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Old September 26th 05, 04:43 PM
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"bpnjensen" wrote in message
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He needs to do something. There should be plenty of DX there, just

like there is
here.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

You might be surprised. From what I remember living on the East

Coast,
reception was much better there, with just a plain 50' wire attached
right to the antenna of the Astronaut-8 or the 1940's Zenith
Transoceanic - no transformer. Here in California, we get major
Pacific Rim stuff really well, but the rest of the world - even the

big
boys - are true DX. Europe is tough under all but the very best
circumstances. Even South America takes some work, and you'd think
they'd be easier (they *were* easier, from New England). Africa and
Central Asia, strangely, do better than Europe at certain times of

day,
but it still is heavily dependent on the perfect conditions for
intelligibility.

Another thing that I have to deal with is a noise level about 6

s-units
higher than rural New England ever was. David may have a comparable
problem. When I see posts from Telamon or Stewart McKenzie, I don't
usually see tough DX, but more likely powerhouses that can make it

over
the tough noise. Maybe they do tough DX, but their reports and
comments usually show more powerful stations. If I could away from

the
City, better results might be in the offing.

I've managed to get some pretty weak stations here at my suburban

QTH,
but it takes a lot of work and aspirin to get there. Maybe what

makes
a difference is whether your goal is to simply ID a station

positively
(which in itself can be a task), or to listen for content - IMO, far
more difficult. Spanish or Pidgin is a lot easier to understand

when
it is intelligible, of course.

I'd love to try my setup back at your place in MI. I bet I'd have a
lot better fortunes there, just as I did in New England.


Have you thought about going the loop antenna
route to cut down on the noise??

--Mike L.


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Old September 26th 05, 06:02 PM
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Have you thought about going the loop antenna
route to cut down on the noise??

--Mike L.

Absolutely - first a big horizontal loop that I can build pretty
cheaply, just a matter (now) of finding the time and proper routing.
It will necessarily include my entire house within the loop, including
part of the support structure, so I am hoping for the best but
expecting the mediocre.

Then, if all else fails, trying out a commercial small amplified
vertical loop, like the Wellbrook.

I do use a dipole that works pretty well on the higher bands (11 MHz
and up), and since installing a transformer on my random wire I've
noticed a *slight* decrease in noise on that aerial - but it ain't
enough. I am surrounded by RF junkola, some of which will *never* go
away (like high-voltage lines front and back yards and splattery 50 kW
MW transmitters a couple miles away, gushing harmonics like a
fountain).

Bruce Jensen

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