I am picking up news talk 1010 out of Toronto on 6070.

Is this normal?

Quite.

Thats CFRX which rebroadcasts CFRB.

The only signal I can get on that band during the day.

jw
wb9uai
milwaukee

First off, thanks everyone for replying I really apppreciate it!


OK, sorry for the lack of info here.

I have an ICOM PCR-100

The local AM station is AM 790 and it is about 20 miles away or so.
Specs.
"Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 5,000 watts / 6 / directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 1,000 watts / 6 / directional"

I got about +40dB on it with ATT on.

WIth ATT off I get my needle pegged.

It is not really a sloper. I kinda just wove it in and out of the fence
posts every few feet.

Thanks again.



"ASW" wrote in message
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Really odd thing.

I am picking up news talk 1010 out of Toronto on 6070.

Is this normal? I live in Bay City MI.
"ASW" wrote in message
gy.com...
Hi, I am going ot setup my own random/longwire.

I have alread about 50 feet of 50 Ohm RG-6 for the lead in.


I have about 50 feet of 2 conductor speaker wire, and about 200 feet of
4
conducter telephone wire.

First am I going to need a 9:1 transformer to make this work? My input
is
supposed to be 50 Ohm.


Is a sloper omni directional? If not which end goes to what area I want
to
listen to?

Thanks!
Ant

In article om, "ASW"
writes:


First off, thanks everyone for replying I really apppreciate it!


OK, sorry for the lack of info here.

I have an ICOM PCR-100


- This one ?? ( See below )

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/icr100.html

nope this one...

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/3100.html

"Diverd4777" wrote in message
...
In article om, "ASW"
writes:


First off, thanks everyone for replying I really apppreciate it!


OK, sorry for the lack of info here.

I have an ICOM PCR-100


- This one ?? ( See below )

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/icr100.html

ASW wrote:

Hi, I am going ot setup my own random/longwire.

I have alread about 50 feet of 50 Ohm RG-6 for the lead in.


I have about 50 feet of 2 conductor speaker wire, and about 200 feet of 4
conducter telephone wire.


Both of these are very useable

First am I going to need a 9:1 transformer to make this work? My input is
supposed to be 50 Ohm.


It is not necessary but may help. An impedance matching device may work
better than the balun or a tuner



Is a sloper omni directional? If not which end goes to what area I want to
listen to?

Slopers hear better the direction they are pointed but still hear well
in several directions in my experience


Thanks!
Ant






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REMEMBER ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN HEAR FOREVER

Well I have come to the conclusion that the antenna I have made really does
not improve anything.

An example would me RTE on 6155. With my Scantenna It comes in pretty
clear. I get about +3dB to +5dB.

A little fading, some static cutting in and out.

With my "DIY" antenna about the same as far as dB goes, but much more
fading, and a lot more static in between fades.

Oh well back to the drawing board.

Thanks

Ant.

On a side note, as I tune across the bands, the "Dead Space" that I know
nothing is one (3200). I get about about +8 dB of pure static. As I scan
through the frequencies up until about 5000 I get a wave pattern of sinal
that peaks every 60+/- herz. Is this the power in my house? How do I get
rid of it?

Thanks Again.



"ASW" wrote in message
gy.com...
Hi, I am going ot setup my own random/longwire.

I have alread about 50 feet of 50 Ohm RG-6 for the lead in.


I have about 50 feet of 2 conductor speaker wire, and about 200 feet of 4
conducter telephone wire.

First am I going to need a 9:1 transformer to make this work? My input is
supposed to be 50 Ohm.


Is a sloper omni directional? If not which end goes to what area I want
to
listen to?

Thanks!
Ant

I am a bit late on this one but I have run a 60 foot or so random wire on my
fence in the back yard. I used television antenna wire standoffs to keep the
bare copper from touching the fense and an MLB Balun form Universal. I have
this hooked to an old Drake R8 and for the most part I am happy. It does
sound as though you are overloading your front end. Maybe something to knock
the gain down a bit will help.

Tim


"ASW" wrote in message
gy.com...
Well I have come to the conclusion that the antenna I have made really
does
not improve anything.

An example would me RTE on 6155. With my Scantenna It comes in pretty
clear. I get about +3dB to +5dB.

A little fading, some static cutting in and out.

With my "DIY" antenna about the same as far as dB goes, but much more
fading, and a lot more static in between fades.

Oh well back to the drawing board.

Thanks

Ant.

On a side note, as I tune across the bands, the "Dead Space" that I know
nothing is one (3200). I get about about +8 dB of pure static. As I
scan
through the frequencies up until about 5000 I get a wave pattern of sinal
that peaks every 60+/- herz. Is this the power in my house? How do I get
rid of it?

Thanks Again.



"ASW" wrote in message
gy.com...
Hi, I am going ot setup my own random/longwire.

I have alread about 50 feet of 50 Ohm RG-6 for the lead in.


I have about 50 feet of 2 conductor speaker wire, and about 200 feet of
4
conducter telephone wire.

First am I going to need a 9:1 transformer to make this work? My input
is
supposed to be 50 Ohm.


Is a sloper omni directional? If not which end goes to what area I want
to
listen to?

Thanks!
Ant

ASW wrote:

Well I have come to the conclusion that the antenna I have made really does
not improve anything.

An example would me RTE on 6155. With my Scantenna It comes in pretty
clear. I get about +3dB to +5dB.

A little fading, some static cutting in and out.

With my "DIY" antenna about the same as far as dB goes, but much more
fading, and a lot more static in between fades.

Oh well back to the drawing board.

Thanks

Ant.

On a side note, as I tune across the bands, the "Dead Space" that I know
nothing is one (3200). I get about about +8 dB of pure static. As I scan
through the frequencies up until about 5000 I get a wave pattern of sinal
that peaks every 60+/- herz. Is this the power in my house? How do I get
rid of it?

Thanks Again.


More than likely, what's happening is RFI from lamp dimmers, dirty power supplies in consumer electronics and the like is finding it's way from your house to the antenna on the braid of the coax.

An impedance matching transformer, with it's own ground should help with that.

Lower the noise level, and you'll find more signals.

In Bay City Michigan NOTHING's normal ......... trust me, I was raised
in the are 8-}

Friendly shot complete, what you describe is a classic case of
overload, though I'm surprised it's not from a more local station.
More often, you receive the bogus signal on a direct multiple
(harmonic) of the primary (fundamental) frequency with an offset that
will match your IF - the fact that this is 6x the fundamental = 10 KHz
is odd by my standards.

Is your antenna grounded? I've had overload on a portable with an
antenna that was grounded, was worse when the radio was on the same
ground. Went to a balun without DC continuity and it cured the
problem. Suggest you follow up on the grounding, try it with
antenna + radio grounded, antenna grounded - radio not and neither
grounded to compare results. Also, if using a portable re-examine the
length of the antenna; I've found best results at 50 feet and less
with portables.

Good Luck,
Howard

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:34:23 GMT, "ASW" wrote:

Really odd thing.

I am picking up news talk 1010 out of Toronto on 6070.

Is this normal? I live in Bay City MI.

CFRB rebroadcasts on 6070 kHz, so yes, that is normal.

I grew up near Pinconning, but consider Bay City my home.

Bill


"ASW" wrote in message
gy.com...
Really odd thing.

I am picking up news talk 1010 out of Toronto on 6070.

Is this normal? I live in Bay City MI.
"ASW" wrote in message
gy.com...
Hi, I am going ot setup my own random/longwire.

I have alread about 50 feet of 50 Ohm RG-6 for the lead in.


I have about 50 feet of 2 conductor speaker wire, and about 200 feet of
4
conducter telephone wire.

First am I going to need a 9:1 transformer to make this work? My input
is
supposed to be 50 Ohm.


Is a sloper omni directional? If not which end goes to what area I want
to
listen to?

Thanks!
Ant