You need no receiver for Very Low Frequency, Just plug an antenna
into an amplier.

http://www.stellafane.com/images/sco...avellone2.html

http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Jup...iterRadio.html

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:06:31 GMT, "Maximus" wrote:

You can occaisionally hear some atmospherics. But the sounds produced by the
magnetosphere require a receiver that picks up the very low frequency range.

As for rural dxing, it is good to be a long way away from power lines, cell
towers, computers etc. etc s. So if you can put up a long antenna, that
would be an even greater plus. A hundred feet is a great length to use, and
for lowest frequencies, the longer the antenna the better.

Numbers stations where messages coded as numbers and letters are still
around on sideband. The Global High Frequency System is audible on SW bands
(11.175 is one fqy) and requires sideband: used by the air force and others.
But many nations still transmit coded messages.




Strength and Honor

"Funky Trilobyte" wrote in message
. com...
I can't quite say I'm a newbie, as I haven't actaully purchased the
radio yet. After much research, the general consensus seems to be the
Sony 7600g if I can find one (versus the GR, which has an annoying
mute). I'm still looking for the best price, so I haven't ordered
just yet (sites with good deals are welcome).

I have a few questions which I couldn't readily locate (or can't
determine the best search terms) on Deja/Google:

* I live in rual central Utah and will soon be moving to *very* rural
southwest Utah. Any hints or tips for SWLing/DXing in Utah or the
mountain west?

* Can SW radios be used to pick up atmospheric "noise" (the whistles,
pops, & clicks I've read about during auroras, magnetic storms and
such)?

* I once read on slashdot.org an article (can't find it now) about
broadcasts that just pop up in a location and broadcast strange random
(or encrypted?) patterns for a while, then just vanish. I forget what
they're called, but remember that it was implied that they were
transmitted by the government for unknown purposes. I think the
context may have been about the HAM culture, but I'm not sure. Can I
pick up those?

* If I enjoy this enough, I'd like to get a car unit. I was going to
replace my car's factory '93 tape deck with an in-dash CD/MP3 player.
Any SW car models that can do CDs and MP3, too?

Thanks for any and all help.