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OK. I cleaned out my mini barn on the back part of my property. It now
looks like what I wanted when I had it build. I've got two shelves up and I'm going to add six more throughout the area. It is now primed and ready for me to bring some of my equipment out there. I brought out the lasy susan table and my GE P780 and later today I'm going to bring the DX398 out there. I have my Pop Comm / MT mags - my killer rocking chair :-) - I've been having fun. Even though I live in a pretty good area whereas there isn't much RFI to deal with, I did notice a big difference just being roughly 70 ft. away from the house. OK - here is the question. With the GE and even the 398 I suppose. I ran a length of 12 gauge to my AD DX Sloper with a alligator clip and ran it back to the GE. My thinking was that I could couple that to both of my radios that way, which I did with the GE already- along with having my loop out there. Will this work? I noticed a big difference out there, but I was only out there for maybe 45 minutes and it was around 5pm - so I don't know if the radio came alive just because I was away from everything or because I hooked up to the antenna. Any comments would be appreciated. |
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Gregg wrote:
OK. I cleaned out my mini barn on the back part of my property. It now looks like what I wanted when I had it build. I've got two shelves up and I'm going to add six more throughout the area. It is now primed and ready for me to bring some of my equipment out there. I brought out the lasy susan table and my GE P780 and later today I'm going to bring the DX398 out there. I have my Pop Comm / MT mags - my killer rocking chair :-) - I've been having fun. Even though I live in a pretty good area whereas there isn't much RFI to deal with, I did notice a big difference just being roughly 70 ft. away from the house. OK - here is the question. With the GE and even the 398 I suppose. I ran a length of 12 gauge to my AD DX Sloper with a alligator clip and ran it back to the GE. My thinking was that I could couple that to both of my radios that way, which I did with the GE already- along with having my loop out there. Will this work? I noticed a big difference out there, but I was only out there for maybe 45 minutes and it was around 5pm - so I don't know if the radio came alive just because I was away from everything or because I hooked up to the antenna. Any comments would be appreciated. Antenna overload will be your enemy. Figure a way to couple the energy to the receivers without swamping the front-ends. |
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On 5/19/2010 9:06 AM, dave wrote:
Gregg wrote: OK. I cleaned out my mini barn on the back part of my property. It now looks like what I wanted when I had it build. I've got two shelves up and I'm going to add six more throughout the area. It is now primed and ready for me to bring some of my equipment out there. I brought out the lasy susan table and my GE P780 and later today I'm going to bring the DX398 out there. I have my Pop Comm / MT mags - my killer rocking chair :-) - I've been having fun. Even though I live in a pretty good area whereas there isn't much RFI to deal with, I did notice a big difference just being roughly 70 ft. away from the house. OK - here is the question. With the GE and even the 398 I suppose. I ran a length of 12 gauge to my AD DX Sloper with a alligator clip and ran it back to the GE. My thinking was that I could couple that to both of my radios that way, which I did with the GE already- along with having my loop out there. Will this work? I noticed a big difference out there, but I was only out there for maybe 45 minutes and it was around 5pm - so I don't know if the radio came alive just because I was away from everything or because I hooked up to the antenna. Any comments would be appreciated. Antenna overload will be your enemy. Figure a way to couple the energy to the receivers without swamping the front-ends. Gregg. I have to go with Dave on this. the 398 has a lose front-end, and almost any bit of wire over 20 ft. will give you trouble. i would say the less hash is your big winner. that sloper is a real keeper, but I would try your set-up on a few desk tops. I believe you will see a bigger difference, from the house out there. it's like going from a random long wire, to a good loop. you really don't receive more, you just "hear" more. a lot of those low signals have always been there, but now they kind of jump out at you. sounds like a cool set up. is your barn dry? if you keep your receivers there, ya gotta watch the humidity. and don't forget the winter cold, ya don't want to kill a good receiver. have fun. Drifter... |
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bpnjensen wrote:
On May 19, 7:51 am, Drifter wrote: On 5/19/2010 9:06 AM, dave wrote: Gregg wrote: OK. I cleaned out my mini barn on the back part of my property. It now looks like what I wanted when I had it build. I've got two shelves up and I'm going to add six more throughout the area. It is now primed and ready for me to bring some of my equipment out there. I brought out the lasy susan table and my GE P780 and later today I'm going to bring the DX398 out there. I have my Pop Comm / MT mags - my killer rocking chair :-) - I've been having fun. Even though I live in a pretty good area whereas there isn't much RFI to deal with, I did notice a big difference just being roughly 70 ft. away from the house. OK - here is the question. With the GE and even the 398 I suppose. I ran a length of 12 gauge to my AD DX Sloper with a alligator clip and ran it back to the GE. My thinking was that I could couple that to both of my radios that way, which I did with the GE already- along with having my loop out there. Will this work? I noticed a big difference out there, but I was only out there for maybe 45 minutes and it was around 5pm - so I don't know if the radio came alive just because I was away from everything or because I hooked up to the antenna. Any comments would be appreciated. Antenna overload will be your enemy. Figure a way to couple the energy to the receivers without swamping the front-ends. Gregg. I have to go with Dave on this. the 398 has a lose front-end, and almost any bit of wire over 20 ft. will give you trouble. i would say the less hash is your big winner. that sloper is a real keeper, but I would try your set-up on a few desk tops. I believe you will see a bigger difference, from the house out there. it's like going from a random long wire, to a good loop. you really don't receive more, you just "hear" more. a lot of those low signals have always been there, but now they kind of jump out at you. sounds like a cool set up. is your barn dry? if you keep your receivers there, ya gotta watch the humidity. and don't forget the winter cold, ya don't want to kill a good receiver. have fun. Drifter...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have used my DX-398 (Radiolabs mods) with my Alpha Delta DX-ULTRA and a 60-foot wire outside, with lots of MW blowtorches nearby (like 2 - 50 kW stations within 2 miles on salt flats and another 5 miles away or so, plus several others not far), and on SW anyway, it is no worse than any other radio. They all get some level of images below 3.5 MHz, bit nothing serious above. If I got even ten miles away from this crummy place, most of that would cease too. The 398, for real signals, leaps ahead dramatically with an external wire or active antenna. The built-in whip is too weak - because, as I understand it, Sangean places a resistor either in series with the darn thing, or across to the ground, either of which is a dumb idea and both of which are bypassed by the external antenna socket(s) :-/ Bruce Is that the Sangean ATS909? It has a real front end. |
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On 5/19/2010 3:23 PM, dave wrote:
bpnjensen wrote: On May 19, 7:51 am, Drifter wrote: On 5/19/2010 9:06 AM, dave wrote: Gregg wrote: OK. I cleaned out my mini barn on the back part of my property. It now looks like what I wanted when I had it build. I've got two shelves up and I'm going to add six more throughout the area. It is now primed and ready for me to bring some of my equipment out there. I brought out the lasy susan table and my GE P780 and later today I'm going to bring the DX398 out there. I have my Pop Comm / MT mags - my killer rocking chair :-) - I've been having fun. Even though I live in a pretty good area whereas there isn't much RFI to deal with, I did notice a big difference just being roughly 70 ft. away from the house. OK - here is the question. With the GE and even the 398 I suppose. I ran a length of 12 gauge to my AD DX Sloper with a alligator clip and ran it back to the GE. My thinking was that I could couple that to both of my radios that way, which I did with the GE already- along with having my loop out there. Will this work? I noticed a big difference out there, but I was only out there for maybe 45 minutes and it was around 5pm - so I don't know if the radio came alive just because I was away from everything or because I hooked up to the antenna. Any comments would be appreciated. Antenna overload will be your enemy. Figure a way to couple the energy to the receivers without swamping the front-ends. Gregg. I have to go with Dave on this. the 398 has a lose front-end, and almost any bit of wire over 20 ft. will give you trouble. i would say the less hash is your big winner. that sloper is a real keeper, but I would try your set-up on a few desk tops. I believe you will see a bigger difference, from the house out there. it's like going from a random long wire, to a good loop. you really don't receive more, you just "hear" more. a lot of those low signals have always been there, but now they kind of jump out at you. sounds like a cool set up. is your barn dry? if you keep your receivers there, ya gotta watch the humidity. and don't forget the winter cold, ya don't want to kill a good receiver. have fun. Drifter...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have used my DX-398 (Radiolabs mods) with my Alpha Delta DX-ULTRA and a 60-foot wire outside, with lots of MW blowtorches nearby (like 2 - 50 kW stations within 2 miles on salt flats and another 5 miles away or so, plus several others not far), and on SW anyway, it is no worse than any other radio. They all get some level of images below 3.5 MHz, bit nothing serious above. If I got even ten miles away from this crummy place, most of that would cease too. The 398, for real signals, leaps ahead dramatically with an external wire or active antenna. The built-in whip is too weak - because, as I understand it, Sangean places a resistor either in series with the darn thing, or across to the ground, either of which is a dumb idea and both of which are bypassed by the external antenna socket(s) :-/ Bruce Is that the Sangean ATS909? It has a real front end. Dave, i believe he has the super 398. I'm not sure what all the mods are from radiolabs. but, Bruce is not the first person to state this. i guess they do something on the front end of this port. if it behaves on the DX-ultra, it's doing great. i have one here in a tight inverted V , and it works super. Drifter... |
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On May 19, 9:06*am, dave wrote:
Gregg wrote: OK. I cleaned out my mini barn on the back part of my property. It now looks like what I wanted when I had it build. I've got two shelves up and I'm going to add six more throughout the area. It is now primed and ready for me to bring some of my equipment out there. I brought out the lasy susan table and my GE P780 and later today I'm going to bring the DX398 out there. I have my Pop Comm / MT mags - my killer rocking chair :-) - I've been having fun. Even though I live in a pretty good area whereas there isn't much RFI to deal with, I did notice a big difference just being roughly 70 ft. away from the house. OK - here is the question. With the GE and even the 398 I suppose. I ran a length of 12 gauge to my AD DX Sloper with a alligator clip and ran it back to the GE. My thinking was that I could couple that to both of my radios that way, which I did with the GE already- along with having my loop out there. Will this work? I noticed a big difference out there, but I was only out there for maybe 45 minutes and it was around 5pm - so I don't know if the radio came alive just because I was away from everything or because I hooked up to the antenna. Any comments would be appreciated. Antenna overload will be your enemy. *Figure a way to couple the energy to the receivers without swamping the front-ends.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Well, I'll have to see more, like I said I just started out there and don't even have an hour in yet. But from the little time I clipped on with the GE I didn't noticed any overload, we'll see. I did get a station out of Beckley {sp} Bexley W.Va - I forget what freq. though but I have it wrote down out there. |
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On May 19, 10:51*am, Drifter wrote:
On 5/19/2010 9:06 AM, dave wrote: Gregg wrote: OK. I cleaned out my mini barn on the back part of my property. It now looks like what I wanted when I had it build. I've got two shelves up and I'm going to add six more throughout the area. It is now primed and ready for me to bring some of my equipment out there. I brought out the lasy susan table and my GE P780 and later today I'm going to bring the DX398 out there. I have my Pop Comm / MT mags - my killer rocking chair :-) - I've been having fun. Even though I live in a pretty good area whereas there isn't much RFI to deal with, I did notice a big difference just being roughly 70 ft. away from the house. OK - here is the question. With the GE and even the 398 I suppose. I ran a length of 12 gauge to my AD DX Sloper with a alligator clip and ran it back to the GE. My thinking was that I could couple that to both of my radios that way, which I did with the GE already- along with having my loop out there. Will this work? I noticed a big difference out there, but I was only out there for maybe 45 minutes and it was around 5pm - so I don't know if the radio came alive just because I was away from everything or because I hooked up to the antenna. Any comments would be appreciated. Antenna overload will be your enemy. Figure a way to couple the energy to the receivers without swamping the front-ends. Gregg. I have to go with Dave on this. the 398 has a lose front-end, and almost any bit of wire over 20 ft. will give you trouble. i would say the less hash is your big winner. that sloper is a real keeper, but I would try your set-up on a few desk tops. I believe you will see a bigger difference, from the house out there. it's like going from a random long wire, to a good loop. you really don't receive more, you just "hear" more. a lot of those low signals have always been there, but now they kind of jump out at you. sounds like a cool set up. is your barn dry? if you keep your receivers there, ya gotta watch the humidity. and don't forget the winter cold, ya don't want to kill a good receiver. have fun. Drifter...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I'll have to check on the 398 overloading, I know for a fact it would have when I bought it new because it did in here (house) - - but after Radio Labs did their mods I have been able to use it with the sloper with no problem so far. I don't really use the 398 as much as I should, I bet I don't have twenty hours of listening on it. Not that I don't like it, I just have other receivers I use....every receiver has its niche and it just seems the 398's isn't here in the house - but out there in the barn it'd be fine because of the portability. I don't have electric out there but I've thought about it for years and now that I cleaned it up a bit - I may consider that...it would be sweet. As for any leaks - not a one- but the shingles should be redone in the next couple of years. But I definitely won't be in there once the temperature goes up, but for now or while it's cool outside at night - - I like it and I do bring my radios in with me when I'm done.:-) |
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On May 19, 11:58*am, bpnjensen wrote:
On May 19, 7:51*am, Drifter wrote: On 5/19/2010 9:06 AM, dave wrote: Gregg wrote: OK. I cleaned out my mini barn on the back part of my property. It now looks like what I wanted when I had it build. I've got two shelves up and I'm going to add six more throughout the area. It is now primed and ready for me to bring some of my equipment out there. I brought out the lasy susan table and my GE P780 and later today I'm going to bring the DX398 out there. I have my Pop Comm / MT mags - my killer rocking chair :-) - I've been having fun. Even though I live in a pretty good area whereas there isn't much RFI to deal with, I did notice a big difference just being roughly 70 ft.. away from the house. OK - here is the question. With the GE and even the 398 I suppose. I ran a length of 12 gauge to my AD DX Sloper with a alligator clip and ran it back to the GE. My thinking was that I could couple that to both of my radios that way, which I did with the GE already- along with having my loop out there. Will this work? I noticed a big difference out there, but I was only out there for maybe 45 minutes and it was around 5pm - so I don't know if the radio came alive just because I was away from everything or because I hooked up to the antenna. Any comments would be appreciated. Antenna overload will be your enemy. Figure a way to couple the energy to the receivers without swamping the front-ends. Gregg. I have to go with Dave on this. the 398 has a lose front-end, and almost any bit of wire over 20 ft. will give you trouble. i would say the less hash is your big winner. that sloper is a real keeper, but I would try your set-up on a few desk tops. I believe you will see a bigger difference, from the house out there. it's like going from a random long wire, to a good loop. you really don't receive more, you just "hear" more. a lot of those low signals have always been there, but now they kind of jump out at you. sounds like a cool set up. is your barn dry? if you keep your receivers there, ya gotta watch the humidity. and don't forget the winter cold, ya don't want to kill a good receiver. have fun. Drifter...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have used my DX-398 (Radiolabs mods) with my Alpha Delta DX-ULTRA and a 60-foot wire outside, with lots of MW blowtorches nearby (like 2 - 50 kW stations within 2 miles on salt flats and another 5 miles away or so, plus several others not far), and on SW anyway, it is no worse than any other radio. *They all get some level of images below 3.5 MHz, bit nothing serious above. *If I got even ten miles away from this crummy place, most of that would cease too. The 398, for real signals, leaps ahead dramatically with an external wire or active antenna. *The built-in whip is too weak - because, as I understand it, Sangean places a resistor either in series with the darn thing, or across to the ground, either of which is a dumb idea and both of which are bypassed by the external antenna socket(s) :-/ Bruce- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Exactly Bruce. I just don't understand why these companies don't do it right the first time. IMO- both the 398/909 and the DX394 were basically nothing I could use when I bought them new and actually I thought there wouldn't be much of a difference, but what a difference those receivers are now with all the mods. |
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On May 19, 3:23*pm, dave wrote:
bpnjensen wrote: On May 19, 7:51 am, Drifter wrote: On 5/19/2010 9:06 AM, dave wrote: Gregg wrote: OK. I cleaned out my mini barn on the back part of my property. It now looks like what I wanted when I had it build. I've got two shelves up and I'm going to add six more throughout the area. It is now primed and ready for me to bring some of my equipment out there. I brought out the lasy susan table and my GE P780 and later today I'm going to bring the DX398 out there. I have my Pop Comm / MT mags - my killer rocking chair :-) - I've been having fun. Even though I live in a pretty good area whereas there isn't much RFI to deal with, I did notice a big difference just being roughly 70 ft.. away from the house. OK - here is the question. With the GE and even the 398 I suppose. I ran a length of 12 gauge to my AD DX Sloper with a alligator clip and ran it back to the GE. My thinking was that I could couple that to both of my radios that way, which I did with the GE already- along with having my loop out there. Will this work? I noticed a big difference out there, but I was only out there for maybe 45 minutes and it was around 5pm - so I don't know if the radio came alive just because I was away from everything or because I hooked up to the antenna. Any comments would be appreciated. Antenna overload will be your enemy. Figure a way to couple the energy to the receivers without swamping the front-ends. Gregg. I have to go with Dave on this. the 398 has a lose front-end, and almost any bit of wire over 20 ft. will give you trouble. i would say the less hash is your big winner. that sloper is a real keeper, but I would try your set-up on a few desk tops. I believe you will see a bigger difference, from the house out there. it's like going from a random long wire, to a good loop. you really don't receive more, you just "hear" more. a lot of those low signals have always been there, but now they kind of jump out at you. sounds like a cool set up. is your barn dry? if you keep your receivers there, ya gotta watch the humidity. and don't forget the winter cold, ya don't want to kill a good receiver. have fun. Drifter...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have used my DX-398 (Radiolabs mods) with my Alpha Delta DX-ULTRA and a 60-foot wire outside, with lots of MW blowtorches nearby (like 2 - 50 kW stations within 2 miles on salt flats and another 5 miles away or so, plus several others not far), and on SW anyway, it is no worse than any other radio. *They all get some level of images below 3.5 MHz, bit nothing serious above. *If I got even ten miles away from this crummy place, most of that would cease too. The 398, for real signals, leaps ahead dramatically with an external wire or active antenna. *The built-in whip is too weak - because, as I understand it, Sangean places a resistor either in series with the darn thing, or across to the ground, either of which is a dumb idea and both of which are bypassed by the external antenna socket(s) :-/ Bruce Is that the Sangean ATS909? *It has a real front end.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Indeed it is Dave. |
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On May 19, 3:38*pm, Drifter wrote:
On 5/19/2010 3:23 PM, dave wrote: bpnjensen wrote: On May 19, 7:51 am, Drifter wrote: On 5/19/2010 9:06 AM, dave wrote: Gregg wrote: OK. I cleaned out my mini barn on the back part of my property. It now looks like what I wanted when I had it build. I've got two shelves up and I'm going to add six more throughout the area. It is now primed and ready for me to bring some of my equipment out there. I brought out the lasy susan table and my GE P780 and later today I'm going to bring the DX398 out there. I have my Pop Comm / MT mags - my killer rocking chair :-) - I've been having fun. Even though I live in a pretty good area whereas there isn't much RFI to deal with, I did notice a big difference just being roughly 70 ft. |
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