New DX and shortwave listener
 

MrZ wrote:
I was wondering how to best hear my portable Sangean ATS 909 on a
cruise ship - lots of metal . . .
I have a long wire antenna that I can hook on my whip antenna and was
wondering if that would do.
Thanks


You might hear some unusual medium wave (MW) DX on a ship, as MW
signals propogate far over water. But then again, all the appliances
and machinery on a ship may generate so much electronic hash at MW
frequencies that reception will be awful, I dunno.

New DX and shortwave listener
 

"Somebody Somewhere" writes:


MrZ wrote:
I was wondering how to best hear my portable Sangean ATS 909 on a
cruise ship - lots of metal . . .
I have a long wire antenna that I can hook on my whip antenna and was
wondering if that would do.
Thanks


You might hear some unusual medium wave (MW) DX on a ship, as MW
signals propogate far over water. But then again, all the appliances
and machinery on a ship may generate so much electronic hash at MW
frequencies that reception will be awful, I dunno.

I went on a cruise and took my Sony 7600. I went far forward from the bridge
and clipped the 15 feet wire spool that comes with the Sony to a rigging.
That gave me about 15 feet of vert.

I got fabulous reception, with no QRM to speak of. (This was an Alaska
cruise.)

I used my GPS to log location while DX. Not a single person hassled me.

Have fun.

Steve.

--
Steven D. Swift, , http://www.novatech-instr.com
NOVATECH INSTRUMENTS, INC. P.O. Box 55997
206.301.8986, fax 206.363.4367 Seattle, Washington 98155 USA

New DX and shortwave listener
 

Thanks for the reply Steve.
We'll be taking a GPS too. Good idea about marking our location. I'll
take along some wire with a few clips too and see if I can get some
"vert".
PS We are going far South - Antartica in December!

Steven Swift wrote:
"Somebody Somewhere" writes:


MrZ wrote:
I was wondering how to best hear my portable Sangean ATS 909 on a
cruise ship - lots of metal . . .
I have a long wire antenna that I can hook on my whip antenna and was
wondering if that would do.
Thanks


You might hear some unusual medium wave (MW) DX on a ship, as MW
signals propogate far over water. But then again, all the appliances
and machinery on a ship may generate so much electronic hash at MW
frequencies that reception will be awful, I dunno.

I went on a cruise and took my Sony 7600. I went far forward from the bridge
and clipped the 15 feet wire spool that comes with the Sony to a rigging.
That gave me about 15 feet of vert.

I got fabulous reception, with no QRM to speak of. (This was an Alaska
cruise.)

I used my GPS to log location while DX. Not a single person hassled me.

Have fun.

Steve.

--
Steven D. Swift, , http://www.novatech-instr.com
NOVATECH INSTRUMENTS, INC. P.O. Box 55997
206.301.8986, fax 206.363.4367 Seattle, Washington 98155 USA