Yes, the listening post table layout was much better this year, with
ample room for people to access to two long rows of receivers thanks
to Tim & Tony's fine efforts!
Matt Blaze's email address is <[email protected]> if anyone wants to
coordinate with him next year. I invited him to join this mailing
list but don't think he did. He's very accommodating and this year I
suggested he bring some exotic receivers, so he brought an Icom R9500
and a Mason TSCM receiver which were both very interesting, plus his
Rohde & Schwarz PR100 let us monitor Brazilian pirates using a U.S.
military UHF satellite for chit-chat, music, and other things. Plus
Matt brought a nice tactical VHF/UHF discone, and a longwire
(oriented for east/west reception) which nicely complemented the HF loop.
The Presidential Suite with its balcony has allowed us to have the
best hands-on radio experience in SWLfest history. Now, if we could
only get those nearby AM broadcasters to shut down for the weekend
we'd be great shape ;-)
If anyone wants to bring a 2x8 or 3x8 HF distribution box next year,
that would be excellent!
-Ed Cummings
At 11:45 AM 3/8/2017, Eric Cottrell wrote:
Hello,
It was great for the receiver geeks to get together. I think next
year we need to better coordinate with Matt and others who want to
share their radios.
It would be great if we could get a 2x8 or 3x8 HF distribution box.
An alternative would be getting several two input RF switches so the
receivers could be switched between two distribution boxes. We have
a year to work on this.
The Fairhaven has a separate input for several different frequency
ranges. Other receivers allow selection of multiple antennas
independent of frequency.
73 Eric
On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 20:10:39 -0500, Dan Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to agree with Eric -- I had a great time this year, and was happy to
> be
> able to provide my two JRC receivers as well as the Racal 6790/GM
for people
> to use. My NRD-630 is now safely back in its receiver shelf here in
> Maryland,
> and thankfully suffered no damage from having so many fingers using it up
> in
> PA. I'll be doing a review of the radio on Dave Zantow's receiver site,
> comparing
> it to the 301A and some other radios. Next year, in addition to Eric
> perhaps bringing
> the Fairhaven, I plan to bring a WJ 8718A/MFP, and if Eric brings his 8711A
> we can
> do some comparisons too between those.
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