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new one in the "Hope" this morning
Allen Willie
Hello To All
First of all, Wishing everyone all the best in this new year. Early this morning I was able to log my first new one of 2013 as follows: 760 - WEFL - Tequesta, Florida 9:57 UTC Jan 7 w/ Sports talk, NFL Playoff Football news & scores, numerous ESPN ID's (heard on peaks under/thru WJR in Detroit) ( listed as 1500/3000 watts nights/ days ) Ultralight Station # 921 Receiver: SRF-M37W barefoot Good DX Allen Willie Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland
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Re: MW stations as at January 2013 New Zealand
Tony King <tonyzl@...>
Thanks Gary. One tweak. Add 1269 Classic Hits TX in Takaka Nelson Province with programming from Nelson which is an FM outlet.
Looking from the wrong end of the telescope (Southern Hemisphere to North) US DX has been good on the PL380 lately with the farthest east being WOKB 1680 in Winter Garden FL 1kw. XERF now has a friend on 1570 KUAU in Hawaii loud and clear here most nights with religious offerings, 1050 KTCT In San Mateo CA, 1120 KPNW Eugene OR, 1420 KKEA Honolulu, 1460 KHRA Honolulu, and several other West Coast 50kwers. I note that XEPE 1700 is in SS around midnite PST before taking sports. 1620 WDHP coming up some nights mixed with the Cuban twins, and Mrs Scott keeps going on 1610 from Anguilla with some snatches of CHHA.
Tony
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Re: 40/44 Litz wire
eBay, Ming is the best one to purchase it from, it is Chinese, but of very
good quality.
In a message dated 1/6/2013 9:54:43 A.M. Central Standard Time, ww0e@q.com
writes:
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40/44 Litz wire
ww0e@...
Where's a good place to purchase about 20 feet of 40/44 Litz wire.
Thank you, Jerry
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Re: MW stations as at January 2013 New Zealand
Hi Tony,
Thanks for posting the updated list of New Zealand AM stations in our Ultralightdx file section.
Many of those Kiwi stations can produce awesome signals here on the North American west coast during our local summer season (June-September), especially when boosted by a sensitive FSL antenna at Oregon coast cliff sites. These local-like recordings were all made on a Tecsun PL-380 last year at "Rockwork 4" (south of Cannon Beach) and Cape Perpetua (south of Yachats).
567-Radio National (50 kW) at Rockwork 4 Cliff (8-21-12)
594-NZ Rhema (5 kW and 2 kW) at Rockwork 4 Cliff (8-20-12)
603-Radio Waatea (5 kW) at Rockwork 4 Cliff (8-21-12)
657-Southern Star (50 kW) at Cape Perpetua (7-20-12)
684-NZ Rhema (5 kW) at Cape Perpetua (7-21-12)
765-Radio Kahungunu (2.5 kW) at Cape Perpetua (7-20-12)
828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) at Cape Perpetua (7-20-12)
963-Southern Star (10 kW) at Rockwork 4 (8-24-12)
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
-----Original Message-----
From: tonyzl To: ultralightdx Sent: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 11:41 pm Subject: [ultralightdx] MW stations as at January 2013 New Zealand I have posted an updated list in the General Information files area. Happy New Year
Tony
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Material selection for high q antennae
ceo@andygardner.com <ceo@...>
Still studying up on what materials to use for my FSL.
This web page has some very useful information regarding variable capacitor choice and even what sort of switch you use for switching in more loop windings etc... http://www.bentongue.com/xtalset/24Cmnts/24Cmnts.html
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MW stations as at January 2013 New Zealand
tonyzl@...
I have posted an updated list in the General Information files area. Happy New Year
Tony
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FIVE new ULR loggings to close out 2012
Took about an hour centered around my local sunset, on New Years Eve and was rewarded with FIVE new ULR logs and two new overall ones! A good way to close out the year. 690 WZAP VA Bristol 12/31 1700 Brimstone preacher, orating in tounges (?). Loud w/TOH ID (DH-IN) 730 WZGV NC Cramerton 12/31 1702 ESPN 730 and local Charlotte NC mentions. NEW! (DH-IN) 740 WNOP KY Newport 12/31 1707 Cincinnati Archdiocese mentions. I guess that I had yet to add that easy onew to my ULR book. (DH-IN) 990 KWAM TN Memphis 12/31 1728 Local Memphis talk, ?? to webstream. NEW! (DH-IN) 930 KWOC MO Poplar Bluff 12/31 1737 Local ads. Fair. (DH-IN) Sorry for the lateness but I recall hitting send, on 1/2/2013. (DH-IN) = Dave Hascall Tecsun PL-606 barefoot 73, Dave in Indy
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Re: French on 540 & 1550 in Ontario
ferrite61 <dxrx@...>
Wikipedia indicates the CTRC approved CBGA-1's move to FM on or about Oct. 28, 2011... I'm not certain when it went silent. My log indicates "off" meaning off the air (OTA). My UL-logs have been in the winters of 2007 to 2011. My paperwork indicates nothing in 2012.
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Is CBGA-1 off the air? I still occasionally hear what sounds like echo
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Re: French on 540 & 1550 in Ontario
Bruce Conti
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:52 PM, ferrite61 <dxrx@...> wrote:
Is CBGA-1 off the air? I still occasionally hear what sounds like echo from delay between two or more transmitters carrying the CBC French service on 540 kHz. The top of the hour ID on 540 is not parallel 1550 kHz. It sounds like a network ID rather than local, while 1550 gives a local ID as CBEF Windsor. -- Bruce Conti contiba@... www.bamlog.com
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Re: French on 540 & 1550 in Ontario
ferrite61 <dxrx@...>
Yes, French 1550 here, and at times over a local (35km) WSDK from CT. Very clear signal at 830km or so. French on 540 has always been fair/poor, with Spanish Speaker (ex-business news) WLIE doing better at night. The Quebec Northern Service CBGA-1 usually did better.
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Re: French on 540 & 1550 in Ontario
josephrot
Yes, indeed. We now hear them on 1550 not too frequently here in Knoxville TN (East Tennessee) Especially when "skip" is favorable, and the season of year may play a big part, with Winter being "better" for reception or so it appears.
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They are running about 10KW, in Windsor, Ontario as I recall, and they come to mind as we find it rather rare to pick-up 10KW down here. Distance as the Canadian Goose flies is about 520mi or so between here and Windsor. Joe
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Re: French on 540 & 1550 in Ontario
On 2013-01-02, at 7:16 PM, grinder44203 wrote:
Tim...everything you say is correct!!! They have been simulcasting on 1550 for some time already. I reported them on this frequency when they switched back on NOV/01/12 and were presumably Testing. I'm not sure when 540 is going Dark??? 73....ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA
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French on 540 & 1550 in Ontario
Tim Davisson
Guys...Found out tonight from a buddy of mine in Detroit that CBEF has indeed moved it's French programming to the 1550kHz. frequency (CBE-1550 right?).
But...at least for the time being...they will simulcast 1550 on 540....I assume to get folks educated that they've moved to 1550. Eventually 540 will supposedly go dark....don't know when. FYI. Tim, KD8GZ near Cleveland
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Re: NiMh rechargeable batteries for Tecsun ANY model
josephrot
Reminder: NiMh rechargeable batteries for Tecsun ANY model
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Especially with the jump in holiday presents and birthday gifts, etc... Speaking of NiMH "size" in capacity, as long as the charger (recharger may be more precise), can "feed" the NiMh as it charges, use the highest MAh NiMH AA or AAA you can buy or locate. Although this was not always the case in the past, most all modern-day chargers can handle the increased capacity as they re-charge, ALTHOUGH, it may take a bit longer to fully re-charge the higher-capacity NiMH batteries that you use. Side Note: Beware the AA and AAA size NiMH that sound priced too low to be believed, most all fail much sooner than later. Ditto, beware the larger "C" and "D" size NiMH batteries that claim lower-initial cost, yet actually have inside them grouped AA or even stacked AAA batteries, whereby they fake the buyer, and are not to be used, or should not be. Why ? Because historically and under years of use, they FAIL more, and many will NOT hold a "proper" or long-lasting charge. The "real" C and D size NiMH will usually-but-not-always be happy to advertise their "real-ness", and the "real" ones are usually heavier than the "faked" C and D cells. Joe
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Re: NiMh rechargeable batteries for the Tecsun PL-380
Lee
2500ma in mine ... lasts much longer!!
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Lee...G6ZSG.
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Re: NiMh rechargeable batteries for the Tecsun PL-380
Jim Orcheson <va3jno@...>
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Re: NiMh rechargeable batteries for the Tecsun PL-380
Vimal
Anyone would work,but would need to be recharged sooner or later depending on their charge holding capacity.
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On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 7:43 AM, <ww0e@q.com> wrote:
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NiMh rechargeable batteries for the Tecsun PL-380
ww0e@...
Do you have to you use 1000mAh batteries for this radio, or will the 1700 mAh or 750 mAh work also?
Thanks,
Jerry
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8" FSL For Sale
Well guys I thought that I had sold the 8" FSL, but need up selling
my 12.5" Dual Band FSL instead.
So if anyone is interest in a 8" FSL for $300+ shipping they can
contact me at everettsharp@...
Below is the information on the 8" FSL
The 8" FSL is constructed using a 5" wide piece of 6.5" OD
plastic Drain pipe with two 1/2" ply wood disk placed in each end of the plastic
pipe. I used 32 Russian 125 X 16 X 4 mm ferrite bars, which are no longer
available, that are epoxied to the plastic pipe and they are covered with
fiberglass cloth, which was also covered with 2 coats of epoxy. The outside
diameter of the FSL with the ferrite on it is 7". Then the ferrite is
covered with 1/2 thick PE foam, thus with a ending diameter of
8".
The coil is 18 turns of 660/46 Litz wire, there is also a 1 turn
winding next to the main winding that is used for a coupling coil, which is
connected to a ferrite matching transformer, this is for a 50 ohm hook up to a
desk top radio. It has a BNC connector on the back side. The tuning capacitor,
is a N50 (10 to 360 pf), with a 8:1 tuning ratio. The tuning range/coverage is
2060-530 KHz.
The FSL, is one of a kind and is constructed very well. It works
very well with very sharp tuning. It's appearance is in no way perfect, it
is home made, but it is probably one of the best construed and looking FSL's
that has been built to date. I have several articles that are posted on the ULR
site covering many of my FSL antennas projects and
experiments.
Below are some pictures of it:
So if anyone is interested, let me know. I don't know what the
shipping cost would be, but I think that $25 should cover it. I would more then
likely have to build a wooded box to ship it in. So the total cost would be $325
delivered. I can take either a money order, or PayPal payment.
Everett N8CNP
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