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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 . . .”

Most Bang For The Buck! – The Random Wire Antenna

The simplest antenna you can make/install? Run a speaker wire out the window and clip it on your radio – and you are in business. I have used random wire antennas almost exclusively since the early 1960’s – they are simple /cheap/easy – and they work! If you want to do a wire right –Continue reading “Most Bang For The Buck! – The Random Wire Antenna”

Radio New Zealand International – Starting Some Antenna Testing – Oh Boy!

Just a quick one here folks / antenna A is the DXE-RF-PRO-1B from DX Engineering – good stuff! / antenna B – A Random Wire / And antenna C is the Scanking HF Discone 0.05 To 2000 MHz Antenna from Nevada Radio (UK) The antennas vary widely in cost and mounting practices – and thereContinue reading “Radio New Zealand International – Starting Some Antenna Testing – Oh Boy!”

More Radio Stuff & Friday Music on Tuesday??

So once again – if something can be screwed up – it will be . . . Busy times, so I scheduled several posting to drop – don’t know for sure how I screwed up – but I managed to do it – OOPS . . . Now onto some radio stuff . . .Continue reading “More Radio Stuff & Friday Music on Tuesday??”

All I Get is Noise!!

Here is one approach to the issue . . . And there are other ways to mitigate noise – first pic is the is with the loop ( DXE-RF-PRO-1B ) facing 90/270 degrees – remember – as you are looking through the loop it hears equally well to the sides – the open is theContinue reading “All I Get is Noise!!”

SKY KING – SKY KING / DO NOT ANSWER . . .

I do so want a discone antenna – and THIS is quite a discone antenna . . . Maybe I can talk my CFO aka Blushing Bride into one of these – I’m not holding out hope for a Collins built 70 footer – LOL! Been working on the radio room and just about haveContinue reading “SKY KING – SKY KING / DO NOT ANSWER . . .”

KBS on 15575 – Random Wire vs Loop And Some Pi4 Stuff . . .

Here is the station we are looking at/listening to . . . Switched over to the wire antenna . . . And here’s the loop antenna . . . Do you remember the 3 most important rules of real estate – Location / Location / Location?? SWL ( Short Wave Listening ) has the sameContinue reading “KBS on 15575 – Random Wire vs Loop And Some Pi4 Stuff . . .”

Loop vs Random Wire / 10/05/24 – 17.570 @ 1215 UTC

This first one is the loop antenna . . . This second one is the wire antenna . . . Not too shabby – World Adventist Radio / Madagascar – 100KW I believe . . . If conditions are decent – they both perform well – when it’s crap conditions the loop will tend toContinue reading “Loop vs Random Wire / 10/05/24 – 17.570 @ 1215 UTC”

Does All This “Stuff” REALLY Make a Difference? – MFJ-16010??

Working off of my random wire antenna this morning. And it is a good morning for it – very quiet conditions. Here is what your seeing in the video – FEBC – Far East Broadcasting Company – 15620khz – pushing 100 kilowatts – not the brightest flashlight in the room – but a GOOD signalContinue reading “Does All This “Stuff” REALLY Make a Difference? – MFJ-16010??”

Random Wire Plan B Done! – Not quite as thrilling as the conclusion of “Plan 9 from Outer Space” – But It’s Done . . .

And it works for me! Used the D ring that was on the side facing the tree not the shed – grand daughter didn’t want to hang off the side of the ladder to get to the shed side of the mast to add another D ring – I tried the old “no guts –Continue reading “Random Wire Plan B Done! – Not quite as thrilling as the conclusion of “Plan 9 from Outer Space” – But It’s Done . . .”