Neato! Cheap VLF converter!
 

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I was going to buy a Palomar VLF converter for my FT-857D
but stumbled on this website:

http://home.att.net/~jacksonharbor/lfconv.htm

For $12 shipped I got a kit which took an hour to assemble, taking
my time & trying to do a good cosmetic job on the breathmints tin
that holds the project.

$99+shipping for the Palomar? Forget that! This thing rocks! I
ordered the 14 mhz version and on a 134' dipole I'm hearing
WWVB (60kc) LOUD! I'm also picking up a 100w 100' antenna
NDB on 261 kc about S9+20. The co-ordinates for this beacon
are about 21 miles away, due south.

The DGPS signal at 306kc is even louder - S9+50!

It's easy to build with only 1 trimmer cap to set the conversion
rate. I used the program CWGET to measure WWVB at a dial
indicated 1000hz offset. CWGET allowed me to adjust the VLF
converter to +/- 1hz! Neato!

Not too shabby for $12 shipped!

Pics on request....

KG0WX Ken


Did you say 1 134' dipole? Where do you live? Must not
be in the US. The dipole would be total overkill.

Dennis




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Dennis wrote:

In article , says...


I was going to buy a Palomar VLF converter for my FT-857D
but stumbled on this website:

http://home.att.net/~jacksonharbor/lfconv.htm

For $12 shipped I got a kit which took an hour to assemble, taking
my time & trying to do a good cosmetic job on the breathmints tin
that holds the project.

$99+shipping for the Palomar? Forget that! This thing rocks! I
ordered the 14 mhz version and on a 134' dipole I'm hearing
WWVB (60kc) LOUD! I'm also picking up a 100w 100' antenna
NDB on 261 kc about S9+20. The co-ordinates for this beacon
are about 21 miles away, due south.

The DGPS signal at 306kc is even louder - S9+50!

It's easy to build with only 1 trimmer cap to set the conversion
rate. I used the program CWGET to measure WWVB at a dial
indicated 1000hz offset. CWGET allowed me to adjust the VLF
converter to +/- 1hz! Neato!

Not too shabby for $12 shipped!

Pics on request....

KG0WX Ken

Did you say 1 134' dipole? Where do you live? Must not
be in the US. The dipole would be total overkill.

Dennis




What's odd about a 134' diople? seems pretty standard for 160M Ham work
and with open wire feeders should be very versatile.

Dave

Behold, Dave Holford signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

What's odd about a 134' diople? seems pretty standard for 160M Ham work
and with open wire feeders should be very versatile.

Dave

I read that as 1,134' dipole. Fine for LowFER work :-)

--
Gregg t3h g33k
"Ratings are for transistors....tubes have guidelines"
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

Gregg wrote:

Behold, Dave Holford signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

What's odd about a 134' diople? seems pretty standard for 160M Ham work
and with open wire feeders should be very versatile.

Dave

I read that as 1,134' dipole. Fine for LowFER work :-)

--
Gregg t3h g33k
"Ratings are for transistors....tubes have guidelines"
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca


"I ordered the 14 mhz version and on a 134' dipole I'm hearing
WWVB (60kc) LOUD!"

EH?

Dave

In article ,
says...




Gregg wrote:

Behold, Dave Holford signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

What's odd about a 134' diople? seems pretty standard for 160M Ham work
and with open wire feeders should be very versatile.

Dave

I read that as 1,134' dipole. Fine for LowFER work :-)

--
Gregg t3h g33k
"Ratings are for transistors....tubes have guidelines"
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca


"I ordered the 14 mhz version and on a 134' dipole I'm hearing
WWVB (60kc) LOUD!"

EH?

Dave


I misunderstood the original post. But how is it you hear WWVB at 60Kz?
Are you hearing an analog?

dennis

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Behold, Dave Holford signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:



Gregg wrote:

Behold, Dave Holford signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

What's odd about a 134' diople? seems pretty standard for 160M Ham
work and with open wire feeders should be very versatile.

Dave

I read that as 1,134' dipole. Fine for LowFER work :-)

--
Gregg t3h g33k
"Ratings are for transistors....tubes have guidelines"
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca


"I ordered the 14 mhz version and on a 134' dipole I'm hearing WWVB
(60kc) LOUD!"

EH?

Dave

Like, you're lucky, eh? ;-)

My QTH must be in a 60KHz null... :-(

--
Gregg t3h g33k
"Ratings are for transistors....tubes have guidelines"
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

Dennis wrote:

In article ,
says...




Gregg wrote:

Behold, Dave Holford signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

What's odd about a 134' diople? seems pretty standard for 160M Ham work
and with open wire feeders should be very versatile.

Dave

I read that as 1,134' dipole. Fine for LowFER work :-)

--
Gregg t3h g33k
"Ratings are for transistors....tubes have guidelines"
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca


"I ordered the 14 mhz version and on a 134' dipole I'm hearing
WWVB (60kc) LOUD!"

EH?

Dave

I misunderstood the original post. But how is it you hear WWVB at 60Kz?
Are you hearing an analog?

dennis

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This is really wandering - I presume the OP is an Old Fart, like me, and
once in a while slips back into Kc (kc) instead of kHz. But I notice he
also used Hz in the same post so maybe it was just a "seniors moment".

I can hear WWVB on 60kHz on my modern radios, but my old Eddystones and
Plessey get it on 60kc.

Dave

In article ,
says...




Dennis wrote:

In article ,
says...




Gregg wrote:

Behold, Dave Holford signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

What's odd about a 134' diople? seems pretty standard for 160M Ham work
and with open wire feeders should be very versatile.

Dave

I read that as 1,134' dipole. Fine for LowFER work :-)

--
Gregg t3h g33k
"Ratings are for transistors....tubes have guidelines"
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca


"I ordered the 14 mhz version and on a 134' dipole I'm hearing
WWVB (60kc) LOUD!"

EH?

Dave

I misunderstood the original post. But how is it you hear WWVB at 60Kz?
Are you hearing an analog?

dennis

--
This is really wandering - I presume the OP is an Old Fart, like me, and
once in a while slips back into Kc (kc) instead of kHz. But I notice he
also used Hz in the same post so maybe it was just a "seniors moment".

I know it's very trendy to use the term "senior moment", but no it
was a typo, nothing more. Mistakes aren't necessarily the result of
a dementia, so get real.

Dennis


I can hear WWVB on 60kHz on my modern radios, but my old Eddystones and
Plessey get it on 60kc.

Dave

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"Ken Bessler" wrote in news:2nqc9dF3k1vnU1@uni-
berlin.de:

I was going to buy a Palomar VLF converter for my FT-857D
but stumbled on this website:

http://home.att.net/~jacksonharbor/lfconv.htm

For $12 shipped I got a kit which took an hour to assemble, taking
my time & trying to do a good cosmetic job on the breathmints tin
that holds the project.

This kit is sold out as of 8/19.

From the site:

" LF Converter kit - sold out (8/19/2004)

Please email: jacksonharbor @ att.net
if you would like this kit revived."

I hope he gets enough emails to reinstate it.

Dennis wrote:



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This is really wandering - I presume the OP is an Old Fart, like me, and
once in a while slips back into Kc (kc) instead of kHz. But I notice he
also used Hz in the same post so maybe it was just a "seniors moment".

I know it's very trendy to use the term "senior moment", but no it
was a typo, nothing more. Mistakes aren't necessarily the result of
a dementia, so get real.

Dennis


God I hope not. Otherwise most of the population must be demented.
(I was making mistakes long before I became an "old Fart")

Dave