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Huh? / Another DX Test, WBOB 600AM, Florida, 04:00 - 07:00UTC, 5/15/2022!

« on: May 13, 2022, 1808 UTC »

Just got SWL'ing news about this:   https://swling.com/blog/2022/05/wbob-last-minute-50-kw-dx-test-on-600-khz/   Having a Carrier-Current station on 610AM, I'm not likely to hear this, except on the road. Should be a clearer FREQ than 1100AM was.

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10/11 meters / Sporadic "E" open to about 03:00UTC last night on 10M.

« on: May 09, 2022, 1802 UTC »

After sunset, a dude in N. MI was working "1"-land, yet I hear him in Southern "8"-land. He wasn't hearing me, but worked a bunch of New Englanders, and occasionally I could hear them. Tis the season for Summer "E"'s.

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Amateur Radio / JW4D – Svalbard station DX event?

« on: May 02, 2022, 1908 UTC »

Word from K8RRT on this event:     https://www.dx-world.net/jw4d-svalbard/    Happy DX'ing!!!! 

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Huh? / DX Test of WCGA 1100, 5/1/2022!

« on: April 29, 2022, 1717 UTC »

Another SWL'ing rip, but a heads-up:     https://swling.com/blog/2022/04/special-dx-test-via-wcga-may-1-2022-at-0400-utc/

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Equipment / Nice set of mostly vintage rigs that this dude tests-out!

« on: April 26, 2022, 1922 UTC »

https://swling.com/blog/2022/04/matts-2022-rooftop-receiver-shootout/       I'd still take either Drakes and that Panasonic. Electronics class in college had the Panasonic to try out, and it was used to listen to the oscillators that we've built in labs.

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The RF Workbench / C-Crane tells how to build a free AM RX'ing antenna? Um, ok...

« on: April 26, 2022, 1744 UTC »

Huh... Interesting, that a company that normally sells commercially made AM receive antennas is showing how to make one. But, that's cool...     https://news.ccrane.com/2018/04/09/how-to-make-a-simple-powerful-am-loop-antenna-for-free/?trk_msg=BHEDMVC34C24FF424ATVLC7V4O&trk_contact=5NJV72NF7SL66QTELJC5E5H0IG&trk_sid=55NP9H1QCA9KTKICDNSF322SH0&trk_link=F3QPVLR57VKK50PH5U7OQNFHR0&utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=For+Your+FREE+DIY+Guide+on+How+to+Build+An+AM+Antenna+CLICK+HERE&utm_campaign=How+To+Make+Your+Own+AM+Antenna

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The RF Workbench / Pyrite Radio, Dispatch? Radio, from a piece of iron pyrite? Yep...

« on: April 20, 2022, 0627 UTC »

From Radio Survivor, https://hii-mag.com/article/sound-design-a-feast-for-the-eyes-and-ears-at-pyrite-radio-dispatch    And the rest of the RS podcast #326 read,   http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2022/04/podcast-326-the-state-of-listening-and-broadcast-radio-in-2022/

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The RF Workbench / Wanna' communicate, and broadcast, with light? It can be done!

« on: April 15, 2022, 1844 UTC »

I've experimented with IR and white light LED's. Even thought of this as a station STL. However, this is Line-Of-Sight, so snow fall, heavy rain, even birds, will block this.   http://www.modulatedlight.org/optical_comms/optical_index.html     and    https://sites.google.com/site/g3xbmqrp3/optical      All neat, and legal to do.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Wanna' build an SDR? This book could tell ya how?

« on: April 14, 2022, 1719 UTC »

https://www.amazon.com/Software-Defined-Radio-Transceiver-Construction/dp/B09WYP1ST8/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Software+Defined+Radio+Transceiver&amp&qid=1649851795&amp&s=books&amp&sr=1-3&amp&tag=swlcom01-20         Well, sounds intriguing. I've bought books like this before, and they are a nice resource to keep around.
 Yeah... Another SWL'ing rip.

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Huh? / Anyone ever check-out this magazine, The Spectrum Monitor?

« on: April 09, 2022, 1948 UTC »

https://www.thespectrummonitor.com/     and      https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=14036   Apparently, most columnists are ex-Monitoring Times.  For $25.00, I might give that a go.

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Weather / Well, Space weather. Cycle 25, where are we?

« on: April 06, 2022, 1740 UTC »

A friend of mine linked me to this,    https://spaceweather.com/

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Huh? / Wanna' see where Jeff White works? WRMI tour.

« on: April 06, 2022, 0643 UTC »

https://www.radioworld.com/global/a-look-inside-wrmi-its-european-broadcasts       I always do like seeing these.

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The RF Workbench / This Amateur Radio Antenna Is Made From a Single Tape Measure?

« on: April 01, 2022, 1827 UTC »

https://www.hackster.io/news/this-amateur-radio-antenna-is-made-from-a-single-tape-measure-95a0020726ea     I've heard of doing this, but never tried it myself, yet.

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Huh? / The Cooling Radio Station & MUSA: The Ultimate SSB Receiving Site?

« on: April 01, 2022, 1823 UTC »

Yeah... Another SWL'ing rip, but a neat radio history read, nonetheless.     https://swling.com/blog/2022/04/the-cooling-radio-station-musa-the-ultimate-ssb-receiving-site/

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Huh? / More Emergence TIS Stations upgrades, or more TIS Pests?

« on: March 30, 2022, 1924 UTC »

https://theradiosource.com/articles/news-2022-mar.htm        This includes, Communities that have received license waivers for increased signal and/or antenna height. So far, the only one that I hear is that NJ, Hudson Co. one on 1710kHz.