BCcubed wrote:

Here we go again.

On 7415 at 0000 listening to a nice VOA 50's music program. Great stuff. Now
it is 0100 nothing but static.

I am new to shortwave and perhaps this goes with the territory, if so why do we
love shortwave so much???????

I'll do a search for Gigunda antennas, wish me luck.

Neil

I hear Gigunda has a pretty good line of antennas. Never owned one myself, but I've
heard that others swear by em (or was it at em?), at any rate good luck finding
one. The Gigunda Companys output is mighty low, and there is a waiting list.

In article , N8KDV
writes:


I hear Gigunda has a pretty good line of antennas. Never owned one myself,
but I've
heard that others swear by em (or was it at em?), at any rate good luck
finding
one. The Gigunda Companys output is mighty low, and there is a waiting list.


- Just tried them; their web sites down;

- Someone said they're relocating to another state..

Neil: On 7415 at 0000 listening to a nice VOA 50's music program. Great
stuff. Now it is 0100 nothing but static.

I am new to shortwave and perhaps this goes with the territory, if so why do we
love shortwave so much???????

LOL We love fickle stuff. Else we'd be DX-ing FM stations, instead. (Yet,
those, too, can get iffy with weather changes.)

Bill, K5BY

(WShoots1) wrote in message ...
Neil: On 7415 at 0000 listening to a nice VOA 50's music program. Great
stuff. Now it is 0100 nothing but static.

I am new to shortwave and perhaps this goes with the territory, if so why do we
love shortwave so much???????

LOL We love fickle stuff. Else we'd be DX-ing FM stations, instead. (Yet,
those, too, can get iffy with weather changes.)

Bill, K5BY

Hmmm....this begs a question that has bubbling in my head for a couple
of months. I have not been able to hear WBCQ on 7415 very well for a
few months now, and suspect their power may be reduced from what it
once was.

I realize propagation is a factor for reception but conditons just
aren't that bad. I am hearing ham stations from Maine on a Ten-Tec
direct conversion $30 radio kit on 40 meters with an 8 foot piece of
wire for an antenna laying on my floor, and at the same time hearing
WBCQ poorly with a Kenwood R-5000 connected to a tuned 80 meter
inverted vee.

Point being that I think propagation is not the only issue. I think
WBCQ may be on low power perhaps due to equipment problems at this
time.

My 2 cents...73 de WA2AFD

"BCcubed" wrote in message
...
Hello,

The other night I was listening to Allan Weiners
program at 7415 about shortwave which is one hour long.

Is this a regular program? Time and frequency? Sounds interesting.

The other night I was listening to Allan Weiners
program at 7415 about shortwave which is one hour long.

Is this a regular program? Time and frequency? Sounds interesting.




DJ asked about the Allan Weiner program on WBCQ. WBCQ's website lists the
schedule as;

Allan Wiener Worldwide on

7.415mhz Friday 0100 - 0200 UTC
9.330mhz Saturday 2200 - 2300 UTC
17.495mhz Saturday 1700 - 1800 UTC

Hope you enjoy.

Neil

PS I now see that I lose 7.415 at around 0130 to around 0200 UTC in
Philadelphia.

When I started this post I was trying to find out if my problems could be fixed
without spending 100 bucks for a commercial shortwave antenna. I know I can
but I have so much more to learn. I am slowly joining a local ARRL club and
will be learninng more from them. I do plan on getting my ham license,
hopefully at the SWLfest in March. Thanks for all of your help. I love the
Usenet.

Thanks all,

neil

"BCcubed" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I am so tired of starting to listen to a program only to have it turn to
static
before the program is over. The other night I was listening to Allan
Weiners
program at 7415 about shortwave which is one hour long. halfway through
it was
nothing but mush. I was so upset. It was a great program. I am in
Philly.

I have a Grundig Satellit 700, not a crummy radio, what can I do short of
buying an antenna to help myself out.

I will do any amount of work to build rather than buy, within reason.


Get some wire & throw it up in a tree. Attach one end to your radio.
Problem solved.


--
Tom Sevart N2UHC
Frontenac, KS
http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc

Tom,

Thanks for the info. I really enjoyed reading the articles on your website.

This is what I was looking for.

neil

"BCcubed" wrote in message
...
Tom,

Thanks for the info. I really enjoyed reading the articles on your
website.

This is what I was looking for.

neil

Thanks for your interest in my website. That's what it's there for.


--
Tom Sevart N2UHC
Frontenac, KS
http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc