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MW Loggings / Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019

« on: May 24, 2019, 1713 UTC »

For a 1kw station, they generally put a good signal into Michigan at night in spite of closer stations (Chicago and Toronto)
on the same frequency.  Perhaps due to the tower site appears to be located on a low peninsula probably with good
ground conductivity.   

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Amateur Radio / Re: QRP Contesting

« on: May 24, 2019, 1140 UTC »

My experience with QRP is that during a normal day you may call and call and not even make a contact.
However, during, say, Field Day you can make many contacts with just 1 watt and a simple antenna.
So, go for it.   Just be aware of what is required in the exchange as it can be rather rapid fire. 

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MW Loggings / Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019

« on: May 24, 2019, 0213 UTC »

WPTX AM 1690 Lexington Park MD "Favorite Adult Standards"
0157Z "I Fall to Pieces" Patsy Cline with TOH ID and into news @ 0200Z.
Fairly good sigs with some QSB, couple of others underneath,
probably Chicago and Toronto.

514

Equipment / Re: ICOM IC R-75 external speaker

« on: May 23, 2019, 1734 UTC »

And the patch to the 750 works wonderfully.   Mucho Appreciado!

 

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Equipment / Re: ICOM IC R-75 external speaker

« on: May 21, 2019, 0132 UTC »

Don,

Just noticed you have a Satellit 750.  It has a fairly decent speaker.  Have you considered using the 750 line-in?

516

MW Loggings / Re: WCRN AM 830

« on: May 19, 2019, 0923 UTC »

I can hear WCCO quite well here in the southeast corner of Wyoming.. VERY well.. and I've never heard HD Hash on 820, 840 nor have I had the HD light show up on 830

Fairly strong signal into Michigan this morning... did not see any digital sidebands on the SDR.

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Equipment / Re: ICOM IC R-75 external speaker

« on: May 18, 2019, 0911 UTC »

If you want to rock the house with tunes from say, WTWW or WRMI, just about any
of the suggestions would be a vast improvement over the built-in speaker.
Otherwise, if DX is your objective, headphones are the way to go.

518

Longwave Loggings / Re: Take Off to the Great White North

« on: May 17, 2019, 2138 UTC »

The decommissioning... er "modernization"... will take place in phases over the next seven years.
Not all NDBs will be shut down, about 70 will be spared the ax (including a lot of the exotic "North of 60" beacons).

Same thing happening in the U.S.  Fewer and fewer NDB approaches or approaches that even require an ADF.
Not just NDBs... looks like many VORs and marker beacons are also on the way out.

519

Equipment / Re: ICOM IC R-75 external speaker

« on: May 17, 2019, 1202 UTC »

Don,

Take a look at the MFJ 722B Optimizer.  It does a good job of filtering out the jumble (especially on the crowded
AM broadcast band).  The MFJ along with a set of headphones will work well for serious DXing.

520

MW Loggings / Re: A few early morning MW catches Circa 0930-1030 UTC 15 May 2019

« on: May 15, 2019, 1439 UTC »

Some more quick tests with the Crossed Parallel Loop under reconstruction:

530 -  I also had someone playing instrumental music.

Radio Enciclopedia ?

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MW Loggings / Re: WCRN AM 830

« on: May 15, 2019, 0837 UTC »

That's fun. I'm 15 miles from WCCO, so no chance I'll hear anything but them, even with a loop nulling them out.

Also said to be running hybrid.

522

General Radio Discussion / Re: All Digital AM Band? Um, maybe not.

« on: May 12, 2019, 2031 UTC »

Not as wide as the hybrid mode but looks like it would still interfere with the adjacent channels.

523

Equipment / Re: Par end fed EF-SWL antenna

« on: May 06, 2019, 2147 UTC »

Have successfully used the PAR inductively coupled via a loopstick to various portables for LW and MW work.
For SW, the built in whip antenna or 10" to 20' of wire connected to the antenna jack (if available) generally
will work fine.

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MW Loggings / Re: CJAD in Montreal

« on: May 03, 2019, 0847 UTC »

Nice catch, their pattern is not pointed your way plus "The Big 8" in Windsor is  between you and Montreal.

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Longwave Loggings / Re: Spring 2019 NDB Logs

« on: May 02, 2019, 1944 UTC »

Conspicuous by it's absence...  ON beacon 283 PT, presumably SK.