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help needed on shortwave
Hiya everyone, I am on the gold coast just south of Brisbane in Queensland
Australia Just bought my shortwave radio a Sangean ats 505 . I am surprised at how little I can pick up? Anyone and good ideas to help me. I am lucky if I can get 5 stations in total Thanks for any help you can give I used to have an old Russian shortwave that I bought in England and was like a tank big CLUNK CLICK selector dial got great service off it but it died after 30 years Im pretty new to all this though thanks Steve |
"Steve" wrote in message ... Hiya everyone, I am on the gold coast just south of Brisbane in Queensland Australia Just bought my shortwave radio a Sangean ats 505 . I am surprised at how little I can pick up? Anyone and good ideas to help me. I am lucky if I can get 5 stations in total Thanks for any help you can give I used to have an old Russian shortwave that I bought in England and was like a tank big CLUNK CLICK selector dial got great service off it but it died after 30 years Im pretty new to all this though thanks Steve Tell us about your surroundings. Building your in?, city?, country? etc... By the way is there an External/ Internal switch for the ant. on this radio? -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ EMAIL- (Hide the $100 to reply!) |
"Steve" wrote in message ... Hiya everyone, I am on the gold coast just south of Brisbane in Queensland Australia Just bought my shortwave radio a Sangean ats 505 . I am surprised at how little I can pick up? Anyone and good ideas to help me. I am lucky if I can get 5 stations in total Thanks for any help you can give I used to have an old Russian shortwave that I bought in England and was like a tank big CLUNK CLICK selector dial got great service off it but it died after 30 years Im pretty new to all this though thanks Steve My 505 is pretty sensitive off the whip. Overloads with external antenna. The SW schedules just changed so you might not be listening at the right times. DxAce just gave me a good site to find the latest broadcast times and target areas. http://www.worldofradio.com/dxld5051.txt When it's available the bc-a05.txt at http://www.eibi.de.vu will be very useful and the same goes for English language schedules at http://www.primetimeshortwave.com |
Try at night.. you sheould get more stations..
( See sched below) http://www.susi-und-strolch.de/eibi/bc-b04.txt " Gold Coast" ?? In a high rise, in the middle of a city ?? Try to get some sort of random wire antenna outside your dwelling.. 20 -30 feet should do wonders..Screw " Overload" , hook it up to the whip.. http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...ire/index.html |
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"Dan" wrote: Try at night.. you sheould get more stations.. ( See sched below) http://www.susi-und-strolch.de/eibi/bc-b04.txt " Gold Coast" ?? In a high rise, in the middle of a city ?? Try to get some sort of random wire antenna outside your dwelling.. 20 -30 feet should do wonders..Screw " Overload" , hook it up to the whip.. http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...ire/index.html Put the petal to the metal Dan. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
STEVE,
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"20 -30 feet should do wonders..Screw " Overload" , hook it up to the
whip.."..Thanks but could someone decipher this message, Im new to the lingo? regards Steve "Dan" wrote in message oups.com... Try at night.. you sheould get more stations.. ( See sched below) STEVE http://www.susi-und-strolch.de/eibi/bc-b04.txt " Gold Coast" ?? In a high rise, in the middle of a city ?? Try to get some sort of random wire antenna outside your dwelling.. 20 -30 feet should do wonders..Screw " Overload" , hook it up to the whip.. http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...ire/index.html |
Hi Guys
Im really disappointed that I buy a Sangean 505 shortwave radio for $200 Australian dollars and this morning I could not pick up even one station? I live on the coast in south east queensland at the gold coast australia, my house is placed half way down a steep bank with good clear views. I have read http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc/portablewire.html and will give it a go! what is overload and why do you think Im not getting any stations When I press auto search it stops at many stations but all I hear is rumble noise, if you know what I mean I do appreciate all help, regards steve |
"Steve" wrote in message ... Hi Guys Im really disappointed that I buy a Sangean 505 shortwave radio for $200 Australian dollars and this morning I could not pick up even one station? There may be a chance you have a defective receiver. Even during the middle of the day you should pick up some stations on the higher frequencies. When I was in the Philippines I used to pick up all sorts of stations from all over Asia & the Pacific. I have read http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc/portablewire.html and will give it a go! Yeah the guy who put up that site is a pretty neat guy! :-) what is overload and why do you think Im not getting any stations When I press auto search it stops at many stations but all I hear is rumble noise, if you know what I mean Overload means your receiver is being overloaded by strong signals, and this results in certain stations being heard all over the bands, no matter what frequency you tune to. Or, it means that strong stations will show up in places they shouldn't be. Overload is usually a problem with a high gain antenna or too much amplification. A short wire (15 to 20 feet) connected to the whip as outlined on my page above should not overload a portable receiver. I usually don't use auto search on HF due to the characteristics of propagation, fading, etc. Plus weak stations will probably be passed over. I'm not sure what you mean by a rumble noise, but if the station is strong and all you hear is rumbling then I'd suspect a defective receiver. -- Tom Sevart Frontenac, KS http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc |
Steve wrote:
"20 -30 feet should do wonders..Screw " Overload" , hook it up to the whip.."..Thanks but could someone decipher this message, Im new to the lingo? regards Steve 20-30 feet of wire, should be copper wire, speaker wire will do. Hook it up to the "whip antenna", that is, the metal retracting rod antenna that extends out from the top of the radio. It would be best to hook it up to the end of the antenna where the little knob is. Overload is when a signal is too strong for your radio's circuits and creates false signals or "images" all over the dial. Since you're in Australia, overload should not be too much of a problem, is what Dan is saying. From your other posts, it sounds like you live at the base of a hill on the beach, your house pointing southeast. This is not a good situation to receive signals on a small portable radio just using the built in antenna (the "whip"). That's why you need to hook up 30 feet (about 10 meters, I think) of copper wire to the end of the whip antenna and run the wire outside your house and hook the other end of the wire to a tree or a wood fence or anything that's not metal. Do you understand a little bit better? "Dan" wrote in message oups.com... Try at night.. you sheould get more stations.. ( See sched below) STEVE http://www.susi-und-strolch.de/eibi/bc-b04.txt " Gold Coast" ?? In a high rise, in the middle of a city ?? Try to get some sort of random wire antenna outside your dwelling.. 20 -30 feet should do wonders..Screw " Overload" , hook it up to the whip.. http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...ire/index.html ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Hello Steve, et al ...
I am not familiar with your shortwave receiver, but perhaps you can tell me the receiver controls on the front. Most communications receivers will have certain circuit designs that will prevent "overload", such as an automatic gain control [AGC] which automatically attenuates large amounts of radio frequency [RF] energy entering the first stage of your tuned circuits. If your receiver does have an AGC switch, try turning this circuit in the on position and see if there is any difference. Good communications receivers will have one to two stages of RF amplification circuits which are designed for selectivity. These circuits are manually controlled by a control on the front of the receiver called an RF control. By decreasing the RF control you will decrease the amount of RF amplification and bring back the selectivity to the front-end stages. Look in your instruction manual and see what your Intermod-Distortion [IMD] specifications are. This is the ability of your tuned circuits to reject received signals from heterodyning with the local oscillator [LO] during the mixing stage. After you have read your manual and are satisfied with the ability to control your receiver correctly, I will be happy to suggest various external wide-band antennas that are simple to construct. 73 de Jim W4ONO .-.-. West Central Gulf Coast of Florida, U.S.A. Steve wrote: Yes, Im receiving lots of signals but not music or speaking just a loud rumbling like the sound of an aircrafts engine steve |
Hello Steve, et al ...
I am not familiar with your shortwave receiver, but perhaps you can tell me the receiver controls on the front. Most communications receivers will have certain circuit designs that will prevent "overload", such as an automatic gain control [AGC] which automatically attenuates large amounts of radio frequency [RF] energy entering the first stage of your tuned circuits. If your receiver does have an AGC switch, try turning this circuit in the on position and see if there is any difference. Good communications receivers will have one to two stages of RF amplification circuits which are designed for selectivity. These circuits are manually controlled by a control on the front of the receiver called an RF control. By decreasing the RF control you will decrease the amount of RF amplification and bring back the selectivity to the front-end stages. Look in your instruction manual and see what your Intermod-Distortion [IMD] specifications are. This is the ability of your tuned circuits to reject received signals from heterodyning with the local oscillator [LO] during the mixing stage. After you have read your manual and are satisfied with the ability to control your receiver correctly, I will be happy to suggest various external wide-band antennas that are simple to construct. 73 de Jim W4ONO .-.-. West Central Gulf Coast of Florida, U.S.A. Steve wrote: Yes, Im receiving lots of signals but not music or speaking just a loud rumbling like the sound of an aircrafts engine steve |
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:43:01 +1000, "Steve"
wrote: Yes, Im receiving lots of signals but not music or speaking just a loud rumbling like the sound of an aircrafts engine steve "Tom Sevart" wrote in message ... "Steve" wrote in message ... Hi Guys Im really disappointed that I buy a Sangean 505 shortwave radio for $200 Australian dollars and this morning I could not pick up even one station? There may be a chance you have a defective receiver. Even during the middle of the day you should pick up some stations on the higher frequencies. When I was in the Philippines I used to pick up all sorts of stations from all over Asia & the Pacific. I have read http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc/portablewire.html and will give it a go! Yeah the guy who put up that site is a pretty neat guy! :-) what is overload and why do you think Im not getting any stations When I press auto search it stops at many stations but all I hear is rumble noise, if you know what I mean Overload means your receiver is being overloaded by strong signals, and this results in certain stations being heard all over the bands, no matter what frequency you tune to. Or, it means that strong stations will show up in places they shouldn't be. Overload is usually a problem with a high gain antenna or too much amplification. A short wire (15 to 20 feet) connected to the whip as outlined on my page above should not overload a portable receiver. I usually don't use auto search on HF due to the characteristics of propagation, fading, etc. Plus weak stations will probably be passed over. I'm not sure what you mean by a rumble noise, but if the station is strong and all you hear is rumbling then I'd suspect a defective receiver. -- Tom Sevart Frontenac, KS http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc Is it possible, that by "rumbling" he means a loud buzzing from DC to daylight? If this is the case, I would look at electrical interference. Likely culprits could include pole-mounted utility transformers (pole pigs), poorly filtered compressors on AC and refrigerator units, or any running electric motors. Steve, you might check around and see if shutting any of these local things off stops a lot of the "rumbling." Al in CNMI ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
thanks everyone
im trying everything steve 0405722189 "Tebojockey" wrote in message ... On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:43:01 +1000, "Steve" wrote: Yes, Im receiving lots of signals but not music or speaking just a loud rumbling like the sound of an aircrafts engine steve "Tom Sevart" wrote in message ... "Steve" wrote in message ... Hi Guys Im really disappointed that I buy a Sangean 505 shortwave radio for $200 Australian dollars and this morning I could not pick up even one station? There may be a chance you have a defective receiver. Even during the middle of the day you should pick up some stations on the higher frequencies. When I was in the Philippines I used to pick up all sorts of stations from all over Asia & the Pacific. I have read http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc/portablewire.html and will give it a go! Yeah the guy who put up that site is a pretty neat guy! :-) what is overload and why do you think Im not getting any stations When I press auto search it stops at many stations but all I hear is rumble noise, if you know what I mean Overload means your receiver is being overloaded by strong signals, and this results in certain stations being heard all over the bands, no matter what frequency you tune to. Or, it means that strong stations will show up in places they shouldn't be. Overload is usually a problem with a high gain antenna or too much amplification. A short wire (15 to 20 feet) connected to the whip as outlined on my page above should not overload a portable receiver. I usually don't use auto search on HF due to the characteristics of propagation, fading, etc. Plus weak stations will probably be passed over. I'm not sure what you mean by a rumble noise, but if the station is strong and all you hear is rumbling then I'd suspect a defective receiver. -- Tom Sevart Frontenac, KS http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc Is it possible, that by "rumbling" he means a loud buzzing from DC to daylight? If this is the case, I would look at electrical interference. Likely culprits could include pole-mounted utility transformers (pole pigs), poorly filtered compressors on AC and refrigerator units, or any running electric motors. Steve, you might check around and see if shutting any of these local things off stops a lot of the "rumbling." Al in CNMI ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
Communist China planning to invade Taiwan in 2012, says highly placed
source: An unnamed "high level CCP official" told the Epoch Times that the Communist leadership "set up the timeline for attacking Taiwan" early in 2004. The purpose for the invasion of the island democracy will be "to resolve conflicts inside China, no matter whether Taiwan announce independence or not." The pieces of the plan were as follows: Prior to 2008, every policy should center one the Olympics to further arouse Chinese people's patriotism and prepare for attacking Taiwan. Around 2010, reorganize the Party and clean out all the members who are against military action. Around 2012, attack Taiwan and call for an Emergency Act inside China. Through the Emergency Act, the CCP could confiscate private property, especially people's savings, to resolve its financial and economic crises. Eliminate the groups inside China that the CCP deems "anti-government forces", such as Falun Gong, unofficial churches, human rights activists, advocates for Tibetan independence, advocates for the independence of Xinjian (East Turkestan), and intellectuals. Arouse Chinese people's patriotism through the Emergency Act in order to resolve the unemployment issue. The aforementioned anonymous cadre fears "all these steps means China is closer to fascism." This source specifically cited the newly minted "anti-secession law" as part of the plot to "give the right of calling for military actions to the CCP chairman." That man is now Hu Jintao, who at the time of the plans formation was Vice-Chairman of the all-important Party Central Military Commission Chairman. Jiang Zemin, who as Party CMC Chair led the early 2004 discussion that led to the invasion plan, reportedly told Hu earlier this month, "if we have to attack Taiwan, the earlier the better." http://china-e-lobby.blogspot.com/20...arch-2627.html Communist China wants to limit American weapons in space: Communist China is calling for a treaty to limit arms in space, in reaction to U.S. efforts to protect its satellites orbiting the globe (Washington Post). What the Communists don't tell the paper is their desire to have a clear shot at those very satellites in the event of a conflict. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Mar28.html Communist media crackdown expands: The Communist crackdown on media continues, with "warnings to three newspapers: the China Business News of Shanghai, the Economic Observer of Beijing, and the 21st Century Business Herald of Guangzhou" (Epoch Times) as well as Nan Fang Daily in Guangdong. To ensure their warnings are followed, "When the Propaganda Department finds fault with a reporter, editor, or supervisor, the Department also withholds several months of the individual's pay." http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-3-29/27444.html Professor fired for ripping Communist media control: Meanwhile, Beijing University Professor Jiao Guobiao has been fired for "an astonishingly bold paper" he wrote last year "attacking the Communist Party's propaganda department." Jiao "accused it of sheltering corrupt officials and compared the state censors to those in Nazi Germany." Prior to getting canned, his books had already been banned, and "he was included in a blacklist of intellectuals forbidden from appearing in the media." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4392705.stm Above links courtesy of http://china-e-lobby.blogspot.com/ |
Are there any government or Military installations or bases or big radar
domes or big towers near you? I am only guessing,but that could have something to do with causing your radio recpetion problem. cuhulin |
Taiwan is not and never has been part of China.Taiwan is an Independent
Nation. cuhulin |
"Li Changchun" wrote in message ... Communist China planning to invade Taiwan in 2012, says highly placed source: An unnamed "high level CCP official" told the Epoch Times that the Communist leadership "set up the timeline for attacking Taiwan" early in 2004. It would help to understand 3 things with regard to the above...... 1) The Epoch Times is a newspaper which is allegedly owned by Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. A quasi church cult which is known for far right wing political leanings. 2) The notion that China would invade Taiwan is just so much pablumous bullshi+. Taiwan currently farms out close to 70% of it's vast consumer products manufacturing base to China. This cross-border trade accounts for close to $800B in shared revenue. From an economic standpoint, Mainland China and Taiwan are already one and the same Country/Political Jurisdiction. For China to invade Taiwan would be shooting themselves in the foot and killing one-Half of the Golden Goose that lays the Economic Eggs. (Hong Kong being the other half of this equation. 3) China going to war would destabilize the economy of Japan as many Japanese companies do business in China. So does the USA. China goes to war means no product shipped from the Pacific Rim. The Banking and Merchant Trade Guild will NEVER let this happen.....PERIOD. |
(Mrs) That's what I was sort of kind of trying to say too,if China tries
to take over (OK,you said it first and I give you credit for that too) Taiwan,China will **** up big time! I am fixin to put on my cleanest dirty clothes now and head on over to the Goodwill thriftstore and see what kind of junk is over there that I don't need and flirt with them wimmins over there and yesterday,I saw a certain IBM computer over there and I wont give them more than five dollars for that IBM computer,assuming it's still there,that is, and I might,just might see a GE super radio over there that I can buy for a couple of dollars and sell it on ebay for one hundred dollars or more.Let me get my ass out the door now. cuhulin |
"blue water toiletsplash (mrs.)" wrote in message roups.com... 1) The Epoch Times is a newspaper which is allegedly owned by Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. A quasi church cult which is known for far right wing political leanings. And your point is...? The fact about the Epoch Times is that many stories are sourced from other media. Including The Voice of America. If you wish to make an issue with a religion denomination as being "right wing" then you must include the Catholic Church, Orthodox Jews, Islamic Fundamentalists, and so many more. The point here is that religion has nothing to do with FACTS published in an independent newspaper. Perhaps you would prefer reading the Chinese Communist Party propaganda newspapers? Is it not "right wing"? If the People's Liberation Army faction within the CCP find it is in their interest to invade Taiwan when they feel they can survive the onslaught then trust me, they will! |
Li Changchun wrote:
If the People's Liberation Army faction within the CCP find it is in their interest to invade Taiwan when they feel they can survive the onslaught then trust me, they will! Not unless they're extremely stupid, which is a possibility. If they invade then they'll have to take on the US Army. If they try to take out all the world's satellites to cripple said army they'll get the entire PLANET ****ed at them, and lined up behind the Americans. If they nuke LA in order to get the US to back off, they will find themselves vaporizing under 15,000 nuclear warheads. Same thing for nuking Washington DC or any other American territory. It would be a no win situation for the CCP. Even if they nuked just Taipei they would probably find themselves under a general embargo. No oil, no factories. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
If the chinks or any other countries (we are at War with Iraq and the
terrorist all over the World right now) attack any part of America or American Territories or allies of America,not only the U.S.Army but all branches of the U.S.Military will attack any and all countries involved.I believe HAARP can shut down China and any other country or countries at will. cuhulin |
U.S.Air Force says they will OWN the weather by 2025,or sooner.OWNING
the weather is one hell of a weapon agains't our enemies. cuhulin |
We can send China back to the stone age.China already has problems with
drought,we can turn China into a big dust bowl or flood them all just like a bunch of rats.Any and or all of that would be perfectly fine with me! cuhulin. |
We can ZAP Peking at a moments notice at any time,now or later.
cuhulin |
Go reread your history....you may wish to beleve that Taiwan has always
been an indepdent country but it does not change the facts. |
I'm assuming you'renew because of the statement about the external
antenna, BTW: Yes-by all means, it will make a world of difference. But, to continue, try the lower freq's at night, like 4700 to 11000, and the higher ones daytime, 9500 to 15000. Hope this narrows down your search a little bit. |
The short wave bands are vast, compared to regular broadcast bands, so
you will have to be a bit more diligent in your search. In general, try the lower bands at night, and the higher ones for daytime. |
Flourescent lights and TV's are really bad, too.
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"John S." wrote in message oups.com... Go reread your history....you may wish to beleve that Taiwan has always been an indepdent country but it does not change the facts. I concede, you are correct. I simply responded too hastily without comprehending exactly the time from it refereed to. By the way, unlike the mainland Chinese, the Taiwanese have an affinity towards the Japanese. The fact that matters is that the Chinese Communist Party NEVER occupied Taiwan. The Communist regime defeated Chiang Hai Chek(sp?) on the mainland and was forced to retreat to Taiwan around 1949. History changes nothing in regards to the present day threats from Communist China. Ignoring the present danger changes nothing except who will write the history books. |
-- CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be ! "Leonard Martin" wrote in message ... In article .com, "John S." wrote: Go reread your history....you may wish to beleve that Taiwan has always been an indepdent country but it does not change the facts. As it happens, I know a grad student from Tainwan. I remember him telling me about how Japan controlled Taiwan before WWII. Leonard -- "Everything that rises must converge" --Flannery O'Connor Maybe read the History of Taiwan -- URL: http://www.taiwandc.org/hst-1624.htm |
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