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This may give you some background on the Poacher: http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page14.html dxAce Michigan USA Thanks for that, Very interesting. |
From: dxAce Organization: NASWA Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 08:07:36 -0500 Subject: Lincolnshire Poacher Alan wrote: "Greg" wrote in message ... If you've never heard LP before, this may be a good time to try. I've been listening to LP since 1310 UTC and it is coming in stronger than I've ever heard before, equally well on 14487, 15682, and 16084 USB. I had the same reception yesterday at the same time. Greg W. Central Fla. NRD-525 Hello folks, Only just found your group. Spotted this thread on the Lincolnshire Poacher. The thread caught my eye because I live in Lincolnshire and I would like to know if someone would kindly tell me what this TX is about. Whats the numbers for ? Rxing 55 on all 3 freqs shown above. Heard here this morning at 1300 on 16084, 15682 and 14487. Message header 25812. dxAce Michigan USA I copied the 25812 header on the 1300UT transmission loud and clear on those 3 freq's. The transmission at 1400 was faint. By 1500 I couldn't hear it at all. That is typical at my location. As I said before, my NRD-525 could use a lot more antenna... Greg |
Greg wrote: From: dxAce Organization: NASWA Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 08:07:36 -0500 Subject: Lincolnshire Poacher Alan wrote: "Greg" wrote in message ... If you've never heard LP before, this may be a good time to try. I've been listening to LP since 1310 UTC and it is coming in stronger than I've ever heard before, equally well on 14487, 15682, and 16084 USB. I had the same reception yesterday at the same time. Greg W. Central Fla. NRD-525 Hello folks, Only just found your group. Spotted this thread on the Lincolnshire Poacher. The thread caught my eye because I live in Lincolnshire and I would like to know if someone would kindly tell me what this TX is about. Whats the numbers for ? Rxing 55 on all 3 freqs shown above. Heard here this morning at 1300 on 16084, 15682 and 14487. Message header 25812. dxAce Michigan USA I copied the 25812 header on the 1300UT transmission loud and clear on those 3 freq's. The transmission at 1400 was faint. By 1500 I couldn't hear it at all. That is typical at my location. As I said before, my NRD-525 could use a lot more antenna... What are you using currently? dxAce Michigan USA |
From: dxAce Organization: NASWA Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:43:29 -0500 Subject: Lincolnshire Poacher Greg wrote: From: dxAce Organization: NASWA Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 08:07:36 -0500 Subject: Lincolnshire Poacher Alan wrote: "Greg" wrote in message ... If you've never heard LP before, this may be a good time to try. I've been listening to LP since 1310 UTC and it is coming in stronger than I've ever heard before, equally well on 14487, 15682, and 16084 USB. I had the same reception yesterday at the same time. Greg W. Central Fla. NRD-525 Hello folks, Only just found your group. Spotted this thread on the Lincolnshire Poacher. The thread caught my eye because I live in Lincolnshire and I would like to know if someone would kindly tell me what this TX is about. Whats the numbers for ? Rxing 55 on all 3 freqs shown above. Heard here this morning at 1300 on 16084, 15682 and 14487. Message header 25812. dxAce Michigan USA I copied the 25812 header on the 1300UT transmission loud and clear on those 3 freq's. The transmission at 1400 was faint. By 1500 I couldn't hear it at all. That is typical at my location. As I said before, my NRD-525 could use a lot more antenna... What are you using currently? dxAce Michigan USA I just have about 50' of wire strung around the eaves of the house (on 2 sides) and coming in through the window. Not very sophisticated. But it's kinda surprising how much I can pick up on my NRD-525 with that modest antenna. I hope to put up a proper antenna soon. Probably a random wire w/coax lead-in, as close to the Doty design as I can make it. I thought about experimenting with a vertical too, since that would be an easier construct in my tree-laden yard. But I've read a lot of comments about verticals being noisy. Greg |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... Greg wrote: From: dxAce Organization: NASWA Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:38:08 -0500 Subject: Lincolnshire Poacher Greg wrote: From: dxAce Organization: NASWA Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 08:59:58 -0500 Subject: Lincolnshire Poacher Greg wrote: If you've never heard LP before, this may be a good time to try. I've been listening to LP since 1310 UTC and it is coming in stronger than I've ever heard before, equally well on 14487, 15682, and 16084 USB. I had the same reception yesterday at the same time. Yes, they were coming in well yesterday. A friend was visiting here and asked me if I'd ever heard numbers stations before, I said yes! and dialed it up. It was his first experience hearing a numbers station. Armed now withe the sked, he headed back to Ohio, and hopefully he'll hear them there on his Sat-800. dxAce Michigan USA I tuned LP out before signoff at 1345. When I went back at 1400, LP was barely readable on 14487 and not readable at all on 10426 0r 11545 (I'm following Simon Mason's schedule) or any other freq. I wonder, do they maybe change direction of the broadcast signal? More likely, prop conditions crapped out. I still have them here on 14487, 11545 and 10426 at 1426. dxAce Michigan USA Reception of LP for me seems to peak around 1300UT and falls off drastically afterward. I've got to get some more wire up one of these days! I typically hear them best on my 70' N-S wire. On most days I can follow the schedule right up to 2200. Ace, what antennas do you use?? Is the n8kdv site yours?? I was curious about that setup, since it looks like a couple of random wires held up by 4x4 posts. --Mike L. |
Michael Lawson wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... Greg wrote: From: dxAce Organization: NASWA Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:38:08 -0500 Subject: Lincolnshire Poacher Greg wrote: From: dxAce Organization: NASWA Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 08:59:58 -0500 Subject: Lincolnshire Poacher Greg wrote: If you've never heard LP before, this may be a good time to try. I've been listening to LP since 1310 UTC and it is coming in stronger than I've ever heard before, equally well on 14487, 15682, and 16084 USB. I had the same reception yesterday at the same time. Yes, they were coming in well yesterday. A friend was visiting here and asked me if I'd ever heard numbers stations before, I said yes! and dialed it up. It was his first experience hearing a numbers station. Armed now withe the sked, he headed back to Ohio, and hopefully he'll hear them there on his Sat-800. dxAce Michigan USA I tuned LP out before signoff at 1345. When I went back at 1400, LP was barely readable on 14487 and not readable at all on 10426 0r 11545 (I'm following Simon Mason's schedule) or any other freq. I wonder, do they maybe change direction of the broadcast signal? More likely, prop conditions crapped out. I still have them here on 14487, 11545 and 10426 at 1426. dxAce Michigan USA Reception of LP for me seems to peak around 1300UT and falls off drastically afterward. I've got to get some more wire up one of these days! I typically hear them best on my 70' N-S wire. On most days I can follow the schedule right up to 2200. Ace, what antennas do you use?? Is the n8kdv site yours?? I was curious about that setup, since it looks like a couple of random wires held up by 4x4 posts. Yes, that is my site. One 70' N-S wire, and one 200' W-E wire, mounted 9' above the ground. Both fed into matching transformers. Works pretty well. Maybe next year I'll get around to putting up an inverted vee or two. dxAce Michigan USA |
For those two antennas, do you have them strung
directly point to point, or do you have an intermediate support along the way, like say with a PVC pipe, to help keep the antenna from sagging? --Mike L. "dxAce" wrote in message ... Michael Lawson wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... Greg wrote: From: dxAce Organization: NASWA Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:38:08 -0500 Subject: Lincolnshire Poacher Greg wrote: From: dxAce Organization: NASWA Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 08:59:58 -0500 Subject: Lincolnshire Poacher Greg wrote: If you've never heard LP before, this may be a good time to try. I've been listening to LP since 1310 UTC and it is coming in stronger than I've ever heard before, equally well on 14487, 15682, and 16084 USB. I had the same reception yesterday at the same time. Yes, they were coming in well yesterday. A friend was visiting here and asked me if I'd ever heard numbers stations before, I said yes! and dialed it up. It was his first experience hearing a numbers station. Armed now withe the sked, he headed back to Ohio, and hopefully he'll hear them there on his Sat-800. dxAce Michigan USA I tuned LP out before signoff at 1345. When I went back at 1400, LP was barely readable on 14487 and not readable at all on 10426 0r 11545 (I'm following Simon Mason's schedule) or any other freq. I wonder, do they maybe change direction of the broadcast signal? More likely, prop conditions crapped out. I still have them here on 14487, 11545 and 10426 at 1426. dxAce Michigan USA Reception of LP for me seems to peak around 1300UT and falls off drastically afterward. I've got to get some more wire up one of these days! I typically hear them best on my 70' N-S wire. On most days I can follow the schedule right up to 2200. Ace, what antennas do you use?? Is the n8kdv site yours?? I was curious about that setup, since it looks like a couple of random wires held up by 4x4 posts. Yes, that is my site. One 70' N-S wire, and one 200' W-E wire, mounted 9' above the ground. Both fed into matching transformers. Works pretty well. Maybe next year I'll get around to putting up an inverted vee or two. dxAce Michigan USA |
Michael Lawson wrote: For those two antennas, do you have them strung directly point to point, or do you have an intermediate support along the way, like say with a PVC pipe, to help keep the antenna from sagging? Intermediate supports. For the 70' I have a support at 35', for the 200' supports are every 50'. You can see the supports he http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/pics.htm That picture is taken from the end of the 100' antenna, which has since been extended to 200' Photo taken ca. Nov. 2001. dxAce Michigan USA |
Thanks for the info. I'm thinking of trying to use the
top of my split rail fence to hold a 80' wire, so I was curious about your setup. Do you have a buried coax leading to your shack?? --Mike L. "dxAce" wrote in message ... Michael Lawson wrote: For those two antennas, do you have them strung directly point to point, or do you have an intermediate support along the way, like say with a PVC pipe, to help keep the antenna from sagging? Intermediate supports. For the 70' I have a support at 35', for the 200' supports are every 50'. You can see the supports he http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/pics.htm That picture is taken from the end of the 100' antenna, which has since been extended to 200' Photo taken ca. Nov. 2001. dxAce Michigan USA |
Michael Lawson wrote: Thanks for the info. I'm thinking of trying to use the top of my split rail fence to hold a 80' wire, so I was curious about your setup. Do you have a buried coax leading to your shack?? Yes, both runs of coax are buried, leading into Transi-trap lightning protectors, then up to a two way anrenna switch, then to the Stridsburg multi-coupler, then to the receivers. dxAce Michigan USA |
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