Hello, Saturday Evening seemed to be the busiest time for the room. A strategy similar to Dayton may help, get things done on Thursday/Friday as the weekend is more hectic. It might be easier to find a quieter time next year with three days.
The antenna setup started as an experiment with at least fair listening results. I would like to see if a roof mount would give better signals. I recently came across using pro-audio speaker stands as temporary loop mounts and may experiment with it. This seems similar to the MFJ Tripod Antenna Stands. http://swling.com/blog/2015/11/guest-post-wellbrook-1530lnpro-vs-ala1530s-imperium-loop-antennas/ The AR-Alpha and other receivers suffered for overload due to nearby MW stations and the "hot" MW output of the Wellbrook. I normally use the AOR above 30 MHz and the WJ-8711A has no problems. I want to try a more passive whip approach using a 9:1 transformer. I can compare the whip with the loop at home. I also have a SA-7000, a passive broadband whip. I may bring two antennas next year. I did not get a chance to setup the SDRPlay this year. I will also bring it next year. It would be great to come up with something even more portable. All I have to do is to remember the suggestions for next year. 73 Eric On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:56:53 -0500, Saul Broudy <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric wrote: > > <<I am looking for feedback about the Listening Lounge. I am also > interested in what stations you were able to receive. > > I may print out some basic instructions so people can sit down and > operate the radios better. Headphones may be useful to cut down > background noise.>> > > > Yes, I think many would find basic instructions helpful, and headphones would > be great. > I had trouble concentrating on any listening or tuning, what with the > refreshment table nearby and > discussions going on elsewhere in the room. Next year I will try to find a > time when the room is not > highly-populated. > > Thanks! > > Saul > _______________________________________________ > 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
