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![]() "bpnjensen" wrote in message ups.com... 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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