Neil -- Here's the email I received on October 11 from Allen Kiddoo, KT0TT, operator of the Muscatine SDR:
"I started out with an untuned 26' dipole, which was fair on 20 and 40 meters but poor on 80 meters or lower. About 2 weeks ago, I changed to a home made active loop. It is a hula hoop spiral wrapped with 1/2" wide copper tape. Total length of tape would be about 20'. Loop is connected to a 30db amp with balance-wound balun. Loop is about 5' above ground in side yard. 55' of RG6u runs back to the Kiwi. Cost to build the loop was less than $20." I asked Allen if he had plans to upgrade to an antenna that would better receive AM and longwave, since I've noticed that there's a lot of noise on the lower end of the AM band (from about 800 Khz) on down and quite a bit on LW. He said he's constantly experimenting and hopes to come up with something that'll eliminate much, if not all, of the buzz. I'm hopeful, since I've spent a LOT of time on it in the past month. Incidentally, its URL is http://www.kt0tt.dynu.net:8073 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska ________________________________ From: IRCA <[email protected]> on behalf of Neil Kazaross <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2018 12:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IRCA] October 18-31 AM loggings - Davenport, IA logbook Hi Rick, what's the antenna on this SDR? 73 KAZ On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 10:10 PM Mike Sanburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Congrats on the KRAI logging ( and the rest ) I remember how glad I was to > log KRAI here in CA many years back. ms > > Sent from my iPod > > On Oct 31, 2018, at 8:08 PM, "Rick Dau" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > All times ELT. > > > > > > > DX LOGGINGS > > > > 550 KRAI CO Craig - 10/18 2210 - Topping the channel with Denver > Broncos FB //KOA-850. CO #7. (RD-IA) > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
