HI JERRY, I use Google maps at http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm byron wa8lcz nr detroit mi

10OCT2010 SUN SFI=76-3-1 SR0740 SS1859 SUNSPOTS 12 417 HHG HUNTINGTON IN 25W 345EDT 174 MI 284.3 DGPS WIARTON, ONT #918 REF 310 NS 284.3 DGPS SANDY HOOK, NJ #804 REF 008 EW 287.3 DGPS DRIVER, VA #806

9OCT2010 SAT SFI=75-4-2 sr0739 ss1900 sunspots 0 371 GW KUUJJUARAPIK QUE 500W 350EDT 913 MI ON HUDSON BAY 254 5B SUMMERSIDE PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 250W 411EDT 980 MI 350 DF NEWFOUNDLAND 428EDT DUPE 218

8OCT2010 SRI=75-4-1 SR0738 SS1902 SUNSPOTS 0 350 DF DEER LAKE NEWFOUNDLAND 0322EDT 1000W 1305 MI 350 NY ENDERBY BC 0325EDT 500W 1790 MI 360 PN PORT MENIER QUE 0336EDT 500W 1020 MI 390 DDP PUERTO RICO

HI GARY, If the relay shorted out the unused turns, in this case 4 turns, then the remaining 2 turns with the same var cap, is very efficient, at receiving the top end of the band. i copied a 1kw sign

hi gary, have you tried tapping off a few turns on your 9 ft loop for the higher freqs (1000 to 1700 kc)? I use 2 turns for hi freqs and 6 turns for low freqs (530-1000 kc) on my 34 inch loop and it w

HI KEVIN, is it double conversion ? to get rid of images. byron

MW 17SEP2010 FRI SFI=83-6-3 SR0715 SS1939 SUNSPOTS 20 710 CMW LA JULIA LA HABANA CUBA RADIO REBELDE 2230EDT 150K 1345 MI (CUBA#12) ECHO ON AUDIO, FLEXING SAW, MUSIC FM 18SEP2010 SAT SFI=82-9-2 SR0716

09SEP2010 THU SFI=75-8-0 SR0707 SS2053 0570 CMDC SANTA CLARA CUBA RR RADIO RELOJ 2233EDT 30KW 1400 MI 0790 CMAQ PINAR DEL RIO CUBA RR RADIO RELOJ 2243EDT 30KW 1395 MI DIT DAH DIT, DIT DAH DIT First Cu

08SEP2010 WEN 1680 WTTM LINDENWOLD NJ SERVING PHILADELPHIA, ETHNIC LANGUAGE 0600EDT 1K 454MI (NJ) Byron wa8lcz nr Detroit MI

Hi Bob, 690 CINF MONTREAL went off the air on jan 29, 2010 it was a french language Canadian station. heres the info from Wikipedia.org: Closure On January 29, 2010, Corus announced it would shut down

Hi Rob, WIKIPEDIA.ORG SAYS: ITU region 2 also authorizes the Extended AM broadcast band between 1610 kHz and 1710 kHz. Medium wave is by far the most heavily used band for commercial broadcasting. AT

hi rick, how much of your fla log entry was over salt water ? tony is logging ILL from upper Mich over lake Michigan and i'm hearing NY from detroit over lake st. clair and lake erie. looks like all o

HI TONY, almost 400 mi from Traverce city mi to Illinois on an earbud cable antenna !!!! wow. looks like ducting over lake Michigan. nice..... very nice. guess i'll throw away the moxon beam and get a

29AUG2010 SUN SFI=72-8-1 94.5 WNED BUFFALO NY CLASSICAL 0752EDT 105KW MI 206 (NY01) 93.7 WBLK DEPEW NY BUFFALO AREA TALK 0840EDT 47K MI 218 MI (NY02) Ducting over Lake Erie out to 218 miles. Condx bad

the last 6 days have really been bad but finally: 20AUG2010 FRI 102.5 WIOG BAY CITY MI HIT MUSIC CHANNEL 0648EDT 86K 89MI (MI75) 092.1 WIDL CARO MI MIX 92.1 TOP 40 TUSCOLA COUNTY 0744EDT 6K 71MI (MI76

Hi Laurie, Interesting. on the Eton E10 radio. both the tip and the ring are connected to the pc board and a loop antenna can be plugged in, without any mods. thanks for bringing up this point. The PL

13AUG2010 SFI=84-4-0 PERSEIDS METEOR SHOWER IN PROGRESS 98.1 WDFM DEFIANCE OH MIX 98.1 VARIETY 0725EDT 50KW 113 MI (OH28) ***** WEAK, OFF SIDE OF BEAM 93.3 WKQZ MIDLAND MI THE ROCK Z93 BAY CITY 0833ED

The Perseids meteor shower is tonite, aug 12th, best times are midnight to 6am, but it could start earier, visible to the northwest. has anyone copied FM signals bouncing off the meteors ??? Byron wa8

hi tony, 12 new ones today!!! unbelievable. very nice. did you put up a tower ??? byron