Last night, I reattached the antenna to my R8 after some lightning and
began surfing the memories. On 6925 I heard what sounded like a
big-signal pirate.
After tuning around, I heard other signals. Then I realized they all
sounded a lot like my local MW broadcaster. I'd never heard spurs on
the shortwave bands with this receiver.
Doh! Had I been zapped by lightning?
All it took was wiggling the antenna lead-in alligator clip to make
the pseudosignals go away.
How 'bout that? Those stories about corroded connections causing
rectification and spurious signals are true.
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Registered Monitor BR549
The Shack on the Bayou -
www.ghg.net/cliffwatts/
Drake R8, Sony ICF-SW100, Heathkit GR-64 (retired)
Realistic Pro-2006, Bearcat BC-245XLT