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”
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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”
Ongoing Configuration Changes
So . . . I was asked by someone about a good (not a cheapie dongle) SDR to start with and my standard answer has been Airspy Discovery HF+ . . . they came back a day or so later with “I really don’t want to drop $200 bucks into this “hobby” just to getContinue reading “Ongoing Configuration Changes”
And This Thing . . .
Ended up at $200 out the door . . . “And then there’s this fucking thing” A big shout out to one of my favorite youtubers – Chris Boden – as a wrench bender on and off for the majority of my life I really enjoy his videos – go check him out – wellContinue reading “And This Thing . . .”
Do It Inside – from Fred in the Shed
Great video from Fred in the Shed about the outside vs inside antenna thing. Think about it – you live in a box that dampens the signals coming in and tends to trap all the noise your “stuff” is making inside – outside is better – but – it does take some effort to setContinue reading “Do It Inside – from Fred in the Shed”
If You Can’t Give Me Love . . .
Can’t explain it – but I knew YOU needed this! Sporadic posting is an understatement – go ahead and retire Bruce – relax, enjoy the free time – Baby Jesus! Trying to set this up – First one was D.O.A. – that’s like the second time in my life I have bought a discounted openContinue reading “If You Can’t Give Me Love . . .”
Wooferton Transmitting Station – This is London Calling . . .
Obviously the glory days of the BBC World Service are done and long gone . . . A decent article about Wooferton transmitting station can be FOUND HERE ON WIKI – And here’s a quick clip of Wooferton carrying some Radio Farda programming – 9/01/25 1600 South Dakota time – 2100 UTC . . .Continue reading “Wooferton Transmitting Station – This is London Calling . . .”
SCANKING HF Discone – not a re-hash . . .
So I actually covered this in a post – <<<CLICK HERE>>> – this is just some thoughts on the antenna – not the best performer until you get above 30Mhz – it does work below 30 – but it is a compromise – it performs quite well for VHF and UHF – haven’t found anythingContinue reading “SCANKING HF Discone – not a re-hash . . .”
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