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The Sony ICF-2010

The video is pretty spot on – this was one of the best “civilian” receivers ever available – I still fire mine up every so often . . . FFS folks – don’t store them with batteries in them!! The direct entry is nice – just enter the freq and you’re listening to it! IContinue reading “The Sony ICF-2010”

Now THIS Is Interesting!

Typical morning – a little dx – a little reading – ran across this thread at radio reference dot com – now this caught my attention – I literally wiped a refurb (new to me) windows box out trying to get a dongle running – instant paperweight! Wiped out the USB link library – poofContinue reading “Now THIS Is Interesting!”

Airspy HF+ Discovery

Finally – a look at the Airspy HF+ Discovery – one of the best SDR’s out there for the money – SWL FREQUENCY RANGE – 0.5Khz to 31Mhz / vhf coverage 64Mhz to 260Mhz / FM Broadcast BAND 64Mhz – 118Mhz / VHF Aviation Band 118Mhz to 280Mhz. The primary coverage freq’s for SWL –Continue reading “Airspy HF+ Discovery”

A Good Score to Start the Day! – Radio Mosoj Chaski and a “Fight Club” Update!

A 10kilowatt station at 3310kHz in Bolivia – with the Airspy HF+ Discovery/SDRConsole(V3)/LoopOnGround(LOG) – Tuesday app. 2230 UTC A 10,000 watt station out of Bolivia – every once in a while I think about replacing the airspy and then grab something like this – same antenna/same time this didn’t even show up on any ofContinue reading “A Good Score to Start the Day! – Radio Mosoj Chaski and a “Fight Club” Update!”

The Switchboard – For Lack of a Better Term – Explained . . .

One of the nice things about the Switchboard (it is a board with a bunch of switches on it – right?) is the ability to choose between 5 different antennas without having to disconnect and reconnect coax. That gets really old really fast. Bruce – 5 different antennas – REALLY?? Isn’t there one antenna thatContinue reading “The Switchboard – For Lack of a Better Term – Explained . . .”

You Ever Wonder – What Is a Sad Ham?

Besides the ones that got left at the grocery store during the Easter rush . . . People ask me – Bruce, why have you never gotten an amateur radio license? Two Reasons – Come May of 2027 it will be 64 years of chasing signals – and I have never gotten bored with it.Continue reading “You Ever Wonder – What Is a Sad Ham?”

Ground Loops

OOPS! – Wrong ground loop – LMAO! If you spend enough time digging through YouTube videos on SWL (Short Wave Listening) and amateur radio antennas you will run into Loop On Ground antennas for receiving. The simple fact is that they do work – not a miracle cure-all for all situations – but rather thinkContinue reading “Ground Loops”

Took a Quickie “Turn and Burn” Road Trip

So I drove to Hot Spring SD and back – 13 hours – gas stop – about an hour break – gas stop – and home – talk about feeling like a hot steaming pile of puppy poop the next day -Oh My!! – 794 miles in a hurry . . . Ex – sonContinue reading “Took a Quickie “Turn and Burn” Road Trip”

More Radio Stuff & Busy Busy Besides

retire they said – it will be fun – you will have so much time on your hands they said So this was what I started with . . . first the loop and random wire – then added the discone . . . left to right – random wire – PRO 1B loop –Continue reading “More Radio Stuff & Busy Busy Besides”

Starting (slowly) To Come Together

(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 dragContinue reading “Starting (slowly) To Come Together”