Did a bit of listening between 12:00 and 12:35 UTC this morning - what I would consider slightly low average for this time of year.
Audio on 738khz (pop music) and 1566khz (talking...) and the jammer on 1053khz and promising carriers on 531, 702, 828khz and a couple of others. Was in the process of decommissioning the Drake R8 for a service interval in my shop - An odd thing with the Tone control on the R8 - if you visualize that the POT goes from 8 o'clock (BASS) to 4 o'clock (TREBLE) When the radio first comes on (I usually leave it on 24/7 for this reason...) The audio cuts out between the 8 and 11 o'clock position UNTIL the unit warms up - this can take around 5 minutes... and then it's fine. I have isolated this to a resistor in the Tone control circuit that has become decidedly "thermal" -- that is, it is 6K when cold and its correct value of 12K when it warms up - I have never seen a resistor do this in 35+ years as a technician. Anyway - back up receivers include the AOR-7030+ and the DX150B (yes, that radio shack receiver!) which was a veteran of the remarkable September-October 1976 season where TA's came in nightly for a week or so. It is still very much the same receiver it was then and I am pressing it into service for old time sake. Antennas - W/NW Flag with Wellbrook interface and REMOTE VACTROL unit ALA100 - N-S antenna. -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com <http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
