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!!

And the third part of the series . . .

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!!