Re: [Swlfest] Registration is now available for the Fest

Also, will there be a listening lounge? It doesn't appear the hotel has any balconies or obvious places for antennas. > On Apr 6, 2024, at 13:52, Richard Cuff wrote: > > Sometime in the next week or two, I’ll go ahead and create the zoom meeting > and that can generate calendar entries.

[Swlfest] A virtual listening lounge for 2022?

Apologies for interrupting this mostly quiet list. Other than getting to see and talk with all of you, my favorite part of the fest is spending time in the listening lounge and getting to try out and compare different receivers side-by-side. How different (or similar) are all our favorite

Re: [Swlfest] 2022 Winter SWL Fest Forums Casting Call

John, I’d definitely be interested in presenting. I’d lije to resubmit the talk I didn’t get to give two years ago when I broke my foot. I’ll send you something tomorrow Thanks! Sent from a thing that's hard to type on. > On Dec 29, 2021, at 21:52, craig.51...@juno.com wrote: > >  >

Re: [Swlfest] George Zeller RIP

Oh, how utterly awful. Just terrible. Thanks for passing along this tragic news. -matt > On Mar 20, 2021, at 8:50 PM, rdange...@aol.com wrote: > > I was shocked and saddened to learn of George Zeller's sudden passing earlier > today (March 20) in a house fire this morning. I had exchanged

Re: [Swlfest] Portuguese Pirates on UHF MilSats

Hi Eric, That's a bit less signal than I'd expect if you have a line-of-sight to the satellites and a low local noise floor in that band (the likely culprit). OTOH, if you're getting any signal at all with a discone, you should be in great shape with a proper satcom antenna. I've managed to

Re: [Swlfest] Thank you for a wonderful 31st SWLfest!

Hear hear! > On Mar 5, 2018, at 3:49 PM, Ed Cummings wrote: > > I want to publically than Rich and John and everyone else who made the 31st > SWLfest a wonderful experience. > > Each of the several new people I convinced to come this year said they really > enjoyed it and

[Swlfest] Links from satcom talk

Thanks for a great fest everyone! A couple people asked for the links on the last side I showed early Saturday morning, so I figured I'd post them here: Main page: http://www.crypto.com/misc/uhf-sats/ Transponder spectrum examples: http://www.crypto.com/misc/uhf-sats/spectrum.html Thanks

Re: [Swlfest] Hams Attending Winterfest

Works for me. -matt WB2SRI Sent from a thing that's hard to type on. > On Feb 4, 2018, at 21:24, harmp...@aol.com wrote: > > Me too !! > John Fisher-MA > KC1FTJ > > In a message dated 2/3/2018 10:18:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, > crlobd...@verizon.net writes: > > Sounds good to me!! >

[Swlfest] So, what are folks bringing to the hospitality suite?

What are people planning to bring? I'll be bringing, with high probability: Antennas: - An amplified HF loop antenna - A long wire (if we can arrange roof access) - A UHF SATCOM antenna (for the demo after my talk) - A Kiwa medium wave loop - A bunch of feedlines, patch cables,