Michael wrote:
"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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Michael wrote:
"starman" wrote in message
Can you give us some examples of the weak signal stations you
receive
on
the R-75 with ECSS? What kind of antenna do you use for these DX
stations?
Thanks
DX'ing weak signals have just as much to do with "conditions" as
they do
with the power and distance of the transmitted signal. It may be
very
easy
to get say...RNZI from my location during times of the day and
year when
conditions are good for it, and impossible to pick it up during
other
times.
I've used ECSS to identify weak carriers too but I was wondering
what
you would consider a good DX catch. What have you heard lately that
you
would classify as weak DX, given all the "conditions"
Half of what I listen to is dx, including hams from around the world.
If
you need a single example, I'll say .. How about right now.... 21:50
UTC on
7.190 .... I'm listening to what I think is Tunisia. Currently Arabic
music. The signal is barely s-3 and it is quite noisy. The same exact
signal is also being broadcast on 7225. Still a bit noisy with fade
out,
but it makes it all the way up to s-7.
I'd call this DX, but not a VERY weak one. It is far away, and it is
messy.
The drill here on this signal is to use all the tools at my disposal
to
clean it up and see how good I can get it to sound... IE: ecss,
filters,
gain, nb, nr... etc.....
About S8 here on both frequencies.
Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B
To be fair, though, Steve - that probably has as much or more to do
with your antenna farm (I've seen the pics and read your description -
it's terrific)
as it does your reciever.
I was getting it as s-7 on 7225 with my 200 ft roof wire. Regardless of
that relatively strong reading, it was noisy and had fade out at times. He
was getting s-8 (a bit higher) on 7225, but was he getting it crystal clear,
or was he getting some noise and fade out also ??? I don't think that
signal would sound like it came out of Sackville from any place in North
America.
Very little noise, only about 1-2 S units of fade at the time.
A fairly nice sounding signal. I was listening in AM (6 kHz) on the R8 with the
sync on.
Tunisia generally comes in well here on those frequencies.
I was using the 70' N-S wire.
Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B
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