For the various RF transformers you'd use there Neil, I'd suggest: Cores: Binocular = Fair-Rite 2873000202 or Amidon BN-73-202 Toroid = Amidon FT-114-J or...
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, still no trace of LRA36 carrier, Dec 1 at 1400 and a couple chex later in the hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL....
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Darwin Long
djl4loons@...
Dec 1, 2010 6:14 pm
I have a 1200-foot longwire Beverage antenna laying on the ground here on the Mississippi Delta (NE-SW orientation). It works superbly for 150-500kHz. I am...
... Since Rick revived the thread, I'll chip in too... I started MW DXing from here in Ottawa in January 1998. So far, I've logged 2323 stations (no callsign...
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ng1u@...
Dec 1, 2010 9:30 pm
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    Good ground wave signal earlier this afternoon into Bamberg, 75 miles from Charleston on 730, WLTQ. Radio used, Admiral Imperial 8 Transistor...
Heard on an Eton E1-XM and 150 foot wire: 690 CMEC La Habana, Cuba 12/1 1650 with a story about a boy and a man. The R. Progresso ID and La Habana given as...
... WLTQ is 5000 Watts from 7:15 till 5:15 and has 104 Watts at Night, both Non-Directional. 73, Kevin Raper KJ4HYD CE WCKI WQIZ There is no limitation to the...
According to an annoucement via their Facebook page, WKNZ-88.7 Harrington DE is supposed to sign on next Tuesday, December 7 at 10 AM. Their liner is "The...
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ng1u@...
Dec 2, 2010 2:00 am
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Got my R8 today and fired it up and compared with my Icom 746pro. I am not happy. There must be something wrong with the R8. I bought the R8 to do MW bcb...
... Yeah, Drake still fixes them. I think the repairs are $25 per quarter hour. The phone number is 937-746-6990. My E1 got a lightning strike and it cost...
Fox Farm Wyoming on 1630, I heard them last night just past their sunset IDing as "La Jota Mexicana". At first I thought it was "La Cosa Mexicana" or "La Costa...
I called KAAY to see if Roy Masters was what I was hearing and it went away abruptly. The Program Director told me they were put off the air by vandals ...
... This is getting old. These scrap metal yards need to be regulated better. There need to be laws like photographing and taking the ID's of everybody...
... It acts to me like the Front end went out. It is an easy cheap fix :-) 73, Kevin Raper KJ4HYD CE WCKI WQIZ There is no limitation to the fidelity of AM...
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ron@...
Dec 2, 2010 7:06 pm
I've also primer painted copper strapping for my towers for the same effect. To those who are very desperate for money even a couple of dollars a pound makes...
... If it were me - I'd dig a trench around the site six feet deep inside the fence and fill it with jagged boulders - enough to destroy a truck that smashes...
48111
ng1u@...
Dec 2, 2010 9:35 pm
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Paul, Dave, and others --   This is just a hunch, but it could very well be WLRB in Macomb, Illinois. I logged them here back on Sept. 19th at 2112 CLT (a...
Paul -- Â Â Good to see that you have a more up-to-date URL for WLRB and thanks for the correction -- I had just naturally assumed that they were oldies (or...
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ng1u@...
Dec 3, 2010 2:05 am
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This is not the first time WLRB has been noted on late. There was a period about a year or two ago when they were staying on well past midnight with Timeless...
The only way my R8 would act like that is if I connected the coax to antenna 1 but had antenna 2 selected, or vice versa. I suspect something early in the...
While it wouldn't be cheap, you would get a Drake R8 coming back that would be in tip top shape. Drake doesn't just patch something up, they take pride in...
I did contact Drake, they charge $25/15 min. They say average total cost (parts/labor/shipping) is about $200. I can have them look at it first and call me...
IIRC, in Nova Scotia a law was passed a while back requiring folks selling to scrap metal dealers to show photo ID, and the dealers had to record the names...
I'd say, "Sounds good, it should, its a Kenwood". But its a Drake, not a Kenwood R-5000 :) Sounds very much on track. I think a lot of the front ends got...
