[IRCA] 531 UnID Australians-- Oz English Translator Needed

Hello All,   During the recent Rockwork 4 DXpedition a single 15" FSL antenna was constantly tuned to 531 kHz during sunrise DU openings-- and it certainly came up with a lot of Australian signals. Can anybody provide assistance or ID clues from the following 531 recordings?   !) 531 Austral

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, June 26-July 2, 2015

--- Begin Message --- These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as  http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser And compiled weekly along with extensive news f

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, June 26-July 2, 2015

--- Begin Message --- All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during DST; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-04 UT period to the previous date by ELT]. Rx: mostly DX-398 or PL-880 with internal antenna only; Nissan stock caradio as specified;

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Jun 30 0605 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 29 June follow. Solar flux 97 and estimated planetary A-index 6. The estimat

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

This goes back to the question of a matching transformer. If you use one at the antenna, then using the DXE preamp should be fine. That's what we've used at LBI. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Dec

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

I also suggest to just tune Rt by live listening. Find several stations east of you and across the band and write down signal levels. Manually adjust Rt and make comparisons. Hopefully you can find a good compromise value for Rt across the band. Or perhaps it will be different enough for low and

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

See below. > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 12:14:23 -0500 > From: l...@highnoonfilm.com > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials > Someone suggested Googling more information about how to best tune the > Superloop, using Bruce Conti and Mar

Re: [IRCA] DXing from a new location

Iheart ..pttt lol Well be streaming eventually, not right away but we will soon. Paul On Jul 2, 2015 11:29 AM, "Mike Sanburn" wrote: > If KSET/ your show will be available on TuneIn or IHeart' etc Keep us > all posted. Ms > > Sent from my iPod > > > On Jul 1, 2015, at 8:54 PM, Paul B.

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

I should have provided more details. I'm using a commercially made 16:1 transformer to feed the antenna at one corner. The other end has a 900 ohm non-reactive, fixed termination, also commercially made. Feeding the antenna with 75 ohm RG-6 coax. I also have a variable termination that is 900 o

Re: [IRCA] DXing from a new location

If KSET/ your show will be available on TuneIn or IHeart' etc Keep us all posted. Ms Sent from my iPod > On Jul 1, 2015, at 8:54 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. > wrote: > > Well, when we get up running, established and making $$$, I'm sure I can > convince the owner to let me do a DX test some

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DXing from a new location

--- Begin Message --- Congratulations, sounds like a great opportunity. Best of luck, let us know how the DX is, and if the station streams, how we can listen. Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 10:29 PM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." wrote: Well, I ended up in Bea

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

But that's a 50 Ohm preamp and not really well suited for a 1000 Ohm antenna like a flag-superloop-delta. Chuck > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 08:01:15 -0700 > From: billbl...@cableone.net > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials > > Less, I have DX Engineerin

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

Depends on how good your coax is. If there's a lot of pickup in the coax, it's best to amplify at the antenna so you are just amplifying the desired signal. If the amp is inside the house, it amplifies both desired signal and coax pickup. I've not had a problem with indoor preamps but I went to

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

Les, You make no mention of a feed point transformer, I trust you are using one? You're also using 75 ohm coax rather than 50 ohm?! I would very highly recommend http://www.loop-antennas.com/Components/FLG100LN-2 which not only adds useful amplification which you will want for the low end, but

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

Less, I have DX Engineering preamp and I have tested it at the antenna and inside and I found no difference so my preamp will stay in the house. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Russ Edmunds wrote: > I don't see any real benefit to mounting the preamp at the antenn

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

I don't see any real benefit to mounting the preamp at the antenna. We've had good success running them just inside the building on the LBI DXpeditions from a variety of broadband loops. Tuning is done by varying the resistance, either via substitution or a variable resistor. Mostly that's by ear