Michael wrote:

"starman" wrote in message
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Michael wrote:

"starman" wrote in message

Can you give us some examples of the weak signal stations you receive
on
the R-75 with ECSS? What kind of antenna do you use for these DX
stations?

Thanks


DX'ing weak signals have just as much to do with "conditions" as they do
with the power and distance of the transmitted signal. It may be very
easy
to get say...RNZI from my location during times of the day and year when
conditions are good for it, and impossible to pick it up during other
times.

I've used ECSS to identify weak carriers too but I was wondering what
you would consider a good DX catch. What have you heard lately that you
would classify as weak DX, given all the "conditions"

Half of what I listen to is dx, including hams from around the world. If
you need a single example, I'll say .. How about right now.... 21:50 UTC on
7.190 .... I'm listening to what I think is Tunisia. Currently Arabic
music. The signal is barely s-3 and it is quite noisy. The same exact
signal is also being broadcast on 7225. Still a bit noisy with fade out,
but it makes it all the way up to s-7.

I'd call this DX, but not a VERY weak one. It is far away, and it is messy.
The drill here on this signal is to use all the tools at my disposal to
clean it up and see how good I can get it to sound... IE: ecss, filters,
gain, nb, nr... etc.....

About S8 here on both frequencies.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm