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Title: NDBs for winter 2017
Post by: flexoman61 on April 07, 2017, 1553 UTC

This past winter is the first time I've tried for NDBs, lots of fun!

Maybe a loop for next winter but the longwire did ok
for NDBs and the DGPS band.

Theses are the beacons I picked up from Jan. 17 thru Feb. 18 2017

216   CLB  USA NC  WILMINGTON  928 km
245   YZE  CAN ON  GORE BAY   1016 km
248   UL   CAN QC  MONTREAL    518 km
268   UBY  CUB     BAYAMO     2333 km
272   YQA  CAN ON  MUSKOKA     742 km
278   NM   CAN QC  MATAGAMI   1068 km
309   GPI  CLM     GUAPI      4314 km
326   FC   CAN NB  FREDERICTN  699 km
329   YHN  CAN ON  HORNEPAYNE 1346 km
332   YFM  CAN QC  LA GRANDE  1419 km
332   FIS  USA FLA KEY WEST   2042 km
334   YSH  CAN ON  Smith Flls  542 km  
335   YLD  CAN ON  CHAPLEAU   1176 km
340   YY   CAN QC  MONT JOLI   891 km
341   YYU  CAN ON  KAPUSKASING1248 km
351   YKQ  CAN QC  FORTRUPRT  1275 km
360   PN   CAN QC  PORTMENIER 1147 km
362   SB   CAN ON  SUDBURY     951 km
363   RNB  USA NJ  MILLVILLE   319 km
366   YMW  CAN QC  MANIWAKI    660 km
367   FVX  USA VA  Farmville   687 km
369   ZDX  ATG     ST. JOHNS  2826 km
378   RJ   CAN QC  ROBERVAL    839 km
388   RNW  USA NC  Chocowinity 755 km
391   DDP  PTR     SAN JUAN    2561km
392   ML   CAN QC  CHARLEVOIX  748 km
400   FO   USA NY  Westhamptn   47 km
404   YSL  CAN NB  ST.LEONARD  764 km
407   ZHU  CAN QC  Montreal    519 km
410   JU   USA NC  Jefferson   954 km
415   CBC  CYM     CAYMANBRC  2484 km
419   RYS  USA MI  Detroit     936 km
432   IZN  USA NC  Lincolnton  998 km

Title: Re: NDBs for winter 2017
Post by: pinto vortando on April 07, 2017, 2117 UTC

Some nice loggings there...    :)

Couple of thoughts, use some kind of tuner with your longwire or better yet, give the PAR EF-SWL antenna a try.  It will yield a tremendous improvement over a plain vanilla longwire not only on LW but also MW and SW.

Title: Re: NDBs for winter 2017
Post by: flexoman61 on April 07, 2017, 2121 UTC

Thanks Pinto, I'll checkout that ant.

Title: Re: NDBs for winter 2017
Post by: Josh on April 08, 2017, 1456 UTC

I wholeheartedly agree, using a tuner is very effective for the bands below ambc. Amazingly so really. So much more energy is efficiently transferred when each end of the system (antennae/transmatch/feedline/radio) sees its natural z.