Eric-- John Bryant and Guy Atkins have published a lot of articles about the Wellbrook Loop--John was in love with it and found ways to set it up wherever he traveled. Not sure where they all might be found but a Google search should get you started. Sorry I missed everyone at the fest this year--was ready to come but my wife found she needed bypass surgery (5-way) and plans changed quickly!
drdx On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Eric Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > The loop works well if you follow their mounting suggestions and keep it > away from structures. I was able to even pick up VLF stations with it. It > does not completely eliminate the noise I have on Long Wave, but works well > on AM Broadcast and Shortwave. I picked up a number of Long Wave Beacons > and Navtex (518 KHz) stations. > > I have a 7-1/2 foot C/Ku dish and have done some TVRO Dxing with Domestic > TVRO satellites and International satellites over the North Atlantic. There > are some interesting "Wild Feeds" as Ku satellites are heavily used for > news gathering. It is great that you can keep tabs on North Korean TV > remotely and I would not be surprised if there are audio feeds for radio as > well. The fun is finding the feeds and figuring out the right decoder to > use. > > 73 Eric > ----- Start Original Message ----- > Sent: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:10:35 +1100 > From: Mark Fahey <[email protected]> > To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Thanks for a great Fest > > > Eric, your showing of the Wellbrook Loop has ended up costing me some > money! As soon as I got home to Australia I went on the net and placed an > order! LOL. Cheers, Mark > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > On 18 Mar 2014, at 11:27 am, "Eric A. Cottrell" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Once again a great Fest! > > > > > > I delayed the trip down to get better weather and ended up only > getting caught in a few traffic delays. I had a late dinner at The Persian > Grille. The Chicken Fesenjan was great. > > > > > > My room was on the fifth floor and I managed to get exercise over the > weekend by mostly using the stairs. The hospitality suite was on the sixth > floor so it was an easier walk. I liked the hospitality setup. There were > two interesting HF receivers thanks to Dan Robinson. I got to tune in > stations from India, CFRX 6070, etc. I tried for some LW stations at night, > but did not hear anything. > > > > > > I recently bought a used Wellbrook ALA1530 loop. I brought it to the > Fest to try out. It worked okay in my room and up in the hospitality suite. > I am thinking of experimenting with some loops after hearing Jef Eichner's > talk. I might bring a HF receiver and a loop for the hospitality suite next > year. I should have setup my Wellbrook in the hospitality suite sooner. > > > > > > I found the talks on North Korea very interesting. Thanks for hosting > the talks. > > > http://www.nknews.org/2014/03/behind-north-koreas-propaganda-curtain/ > > > > > > I managed to do some listening above HF and found some interesting > digital radio systems. I used an Icom R2500 with a laptop running dsd. I > also used a Winradio G305e to do some recording of signals. The Winradio > also works good for DRM on HF. > > > > > > It seemed quieter with several of my friends not able to attend, but > still not enough time to do everything. > > > > > > All too soon there was the banquet, the Pancho Villa broadcast, and > time to head home. It was a nice relaxing trip home. > > > > > > Already looking forward to next year. > > > > > > 73 Eric > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Swlfest mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > > > > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > > > > > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > > > > > http://www.swlfest.com > > > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Swlfest mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > > > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > > > http://www.swlfest.com > > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > ----- End Original Message ----- > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com >
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