Re: [IRCA] Airport-Friendly 3.5 inch FSL-- "Heathkit-like" Construction Article

[R. Colin Newell]

I have one of the revisions as PDF in my downloads area on DXER.ca and will 
have the final version there soon as well. 

Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC

> On Jul 8, 2017, at 8:07 PM, DXer  wrote:
> 
> Holy smokes, Gary, you went above and beyond the 'call of duty' on this one.
> 
> My only minor, maybe even irrelevant suggestion, would be to PDF it for 
> distribution. This way there is no risk of formatting issues, caused by 
> different word processing software used for reading.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Vince
> Ottawa, ON
> 
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[IRCA] TP 8 July Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

A reasonable improvement today, more on the Aussie side.



pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, 
at least briefly):


no


Reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it 
understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):


no





not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or 
noise could be understood by a native speaker:


774 man in DU English 1214UT, sports report?
891 woman in DU English 1203UT




Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be 
guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in 
talk or music)


747 man mumbling in a Japanese sort of way 1128UT, too much 750 
splash to tell; the woman talking next sounded like the swooping 
tones of one of the English instructors, but English lessons not 
listed just then?
1116 woman talking  DU English inflection 1220UT; without splash, 
likely some would have been readable.







Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or 
ravaged by splatter)


1287seemed to be Asian;
594 621 702 756 882 891 909 1098  seemed to be DU



best wishes,

Nick



Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada

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[IRCA] Airport-Friendly 3.5 inch FSL-- "Heathkit-like" Construction Article

[DXer]

Holy smokes, Gary, you went above and beyond the 'call of duty' on this one.

My only minor, maybe even irrelevant suggestion, would be to PDF it for 
distribution. This way there is no risk of formatting issues, caused by 
different word processing software used for reading.


Regards,

Vince
Ottawa, ON


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[IRCA] TEST?

[Pete Taylor]

I am curious as to why my cell phone test to “irca@hard-core-dx.com 
” won’t to through. Does anyone have any ideas?

Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
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HQ180 & ICF2010
Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops
DX398, SRF-59 & M37V
Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380






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[IRCA] Airport-Friendly 3.5 inch FSL-- "Heathkit-like" Construction Article

[d1028gary]

For those looking for a new hobby challenge, the "Heathkit-like" full 
construction article for the 3.5" (89mm) Baby FSL antenna (23 pages long) has 
been completed, and is posted at 
http://www.mediafire.com/file/pnfm8909c77zjoy/3.5inch-FF-FSL.doc 

This design is actually a more compact version of the 2012-year 5" FSL antenna 
(which also had a full construction article), which was tested and found to be 
competitive with a 4 foot (1.22m) air core box loop. By replacing the 660/46 
Litz wire with the newer, more sensitive 1162/46 type and augmenting the 
ferrite sleeve with slightly longer rods, this compact "airport-friendly" 
design matches the high gain performance of the larger 2012 model. Protected by 
a matched-size plastic tote packed in hand-carry luggage, it was designed to be 
compact and rugged, and fully up to the challenge of frequent air travel. 
Already these "airport-friendly" FSL antennas have successfully passed through 
TSA screening 7 times here on the west coast, and have provided high-gain DXing 
excitement for both Craig Barnes and me during our April Hawaii DXpeditions. 
The article includes FSL operating tips (useful for any FSL antenna) and 
recommendations for travel DXing. Good luck to all who accept the
  challenge! 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 

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