224.
972 HLCA poor at 1207; fair at 1228.
1566 HLAZ fair with JJ program s/on at 1230.
No sign of any other of the usually heard stations,
Skywave SSB with 8-FSL.
Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA.
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Thanks for the information and feedback, I will keep that in mind.
On Sat., 17 Oct. 2020, 01:24 Horacio A. Nigro, CX3BZ, < hanigrodx@...> wrote: Just be clear when presenting the idea/action to keep the true meaning of the term DX which is just "Distance". For, in Latin America and Spain, someone in the past (70s) coined an inaccurate definition stating that DX comes from D= Distance and X=Unknown. This is absolutely artificial and forced from a delirant imagination that has been unfortunately rolling from time to time, in webpages and ebooks or bulletins.
Horacio Nigro, CX3BZ
Uruguay
That's a great idea, Paul!
Keith Beesley Seattle WA USA
On Thursday, October 15, 2020, 08:26:27 PM PDT, Paul Blundell < tanger32au@...> wrote:
To keep all the discussion in one place, I have created a group for this:
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CLARIFICATION-- WNJC 1360 DX Test Saturday, October 16-- EURO SPECIAL & 5 kW DAY POWER
CLARIFICATION: The test is the normal late night Saturday into Sunday morning period. The error is mine in editing. Apologies. Thanks to Andrew of the Medium Wave Circle for flagging the mistake. - Les
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the International Radio Club of America (IRCA) and the National Radio Club (NRC) are pleased to pass along details of another DX Test from WNJC 1360 in Washington Township, NJ.
Details of this special two-part test were passed along by their Chief Engineer Duke Hamann:
FT8 TEST TO FAVOR EUROPEAN DX’ERS
"So this week I am switching things up a bit. I am going to try to give the inland folks over the pond a better chance to and copy our FT-8 test. I will be starting 2 hours early with the FT-8 DX test at 02:00 UTC Saturday night 10/17 (10:00pm 10/17 EDT). We will be operating our regular 2 tower, 800 watt nighttime pattern to the SSE.”
This test will be in the amateur radio weak-signal mode FT8, which can be received well below audible levels. The signal is transmitted in AM (double-sideband) and good results have been achieved by setting your receiver to LSB or USB mode. Google “Getting Started on FT8” to get started. Recommend that you test on 20 Meters tomorrow or Friday to make sure you’re ready to go.
This is the best chance for DX’ers across the pond to receive this station.
DAY POWER (5 kW) TEST WITH MUSIC, SWEEP TONES, AND A LIVE DJ
"At 04:00 UTC the FT-8 test will conclude and we will conduct the DX audio test continuing on our nighttime pattern. At 0500 UTC I will be switching to our daytime pattern at 5kw using 4 towers directional to SSE with the DX audio test concluding at 0600 UTC. From 0600 - 1000 UTC I will be leaving the transmitter in daytime mode but be playing our normal playlist of 80s - 2010 pop, rock, dance, country and whatever else I grew up listening to and feel like playing. Listen for the sweepers between songs of movie & tv show clips along with our voice-over guy.”
This sounds like a fun test and some great music too. Conditions have been good the past few days, so let’s hope this one is widely heard.
Duke wrapped it up with the following message regarding verifications:
Reception reports are greatly appreciated and can be emailed to kc2dux@... or snail mailed with at least a 4x6 SASE to PO Box 84 Dennisville, NJ 08214. I ordered 250 QSL cards and gave away 122 so far! I don't want to keep that many LOL! Look forward to having another fun weekend with the DXs out there!"
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees RDS Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Kitz Technologies KT-501 Pre-amps, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
“Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…”
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Horacio A. Nigro, CX3BZ
Just be clear when presenting the idea/action to keep the true meaning of the term DX which is just "Distance". For, in Latin America and Spain, someone in the past (70s) coined an inaccurate definition stating that DX comes from D= Distance and X=Unknown. This is absolutely artificial and forced from a delirant imagination that has been unfortunately rolling from time to time, in webpages and ebooks or bulletins.
Horacio Nigro, CX3BZ
Uruguay
That's a great idea, Paul!
Keith Beesley Seattle WA USA
On Thursday, October 15, 2020, 08:26:27 PM PDT, Paul Blundell < tanger32au@...> wrote:
To keep all the discussion in one place, I have created a group for this:
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Re: Review - Digitech AR-1733 DSP MW/FM/LW/SW/Air World Band Radio Receiver
Michael Schuster
While It's great that this radio has continued to work out well for you, I am somewhat puzzled by the love.
When the CCrane Skywave was announced it was noticed that the Redsun-produced AR-1733 bore a remarkable physical resemblance to the upcoming product from Ccrane. Eventually it became apparent that this was the starting point from which the Skywave was redesigned as a new model.
Intrigued by this, I ordered one from Jaycar's US web site and played with it for while; was totally unimpressed. The main issue was the lack of any effective AGC on the AM-modulated bands. It was impossible to get any useable volume out of the thing even on moderately strong signals.
Rather than return it, I sent mine to Gary DeBock (who was gracious enough to offer to repay me for it!) who did a complete teardown. He he subsequently compared with a teardown of the Skywave once it hit the market. As noted in his initial review of the Skywave it has completely different redesigned internals which, among other things, corrected the AGC issue. Perhaps later production runs of the AR-1733 addressed this.
I see the Skywave listed on Amazon AUS but there is no price as they don't have any stock.
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I listened from 1203 until 1246 and only some of the “top guns” were heard.
702 unID het heard against KHSE at 1231.
747 JOIB poor at 1207; fair at 1220 up to good by 1224.
828 JOBB poor in WCCO het at 1209.
972 HLCA poor-to-fair with strong het at 1203-1206; fair with KJLT het at 1216; poor at 1245 (LSR 1240) until fading under KCFO at 1246.
1566 HLAZ poor-to-fair at 1235 with slight XERF splatter.
Usual JOUB 774 wasn’t heard this morning.
Skywave SSB with 8-inch FSL.
Richard Allen,
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October 15, 2020-- High School Football & COVID-19
COVID-19 continues to impact high school football. The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the NRC and IRCA continue to track these impacts on a state-by-state basis and provide a weekly spreadsheet to help aid DX’ers.
One benefit of the delayed seasons is that high school football will continue much later into the fall/winter than normal-hopefully resulting in quieter conditions.
Hoping conditions improve before tonight’s games and this weekend’s DX Test.
Special thanks to Joe Miller, KJ8O & Paul Walker for all their hard work on the CPC.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees RDS Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Kitz Technologies KT-501 Pre-amps, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
“Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…”
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That's a great idea, Paul!
Keith Beesley Seattle WA USA
On Thursday, October 15, 2020, 08:26:27 PM PDT, Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...> wrote:
To keep all the discussion in one place, I have created a group for this:
https://groups.io/g/WorldDXDay
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To keep all the discussion in one place, I have created a group for this:
https://groups.io/g/WorldDXDay
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Re: Review - Digitech AR-1733 DSP MW/FM/LW/SW/Air World Band Radio Receiver
Review - Digitech AR-1733 DSP MW/FM/LW/SW/Air World Band Radio Receiver
Written: October 2012
Last Updated: October 2020
Yesterday I walked in to my local Jaycar outlet and spotted this radio which had only just been placed on the shelf. Being quite involved in the Ultralight dxing hobby I am a big fan of these types of cheaper pocket size radios, for the cost which is between $30 and $60 they respect good value.
The specs of this radio are:
FM: 87.5MHz - 108 MHz
AM (MW): 522 - 1620 kHz (9K) / 520 - 1710 kHz (10K)
SW: 2300 - 26100 kHz
LW: 153 - 279 kHz
AIR: 118 - 137 MHz500 programmable memory bank
Sleep timer
Manual, auto and preset station search
Battery indicator
Lock button
Requires 2 x A batteries
Dimensions: 120W x 75H x 20D mm
After getting home and opening the box I was quite impressed by the size, it is a dead ringer for the AR1745 and looks to even use the same style case only with a couple of different buttons on the front and side.
Starting with the front panel the normal 0-9 number keys are nicely spaced and serve a dual purpose, they both allow you to enter frequencies and also recall memories from the PAGE memory system. The 0 key also allows switching between 9 and 10kHz steps on the medium wave band when the key is held for 3 seconds or more. The first thing I noticed is that the keys are much easier to press, a common issue with the AR1745 is that the keys take a lot of pressure to register the key press, this is not a problem with the AR-1733.
Moving on to the other 9 keys on the front panel, these all have multiple functions which the owners guide explains well. The top red button is the power button; a tap turns the radio on. A short press while the AR-1733 is on cycles through the sleep timer of various times, a longer press turns the AR-1733 off. Below this is the key lock button, a short press enables the keypad lock and a longer press disables this. Next are the two arrow keys, these keys move up and down the bands in the default "fast" steps.
Starting at the top bedside these is the AM BW / 12/24H / FM ST key. On the AM bands this key selects either the wide or narrow DSP setting. On the FM band it enables / disables the FM Stereo option. Pressing and holding this key while the power is off changes between 12 and 24 hour time display. Below this is the PAGE / ALARM key. Pressing this key when the AR-1733 is on scrolls between the pages of the memory system, when off it allows the alarm clock to be set. The final key on this row is the CHARGE METER / AIR SQUELCH key, this key is used to control the onboard charging system which I have not used. If the AR-1733 is on the air band this key controls the squelch setting between off, 1 - 9. I run mine on 1 and this seems to work well.
The last two multi function keys are the FREQ / T.SET and BAND / ATS keys which are either side of the 0 key. Pressing the FREQ key allows you to use the keypad to set the receive frequency, pressing and holding this allows you to set the time on the AR-1733. Pressing the band key cycles between the receive bands, LW, MW, SW, AIR & FM. Holding this key enables the "Auto Tuning System" (which is not covered at all in the manual) this system searches the current band and saves any active frequencies to the pages memory system for that band. I ran this on the SW band and it found quite a few active stations which you can scroll through with the keypad.
Moving on to the right side panel you have the volume control and the tuning wheel, at first I could not work out how to use this until I tried pressing it in, this switches between slow, fast and stop. The left side panel has a 3.5mm ear phone socket and a USB charging socket which takes a normal mini A type connector to charge the batteries.
The screen is automatically back lighted every time you press a key or turn the tuning knob for about 5 seconds. The screen also has a 3 segment battery meter and a 9 segment signal meter.
Now on to how it works. My test bed for last night was sitting in my lounge chair with our LCD TV on, my wife on her laptop and my laptop charging but not switched on. I repeated the same tests later in the night with all these switched off and the results were the same. Firstly I started on the air band and after programming in the various ATC and company frequencies I have a listen to these, while the AR-1733 does not have any sort of scan system you can use the keypad to change frequencies by pressing the key for each memory. I have 118.7MHz in mem 1, 123.45MHz in mem 2 and so on up to130.35MHz in mem 0. By pressing 1 I can tune to 118.7MHz or pressing 3 brings up 123.8MHz. The audio for this is quite good and I can just hear the ATIS on 134.75MHz. Even running my laptop right beside the radio I have not found any problems with the frequencies in this band I normally listen to. The squelch has a short tail noise and this is not at all annoying.Next was the FM broadcast band, all our normal stations were received and sounded as good as I have ever heard them.I have little experience with the long wave band so I have not looked at this yet.
Using the ATS on the shortwave band about 11pm last night found about 74 stations between 2300 kHz and 14500 kHz. These sounded good with the wide DSP setting but much better with the narrow DSP setting. I have little experience with the shortwave bands. The various time stations on 5000kHz and 10000kHz were both nice and clear with much tighter audio with the narrow DSP setting.
Moving on to the Medium wave band which is where I spend most of my time in a 1 hour period I logged 77 stations including two new ones which I had never logged before. The DSP really "cleaned up" the signals and comparing it beside the AR1745 it was much easier to hear multiple stations on the AR-1733. Scrolling between frequencies with the tuning knob was a pleasure and except for the slight break in audio as the DSP kicks in on each frequency it was a smooth process. I have a 5KW station on 1008kHz on the other side of town from me and normally this takes out most stations about 30kHz either side, with the AR-1733 using the narrow DSP setting I was able to copy stations on 981kHz and 1026kHz easily. Trying the same on the AR1745 didn't hear anything except the station on 1008kHz.
For a radio costing less than $60 it is hard to fault it, everything works as you would expect and using it can only be described as a pleasure. They have really gotten this one right.
Update - March 2014
After my original AR-1733 died recently (due to external forces, nothing to do with the radio itself) I was tempted to look at a different radio to replace this. After checking online and some stores locally nothing came close to this for the features I wanted and price, based on this I purchased another AR-1733.
After 18 months of use my original AR-1733 was working as well as the day I got it. After doing some side by testing between my new AR-1733 and my 7.5” Loopstick Tecsun PL-380 the results are consistent with what I experienced with my previous AR-1733. The audio quality of the AR-1733 has a slight edge, where as the PL-380 has a clear advantage with signal levels and the ability to pull in weak signals, a station that is an easy copy on the PL-380 can be a mixed bag on the AR-1733, sometimes the AR-1733 won’t hear anything, other times very little separates them.
The advantages of the AR-1733 is VHF air band coverage and the ability to lock the tuning steps to 9kHz on the medium wave broadcast band, this at times can be a huge advantage over the PL-380. The battery life of the AR-1733 is also amazing; I could not recall the last time I had to change the batteries in my original AR-1733.
Overall both radios are now the main stay in my portable ultralight dxing kit, the Tecsun PL-380 is used for serious dxing and the AR-1733 is used mostly to spot check frequencies such as when tracking down stations carrying the same programming (mostly ABC stations) and also for listening to the VHF air band.
Update - October 2020
Now a full eight years after I purchased my first AR-1733, I recently picked up a new one. While speaking to the salesman at my local Jaycar, he informed me that this was new stock and had been improved from the earlier model.
After getting it home and testing it over the past week, I have noticed a few things:
- The box art was much brighter, this suggests new stock which had not been sitting around for too long.
- The tuning knob has much less "play" and has a solid feel about it.
- The audio from headphones has a nicer tone, this is very clear to hear on FM.
- On the airband, it seems to be pulling in signals much better, our local ATIS signal does not drop out as much as on my previous model.
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Hi all,
I am thinking / planning on launching a "World DX Day" in 2021. The idea behind this would be to have a single day where all DXer's are encouraged to get out and about and undertake some DXing.
I am thinking a website for this and having an area where logs / photos can be uploaded, ideally I would like to make this an annual event.
- Has anybody tried this in the past?
- Is it a good idea?
- Would people participate?
Thanks
Paul
https://ultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/
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WNJC 1360 DX Test Saturday, October 16-- EURO SPECIAL & 5 kW DAY POWER
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the International Radio Club of America (IRCA) and the National Radio Club (NRC) are pleased to pass along details of another DX Test from WNJC 1360 in Washington Township, NJ.
Details of this special two-part test were passed along by their Chief Engineer Duke Hamann:
FT8 TEST TO FAVOR EUROPEAN DX’ERS
"So this week I am switching things up a bit. I am going to try to give the inland folks over the pond a better chance to and copy our FT-8 test. I will be starting 2 hours early with the FT-8 DX test at 02:00 UTC 10/17 (10:00pm 10/16 EDT). We will be operating our regular 2 tower, 800 watt nighttime pattern to the SSE.”
This test will be in the amateur radio weak-signal mode FT8, which can be received well below audible levels. The signal is transmitted in AM (double-sideband) and good results have been achieved by setting your receiver to LSB or USB mode. Google “Getting Started on FT8” to get started. Recommend that you test on 20 Meters tomorrow or Friday to make sure you’re ready to go.
This is the best chance for DX’ers across the pond to receive this station.
DAY POWER (5 kW) TEST WITH MUSIC, SWEEP TONES, AND A LIVE DJ
"At 04:00 UTC the FT-8 test will conclude and we will conduct the DX audio test continuing on our nighttime pattern. At 0500 UTC I will be switching to our daytime pattern at 5kw using 4 towers directional to SSE with the DX audio test concluding at 0600 UTC. From 0600 - 1000 UTC I will be leaving the transmitter in daytime mode but be playing our normal playlist of 80s - 2010 pop, rock, dance, country and whatever else I grew up listening to and feel like playing. Listen for the sweepers between songs of movie & tv show clips along with our voice-over guy.”
This sounds like a fun test and some great music too. Conditions have been good the past few days, so let’s hope this one is widely heard.
Duke wrapped it up with the following message regarding verifications:
Reception reports are greatly appreciated and can be emailed to kc2dux@... or snail mailed with at least a 4x6 SASE to PO Box 84 Dennisville, NJ 08214. I ordered 250 QSL cards and gave away 122 so far! I don't want to keep that many LOL! Look forward to having another fun weekend with the DXs out there!"
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees RDS Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Kitz Technologies KT-501 Pre-amps, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
“Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…”
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WPTF 680 kHz OFF-AIR TONIGHT -- Midnight Eastern
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) received word that WPTF 680 “NewsRadio 680” in Raleigh, North Carolina will be off-air tonight starting at Midnight Eastern time for a “couple of hours” according to a message sent from WPTF Engineer Allan Sherill.
Mr. Sherill explained to CPC Member Paul Walker that the station would be off-air while performing some maintenance and “taking measurements.”
WPTF is a 50,000 watt station with a nighttime pattern designed to protect KNBR in San Francisco. The nighttime pattern also helps to avoid interfering with WRKO in Boston and CFTR in Toronto.
Alan Sherill was kind enough to provide advance notification of the off-air period by sending a message via CPC-Member Paul Walker’s Facebook group, alerting us to this opportunity. The off-air period provides a chance for DX’ers to pick up weaker signals normally masked by WPTF’s powerhouse signal. DX’ers on the West Coast should also be listening when the station returns to the air—as their testing might provide a chance to log WPTF as well.
We’re very grateful to WPTF and Allan Sherill for the notification.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees RDS Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Kitz Technologies KT-501 Pre-amps, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
“Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…”
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Re: The RADIOWOW R-108 is in the Amazon Prime-Day deals for $41.57
I saw this yesterday and ordered one. Great price. This to replace my ailing PL-380 whose buttons don’t make contact anymore.
Bill
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I listened at 1142 to 1252 and it was one of the better mornings here for TP DX (LSR at 1238).
567 JOIK poor at 1155.
594 JOAK poor at 1237.
657 unID barely audible trace at 1227.
693 JOAB fair at 1222 in KGGF 690 slop.
702 JOKD poor-to-fair at 1220-1224. It always surprises me when I hear this 10 kW station.
711 unID het in KGNC 710 sideband.
747 JOIB fair at 1142 in WSB 750 splash; fair on barefoot receiver (good with FSL) at 1201.
774 JOUB fair at 1146 with severe QRM from semi-local KSPI 780.
828 JOBB poor with strong het at 1206; fair at 1224; faded out at 1242.
837 unID barely audible at 1209.
972 HLCA fair with strong het on barefoot receiver at 1200.
1287 JOHR barely audible JJ at 1235.
1566 HLAZ fair with JJ talk at 1234; poor-to-barely audible at 1241-1252.
Skywave SSB with 8-inch FSL.
Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA.
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Cheap(?) Sony ICF-SW20 on eBay
Hoping it’s okay to post this here. Thought it might be of interest.
Seller says there is an issue with the antenna if you tighten it too much (see the pics), but even so, this looks cheap, & I thought someone might be interested. (I’m not technical enough to fix iut if it’s got a serious issue.)
https://www.ebay.com/p/18038323907
Matt Gumm
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