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Longest distance for Scanner Reception
"xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, "HankG" wrote:
"xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I live in the New Brunswick area, and my Bearcat 210Xlt has picked up transmissions from Quebec! (Or so I assume, for whoever is talking speaks french.) Thats around 800 km! |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
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Sure, but wouldn't 'FM Mode' negate some of the skip pattern? AM - FM - SSB - CW, what ever has no effect on the skip (propagation) conditions. WE, our radio club receive "skip" on our FM ham repeater which is in the 147 MHz band. The usual skip comes from 500 miles away from another ham repeater. Longest scanner reception would depend on several conditions, the antenna, it's height, your elevation, propagation conditions, coax line loss, antenna signal amplifier, just a few of the major items to think about. Ok. I thought that they way that they signal was modulated had an affect on the general overall range, all things considered with AM working out more favorably with skip because it's a simpler type of radiation. But come to think of it, when the US Govmnt was doing below-ground nucleor tests in Nevada, we could pick up tv channel's from 1000 miles away. -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement. http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
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On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, "HankG" wrote: "xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I live in the New Brunswick area, and my Bearcat 210Xlt has picked up transmissions from Quebec! (Or so I assume, for whoever is talking speaks french.) Thats around 800 km! I could pick up CHIPS and Mexican Military on my Bearcat when I was in Dallas. This must have been around the mid 90's. Of course, back then, with the solar flare-up waning off, you could still pick up CHIPS (california highway patrol) who inccidently transmits on FM or I woulnd't have been able to recieve them. -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement. http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
On Dec 14, 8:42 pm, Scott W phony scientist extraordinaire
wrote: a écrit dans le message de news: On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, "HankG" wrote: "xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I live in the New Brunswick area, and my Bearcat 210Xlt has picked up transmissions from Quebec! (Or so I assume, for whoever is talking speaks french.) Thats around 800 km! I could pick up CHIPS and Mexican Military on my Bearcat when I was in Dallas. This must have been around the mid 90's. Of course, back then, with the solar flare-up waning off, you could still pick up CHIPS (california highway patrol) who inccidently transmits on FM or I woulnd't have been able to recieve them. -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement.http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7http://tiny...rl.com/2b2bk7- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The problem is, i'm using the two-foot long telescoping antenna that came with the radio, so it wouldn't have been possible to pick up transmissions from no more than a couple hundred miles! |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
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On Dec 14, 8:42 pm, Scott W phony scientist extraordinaire wrote: a écrit dans le message de news: On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, "HankG" wrote: "xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I live in the New Brunswick area, and my Bearcat 210Xlt has picked up transmissions from Quebec! (Or so I assume, for whoever is talking speaks french.) Thats around 800 km! I could pick up CHIPS and Mexican Military on my Bearcat when I was in Dallas. This must have been around the mid 90's. Of course, back then, with the solar flare-up waning off, you could still pick up CHIPS (california highway patrol) who inccidently transmits on FM or I woulnd't have been able to recieve them. -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement.http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7http://tiny...rl.com/2b2bk7- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The problem is, i'm using the two-foot long telescoping antenna that came with the radio, so it wouldn't have been possible to pick up transmissions from no more than a couple hundred miles! It *could*. I've hooked up my old Starlite Shortwave radio to a magnetic mount CB antenna and could pickup stations in Africa. just depends on how strong the signal is and the conditions? -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement. http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
Bearcat210xlt wrote:
On Dec 14, 8:42 pm, Scott W phony scientist extraordinaire wrote: a écrit dans le message de news: On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, "HankG" wrote: "xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I live in the New Brunswick area, and my Bearcat 210Xlt has picked up transmissions from Quebec! (Or so I assume, for whoever is talking speaks french.) Thats around 800 km! I could pick up CHIPS and Mexican Military on my Bearcat when I was in Dallas. This must have been around the mid 90's. Of course, back then, with the solar flare-up waning off, you could still pick up CHIPS (california highway patrol) who inccidently transmits on FM or I woulnd't have been able to recieve them. -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement.http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7http://tiny...rl.com/2b2bk7- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The problem is, i'm using the two-foot long telescoping antenna that came with the radio, so it wouldn't have been possible to pick up transmissions from no more than a couple hundred miles! Not necessarily. |
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