[IRCA] Fun catch

[Mark4]

One early result from playbacks of the recent Desert DXPedition:

353kHz"LLD"  LANAI HI On a 2200-ft Beverage at 255 degrees, into a 
Perseus SDR.



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Re: [IRCA] ESPN

[Mark4]

Indeed, Walt.  Especially since with a 2500-foot Bev, courtesy of NHP, I've 
also got a boatload of NDBs to look at :-)



Cheers!

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-Original Message- 
From: Volodya S

Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2017 4:14 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] ESPN

Wow, 354 Gb!   Ouch!   Even when I'm at my DX cabin for a couple of weeks,
I rarely go beyond 100 Gb of DX from my Perseus SDR.  I'd say that's many
100s of hours of work now to go through!   73,  Walt

On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 12:44 PM,  wrote:


YES to both, Kaz.  I'm at the cabin, listening to 354 Gb of SDR recordings
taken in the desert with Nick Hall-Patch a couple of weeks ago.

No antenna up yet; need some encouragement!


Cheers!

Mark Durenberger

-Original Message- From: Neil Kazaross

Mark are you at your cabin or out in the desert?  73 KAZ
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Re: [IRCA] ESPN

[Mark4]

YES to both, Kaz.  I'm at the cabin, listening to 354 Gb of SDR recordings 
taken in the desert with Nick Hall-Patch a couple of weeks ago.


No antenna up yet; need some encouragement!


Cheers!

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-Original Message- 
From: Neil Kazaross


Mark are you at your cabin or out in the desert?  73 KAZ 


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Re: [IRCA] ESPN

[Mark4]

Thanks Paul.  Hmmm...just walked through an SDR recording of two west-coast 
stations from :58 to :04 and heard no breaks.  Maybe the ESPN crew wasn't 
paying attention?



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-Original Message- 
From: Paul B. Walker, Jr.

Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2017 9:12 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] ESPN

not surprisingly, im pretty sure its at the actual top of hour.



On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 10:11 AM,  wrote:

What time around TOH does ESPN Sports allow a window for local station 
IDs?



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[IRCA] ESPN

[Mark4]

What time around TOH does ESPN Sports allow a window for local station IDs?


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Re: [IRCA] Radio Club(s) Convention Station Tour

[Mark4]

Mike: 'Beggars can't be choosers' etc but it would REALLY be slick if we 
could see the transmitter site!


Cheers!

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-Original Message- 
From: Mike Sanburn

Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 2:27 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: [IRCA] Radio Club(s) Convention Station Tour

It looks like we are set for a studio tour of KKOH 780 this August at the 
IRCA/NRC/DecalComania convention.  'Gonna try to arrange a couple more. 
Make plans to join us there now!! Registration details are available in the 
various bulletins as well as on the I.R.C.A. website: 
www.ircaonline.org  Have a great weekend---73 
Mike Sanburn  KG6LJU

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Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] New logging

[Mark4]

Nicely done, Chuck and replacing that pot with a fixed resistor is a nice 
touch!


(Just scored my own 24-count canvas bag of those military poles!)


Mark Durenberger

-Original Message- 
From: Guy Atkins

Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 3:01 PM
To: Charles Rippel
Cc: Gilles Letourneau ; Ralph Brandi ; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net ; 
m...@googlegroups.com ; Todd Emslie ; Mailing list for the International 
Radio Club of America ; a...@nrcdxas.org ; Dave Valko ; David & Victoria 
Morgan ; Tom Stiles

Subject: Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] New logging

Love it! A deceptively simple antenna, Chuck, but it works great. Flag
variations are so versatile. I hope you catch some good WCNA DX with it!

73, Guy


On Feb 5, 2017 7:13 AM, "Charles Rippel"  wrote:


Hi all,

Been working on a Superloop MW antenna which I can manually slew.  It's
been a project for the past couple weekends (building/staining the wooden
supports, mainly) and completed it yesterday, the 4th.  Its dimensions are
36 X 16' and is constructed so that I can physically move one end of the
antenna to have the array favor NW, S or heading of choice.  The antenna 
is

fed with 75 ohm RG-6 quad shield bought at the Home Depot for $43 / 500'
and a packet of quad-shield "F connectors.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Southwire-500-ft-Black-RG6U-
Quad-Shield-Coaxial-Cable-56918445/202316309

Instead of installing a fixed value resistor in one corner, I went one
step further and for the purpose of tuning the null, built a fixture which
holds a 2K, non-inductive variable resistor to take the place of the fixed
resistor network.  The variable resistor can be adjusted for the best 
null,
removed, then the value read with a DVM which provides a value for a 
fixed,

more easily weatherproofed, CARBON FILM resistor network to be inserted in
place of the variable resistor.  With the loop "looking" generally west, I
used a C-Crane Skywave, which had been modified by removing the internal
ferrite bar and an external MW antenna input added   Tuned the radio to
WCBS 880, about 300 miles up the coast, then connected the Skywave radio 
to

the loop feed-point with a cable long enough to reach back to the tuning
resistor end of the loop.  Adjusted the variable pot for the best null of
WCBS which is generally off the back of the antenna  The adjustments took
place at approximately 3PM; both the station and my location were still
in daylight.

Frankly, I was amazed at the results.  By adjusting the resistor, (the
final value was 371 ohms) the loop would nearly completely null WCBS which
gave way to a station with a latin format on the frequency.  In winter,
WCBS can be heard here on a 24/7 basis at approximately the "S-9" level.

I detuned everything, grabbed my iPhone, went through the process a second
time and recorded a short video, linked below.

https://youtu.be/ugLKjTuncsw

Next step is to review Mark Durenberger's, "Field Information on the
Double D-Kaz Antenna" which has details on moving the nulling pot inside
along with a couple articles on suppressing common mode pickup.  Who 
knows,

I have 2 supports; this may turn into a D-KAZ v/s the Superloop.  It also
comes apart and is compact enough to go in the back of a pickup for a trip
to False Cape State Park, south of Virginia Beach, VA for some seaside
magic.

Chuck Rippel
Chesapeake, VA

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1290  WNBN  Meridian MS

1-31  0059 EST

Good with spots for Tax Time Check Cashing and Ted's Alternator and
Starter, including locations and phone numbers; into old school R tune 
by

Candi Staton.  No ID heard - long live local ads!

Steve Francis
Alcoa, Tennessee

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Re: [IRCA] First report from Murray Harbour, PEI

[Mark4]

Thanks Doc.  Nick: What size D-KAZ?

Mark Durenberger

-Original Message- 
From: Walter Salmaniw

Sent: Monday, November 07, 2016 7:33 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: [IRCA] First report from Murray Harbour, PEI

A good start to our DXpedition to this farmhouse in south-eastern PEI.
Joined by well-known DXers Bruce Conti, Neil Wolfish, Brent Taylor, and
Nick Hall-Patch, I felt like a newbie with such a profusion of TA and
African targets.  The star antenna, IMHO, is the DKAZ erected by Nick aimed
60 degrees, in many instances outperforming a 1500' Beverage/BOG in the
same direction, and vastly superior to corner fed super loop.  73,  Walt
Salmaniw


BENIN 1566, 2208-, TWR Africa Nov 6 Up to very good reception of TWR Africa
in French with IDs and postal address at 22:09.  Then an interesting
sounding IS twice (not the usual TWR), and into  an English ID as TWR
Benin.  Rapidly faded down into oblivion. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

ERITREA 845, 0318-, Dimtsi Hafash 2 Nov 7 A very nice dawn enhancement
noted over east Africa with typical Horn of Africa music.  Not as strong as
Sudan on 765 (and 1296) but still very listenable. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour
PEI)

GIBRALTAR 1458, 2355-, Radio Gibraltar Nov 5 Very nice reception, and // to
their internet feed, but of course, fading down and now cochannel to
several other stations.  Time check for 12:00 in English, so likely a UK
station.  But came back with a nice 'Radio Gibralatar' jingle ID at 00:02.
(Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

GREENLAND 720, 0440-, KNR Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa Nov 7 Excellent
reception in Greenlandic.  Almost sounded a bit like south Pacific islands
music for a bit!  Parallel to their internet feed found at:
http://tunein.com/radio/Kalaallit-Nunaata-Radioa-720-s102522/   A little
later, was replaced by the BBCWS, likely from Lisnagarvery with listed 10
kW.  Latter at fair/good level. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

IRELAND 1494, 0337-, Nonstop 90s Nov 6 This just has to be Ireland with
clearly accented English then into music.  Fades down to nothing at times,
though.  Only one that makes sense to me!  Checked the online receiver at
the University of Twente, and sure enough, it's them.  Mostly music, but
with announcements in English clearly (more or less) heard.  I'm very
pleased with this catch.  Faded before 04:00, but no longer sounds
English.  Neil Wolfish tells me, however, that they apparently went off the
air, and so it might be a Pirate instead.  Comments, anyone?.
(Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)


ISLE OF MAN 1368, 0900-, Manx Radio Nov 6 Nice ID at 09:00, including 'Isle
of Man'.  Fair reception.  Probably commonly heard, but still a thrill for
me, a west coast DXer!. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

LITHUANIA 1386, 0014-, Radio Baltic Waves International Nov 7 With Radio
Svoboda (Liberty) relay at excellent level with program in Russian.  A very
nice variety program.  Seems a lot more interesting compared to VOA
Russian. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

MAURITANIA 783, 0458-, Radio Mauritanie Nov 7 Very strong reception with
presumed call to Prayer.  Parallel to on-line feed on
http://www.radiomauritanie.mr/  Nothing at the TOH, just continued with
same. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

MOLDOVA 1413, 0045-, Vesti FM Nov 7 Dominating now for some time, with
weather and an ad for an upcoming fishing program.  At 00:57  now hearing
Spain cochannel.  Good to very good at times. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

NORTHERN IRELAND 1341, 0900-, BBC Radio Ulster Nov 6 Very good reception
announcing 98 95 FM and 1341, 'This is BBC Radio Ulster'. (Salmaniw,Murray
Harbour PEI)

OMAN 1413, -, BBC Nov 7 Cochannel, just before the TOH with Grigoriopol
in Russian, but soon dominated with BBC gongs and into listed Dari.  Vesti
back to dominate as I type this at 00:45. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

PIRATE 1730, 0246-, unid Pirate Nov 7 Non-stop music, sometimes at good
levels, but in the 30+ minutes I monitored, not a word was spoken.  Carrier
cut at 02:46:19.  Anyone have any ideas who this might be?  Deep Purple's
Smoke on the Water at 02:35. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

PIRATE? 1730, 0124-, Unid Nov 6 Fair reception playing American Pie, but
with a lot of static crashes.  At 01:31, playing The Night They Drove Old
Dixie Down.  Anyone have any ideas?. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

SAO TOME PRINCIPE 1530, 0258-, Voice of America Nov 6 Yankee Doodle, and
into VOA ID at 03:00 and English news.  Cochannel 15 kW Romania.  Sometimes
one stronger, and sometimes the other, but mostly the edge to STP.  Good
reception. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

SAO TOME PRINCIPE 1530, 0300-, VOA Nov 7 Very strong reception tonight
compared to last night with Yankee Doodle starting at 02:58, and into
English with Daybreak Africa. Romania only weakly heard. (Salmaniw,Murray
Harbour PEI)

SUDAN 765, 0310-, SRTC Sudan Radio Nov 7 Very good reception and // to 1296
during local dawn enhancement.  Very nice!  Horn of Africa type 

Re: [IRCA] WC Nov 5 snapshot - SDR shoot-out

[Mark4]

I'm with you on this one Chuck.  I've been running Perseus for years with 
old garden-variety dual-core machines with nary a hiccup.


Mark Durenberger

-Original Message- 
From: Chuck Hutton

Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2016 10:09 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] WC Nov 5 snapshot - SDR shoot-out

Yet my cheapo ($60) Atom Z3735F tablets run Perseus SW with no problems.

Chuck

From: IRCA  on behalf of Keith 


Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2016 7:57 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] WC Nov 5 snapshot - SDR shoot-out

http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s2/
[http://shop.elad-usa.com/images/products/fdm-s2.jpg]

Elad FDM-S2
shop.elad-usa.com
FDM-S2 is the second device born in our line ELAD SDR Samplers. Direct 
sampling receiver based on 122.88MHz 16bit single channel ADC converter 
covering HF 6m and ...





I found that you need to have a quad core running at least 2.5 ghz or so
to avoid any stuttering issues at full bandwidth of 2 mhz for MW.   Each
setup has it's own issues (I had mine early on with both the Perseus and
ELAD) and it takes time and patience.  But that being said I'll never go
back to desktop receiver like the Drake.  In fact I'll be putting my
Drake R8A, Grundig Sat 800 and a couple of others up on EBAY soon.  I
will keep my Eton E1 which comes very very close to the Drake in
performance.

I did use a Lenovo Ideapad (can't tell you which model right now...gave
it to my son earlier this year) but now I use an MSI G72 gaming laptop
(this was a little more money LOL..around $1100).  It has a high end i7
quad core processor running Win 10.  I upgraded mainly due to the fact
that in the summer I run the ELAD for FM captures during Eskip Openings
(6 mhz capture) and the Airspy SDR (for 8 mhz captures).  Running both
at the same and recording (to external drives) has been pretty flawless.

Keith



On 11/5/2016 10:40 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote:
On the Elad Store I was sure it was around 500EU or more... Will look 
again.


Don't get me wrong - open to new things - the ELAD sample I'm using just 
doesn't compete with the R8 or the 7030+. Maybe they are just hot examples 
of 2 great receivers.


Products I'm using the Elad with:
QuadCore Lenovo T250, Toshiba netbook (chatters when anything other than 
the Elad is running...) and a Dell AIO 7440 (worth $1400)


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


On Nov 5, 2016, at 7:25 PM, Keith  wrote:

Ok...Love my ELAD.  Live in a very RF rich area (just south of Boston 
MA).  Had a Drake R8A and loved it.  Got the Perseus and it beat the R8A 
by a decent margin imho.  Then I bought the ELAD mainly for its wide band 
FM capture capability.  Found that in most cases it's the equal to or 
better than the Perseus especially in audio quality which I find to be 
much softer on these aging ears than the Perseus.  The one area I'd give 
the Perseus a big plus on was NDB dxng.


Also if you are only dxng MW (or NDB's and SW) and not FM then a middle 
of the road laptop will suffice.  I purchased a refurb Lenovo quad core a 
few years back for about $350 and it worked fine for everything and 
wasn't too bad at handling the load for FM captures.  Also the ELAD is 
$519.00 USD ($695 Canadian) and not $1000.  A lot less than the Perseus. 
The great part about the ELAD if you are an FM dxer is that no external 
downcoverter is needed (like you need for the Perseus) so no additional 
cost.


Keith McGinnis
Hingham MA
ELAD SDR with 50x100 switched termination superloop running NE/SW and a 
Wellbrook 1530LNP Imperium along with a DX Engineering NCC1 Phaser for 
LW, MW and SW.  2 Innov 11 element antennas with Bolin Phase Box 
for FM



On 11/5/2016 9:19 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote:
There is a noticeable difference with audio quality between Laptops and 
work stations.


Consider this: $1000 Elad + $1000 laptop gives you a decent set up...
But a 2nd hand Drake at $700 mops the floor with the Elad. Do the math.
I know SDR's are the future but the Elad or Perseus are paper weights 
without a solid PC desktop or laptop.


If you run the Elad with the ATT off, there is "ADC" clipping, whatever 
that is -- and I'm in a low signal area. The only choice is clicking ATT 
ON. But no mention anywhere I could find what the attenuation is.


No passband tuning with the Elad and without a high quality wheel mouse 
or gaming mouse, actually operating the Elad is a two handed operation.


Still going to keep the comparison going. Gotta know.

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


On Nov 5, 2016, at 4:13 PM, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:

I can't comment on the Elad, but the Perseus is superb.  Every bit as 
good
as any of the best 

[IRCA] RADIOS ON!

[Mark4]

830 Casper is killing WCCO, my local flamethrower, at 620 PM.

Mark Durenberger
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[IRCA] WATERPROOF BOXES (was: DKAZ questions)

[Mark4]

Guy, I ordered a bunch of these and have been getting e-mails in bad English 
about running into customs problems, and so sorry, and if I send my PayPal 
info he'll refund the money etc..  So it might have become a bad bet but tnx 
anyway.  On the other hand the boxes may eventually arrive and I'll be the 
first to apologize.


Meanwhile if someone IS looking for small waterproof boxes, try this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E0H7HFK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8=1

Mine arrived in the usual two days and are very well-built.


I'm halfway through a complete how-to story on waterproofing antenna 
terminations and hope to have this published in a week or two.


Cheers!

Mark Durenberger

-Original Message- 
From: Guy Atkins


Last year I came upon this weatherproof model and have found the quality to 
be very impressive for the price:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1x-Waterproof-Plastic-Enclosure-Electronic-Project-Box-Instrument-Case-DIY-Hot-/271598155425 


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Re: [IRCA] DKAZ questions

[Mark4]

Thanks Nick.  Careful measurements this summer suggested there was no noise 
difference between an FLG/transformer/Coax and FLG/straight coax.  (Yes 
there's a 1:2 transformer added to the mix when the FLG feeds coax.)  But 
I'm in a very quiet area, QRM-wise, so that test might have been irrelevant.


Yes I've gone to Amazon and purchased weatherproof boxes, feed-throughs and 
weather-proof wire-to-wire connectors.  Using that approach I'd sleep better 
leaving an FLG100 out in the rain and cold.


As you know I'm planning to anchor and terminate the Cat-5 inside these 
enclosures, to eliminate potential wire breakage.  The banana plugs will 
stay on the PORTABLE antennas but that Cat-5 will have stranded pigtails. 
Live and learn. 


And I sure can't argue with you guys that the FLG-at-the-antenna is a solid, 
simple solution.  What got me started on "amp in shack" in the first place 
was a wish to be able to easily reverse the antenna.  But I couldn't find a 
noise-based reason not to continue with that approach.


Cheers!

MD

-Original Message- 
From: Nick Hall-Patch

Sent: Friday, October 07, 2016 9:52 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] DKAZ questions

Thanks Mark.   I do think that your points about twisted pair are
correct, and it would be intriguing to see if using twisted pair with
the FLG100 would make any further difference to the noise
pickup.   My suspicion is not, but it's only a suspicion.One of
the things one seems to be paying for with the FLG100, as with the
ALA100, is eliminating the concerns about noise being conveyed on the
coax shield, which is what a balanced pair will do for you as well,
at lower cost.

The difference for me has been the "out of the box" nature of the
FLG100 solution.  There are costs and costs, and time has been a big
one of them in my years as a DXer.And once the FLG100 is up,
there's been no tinkering with connections.

One thing that has made twisted pair not "out of the box" for me has
been the lack of remotely weatherproof connectors at a price that  is
not at least a down payment on a FLG100 (and yes, the BNC on the coax
is not totally weatherproof, but a few inches of rubber tape is
pretty close).If you have something that works well with CAT5
(banana plugs don't count; I've been troubleshooting with you,
remember), then I am all ears.I think we discussed feed-through
glands at one time.  Is that what you have in mind?

best wishes,

Nick




At 11:58 07-10-16, you wrote:
I do love the way the varied interests in this hobby are propagated through 
this club from member to member and I'm grateful for the knowledge and 
experience that's so freely shared.


One baby elephant in the room is Mark's antenna "ambience."  If his QTH 
there in the Land O' Goshen is in a field of electrical interference (and 
perhaps significant local RF?), the noise gathered by the lead-in may be an 
issue best resolved not by common-mode choking but by "balancing" the 
feed-lines.


I've bored folks to death by espousing the balanced twisted-pair approach, 
in the form of Category cable (Cat 5, Cat5e etc) with an impedance around 
110 ohms.  IMHO such a BALANCED transmission line pretty much eliminates 
stray pickup without the need for common-mode choking.  Cat-5 sells for 
around $45/1000 feet...although if the budget allows, I'd go for STRANDED 
Cat-5.


As I type this I'm watching the Perseus on a D-Kaz facing mostly west and 
watching Seattle rolling in, here in North-Central Minnesota.  Using a 9:1 
transformer and Cat-5 with a DXE RPA-1 in the shack and watching a noise 
floor of -111 dbm in 5 kHz, after the amplifier's 15 db gain.


An absolute YES to the Vactrol approach for the null component.  The design 
for that circuit somewhat obviates the potential for stray common-mode 
pickup, so coax may work FB, but again...twisted-pair is so easy to 
implement.


As to mounting the RF amplifier at the antenna:  I've tried the FLG and the 
DXE, planting them both at the antenna and in the shack.  Like Don Moman, I 
can't really find any significant improvement...though in theory 
antenna-mounting of the amplifier is the better approach; weathering issues 
notwithstanding.  (You would however, need a balancing transformer after 
the amplifier if you fed twisted-pair.)


A winterized installation at my site would include twisted-pair lead-ins, a 
9:1 transformer and a Vactrol control, mounted in weatherproof boxes and 
the amplifier in the nice warm shack.  Amazon fans have found all sizes of 
weatherproof boxes and wire feed-throughs:


At Amazon's greedy query, type in: "Cable Connect Waterproof Plastic Case 
Junction Box" and "Plastic Waterproof Cable Connectors"


Decent transformers (if you don't have strong RF nearby) 
http://www.minicircuits.com/pdfs/T9-1.pdf



Now for the famous YMMV Have fun Mark; continue to share your 
experiences!



Mark Durenberger, CPBE


-Original Message- From: 

Re: [IRCA] DKAZ questions

[Mark4]

I do love the way the varied interests in this hobby are propagated through 
this club from member to member and I'm grateful for the knowledge and 
experience that's so freely shared.


One baby elephant in the room is Mark's antenna "ambience."  If his QTH 
there in the Land O' Goshen is in a field of electrical interference (and 
perhaps significant local RF?), the noise gathered by the lead-in may be an 
issue best resolved not by common-mode choking but by "balancing" the 
feed-lines.


I've bored folks to death by espousing the balanced twisted-pair approach, 
in the form of Category cable (Cat 5, Cat5e etc) with an impedance around 
110 ohms.  IMHO such a BALANCED transmission line pretty much eliminates 
stray pickup without the need for common-mode choking.  Cat-5 sells for 
around $45/1000 feet...although if the budget allows, I'd go for STRANDED 
Cat-5.


As I type this I'm watching the Perseus on a D-Kaz facing mostly west and 
watching Seattle rolling in, here in North-Central Minnesota.  Using a 9:1 
transformer and Cat-5 with a DXE RPA-1 in the shack and watching a noise 
floor of -111 dbm in 5 kHz, after the amplifier's 15 db gain.


An absolute YES to the Vactrol approach for the null component.  The design 
for that circuit somewhat obviates the potential for stray common-mode 
pickup, so coax may work FB, but again...twisted-pair is so easy to 
implement.


As to mounting the RF amplifier at the antenna:  I've tried the FLG and the 
DXE, planting them both at the antenna and in the shack.  Like Don Moman, I 
can't really find any significant improvement...though in theory 
antenna-mounting of the amplifier is the better approach; weathering issues 
notwithstanding.  (You would however, need a balancing transformer after the 
amplifier if you fed twisted-pair.)


A winterized installation at my site would include twisted-pair lead-ins, a 
9:1 transformer and a Vactrol control, mounted in weatherproof boxes and the 
amplifier in the nice warm shack.  Amazon fans have found all sizes of 
weatherproof boxes and wire feed-throughs:


At Amazon's greedy query, type in: "Cable Connect Waterproof Plastic Case 
Junction Box" and "Plastic Waterproof Cable Connectors"


Decent transformers (if you don't have strong RF nearby) 
http://www.minicircuits.com/pdfs/T9-1.pdf



Now for the famous YMMV Have fun Mark; continue to share your 
experiences!



Mark Durenberger, CPBE


-Original Message- 
From: Mark Pettifor


Thanks for the advice guys - much appreciated!

I should also publicly thank Tim Tromp for getting me interested in the DKAZ 
to begin with.

Mark

On 2016-10-06 10:02 pm, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
Agreed.They do cost a fair amount (mind you the exchange rate with the 
pound isn't bad right now), but are solidly built and work very well. 
Money well spent.



Nick

At 22:17 06-10-16, you wrote:

I very strongly recommend the Wellbrook FLG100LN, They go right at the
antenna and replace your xfmr. Now what is picked up by the antenna is
amped 22 dB whereas what is picked up by the coax is not amped at all.

I have two of these and they've survived IL weather for over 3 years.  73
KAZ Barrington IL

On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Mark Pettifor  
wrote:


> For those of you who have DKAZ antennas, which preamp do you use? Do 
> you
> find it makes much difference whether you put it at the antenna or in 
> the

> shack?
>
> I need to "finish" construction on mine. Right now, I have two 470-ohm
> resistors alligator-clipped together for the null end, and a hand-wound
> transformer (my first ever) on a core made of unknown material, to go 
> from

> 940 to 50 into a 50-ohm feedline RG-8X, 150 feet. That is also
> alligator-clipped together. It was for testing, ya know?  :^)
>
> It's been pretty good as is, but I want to get it ready to survive the
> winter.
>
> BTW, it's amazing the amount of noise just a short length of RG-8X 100%
> shielded coax will pick up. I have it mostly on the ground, but have a
> small part of the run overhead for now (30 feet?) so I don't mow over 
> it.



> Thanks!
>
> Mark Pettifor


> Near Goshen, INdx.com 


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Re: [IRCA] 730 Billings new call?

[Mark4]

Sorry: QTH North-Central Minnesota

Mark Durenberger

-Original Message- 
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Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2016 9:14 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Cc: Donald Barnes
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 730 Billings new call?

Chuckles time:  This morning I DID capture KYYA...ironically the ID didn't
include the City of License (Billings)

Pretty decent morning...the Seattle guys are making it over here, trampling
on stations normally in the way...

-Original Message- 
From: ma...@durenberger.com

Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 9:07 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Cc: Donald Barnes
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 730 Billings new call?

Yeah...I played it again...after about the third time I heard "Goodland."

Thanks!

MD

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From: Donald Barnes via IRCA

Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 7:22 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Cc: Donald Barnes
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 730 Billings new call?

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Re: [IRCA] 730 Billings new call?

[Mark4]

Chuckles time:  This morning I DID capture KYYA...ironically the ID didn't 
include the City of License (Billings)


Pretty decent morning...the Seattle guys are making it over here, trampling 
on stations normally in the way...


-Original Message- 
From: ma...@durenberger.com

Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 9:07 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Cc: Donald Barnes
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 730 Billings new call?

Yeah...I played it again...after about the third time I heard "Goodland."

Thanks!

MD

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Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 7:22 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Cc: Donald Barnes
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 730 Billings new call?

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Re: [IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[Mark4]

This is great; thanks!

MD

-Original Message- 
From: Russ Edmunds

Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2016 7:17 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV Solar Report

Briefly, The K index is more immediate - it is measured and reported a
4-hour intervals. The A index is a logarithmic derivative of the values of
K over a longer preceding period. Therefore you
will see the K spike in response to geomagnetic activity several hours
before you will see the corresponding increase in the A index.

Typically auroral conditions will manifest themselves as the K increases.
Usually it take a change in the K of 2 units or more to be notable.

Except for the fact that the K is still leading the A timewise, the reverse
is true as the activity wanes. Here though, the residual auroral activity
takes longer to decay than it took to rise so the decline in the A index
may be more reflective of what's actually happening with reception.

A K index of 4+ indicates watching the bands, although one isolated 4-hour
period at that level isn't significant. A single isolated period may be
indicative of an auroral substorm, which may create moderate auroral DX
conditions which will fade more quickly.

An A index over 20 may or may not lead to auroral DX conditions, however an
A index of 30+ usually does. A really serious auroral storm resulting in
strongly auroral conditions may have an A index value of anywhere from 50
to 150, which may persist for a few days.

The longer the duration of the high activity, the more the conditions can
be impacted, and therefore the longer it will take to decay. Many times the
best auroral conditions are found after the peak and early in the decay
phase.

Any questions ?  :-}



Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
Grid FN20id


AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (4) barefoot w/whip
FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4);
modified Sony ICF2010's (3) w/APS9B @ 15';
modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip


On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 10:06 PM,  wrote:


Colin, I for one (of many?) would appreciate a refresher on what to expect
with varying indices of A and K.

For example...the comment below is useful...and borne out by CX this
morning.

Thanks in advance!


Mark Durenberger

-Original Message- From: R. Colin Newell
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 3:30 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America ; Paul Walker
Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV Solar Report

Although the A index has trended upwards, the K is trending downward -

For those that do not pay a lot of attention to these charts, that is an
indicator of potentially improved listening conditions.


-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Date 04   04   04   04   04   04   04   05   05   05   05   05   05   05
UTC   0300 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 
1800

SFlx 88   88   88   88   88   88   93   93   93   93   93   93   93   93
A-in 14   14   14   14   14   14   25   26   26   26   26   26   26   26
K-in 34444234443322
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm




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Re: [IRCA] 730 Billings new call?

[Mark4]

Yeah...I played it again...after about the third time I heard "Goodland."

Thanks!

MD

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Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 7:22 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Cc: Donald Barnes
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 730 Billings new call?

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Re: [IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[Mark4]

Colin, I for one (of many?) would appreciate a refresher on what to expect 
with varying indices of A and K.


For example...the comment below is useful...and borne out by CX this 
morning.


Thanks in advance!


Mark Durenberger

-Original Message- 
From: R. Colin Newell

Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 3:30 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America ; Paul Walker
Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV Solar Report

Although the A index has trended upwards, the K is trending downward -

For those that do not pay a lot of attention to these charts, that is an
indicator of potentially improved listening conditions.



-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 04   04   04   04   04   04   04   05   05   05   05   05   05   05
UTC   0300 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800
SFlx 88   88   88   88   88   88   93   93   93   93   93   93   93   93
A-in 14   14   14   14   14   14   25   26   26   26   26   26   26   26
K-in 34444234443322
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm





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[IRCA] 730 Billings new call?

[Mark4]

Heard for the first time on the 7AM CDT search West on 730:  "Good morning 
this is K-L-O-E Billings."  Nice clean copy...but they're listed as KYYA and 
there's no KLOE FM in town.


Was gibts bitte?


Mark Durenberger 


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Re: [IRCA] Flag - Pennant array

[Mark4]

Good work, OM

MD

-Original Message- 
From: R. Colin Newell

Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2016 7:16 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [IRCA] Flag - Pennant array

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZYd0M9yO18

Walking tour of antenna farm.

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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] AMBC down?

[Mark4]

His entire site seems to be down




-Original Message- 
From: Bill Whitacre

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To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America ; 
a...@nrcdxas.org

Subject: [NRC-AM] AMBC down?

Has anybody else noticed that http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/ is not working? 
I’ve PINGed it and gotten no reply since yesterday afternoon.


Bill Whitacre
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] KANSAS CITY DX CONVENTION

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TNX Shawn.  Safe travels!

MD

-Original Message- 
From: AMANDX

Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 1:35 PM
To: ma...@durenberger.com
Cc: DX-IRCA ; DX @NRC ; WTFDA-AM ; MNDXC ; Shafer Mike ; Baumgartner Fred
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] KANSAS CITY DX CONVENTION

Mark

This was my first NRC convention and I had a WONDERFUL  time.
The tours talks etc were all interesting but the best part was meeting all 
the great people. There. we're four I had met before so most folks were new 
to me. Just super to meet folks so I could put a name to a face

Also thanks to Nick Hall-Patch for taking time to show and explain SDR to me
I have one on my have to have list now

Shawn Axelrod
- Original Message -
From: ma...@durenberger.com
To: DX-IRCA , DX @NRC , WTFDA-AM 
, MNDXC , Shafer Mike 
, Baumgartner Fred 

Sent: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 09:40:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [NRC-AM] KANSAS CITY DX CONVENTION

Good crowd!  It was nice to meet new folks and to swap lies.  Great to see 
familiar faces and renew ongoing discussions.  From comments heard around 
the room, the car tours and station visits were ‘okay.’  The tech talk 
sessions had lots of good pics and video and some new understandings...and 
the audio was a disaster. (Murphy had been sleeping in the meeting room when 
we checked out the A-V Friday but was wide-awake Saturday morning.)


Dinner was excellent; the post-munching remarks by Kansas City’s premier 
newsman Dan Verbeck were impactful and heartfelt and gave those of us jaded 
with radio some reasons to be more optimistic (at least about radio news).


It was moving to me to see how we as a group helped our Blind friends 
navigate and interpret.


The “D-KAZ-wiki group” from IRCA (Hall-Patch, Kazaross, Whitacre, 
Durenberger) erected and operated a full-blown D-KAZ antenna in the back 
yard (a thanks to the hotel for their tolerance of our temporary 
playground).  We were even able to attract veteran DX-er Glenn Hauser...who 
was kind enough to avoid shaking his head over our layout.


(Clean) audio and pics/videos from the activities will be posted shortly.


Cheers!

Mark Durenberger


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[IRCA] KANSAS CITY DX CONVENTION

[Mark4]

Good crowd!  It was nice to meet new folks and to swap lies.  Great to see 
familiar faces and renew ongoing discussions.  From comments heard around the 
room, the car tours and station visits were ‘okay.’  The tech talk sessions had 
lots of good pics and video and some new understandings...and the audio was a 
disaster. (Murphy had been sleeping in the meeting room when we checked out the 
A-V Friday but was wide-awake Saturday morning.)

Dinner was excellent; the post-munching remarks by Kansas City’s premier 
newsman Dan Verbeck were impactful and heartfelt and gave those of us jaded 
with radio some reasons to be more optimistic (at least about radio news).

It was moving to me to see how we as a group helped our Blind friends navigate 
and interpret.

The “D-KAZ-wiki group” from IRCA (Hall-Patch, Kazaross, Whitacre, Durenberger) 
erected and operated a full-blown D-KAZ antenna in the back yard (a thanks to 
the hotel for their tolerance of our temporary playground).  We were even able 
to attract veteran DX-er Glenn Hauser...who was kind enough to avoid shaking 
his head over our layout.

(Clean) audio and pics/videos from the activities will be posted shortly.


Cheers!

Mark Durenberger

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