Winter's here - Euro LW stations audible (barely) in NE US
 

Two French-language stations coming in at DEC142200EST/DEC150300Z:

162kHz France Inter, Paris; and
183kHz Europe One, Saarbrucken.


Good listening,
Al
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Location: 42N39, 71W09 (Near Boston, MA)
HF Antennas: 65ft TFD, 45ft T2FD, 28ft vertical, 65ft doublet
HF Receivers: Ten-Tec RX340, RX320, Harris R2368, Cubic R3030A
Decoders: Code300-32, Universal M-8000, PK-232MBX/DSP
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In article ,
Albert P. Belle Isle wrote:

Two French-language stations coming in at DEC142200EST/DEC150300Z:

162kHz France Inter, Paris; and
183kHz Europe One, Saarbrucken.


Hi Albert. So what combination of receiver and antenna are you using to
pick these up on the LW band? Just barely getting them or are they
easily intelligible?

How are all your antennas handling the snow?

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Telamon
Ventura, California

I've tried some LW dx'ing from time to time. All I ever get down there are
spooks. Even in SSB, I get spooks from all the 50 kilowatt stations in the
North NJ/NYC area.

--
Respectfully,

Michael

Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
Northern NJ
R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
MFJ-1048 preselector
SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
speakers & full software mixer/eq.

"Albert P. Belle Isle" wrote in message
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Two French-language stations coming in at DEC142200EST/DEC150300Z:

162kHz France Inter, Paris; and
183kHz Europe One, Saarbrucken.


Good listening,
Al
=================================================
Location: 42N39, 71W09 (Near Boston, MA)
HF Antennas: 65ft TFD, 45ft T2FD, 28ft vertical, 65ft doublet
HF Receivers: Ten-Tec RX340, RX320, Harris R2368, Cubic R3030A
Decoders: Code300-32, Universal M-8000, PK-232MBX/DSP
=================================================

"Telamon" wrote in message
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In article ,
Albert P. Belle Isle wrote:

Two French-language stations coming in at DEC142200EST/DEC150300Z:

162kHz France Inter, Paris; and
183kHz Europe One, Saarbrucken.


Hi Albert. So what combination of receiver and antenna are you using to
pick these up on the LW band? Just barely getting them or are they
easily intelligible?

How are all your antennas handling the snow?

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

These guys have been audible here since September, and viewable on ARGO all
summer long.

IC756 PRO, 7' diameter rotatable shielded loop+preamp

W4OP

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 04:06:23 GMT, Telamon
wrote:

In article ,
Albert P. Belle Isle wrote:

Two French-language stations coming in at DEC142200EST/DEC150300Z:

162kHz France Inter, Paris; and
183kHz Europe One, Saarbrucken.


Hi Albert. So what combination of receiver and antenna are you using to
pick these up on the LW band? Just barely getting them or are they
easily intelligible?

How are all your antennas handling the snow?

Hi, Telemon.

I was using an RX340 fed from one of LF Engineering's E-field probe
active antennas mounted on my roof. With my home-brew inside loop plus
preamp I was barely able to tell that "something" was there, even with
the lower noise level.

At this location, they were far from "easy listening" and just
identifiable.

My antennas have generally not had a problem with the snow in years
past. I deliberately built my 45ft T2FD with the softer dark-gray PVC
pipe for the spreaders. When snowloaded it just sags and then springs
back when unloaded. The commercial antennas have faired well without
such gymnastics.

This year: so far, so good.




Good listening,
Al
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Location: 42N39, 71W09 (Near Boston, MA)
HF Antennas: 65ft TFD, 45ft T2FD, 28ft vertical, 65ft doublet
HF Receivers: Ten-Tec RX340, RX320, Harris R2368, Cubic R3030A
Decoders: Code300-32, Universal M-8000, PK-232MBX/DSP
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 06:01:26 GMT, "Dale Parfitt"
wrote:


"Telamon" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Albert P. Belle Isle wrote:

Two French-language stations coming in at DEC142200EST/DEC150300Z:

162kHz France Inter, Paris; and
183kHz Europe One, Saarbrucken.


Hi Albert. So what combination of receiver and antenna are you using to
pick these up on the LW band? Just barely getting them or are they
easily intelligible?

How are all your antennas handling the snow?

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

These guys have been audible here since September, and viewable on ARGO all
summer long.

IC756 PRO, 7' diameter rotatable shielded loop+preamp

W4OP


Dale,

Is your loop tuned, or do you run it broadband into the preamp like
Wellbrook?

Is the pre-amp homebrew or commercial?

Thanks.


Good listening,
Al
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Location: 42N39, 71W09 (Near Boston, MA)
HF Antennas: 65ft TFD, 45ft T2FD, 28ft vertical, 65ft doublet
HF Receivers: Ten-Tec RX340, RX320, Harris R2368, Cubic R3030A
Decoders: Code300-32, Universal M-8000, PK-232MBX/DSP
=================================================

Dale,

Is your loop tuned, or do you run it broadband into the preamp like
Wellbrook?

Is the pre-amp homebrew or commercial?

Thanks.


Good listening,
Al
Hi Al,
Here's a link to some pix. One of them (from memory) shows the original 1M
loop. These are broadband using a balanced input preamp from VE3MP web site.
http://www.parelectronics.com/pics_new/
73,

Dale W4OP
for PAR Electronics, Inc.