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Think about Longwave (LW) and AM/MW Radio Reception and Mobile {Car} DXing
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Think about Longwave (LW) and AM/MW Radio Reception and Mobile {Car} DXing http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/6610 If you can go Mobile with your Radio or another radio in a Car or Trunk an go to a local Beach with about 500 Feet of Insulated # 14 AWG 19 Strand Wire. - - - Bring some Hot Coffee/Tea and a few Donuts/Snacks. - - - Dress Warm and have a Blanket or two. - - - Bring alone a Good LED Light or two. - - - Make sure the Car has a Full Tank of Gas. - - - Leave the Wife, Kids and Pets at Home. - - - Put a Big Sign in the Rear Window that reads : "DX Radio Listener" or "Amateur Radio Operator" - - - Put and old Magnet Mount CB Antenna on the Roof of the Car for 'looks' ) If you don't have a Beach nearby but have a Hill with some open land and a gentle slope towards Europe. Find a place to park near the Top-of-the-Hill. Start by leaving about 15-20 feet extra at the Top and run the Wire Down the Hill as far as you can go. - - - Do this during the Day so that you can see where you are going and what you are doing. - - - Enjoy the Walk back UP the Hill ) READ - Car DXing - by Hans Johnson http://www.anarc.org/naswa/issues/0898/swc0898.html Run the Wire out along the Beach in the general direction of Europe connect it to your Radio and just Tune and Listen. - - - Please have the Car Engine turn OFF. Sounds like you need a 'mini' Beverage-on-the-Ground (BOG) Antenna. http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...age/view1.html MEMORIES Of Long Ago When I Was Younger : I had what is was then called a Field Looong Wiiireee Antenniii up at Sequoia Point in the Oakland Hills. It had a a piece of Re-Bar in the Ground about 15 feet from the Parking Area with the End of the Wire wrapped around it to Secure it when not being used. Used a 50 Foot piece of Coax with two Big Alligator Clips on one end one for the Outer Copper Wire Shield and the other for the Inner Copper Conduct. The End of the Antenna Wire had been Stripped and folded over several times and Solder to form a Big Hunk to Clip-on-to with the Alligator Clip. The Coax Cable got connected using a Pair of Spade Terminals to a 'new' HeathKit GC-1A "Mohican" Shortwave Radio that I had built in my High School Electronics Class. http://www.ea1jo.com/images/Gc-1a.jpg http://www.qsl.net/kb7rgg/heath/products/radio/gc1a.jpg http://www.heathkit-museum.com/ham/gc-1a.shtml http://www.vintageradio.me.uk/military/mohican.htm http://www.dundeecoll.ac.uk/sections...xt/Mohican.htm http://cgi.ebay.com/Heathkit-Mohican...temZ5829232163 http://cgi.ebay.com/Heathkit-GC-1A-M...temZ5830295286 http://cgi.ebay.com/HEATHKIT-MOHICAN...temZ6580913478 I use to think I could Hear-the-Whole-World back then . . . FYI - HeathKit Non-Ham Receiver Matrix http://www.qsl.net/kb7rgg/heath/prod...kit_radio.html MORE - BEVERAGE ANTENNA - INFO : Got Lots-of-Space ? Try a 1288 Foot BOG Antenna pointed directly at Europe ABOUT - Beverage Antennas * Read AMANDX Beverage Antennas by Shawn Axelrod http://www.angelfire.com/mb/amandx/bevant.html * Beverage Antennas - Some Practical Views http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...age/view1.html http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...e/view1.html#3 * Down To Earth Antennas - by Joseph Buch http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...al/swlant.html http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...lant.html#beve... * KB1GW's collection of Beverage Antenna Information http://www.alleged.com/radio/Beverage2/ http://members.cox.net/kb1gw/beverageinfo2.htm * Beverage Antenna Construction by W8JI http://www.w8ji.com/beverages.htm * Two Wire Beverage - by Jeff Parker [KA1GJ] http://www.yccc.org/Articles/ka1gj_bev.htm * So You Want to Build a Beverage Antenna ? - by AA3PX http://www.qsl.net/aa3px/design.html * The Benchmark Beverage - by Greg Ordy [W8WWV] http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregor...Experimentatio... * Remote-Controlled Termination Beverage Antenna - by Steve Byan http://users.rcn.com/oakridge.ma.ult.../RCT_Beverage/ * Beverage Antenna Page II - by Andrew K. Dart http://www.akdart.com/bev/bev2.html [ The Beverage Antenna Memorandum ] http://www.akdart.com/bev/bev.html * Beverage Receive Antennas - by N3RR http://users.erols.com/n3rr/beverage/ * An Introduction to the Mysteries of Ground Radio - by Gerry Vassilatos http://www.borderlands.com/newstuff/...round-myst.htm * Getting Started with Beverage Antennas - by Misek Antenna Research http://exax.net/ Publisher of The Beverage Antenna Handbook and Supplier of Transformer Cores, Clips and FET's used in Beverage Antenna construction. * W3LPL on Beverages - by Frank Donavan http://www.eham.net/articles/503 * Easy-Up Beverages - by Paul Ormandy http://www.radiodx.com/spdxr/Beverages.htm * Modern Beverage Receiving Antenna Construction and Installation http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/ice/11.htm - by WX0B at Array Solutions |
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