(upper left / RSPDXr2 – upper right / Airspy HF+ Discovery / lower left / RSPDX – lower right / RSP1B – bottom center / RSP nRSP-ST)
(allows me to swap the bottom center monitor – fed off the laptop – and put short-wave info in front instead of the RSP nRSP-ST – just drag and drop)
This mess here?
It is actually starting to be manageable – LOL!
I only have 3 antennas at the point – took the dipole down and replaced the deck so we are not worried about it falling apart if you were sitting out there and sneezed – not really that bad but not far from it.
I’m putting a lay down mount with a 10 foot mast on the back deck so I will be able to swap out antennas easily – I have several different loops as well as a mini-whip and I will use the coax running out there to try them – makes it relatively easy to compare performance with the different antennas. I will add another switch on the input to the wire random wire antenna distribution block to be able to easily switch to test antennas – and be able to try them with various radios.
Different antenna / radio combinations do make a difference. Right now – 4pm CDST / 2100 UCT the Airspy switched to the random wire is outperforming everything except RSPDXr2 running on the DX Engineering loop antenna at 15.034mHz usb (Canadian military aviation weather / volmet) – go figure – a 31 foot (approximate) piece of wire and a 9:1 UNUN out performs $800 plus dollars of loop on everything but one radio . . .
Differing conditions – different frequencies – different radios – different antennas – all react together differently – I can say this much – pick a radio / antenna setup and start listening – it is interesting hobby to say the least – then start “improving” your setup. That becomes quite the rabbit hole . . .
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