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Quiz - Win a Radio
Paul Blundell
Quiz - Win a Radio
I am excited to announce that I am running a competition on my blog, the winner will receive a Digitech AR1690 FM/DAB+ portable radio, valued at $59.95.
The entry process and all details can be found here: https://ultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2020/04/quiz-win-radio.html
Please share this with your radio friends and groups.
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Ultralight Radio DXing Session - 20/04/2020
Paul Blundell
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**MWDXerDB - Report** Report Date: 04/21/2020 Report Time: 13:16:40 LOCATION: Home, Launceston, Tasmania RADIO: Digitech AR1733 Freq / Name: 0549kHz - 2CR Site / Type: Cumnock - 50000W Notes: (National) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0576kHz - 2RN Site / Type: Sydney - 50000W Notes: (National) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0585kHz - 7RN Site / Type: Hobart - 10000W Notes: (National) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0603kHz - 2RN Site / Type: Nowra - 10000W Notes: (National)Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0621kHz - 3RN Site / Type: Melbourne - 50000W Notes: (National) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0630kHz - 2PB Site / Type: Sydney - 10000W Notes: (National)Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0639kHz - 2HC Site / Type: Coffs Harbour - 5k Notes: (Commercial)Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0666kHz - 2CN Site / Type: Canberra - 5000W Notes: (National)Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0693kHz - 3AW Site / Type: Melbourne - 5000W Notes: (Commercial) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0702kHz - 2BL Site / Type: Sydney - 50000W Notes: (National) Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0720kHz - 3MT Site / Type: Omeo - 2000W Notes: (National) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0729KHz - 5RN Site / Type: Adelaide - 50000W Notes: (National) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0738kHz - 2NR Site / Type: Grafton - 50000W Notes: (National) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0765kHz - 2EC Site / Type: Bega - 5000W Notes: (Commercial)Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0774kHz - 3LO Site / Type: Melbourne - 50000W Notes: (National) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0810kHz - 2BA Site / Type: Bega - 10000W Notes: (Commercial)Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0846kHz - 2RN Site / Type: Canberra - 10000W Notes: (National)Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0855kHz - 3CR Site / Type: Melbourne - 3500W Notes: (Community) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0864kHz - 7RPH Site / Type: Hobart - 2000W Notes: (Community) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0873kHz - 2GB Site / Type: Sydney NSW - 6k Notes: (Commercial) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0882kHz - 3RPH Site / Type: Warmambool - 2000W Notes: (Community) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0891kHz - 5AN Site / Type: Adelaide - 50000W Notes: (National) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0963kHz - 2RG Site / Type: Griffith - 5000W Notes: (Commercial)Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 0981kHz - 3HA Site / Type: Hamiliton - 2000W Notes: (Commercial) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1026kHz - 3PB Site / Type: Melbourne - 10000W Notes: (National) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1053kHz - 2CA Site / Type: Canberra - 5000W Notes: (Commercial) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1089kHz - 3WM Site / Type: Horsham - 5000W Notes: (Commercial) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1125kHz - 1RPH Site / Type: Canberra - 2000W Notes: (Community)-Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1152kHz - 2WG Site / Type: Wagga Wagga - 2000W Notes: (Commercial)-Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1179kHz - 3RPH Site / Type: Melbourne - 5000W Notes: (Community) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1206kHz - 2CC Site / Type: Canberra - 5000W Notes: (Commercial)-Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1224kHz - 3EA Site / Type: Melbourne - 5000W Notes: (National)-Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1233kHz - 2NC Site / Type: Newcastle - 10000W Notes: (National)-Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1242kHz - 3GV Site / Type: Sale - 5000W Notes: (Commercial)-Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1251kHz - 2DU Site / Type: Dubbo - 2000W Notes: (Commercial)-Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1278kHz - 3EE Site / Type: Melbourne - 5000W Notes: (Commercial)-Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1314kHz - 3BT Site / Type: Ballarat - 5000W Notes: (Commercial)-Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1332kHz - 3SH Site / Type: Victoria - 2000W Notes: (Commercial) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1341kHz - HPON (Geelong) Site / Type: Geelong - 5000W Notes: (HPON) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1413kHz - 2EA Site / Type: Newcastle - 5000W Notes: (National)-Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1422kHz - HPON (Melbourne) Site / Type: Melbourne - 5000W Notes: (HPON) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1440kHz - 1EA Site / Type: Canberra - 2000W Notes: (National) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1494kHz - 2AY Site / Type: Albury - 2000W Notes: (Commercial) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1503kHz - 3KND Site / Type: Melbourne - 5000W Notes: (Community)-Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1521kHz - 2QN Site / Type: Deniliquin - 2000W Notes: (Commercial) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1566kHz - 3NE Site / Type: Wangaratta - 5000W Notes: (Commercial) - Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 Freq / Name: 1593kHz - HPON (Melbourne) Site / Type: Melbourne - 5000W Notes: (HPON) -Logged 20/04/2020 - 22:30 NOTES: Late night session at home. Running the AR1733 barefoot, I logged a number of stations. Huge signals were coming out of New South Wales and the ACT, I was able to relog / reconfirm a number of stations. A number of Victorian stations were very much down in signal level. -- Paul - Moderator UltralightDX |
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Re: Portable Ultralight FM Radio DXing Kit - April 2020
Paul Blundell
Portable Ultralight FM Radio DXing Kit - April 2020 - New Photos
https://ultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2020/04/portable-ultralight-fm-radio-dxing-kit.html
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Re: Portable Ultralight Radio DXing Session - 17/04/2020
Jerry Rappel
Very cool. On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 9:23 PM Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...> wrote: ------------------------- |
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Portable Ultralight Radio DXing Session - 17/04/2020
Paul Blundell
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**MWDXerDB - Report** Report Date: 04/17/2020 Report Time: 11:19:09 LOCATION: Punchbowl Reserve, Launceston, Tasmania RADIO: TEAC PR130 Freq / Name: 0531kHz - 3GG Site / Type: Warragul - 5000W Notes: (Commercial) - Logged 17/04/2020 Freq / Name: 0540kHz - 7SD Site / Type: Scottsdale -5000W Notes: (Commercial) - Logged 17/04/2020 Freq / Name: 0585kHz - 7RN Site / Type: Hobart - 10000W Notes: (National) - Logged 17/04/2020 Freq / Name: 0594kHz - 3WV Site / Type: Horsham - 50000W Notes: (National) - Logged 17/04/2020 Freq / Name: 0621kHz - 3RN Site / Type: Melbourne - 50000W Notes: (National) - Logged 17/04/2020 Freq / Name: 0693kHz - 3AW Site / Type: Melbourne - 5000W Notes: (Commercial) -Logged 17/04/2020 Freq / Name: 0747kHz - 7PB Site / Type: Hobart - 3500W Notes: (National) - Logged 17/04/2020 Freq / Name: 0774kHz - 3LO Site / Type: Melbourne - 50000W Notes: (National) -Logged 17/04/2020 Freq / Name: 0936kHz - 7ZR Site / Type: Hobart - 10000W Notes: (National) - Logged 17/04/2020 Freq / Name: 1314kHz - 3BT Site / Type: Ballarat - 5000W Notes: (Commerical) -Logged 17/04/2020 Freq / Name: 1341kHz - HPON (Geelong) Site / Type: Geelong - 5000W Notes: (HPON) -Logged 17/04/2020 NOTES: Morning session at the Punchbowl Reserve while out for a walk. Signals were generally good and a couple of stations were coming in at great signal levels.   Paul - Moderator UltralightDX |
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Re: ULR FM DX 4/15/2020
Paul Blundell
Well done and thank you for sharing your logging. Paul An E-skip opening yesterday caught me unprepared for the coming FM DX season here. --
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ULR FM DX 4/15/2020
Richard Allen <dx747j@...>
An E-skip opening yesterday caught me unprepared for the coming FM DX season here.
At 2254 UTC I heard WGCU-FM, Fort Myers FL, on 90.1 coming in over nearby KUCO, Edmond OK. I was quite surprised because skip normally occurs later in spring. Heard on a barefoot Tecsun PL-606, it is station number 877 logged with an ultralight here. WGCU-FM is 1823 km / 1133 miles distance from my QTH. I’m definitely looking forward to hearing more soon. Good DX all. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA. |
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Re: AM radio that use a chip for the receive circuitry
Kenny Murray
yes there are sites that have this and often compare the radios.. simply put tho.. the new silicon labs chip does a good job.. in some general items and also a good preformer is the countycomm gp5ssb whis is the same as the tecsun pl365 other makes are such as the kaito it has a larger ferrite most folks can tell you the tecsun newer radios are best price preformance i have the gp5ssb and live in the city in a brick structure and a lot of concrete.. works well for me and runs for days from batteries ======================== Kenneth J. Murray VO1KJM EM: murraykj709@... Telephone: 506-962-8401 ======================== Inmarsat: AOR WEST: 011-870-76-4156467 ============================================================================= Confidentiality : This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is adressed and may contain information which is confidential and privileged. Confidentiality and privilege are not lost by this email having been sent to the wrong person. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, please notify us by email and delete this document immediately. Any distribution, reproduction or other of this email by unintended recipient is prohibited.
On Saturday, April 4, 2020, 9:15:23 AM ADT, lamontcranston17 <nojunk@...> wrote:
I'm following a thread on a group with an argument about whether new AM radios are now mostly designed with a chip for the radio receive circuitry. Does anyone have a website with either a list of radios using specific chips for the receive circuitry or a list of the chips used for receive circuitry? Thanks Mikek |
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Hobby or Passion or Interest
Paul Blundell
Updated April 2020--Paul - Moderator UltralightDX |
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Trans-Tasman DXing - 14/04/2020
Paul Blundell
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**MWDXerDB - Report**
Report Date: 04/15/2020
Report Time: 08:57:25
LOCATION: Home, Launceston Tasmania - 14/04/2020
RADIO: Digitech AR-1733 / AERIAL: 3" Baby FSL
Freq / Name: 0711kHz - TAB TRACKSIDE
Site / Type: Wellington - NZ
Notes: 14/04/2020 - NILL
Freq / Name: 0909kHz - STAR
Site / Type: Napier-Hastings - NZ
Notes: 14/04/2020 - WEAK
Freq / Name: 1035kHz - NEWSTALK ZB
Site / Type: Wellington - NZ
Notes: 14/04/2020 - WEAK
Freq / Name: 1062kHz - RADIO SPORT
Site / Type: Wanganui - NZ
Notes: 14/04/2020 - NILL
Freq / Name: 1197kHz - NEWSTALK ZB
Site / Type: Wanhanui - NZ
Notes: 14/04/2020 - NILL
Freq / Name: 1215kHz - NEWSTALK ZB
Site / Type: Mid Northland - NZ
Notes: 14/04/2020 - POOR
Freq / Name: 1296kHz - NEWSTALK ZB
Site / Type: Hamilton - NZ
Notes: 14/04/2020 - GOOD. .co.nz domain name / Talk back about living in Christchurch.
Freq / Name: 1359kHz - MORE FM
Site / Type: Central Otago - NZ
Notes: 14/04/2020 - NILL
Freq / Name: 1386kHz - RADIO TARANA
Site / Type: Auckland - NZ
Notes: 14/04/2020 - AVERAGE
Freq / Name: 1485kHz - TAB TRACKSIDE
Site / Type: Gisborne - NZ
Notes: 14/04/2020 - NILL
https://ultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2020/04/trans-tasman-dxing-14042020.html
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NZ TAB Radio off the air
Paul Blundell
From ICDX-AM group.
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LTL Project - 11/04/2020
Paul Blundell
Long Term Listening Project.
All signals are rated between S0 (no signal) to S9 (full strength). ------------------------- **FMDXerDB - Report** Report Date: 04/12/2020 Report Time: 13:52:56 Freq / Name: 087.8MHz - LC FM Site / Type: Launceston College, Tasmania - Community Notes: (LTL Project - S4) Freq / Name: 095.3MHz - Tamar FM Site / Type: Mt George, George Town, Tasmania - Community Notes: (LTL Project - S5) Freq / Name: 095.7MHz - 7SD Site / Type: Mt Victoria, North East Tasmania - Commercial Notes: (LTL Project - S2) Freq / Name: 096.9MHz - Meander Valley FM Site / Type: Gardners Ridge, Westbury - Community Notes: (LTL Project - S4) Freq / Name: 098.9MHz - 7AD Site / Type: Devonport, Tasmania - Commercial Notes: (LTL Project - S2) Freq / Name: 099.7MHz - 7SD (FM) Site / Type: Mt Horror, Tasmania - Commercial Notes: (LTL Project - S2) Freq / Name: 100.5MHz - ABC Site / Type: Devonport, Tasmania - National Notes: (LTL Project - S1) Freq / Name: 101.7MHz - SEA FM Site / Type: Table Cape, Tasmania - Commercial Notes: (LTL Project - S0) Freq / Name: 105.7MHz - SBS Hobart Site / Type: Mt Wellington, Tasmania - National Notes: (LTL Project - S0) Freq / Name: 107.7MHz - SEA FM Site / Type: Devonport, Tasmania - Commercial Notes: (LTL Project - S0) -- Paul - Moderator UltralightDX |
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Re: Low Cost FM Aerial Testing – April 2020
Alfredo Gallerati
Very Happy Good EASTER!
Please have all my Best WIshes for
a Happy New Year
Alfredo Gallerati From: Paul Blundell
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2020 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] Low Cost FM Aerial Testing – April
2020 Thanks for posting this link and information, I have downloaded
this and will have a play around with it.
Paul On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM Phillips <phillicom@...>
wrote:
Paul
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Portable Ultralight FM Radio DXing Kit - April 2020
Paul Blundell
My constant search for a radio carry case has continued...
With my new focus on Ultralight FM radio DXing, my radio kit has changed, a couple of radios have been removed, I no longer carry my 3" FSL as often and I was finding my previous case with it's custom wooden dividers to be too heavy. After looking at the price of replacement foam, I decided this was not worth the price, being almost as much as a totally new case. I was out doing some shopping recently when I called passed my local Bunnings store, here I found this new case for $30, I decided to replace my previous case as I found it was not working as well as I would have liked. My plan being to use my previous case for my work tools and use this new case for my Ultralight FM radio DXing kit. I started off at home by sitting all my radios and other pieces of my DXing kit on the foam to see how they would all fit best. After this I cut the foam to suit and pulled out the required sections. Overall, I am very pleased with how well this case has come out, I am able to carry and store multiple radios, log sheets, pens, notes, spare batteries and ear phones, everything I need for portable sessions. It is also small enough to fit in my back pack. For $30 it provides a great level of protection. Using the foam means that each item has a home and that they are well protected, it is also much lighter than my previous cases, meaning I will carry it with me more often. It really wins on the price v size v quality scale. While this case was designed for ultralight DXing the same ideas could be used for amateur radio, radio scanning or any other radio storage need.      Paul - Moderator UltralightDX |
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Re: AM radio that use a chip for the receive circuitry
Max Italy
Hi Ray, the Si4735 ic is not discontinued and can be found on Ebay, it is currently used in many radios and that's the one used in most projects shown in the Si47XX for Radio Experimenters facebook group; |
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Re: Low Cost FM Aerial Testing – April 2020
Paul Blundell
Thanks for posting this link and information, I have downloaded this and will have a play around with it. Paul On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 10:23 AM Phillips <phillicom@...> wrote:
Paul --
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Re: AM radio that use a chip for the receive circuitry
Phillips
Thanks Andy,
Yes, I have been bitten by the forged chip syndrome.
I bought what I thought were two seven band audio spectrum chips but, for the life of me, could not get them to work properly. They were marked very clearly as seven banders but did not respond properly to the seven band coding libraries. After much recoding
and retesting, they started to give rational results. Turns out that they were five band chips not seven.
I wanted a five band analyser and had planned to use code to merge a couple of the bands but the five band chips saved me the trouble and so the forgeries actually worked in my favour.
A search on the 'net turned up others that had found the same forgeries. What I find incongruous is that I could not find five band chips from the usual sources.
I'm yet to find a Chinese 8x8 RGB LED matrix that works properly (given up on finding one).
I think that part of the trouble is that many sellers are only dropshipper agents. They have little knowledge of electronics and are just agents for larger suppliers. They don't have the knowledge or resources to test what they sell and are totally reliant
on the manufacturers. Many are operating on margins as low as 2% and can't afford to upset their suppliers. The manufacturers are divorced from the end buyer and don't care what grief comes back from faulty products and so they can adopt poor practices
with impunity.
Caveat emptor,
Ray
From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Andy ZL3AG via groups.io <zl3ag@...>
Sent: Thursday, 9 April 2020 10:23 AM To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] AM radio that use a chip for the receive circuitry Hi Ray, I can't find my notes right now to give you speficis, but be aware that many of the chips shipping from china are old versions, and many of the breakout boards and modules don't bring all of the chip leads out so you can't always make use of all the features of the installed chip. So to avoid disappointment, you need to look at close up photos of the items to try to figure out which one would be best for the job. Cheers, Andy On 9/04/20 12:43 pm, Phillips wrote: > Hi All, > > I would like to try my hand at using a MCU such as an Arduino to control a Si4735. > > Si4735's are available on eBay Australia 5 for $US7.14 ($AU11.55), but they are SSOP packages. > > My old eyes and shaky hands can't handle SMD's even with magnifying lenses. > > Does anyone know if/where I can get Si4735's in a through hole package or on a breakout board? > > > Stay safe folks, > > Ray > |
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Re: AM radio that use a chip for the receive circuitry
Phillips
Thanks Guys,
Photos on the FaceBook show exactly what I am looking for. The problem is that the product seems to be discontinued from the usual sources but, at least, I now know that it exists. I will keep an eye on FaceBook to see if it comes back into stock or
an alternate becomes available.
Thanks again,
Ray From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of h. garcia <pu3hag.l@...>
Sent: Friday, 10 April 2020 1:10 AM To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io <main@ultralightdx.groups.io> Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] AM radio that use a chip for the receive circuitry Hi Ray, Andy --
Ray, there an active Facebook group called "Si47xx For Radio Experimenters". Several guys already sharing their buildings and tests. I'm sure you can ask questions there and the member will warmly help.
This is the link to the group:
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Re: AM radio that use a chip for the receive circuitry
Phillips
Hi Max,
You have opened an Aladdin's cave for me. I have not studied each sheet (yet) but have scanned a few and found the KT0936m to be quite interesting because of its sensitivity. I will put in some study time to see what can be done with the chips. Using
the sharp tuning of a FSL and the sensitivity of the KT0936m might yield some interesting results.
Thank you,
Ray
From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Max Italy <max2013@...>
Sent: Thursday, 9 April 2020 10:59 PM To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] AM radio that use a chip for the receive circuitry Here i uploaded some datasheets for radio ic with mechanical tuning (do not need to program a MCU). KT0936M is supposed to be even better than the Si4825; |
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Re: Low Cost FM Aerial Testing – April 2020
Phillips
For those getting serious about "wire" antennas there is some free antenna simulating software that I have used and found to be quite good. It will calculate rabbit-ears, beverages, yagis, whips, wire loops, flags, moxons....lots. If you are designing an
antenna for the commercial FM band then it is very useful. I used it for ham radio antennas and found that the performance of the real antenna closely matched the software predictions. It comes with a number of example antennas which are useful for user
training and as project templates.
The software runs on windows and is called mMANA-GAL. It is available for free download from
http://gal-ana.de/basicmm/en/ . The download link is at the bottom of the (quite long) page.
To use it, you need to specify the three-dimensional end points of each element (wire) and the element characteristics such as metal used and diameter. You can put resistors, inductors and capacitors into the build - good for beverages and directional loops.
The software will show the resonant frequency(s), impedance, bandwidth, directional pattern, etc. It even has an optimize function to do some of the donkey-work for you.
It is not good for magnetic loop antennas but there are a number of magnetic loop calculators that can be found using a search engine.
May your QRM always be below your noise floor,
Ray
From: main@UltralightDX.groups.io <main@UltralightDX.groups.io> on behalf of Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...>
Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2020 1:23 PM To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io <main@ultralightdx.groups.io> Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] Low Cost FM Aerial Testing – April 2020 Thanks for the reply Kevin.
I aim to undertake some more testing of this when I can get outside.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 1:25 PM kevin asato <kc6pob@...> wrote:
Paul
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