They're back! The Santa Nets on 3916Khz, It's neat listening to them coordinate those. Certainly different to listen too on HF.by ThaDood - General radio discussion
Since I don't get home from work now, until stupid o'clock, (Like around 7:00UTC), I miss a lot of Amateur Radio activity, or do I? More and more, I hear the FREQ of 3799Khz being used as the LSB 75M DX Window to Europe. A good test for my Windom, as I can seem to copy 90% of what's trying to shoot over here. So, from about 1AM - 4AM EST on the East Coast, the Europeans are trying to shoot over hby ThaDood - General radio discussion
So, I guess that's a no? Haven't heard that NJ station booming in lately. Then again, I believe that their 100W permit for 6 months is ended. (Thank goodness.) Especially, now that we're into the holiday season.by ThaDood - Medium Wave Logs
Here's the notice.by ThaDood - General radio discussion
Another one? Seen it posted on the HFU.by ThaDood - General radio discussion
NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory’s 305-meter telescope due to safety concerns? This sucks!!!!! I'd rather have my tax $$$$ fund that than BS wars. UPDATE: Well, if ya haven't seen the crash VID for Arecibo, start weeping, What a waste! Hopefully, we'll still keep Greenbank in West Virginia rockin' for years to come, albeit Obama was going to cuby ThaDood - General radio discussion
This is a reminder that today is the last day to file comments about the FCC increasing "application fees" to 50.00 each application. A new ham could possibly up to $200.00 (50 for Tech, 50 for General, 50 Extra, and 50 if you'd like a Vanity Call.) and this does not include the VE charges to take the test(s). Please make your filling today PS forward this to anyone you think thaby ThaDood - General radio discussion
Let's hope so!!!!!by ThaDood - General radio discussion
Looks like Reciva, the company that has been the data base for Net and wi-fi radios for over 15 years, will be calling it quits. That will really suck for those of us that use these radios. the C-Crane co., had this to say about that: "Yes, Reciva is closing. Grace Digital offers a WiFi Radio that uses another database if you'd like to take a look at the Grace Mondo Eilite Radio. I'm iby ThaDood - General radio discussion
Wow!!! Forgot about this being such a neat read!by ThaDood - General radio discussion
Anyone heard any pirate activity up around 1710kHz and 1720kHz yet?by ThaDood - Medium Wave Logs
Really??? All I heard on 680kHz at night is French Canadian CBC Radio out of Mississauga, ON. At least, here at my QTH in WV.by ThaDood - Medium Wave Logs
The stuff that Boomer has collected is now a really nice read, and info downloads! (And then some.) Now, probably the best on-line source for Carrier-Current AM operations. Not to mention AM C-QUAM Stereo via Part #15. Another good source is this page about James R. Cunningham, However, what I need to do is to make a good .PDF copy of the Ernest Wilson book - Carrier Current Techniquby ThaDood - General radio discussion
The talk station that I wanted to listen too last night suddenly went off-air just after 4PM. So, pissed with sports radio, until dark. Then, tuned around on a cheap POS QFX portable that I have there. To my surprise, Chicago's WGN just boomed right in for the last 2hrs of work. And, that's inside a steel building, where my AM RX'ing is very limited. So is my FM. I've heard folks say that AM DX'iby ThaDood - Medium Wave Logs
Pssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss...by ThaDood - General radio discussion
Here's the full, unchopped, title: Radio Survivor - Social Distancing Sparks Interest in Part 15 Unlicensed Broadcasting, but Caveat Emptor. Here's the link, On Part #15 FM, there no actual RF power out limit, but just that limiting FS limit of 250uV measured at 3 Meters away. I do remember that someone in the 1990's Panaxis EBN (Experimental Broadcaster's Newsletter) calculating withby ThaDood - General radio discussion
I did a spectrum test on that 4:1 DX ENG 5kW Balun. I did a DC GND continuity test and measured 1.6 Ohms. Not bad, but I did look inside, and I didn't really like how they 1/2 soldered the connections inside, so I silver soldered them with the 140W gun. Passed DC GND tests at just .6 Ohms. Then, I took two 100 Ohm, 1/2W, resisters, (For 200 Ohms.), and tied them to the Dipole bolts. Then useby ThaDood - The Workshop
This has been on the RADAR here in WV, since just a few months ago, the licensee of LPFM station WTSQ-LP 88.1FM, tried to do like a Drive-In Movies set-up with a Part #15 FM transmitter, but the City of Charleston totally shot it down. So, go figure... Oh... got that link from an HFU post.by ThaDood - General radio discussion
Well, this sucks... This might also explain why I haven't heard activity on the ISS Cross Band Repeater in almost a week on 437.800MHz FM. UPDATE 9/26/2020: Huh... The night after I posted the preceding, before bed about 2AM EST, I programmed in 437.800MHz in to a Yaesu FT-70DR Fusion HT, and immediately, 9-landers were in there calling and making grid exchanges. So, thatby ThaDood - General radio discussion
Yeah... I found this totally by accident, Of course, I was looking for something else on WHRI's website, (Which really sucks!), but this is usually how I find things from the FCC, almost never from their own site search, but via off the wall and none related. Your Tax $$$$$$'s at work.by ThaDood - General radio discussion
The sit that had a proposed LPAM station availability map on www.lpam.ws is now, I doubt that anyone will actually try to move on this subject now, but we can dream, right?by ThaDood - General radio discussion
For at least the last week and a half now, I've heard 1620 WNRP in there at night, battling it out with Cuba. I've even heard their EAS tone-out for Hurricane Sally. So, has this station either changed power, or radiation patterns, at night? The only other time that I've heard this station is at sunrise.by ThaDood - Other logs
Yeah, really nice Youtube VID on how to stop audio distortion above 2kHz and to improve the auto-tuner. But, what I wanna' know is where did this guy get the schematic for the I Am Radio / Talking House transmitter? I've been wanting that for years. And, of course he's using a nice 100MHz o'scope and what was a $15k Orban optimod. UPDATE: Boomer just linked me into the thread for that here,by ThaDood - The Workshop
I believe that Tower Electronics carry those at And, or e-mail Scott & Jill at sales@pl-259.com to inquire. Hope that helps.by ThaDood - The Swap Shop
Radio Jay is at it again, Always a fun read though, and you can even share these with non-tech folks, since spec's aren't really given, but a 'layman's terms' of performance is.by ThaDood - The Workshop
Sure!!!! Why not??? Just think of the postage that you'll save doing so.by ThaDood - Shortwave Broadcast Logs
From Radio Survivor, Great... Let's over crowd the FM band some more.by ThaDood - General radio discussion
That's why I say give the AM band to us! We'll keep it alive. It would be great if they could just open up an LPAM, beside just TIS. On Part #15 levels, we could do both AM, and experiment with DRM. There are some out there that are indeed doing that DRM experimenting at the hobbyist level. But, do you believe that there will be an iBiquity HD Radio Part #15 kit out there? Not any time soon, butby ThaDood - General radio discussion
ARISS News Release No. 20-13 September 2, 2020—The ARISS team is pleased to announce that set up and installation of the first element of our next generation radio system was completed and amateur radio operations with it are now underway. This first element, dubbed the InterOperable Radby ThaDood - General radio discussion