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by 13dka
Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The LoG (Loop on Ground), a take from N6LF
Replies: 1
Views: 5043

Re: The LoG (Loop on Ground), a take from N6LF

Pretty interesting indeed! Looks like he's really getting a lot out of it by raising the Q on his target frequency. Made me think if this would be something to consider for our smaller versions for SW but then I thought the whole purpose of the exercise is minimizing the losses and that's what a pre...
by 13dka
Thu Jul 06, 2023 4:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What I like collecting.
Replies: 4
Views: 5651

Re: What I like collecting.

That's not redundancy, just minimum required equipment for proper a monitoring station! :)

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by 13dka
Tue Jun 27, 2023 2:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ARRL Field Day This weekend! 2023
Replies: 3
Views: 4969

Re: ARRL Field Day This weekend! 2023

In the past few years I really enjoyed the bands crowded with portable US stations on that weekend. This year the condx really didn't play along though! :)
by 13dka
Thu Jun 15, 2023 4:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Belka (-DSP/-DX/-v3) appreciation thread
Replies: 34
Views: 25935

Re: The Belka (-DSP/-DX/-v3) appreciation thread

Wow, that's more shack than bicycle but the "pedestrian mobile" trolley isn't bad either. :) BTW, a bit earlier that day I also heard the guy who inspired G4NVF to go bike mobile on the same frequency, G4AKC (first comes JK1THF, still a bit weaker): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-1kGpUg...
by 13dka
Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Belka (-DSP/-DX/-v3) appreciation thread
Replies: 34
Views: 25935

Re: The Belka (-DSP/-DX/-v3) appreciation thread

I made a few casual visits to the dike this month, just to relax for an hour after work and not wanting to aggravate the tonsillitis I'm currently dealing with, so I didn't bother with putting up antennas and just suction-cupped the Belka to the side window. Since I was sitting in the car, I took th...
by 13dka
Wed May 31, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The SULA antenna
Replies: 63
Views: 41559

Re: The SULA antenna

Congrats! A few notes though: 1. I have no hard data points what it really does but a metal support is not recommendable as it will very likely mess with the antenna's performance in some way or other. Or is that a wood pole (hard to see on the pic)? 2. The SULA is lacking a lot of sensitivity witho...
by 13dka
Wed May 31, 2023 4:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Belka (-DSP/-DX/-v3) appreciation thread
Replies: 34
Views: 25935

Re: The Belka (-DSP/-DX/-v3) appreciation thread

Today I used the currently (for a change) calm(-ish) ionospheric conditions for a very early walk in order to try catching some TA DX. Chances are rather slim now merely 3 weeks to the summer solstice, because there's very little darkness between TX and RX, leaving only a very short time window for ...
by 13dka
Sun May 28, 2023 3:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oddity on WWV's 10MHz frequency June 30, 2022 05:10Z
Replies: 11
Views: 9653

Re: Oddity on WWV's 10MHz frequency June 30, 2022 05:10Z

Yes, it's English but alas very much drowned out by the stronger program and unintelligible. Are you sure this is Radio Vatican? Are they having a different interval music for sign-off? It's very similar, even in the same key as it seems but it lacks the glockenspiel/vibraphone/xylophone/dingdong le...
by 13dka
Sat May 27, 2023 2:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oddity on WWV's 10MHz frequency June 30, 2022 05:10Z
Replies: 11
Views: 9653

Re: Oddity on WWV's 10MHz frequency June 30, 2022 05:10Z

Here's the minute before the stations disappeared (with the rapid fadeout after the second minute beep), and the sign off music I can't seem to identify (I'm not so much of a BCL I'm afraid and YouTube has only historic interval signals): https://www.dropbox.com/s/n6e0fvrilz1guqt/10MHz_Anomaly_June3...
by 13dka
Wed May 24, 2023 10:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oddity on WWV's 10MHz frequency June 30, 2022 05:10Z
Replies: 11
Views: 9653

Oddity on WWV's 10MHz frequency June 30, 2022 05:10Z

Going through last year's recordings I found this odd appearance of what sounds like 2 stations on top of WWV 10 MHz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWKt3A1murg As you can see on the video, I frantically tried to make sure that this is not some odd malfunction of my IC-705. I have an audio recordin...