This one is terrific out west - keeping in mind that I'm in Colorado so still far from the Pacific. But for the first hour or so I can tune in on my Satellit 750 with just its whip and use the wide filter setting*. No externals needed. However, I'm not yet sure how the 22m frequency they use 0700-0900 UTC for the Pacific beam (and presumabley 0700-1300z on the weekend, though their schedule neglects to confirm that at this time) is being copied here. I've had some good luck with higher band signals after dark this year, no doubt thanks to the high solar flux, but even 15720 has been hard to come by in spite of that.
* Regarding the Satellite 750/Elite 750/Tecsun S2000 receiver.... for some reason, and only on SW band and in AM mode, this receiver's tuning is about 3 kHz off the actual frequency. For years I've thought that the crappy sound I got when using that combo was simply the wide setting being too darn wide. But it turns out it's significantly off frequency - but only in wide, not in narrow. I found out about this flaw recently and am sharing it here in case any other owners of that receiver were unaware. When I tune to RNZI as described here, I have to go to 7393. But it sounds terrific once there. I can only imagine what it's like if I were using an external. (Currently I have no functional antennas with a BNC connector or adapter. I need to fix up the ones I have, I think. A nice winter project or two...)
Topic: RNZ (?) on 7390 khz.... (Read 788 times)
