As sung by the man who wrote it – Enjoy!
“Stanley Davis Jones (June 5, 1914 – December 13, 1963) was an American songwriter and actor, primarily writing Western music. He is best remembered for writing “Ghost Riders in the Sky”. In 1997, he was posthumously inducted into the Western Music Association Hall of Fame.”
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
What happens when you bypass the R3 resistor in the AirSpy HF+ Does it rally affect the MF, LF, and VLF reception?? I wouldn’t try this – but that is just me. My old Mark1 eyeballs and soldering skills ( or lack thereof ) would more than likely trash a perfectly good SDR. LMAO!
And if you really want to go down a rabbit hole – here is a link to a beacon page :: CLICK HERE :: – And yes i have spent too many hours hunting these when the noise level is down.
Folks – there is a ton of stuff out there on shortwave to find – PRO TIP : turn that piece of shit TV off and stop filling your mind with propaganda – read – take a walk – go to the range – listen to shortwave – fishing – for fuck’s sake just turn that TV off! I can talk to someone for about 2 minutes and I know pretty much how much TV news programming ( why do you think they call it programming ??? ) they watch – a 10 minute conversation and I can pretty much tell you what station is doing the programming – although not so much anymore since the programmers are all pretty much using the same exact script . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
And for you folks – part #4 of the series -me – personally I’m going with one of these from DXENGINEERING – more than likely the MFJ-1026 – just seems like the way to go for me – YMMV . . .
Currently running the Flamingo ( nooelec ) AM notch fliter – the RTL-SDR FM band pass filter – and it has helped some with noise – I was getting AM and FM “artifacts” all across the spectum and running these has helped that some.
I will keep playing with this as well as a mini-whip I’m going to try to cobble-up mount ( maybe kludge mount would be more accurate – LOL! ) this weekend – long wires in this type of electrical environment ARE noise magnets – you just learn to work around it as well as to just live with it. And the filters are helping some with the broadcast band interference – yes I know – one step at a time . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
He takes you step by step through what and how to set up a go bag SWL kit – really good step by step on how to put together a portable long wire – completely simple explanation without being condescending – pretty decent series – and if you get a chance check out his YouTube site – a lot of stuff there as well . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
A double feature for you folks to finish out your holiday – both of these are so bad – they are almost good – Y’all realize I preview all this stuff – right? – the things I do for you folks . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Ain’t nothing out there much more “American” than “bluegrass” – and THIS is GOOD stuff right here – Enjoy!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
And the third part of the series . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
MIKROWAVE1 dives headfirst into the rabbit hole with this video . . .
Probably the simplest solution – but NOT A CHEAP DATE! – is from DXEngineering – almost plug in solutions for you – 2 different models from them – the Noise Canceling Signal Enhancers MFJ-1025 @ $269.95 and the Noise Canceling Signal Enhancers MFJ-1026 @ $299.95 – the $30 dollar difference being an antenna on the unit itself – which helps you detect/cancel noise from your in-house environment. And believe you me – there is a tremendous amount of noise coming from in your house – LED light bulbs are very noisy – fan motors – such as the blower motor on your furnace or your a/c unit outside – or window unit – computers/monitors – TV’s – Everything that consumes electricity makes an electrical “splash” of some sort or the other.
One of the favorite things to do was night fishing – before the “crew” got all caught up in life – Yeah, I know – life ain’t bad, but this day to day shit will kill you – was to drag out the GE Super Radio with a set of fresh batteries in it while fishing and listen to the oldies show on AM radio out of Toronto, Canada just as clear as it it was a local station – on from 9pm to midnight – and no I don’t remember the call letters – but I remember damn near every catfish! . . .
One of the primary reasons it was so good – besides the radio? – you are out ( electrically speaking ) in the middle of nowhere – no interference! I worked some incredible AM broadcast band DX over the years while camping – and the vast majority of it was done with transistor pocket radios – nothing special or fancy . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
A couple of posts back we touched on noise filters – here’s part #1 of 2 from a channel called MIKROWAVE1 – go check him out – a bunch of good radio stuff – part#2 is coming right up . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
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