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What's Your Signal Strength?
Just curious of typical signal strengths people are receiving and with what
kind of antenna and radio. I am using an Icom 718 with an indoor 30 foot random wire. I know, I know I'm going to put up a better antenna but that's what I've got for now. By the way I'm in Texas. October 06, 2004 00:27 UTC Radio Netherlands 9.845 S10 to S25 October 06, 2004 03:16 UTC Radio China 9.720 S10 to S20 October 06, 2004 03:20 UTC WWV 10.000 S8 Lots of Noise October 06, 2004 03:25 UTC BBC 5.975 S10 to S15 October 06, 2004 03:32 UTC Radio China S8 October 06, 2004 03:35 UTC Radio Taiwan 5.950 S10 |
For what it's worth: October 6th, 2004 @ 0900 UTC WWV @ 5000 kHz at about 25 dB over s9 October 6th, 2004 @ 0902 UTC WWV @ 2500 kHz peaks at 50 dB over s9 October 6th, 2004 @ 0905 UC Radio New Zealand International @ 9885 kHz varies between 30 dB over s9 to 50 dB over s9 October 6th, 2004 @ 0915 UTC EWTN Global (Religious Brainwashing) @ 5950 kHz peaks at +60 dB over s9 ( I need to turn on antenuator) to avoid distortion from too strong of a signal. October 6th, 2004 @ 0920 UTC Armed Forces Network @ 6350 USB peaks at about 40 dB over s9. I'm only using an FT-847 with 100 ft. of ladder line going up to a center-fed dipole at about 60ft.. overall dipole length about 320 feet. On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:38:19 -0500, "Chuck" wrote: Just curious of typical signal strengths people are receiving and with what kind of antenna and radio. I am using an Icom 718 with an indoor 30 foot random wire. I know, I know I'm going to put up a better antenna but that's what I've got for now. By the way I'm in Texas. October 06, 2004 00:27 UTC Radio Netherlands 9.845 S10 to S25 October 06, 2004 03:16 UTC Radio China 9.720 S10 to S20 October 06, 2004 03:20 UTC WWV 10.000 S8 Lots of Noise October 06, 2004 03:25 UTC BBC 5.975 S10 to S15 October 06, 2004 03:32 UTC Radio China S8 October 06, 2004 03:35 UTC Radio Taiwan 5.950 S10 |
Chuck wrote: Just curious of typical signal strengths people are receiving and with what kind of antenna and radio. I am using an Icom 718 with an indoor 30 foot random wire. I know, I know I'm going to put up a better antenna but that's what I've got for now. By the way I'm in Texas. October 06, 2004 00:27 UTC Radio Netherlands 9.845 S10 to S25 October 06, 2004 03:16 UTC Radio China 9.720 S10 to S20 October 06, 2004 03:20 UTC WWV 10.000 S8 Lots of Noise October 06, 2004 03:25 UTC BBC 5.975 S10 to S15 October 06, 2004 03:32 UTC Radio China S8 October 06, 2004 03:35 UTC Radio Taiwan 5.950 S10 I've generally found 'S' meter readings to be deceiving at times, as the 'S' meters on all radios are not necessarily calibrated the same, and vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, and even from radio to radio from the same manufacturer. dxAce Michigan http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
Julie...
Good signal report. Wanna trade antennas? I'll probably be putting up a decent antenna in the next few weeks but it will be an indoor attic antenna. I'm sure it will still be worlds ahead of what I have now. Maybe I'll compare the two just for laughs. Obviously though, a 30 foot random wire will do the trick in a pinch. :) DXAce... Your right... It's just a rough measure. "dxAce" wrote in message ... Chuck wrote: Just curious of typical signal strengths people are receiving and with what kind of antenna and radio. I am using an Icom 718 with an indoor 30 foot random wire. I know, I know I'm going to put up a better antenna but that's what I've got for now. By the way I'm in Texas. October 06, 2004 00:27 UTC Radio Netherlands 9.845 S10 to S25 October 06, 2004 03:16 UTC Radio China 9.720 S10 to S20 October 06, 2004 03:20 UTC WWV 10.000 S8 Lots of Noise October 06, 2004 03:25 UTC BBC 5.975 S10 to S15 October 06, 2004 03:32 UTC Radio China S8 October 06, 2004 03:35 UTC Radio Taiwan 5.950 S10 I've generally found 'S' meter readings to be deceiving at times, as the 'S' meters on all radios are not necessarily calibrated the same, and vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, and even from radio to radio from the same manufacturer. dxAce Michigan http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
= = = JuLiE Dxer wrote in message
= = = . .. For what it's worth: October 6th, 2004 @ 0900 UTC WWV @ 5000 kHz at about 25 dB over s9 October 6th, 2004 @ 0902 UTC WWV @ 2500 kHz peaks at 50 dB over s9 October 6th, 2004 @ 0905 UC Radio New Zealand International @ 9885 kHz varies between 30 dB over s9 to 50 dB over s9 October 6th, 2004 @ 0915 UTC EWTN Global (Religious Brainwashing) @ 5950 kHz peaks at +60 dB over s9 ( I need to turn on antenuator) to avoid distortion from too strong of a signal. October 6th, 2004 @ 0920 UTC Armed Forces Network @ 6350 USB peaks at about 40 dB over s9. I'm only using an FT-847 with 100 ft. of ladder line going up to a center-fed dipole at about 60ft.. overall dipole length about 320 feet. JULIE DXER, Why a 320 Foot 'long' Dipole ? ? overall dipole length ? - Are you counting the 60 feet of ladder line in the 320 feet ? - Dipole Tip-to-Tip 260 Feet ~ 1.8 MHz (160 M Band) iwtk ~ RHF On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:38:19 -0500, "Chuck" wrote: Just curious of typical signal strengths people are receiving and with what kind of antenna and radio. I am using an Icom 718 with an indoor 30 foot random wire. I know, I know I'm going to put up a better antenna but that's what I've got for now. By the way I'm in Texas. October 06, 2004 00:27 UTC Radio Netherlands 9.845 S10 to S25 October 06, 2004 03:16 UTC Radio China 9.720 S10 to S20 October 06, 2004 03:20 UTC WWV 10.000 S8 Lots of Noise October 06, 2004 03:25 UTC BBC 5.975 S10 to S15 October 06, 2004 03:32 UTC Radio China S8 October 06, 2004 03:35 UTC Radio Taiwan 5.950 S10 |
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