--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EGE00001 Date: 12/05/97 From: LAURENCE TAYLOR Time: 06:09pm \/To: LOWELL SUMERLIN (Read 0 times) Subj: Shortwave Antenna Quoting Lowell Sumerlin to All: LS> I have a Realistic DX-440 shortwave commmunications receiver. I LS> don't know why it has the medium wave and shortwave antenna separate. I You might need different aerials for MW ans SW, perhaps a SW dipole, or you may have a strong local signal which would overload the receiver if you had a long aerial. LS> believe it is a connection problem. The shortwave receiption will come LS> in very weak if at all. Moving the external antenna cable near the LS> radio connection makes the receiption much better until the radio or LS> cable is moved. The problem is not with the cable. Sounds like the socket has come disconnected inside the case. PCB mounted connectors are notorious for this problem - the strain of putting the plug in and out breaks the solder joint. rgds LAurence ... Boys are like Mopeds - really fun until you're caught riding one! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Ooh! BBS, London. (5-Lines) 0181-395-3108 (2:254/233) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EGE00002 Date: 12/09/97 From: SCOTT CHRISTENSEN Time: 05:07am \/To: DON BLEVINS (Read 0 times) Subj: RE: Longwave Freq's Don Blevins writes in a message to All DB> I have a Zenith model 3000 battery operated shortwave receivber.On DB> the band selector is this area for longwave frequencies.I beleive DB> it covers from about 150-400 Mhz? or Khz. It's KHz. DB> The trouble is,I don't hear a thing,not a word out of any of DB> the entire bandspread.I have an external inverted L antenna DB> at about 25 feet in the air with some 200 feet of wire strung DB> out.I have expiremented with this band spread at various locations,including DB> carrying it with me to the top of an old fire lookout to see DB> if that might help but alas! I hear not one thing.The local DB> SW shop has had it checked out on all fres and bands and they DB> are in workingt condition.What I want to know is: Why...after DB> so much time and effort does this silly thing not provide any DB> freqs that are to be heard?? I don't know what the specs are for your radio, but the radio may not have the required gain for your area. Typically beacons with Morse IDs are found in this area, mostly from airports or around bodies of water - like the ocean. If you are landlocked, you might not find anything there. (Turn on your BFO if you have one to see if you can find any carriers there at all.) See this month's "Monitoring Times" (Dec., '97) for a couple of good articles on this band. --- COUNTERPoint 2.3 * Origin: MacRefuge * 612-426-6687 * (1:282/24) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EGE00003 Date: 12/07/97 From: DON STEGNER Time: 11:26am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: FS: Drake R8 with software ddt.demos.su!f400.n5020!f21.n5083!mail.kit.kz!demos!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howla nd.erols.net!winter.news.erols.com!not-for-mail From: "Don Stegner" Drake R8 Shortwave Radio 100 khz to 30mhz plus 35-55 & 108-174 mhz converter installed. 100 channel memory, RS232 serial interface with cable, MS8 matching speaker, R8PC and FirstRate software. Also includes Hamcomm interface with software, and MFJ-959B antenna tuner/preamp. Asking $600. email if interested. -- *********************************** Don Stegner Maranatha Prophecy Page http://www.erols.com/dstegner dstegner@erols.com --- ifmail v.2.10 * Origin: Erol's Internet Services (2:5083/21@fidonet) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EGE00004 Date: 12/09/97 From: FRED HATFIELD Time: 06:50am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: The Rules... Greetings to all systems on the echo. My name is Fred Hatfield, and I am the "moderator" of the SHORTWAVE echo. Rules of ALL echo conferences must be posted regularly, so here are the "rules" for the SHORTWAVE conference. Your cooperation is appreciated. Particpants are asked to exercise good judgment when entering or replying to messages in the echo. The rules are common sense and not difficult to adhere to. PURPOSE AND SUBJECT MATTER OF ECHO ---------------------------------- This purpose of this conference is for the free exchange of information, ideas, and assistance, and it is open to everyone on topics of shortwave radio and radio monitoring of all types including VHF/UHF (scanner) radios, digital and non-entertainment satellite information. Please keep the messages topical to the focus of the SHORTWAVE echo. Questions of amateur radio licensing, learning morse code, packet radio, radio amateur hamfest/flea market postings and Citizen Band or "free band" radio are NOT appropriate material for the SHORTWAVE echo. However, *listening*, logging or technical discussions to aid the copying of amateur radio types of transmissions are encouraged. Please note that messages relating to scanners, or transmissions above the older 30 MHZ frequency boundary are welcomed here. 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