There is a small balcony right outside the room where the lounge is. 73,
Bill, WA2DVU -----Original Message----- From: Swlfest [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Cottrell Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 1:57 PM To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest Subject: Re: [Swlfest] Casting Call for the 2016 Winter SWL Fest Hello, I am also interested in how Alan does it. I am also willing to help with the listening lounge by bring at least one receiver and my Wellbrook Loop. I need to figure out a "portable" setup so it can be placed on the roof without too much trouble. 73 Eric On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:45 +0000 (UTC), Sheldon Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, John. Just got off the phone with Alan Roberts, the master of the lows > and highs of the HF spectrum! > Alan spends a lot of his DXing time on frequencies below 500 kHz. and above > 25 MHz. Living in an extremely noisy environment in a suburban area just 10 > minutes or so outside of Montreal, a city of now about 4 million people (and > only about 5 minutes away from me!), Alan has had incredible success over the > years digging out signals on longwave for example. He has often called me to > say the band is open at his place and I can hear the incredible signals he is > picking up over the phone! I tune in the frequencies here, just 5 minutes > away and I don't hear a thing! > His secret to success seems to be his use of home-made small vertical > antennas! Most people think success on longwave (not just broadcast > stations, but beacons as well), is very long, beverage style antennas. Alan > has succeeded in proving that's not necessary and it is possible with very > short, easy to construct and install antennas to have great success. > He has also spent many, many hours digging out all sorts of odd and > interesting signals in the HF spectrum 25 MHz and up. A number of years > back, he was able to find a network of FM stations being used by ski-lift > gondolas at a French Alps ski resort using the French service Radio Neige. > He has also logged a number of television studio to transmitter link signals > (STL's) throughout the US that use 26 MHz FM mode Comrex transmitters. He > was also recently able to pull out the experimental signals from a Moscow > based technical university, with students broadcasting once a week.. > He religiously checks for activity in the lows and highs of the HF spectrum > and through his creative and unique work at designing and constructing > antennas he has been able to come up with some amazing DX catches in areas of > the spectrum that few DXers spend much time in. > The low periods of the sunspot cycle and the increasing noise floor generated > by all the weird and wonderful RF generating devices around us have made his > DXing efforts more challenging, but Alan looks at it as a new challenge, sort > of a cat and mouse game. > So, Alan and I have discussed it, and we're thinking that we'd like to > propose a new forum at Winterfest 2016, perhaps called something like "DXing > the Lows and Highs of the HF Spectrum". I will be working on a audio/visual > presentation of photos of his equipment, antennas, etc. as well as some > recordings of the signals he hears (providing we can catch some in the next > couple of months! > Alan is a little bit nervous in front of crowds and seems a little unsure of > being able to fill the hour, but I have agreed to help him out and run the > graphics, photos, sound clips, etc. He has done my radio show on a number of > occasions and is aware of just how quickly a half-hour goes by on the radio. > I told him that giving the talk at Winterfest is much the same, and once > questions start flowing, it will be over before he knows it.. > So, if you think this would be of interest to our audience, we should be able > to pull it off. I think it would be something unique for Winterfest. Let me > know your thoughts. If you want to go with it, we'll get working on it > quickly. > > Sheldon HarveyRadio H.F.http://www.radiohf.ca > > Enjoy birds and birdwatching?http://www.birdprotectionquebec.org > > From: John Figliozzi <[email protected]> > To: Discussion list for the Winter SWL Fest > <[email protected]>; *NASWA <[email protected]>; ODXA yg > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 10:25 PM > Subject: [Swlfest] Casting Call for the 2016 Winter SWL Fest > > We invite one and all to be a part of the 2015 Winter SWL Fest on > February 19 and 20 at the Doubletree Guest Suites in fashionable > Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. That's just 81 days away as I type this. > > As you know, one of the centerpieces of the Fest weekend is our line- > up of informative and entertaining forums. How do we get them? These > excellent sessions are put together and presented by you and people > just like you--people with a deep and abiding interest in radio and a > willingness to share what they've experienced, learned and know. > > So, how about it? Have you a topic that you think Fest participants > will find interesting and would be willing to present? Tell us about it. > > Your role will be to lead a one hour session forum. That means > preparing about a half-hour presentation that leaves plenty of time > for audience questions and interaction. It can be anything from a > straight (or comic) lecture (or both) to a multimedia extravaganza. > Your choice! > > And as a gesture of appreciation (and perhaps some measure of small > compensation for your efforts), the Fest will comp your registration > fee if your proposal is accepted by the Organizing Committee (which > consists of Rich Cuff, yours truly and a pineapple that serves as > committee chair and expert consultant) for inclusion in the 2016 program. > > Make your suggestion/proposal to John Figliozzi at > <[email protected]> If you have any questions, we'll be happy to > discuss them with you. And even if you've never led a forum before, > don't hesitate. We've learned that people tend to unfairly and inaccurately > minimize their own abilities. > We know you'll be great...but you have to let us in on what you're > thinking! We promise a quick turnaround on your proposal. > > Be a part of the 2016 Winter SWL Fest program! > > 73 and 88 to the Ladies > John Figliozzi > Richard Cuff > 2016 Winter SWL Fest Co-Chairs > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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. 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