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I'm new, so I'd like to wish everyone here a good day and a big HELLO.
OK. I bought a Grudig S350, comments, thoughts, suggestions? ooops, my bad. I accused you in another thread of being *Phil*-ebay UFO Antenna on the head with a Suction Cup *Phil*. Sorry about that. Did anyone else get a 'truly' weird feeling in looknig at his site and watching some of those films clips of his? I had to stop, I was feeling disturbed...lol....seriously....it was like I felt bad for him in a weird way. {?} ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* ~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~ ~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~ ~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~ |
I'm not sure I got all that but I got the jest of it.
Some of the ones in here will be easy with you, others will spew forth talk even though they know you have absolutely NO idea what they're talking about. I never did get that......well I did I suppose, it's kind of sad actually. But hang in there, your piece (radio) is a good one from what I've read, the specs on it are OK -so it'll be 'perfect' for you to get started. Matter of fact, I have the 'Passport to Worldband Radio' (which you should RUN to your nearest Barnes/Noble or Borders/Books and buy it) and I'm reading the review about it. The Passport I mentioned is like the TV Guide for Shortwave Radio Listeners -gives you the time and frequencies. READ!!!!! It suffers (according to Passport) from:Drift/images....aaaah nothing big. Pros: Great speaker audio quality substantially above the norm for world band portables (this is a quote.) Unusually 'powerful' audio, two band-widths, well chosen are a real surprise at this price. Not a bad receiver for one just starting, you're starting with a better piece than I did. Sounds like it drifts, which is no big deal - just turn it on and let it warm up and it'll stabilize rather well I'm sure. I would add maybe 10-15 ft. of wire if you have to fill that hole as you so eloquently put it, but from what I'm reading, it may overload the front end of the radio on you if you run a length of 25ft. or more. Try it and see, that's the beauty of this hobby. You'll know if that's happening, it'll sound like a bunch of garbled up noise and you can literally feel it in the front of your receiver. I'll let the ones that own it help you out more. Welcome to the *Brotherhood*- and that IS basically what it is. Just read and read and read and then apply it, can't stress that enough. Get Popular Communications then after three to five months grab you a copy of "Monitoring Times.'----it's for the more advanced listeners ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* ~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~ ~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~ ~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~ Happy Listening!:-) |
try a dipole, its 2 bits of wire the same length sticking out opposite to
each other, as high as you can hang em!. Look up the G5RV antenna for a good start, then you have an antenna, that all others are gauged by. Huh? NO way, unless I'm really off base by the specs and what I've read. That type of antenna will kick the crap out of the front end of that receiver. Haven't you read about the 'pros' -'cons' of the piece? I wouldn't do that, unless you want to learn VERY quickly what they mean by over loading the front end of your radio and not hearing a thing. Give it a shot. It's not me saying this either, it's from every writeup I've read about it because the buddy of mine that wanted that MultiReader from MFJ saw the same radio we're talking about and asked me about it. My friend is a HAM, I know what he expects, it wouldn't do the thing for him. I told him he would be dissapointed. Isn't that funny, someone who is a ham radio operator and don't know a lick(basically) about SWL, two totally different things. ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* ~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~ ~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~ ~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~ |
You have a kweer way of expressing yourself. Ole' DeWayne had his *Gadar* on and he caught him one. "Up against the car" says DeWayne.....Muahahahahah!!!!!!!! ;-) ~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~ Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier Hammarlund HQ140X Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios) RCA Victor *Strato- World* RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain) 1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402 OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451 Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+HowellSW ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft. 500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated) 120ft. 12 AWG Long-Wire 2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas Radio Shack Amplified Antenna 30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap) * Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable* *21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop* ~OptimusCTR-111Cassettte Recorder~ ~Radio Shack 2Speed VOX#43-476~ ~Ramsey Speech Scrambler~ |
-=jd=- wrote: On Sat 22 May 2004 06:22:56p, "Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote in message hlink.net: "-=jd=-" wrote: | Although, I'm really starting to like my loop. At about 120 feet of #14 | of insulated wire arranged in a horizontal (flat) triangle - even | though it's closer to the house, it has got to be the quietest (from | ambient noise) antenna I have tried to date. It sux for local FM | broadcasts though... | | | -=jd=- Try using a decent attenuator - that might work wonders. 120 feet of wire is sure to overload even the most well - built FM receivers. 73, Actually, I have the opposite problem - The entire FM band is registering far less than it should. This means my favorite FM station (NPR - a weak station to begin with) is lost in the hissss. I'm switching out the transformer for a 1:1 today to see if that helps. I really need to get a noise bridge and stop trying to figure out the actual impedance using the braille method... I had a MFJ noise bridge (MFJ-202B) for quite some time, sorry I sold the darn thing off. It was quite handy, guess I should order another one up. Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
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