120 and 90 Meters, 11/04/04, 0600-0800
 

I fired up the old Hammarlund HQ-180 tonight, and she was working great in the
Trops. The noise level keeps droping, the later in the Fall it gets. Got a good
copy, and ID of Radio Maria at 0730, on 3279khz. Lots of other stations rolling
in, but I didn't copy any other ID's, so I had to resort to PWBR for assistance
in sorting them out. The old "boat anchor" still works great, especially down
in the Trops. It outperforms my JRC NRD-535D, in these bands. Good DXing to
you, Gary

bpnjensen wrote:

(Kachina 78) wrote in message ...
I fired up the old Hammarlund HQ-180 tonight, and she was working great in the
Trops. The noise level keeps droping, the later in the Fall it gets. Got a good
copy, and ID of Radio Maria at 0730, on 3279khz. Lots of other stations rolling
in, but I didn't copy any other ID's, so I had to resort to PWBR for assistance
in sorting them out. The old "boat anchor" still works great, especially down
in the Trops. It outperforms my JRC NRD-535D, in these bands. Good DXing to
you, Gary

Hey, Gary, what's your QTH? Antenna of choice? I'm using an R75,
DX-Ultra and a makeshift temp random-squared (both length and
direction) wire.

I've been noticing increasing station carriers all across the Trops
too lately, as with you, using PWBD to sort 'em out. The Brazilians,
in particular, seem to be making the trip here around early evening.

Love to get a HQ-180!

Had an HQ-180A in the past in virtual mint condition. Sorry I sold it. It would have been nicer if I'd had
a digital readout on it.

That was back in the days when one had to use the logging scale on the bandspread to determine the correct
frequency. Wasn't to hard to do though once one fabricated a few tuning charts.

They were nice too, for those cold winter nights.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Can you post any of your current Trop Band loggins. I'm curious how,
or if, well I can hear them.

On 04 Nov 2004 07:45:15 GMT, (Kachina 78) wrote:

I fired up the old Hammarlund HQ-180 tonight, and she was working great in the
Trops. The noise level keeps droping, the later in the Fall it gets. Got a good
copy, and ID of Radio Maria at 0730, on 3279khz. Lots of other stations rolling
in, but I didn't copy any other ID's, so I had to resort to PWBR for assistance
in sorting them out. The old "boat anchor" still works great, especially down
in the Trops. It outperforms my JRC NRD-535D, in these bands. Good DXing to
you, Gary

Bruce, Ace, and Julie, I have the HQ-180 hooked up to either an Antenna
Specialist 67 1/2' sloper, or the recently erected Par Electronics EF-SWL
mounted horizontally. When I switch back and forth between the two of them, the
EF-SWL seems to perform better in the Trops. Ace, your so right about the
HQ-180 also filling in as a shack heater. I work second shift, so by the time I
get home, the programable thermostat in our house drops the heat down after
2200, while the rest of the family sleeps. When I fire up the shack at 2300, I
keep the door closed and the 180 on, and it's very comfortable. Julie, in a
future post, I'll put together a list of Trop Band Logs for you. Good DXing to
all, Gary

Of note, verticals will usually work better for the further DX (low
angle) signals coming in than the horizontal antenna configurations.
Horizontal wires are nice for lower noise, at times, and for those
stations that aren't a long ways away.

On 08 Nov 2004 07:26:08 GMT, (Kachina 78) wrote:

Bruce, Ace, and Julie, I have the HQ-180 hooked up to either an Antenna
Specialist 67 1/2' sloper, or the recently erected Par Electronics EF-SWL
mounted horizontally. When I switch back and forth between the two of them, the
EF-SWL seems to perform better in the Trops. Ace, your so right about the
HQ-180 also filling in as a shack heater. I work second shift, so by the time I
get home, the programable thermostat in our house drops the heat down after
2200, while the rest of the family sleeps. When I fire up the shack at 2300, I
keep the door closed and the 180 on, and it's very comfortable. Julie, in a
future post, I'll put together a list of Trop Band Logs for you. Good DXing to
all, Gary