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- Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?
- Replies: 41
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Re: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?
Andrew, I can't decide whether the B-40 looks positively agricultural or it's something that came out of a Russian missile silo. It looks like it is designed to survive a "significant event." Cheers, Jock Well, if was designed to be used on UK and AU warships and submarines ... then, as f...
- Tue May 31, 2022 3:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 80730
Re: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?
Regarding the title of this thread only, I've always thought the Hallicrafters SX-28 was gorgeous: Well, if you like the SX-28, then what about the Murphy B-40 :D ? http://www.awasa.org.za/images/stories/com_form2content/p4/f32/15.jpg http://www.awasa.org.za/radios/87-murphy-b40-series-naval-receiv...
- Tue May 31, 2022 2:47 pm
- Forum: Questions & Advice
- Topic: Generate your personal azimuthal map
- Replies: 8
- Views: 20522
Generate your personal azimuthal map
From time to time one may need to have a quick reference to the bearing from his position to a given location, for example to aim an antenna, now a good way to have such a reference is using an azimuthal map centered on the desired location; what follows shows how to generate such a map centered on ...
- Tue May 31, 2022 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LoG antenna trick
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10290
Re: LoG antenna trick
I use stakes with short ropes attached to them for that: Yes, ropes will work, although they may tend to "wrap/garble" while nylon tiers will remain a bit more rigid (Sorry, bad pics, didn't mean to picture the stakes that morning and quickly realized that trying to take pics of a LOG is ...
- Tue May 31, 2022 10:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LoG antenna trick
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10290
LoG antenna trick
What follows is a small trick which allows to maximize the performance of the LoG (Loop on Ground) antenna, I won't add details about the antenna since it has been discussed on SWLing, but if one doesn't know about it, the infos about such an antenna can be found on Matt Roberts' page, here http://w...
- Mon May 30, 2022 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: PSA to Moderators: Email Notifications
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3630
Re: PSA to Moderators: Email Notifications
the someone is me, guilty as charged, your honor
seriously, wanted to test the function since as you wrote, it's an important one
seriously, wanted to test the function since as you wrote, it's an important one
- Sun May 29, 2022 3:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: [Test Post] Holy Grail Last Dodo BNC Antenna Switch
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10686
Re: [Test Post] Holy Grail Last Dodo BNC Antenna Switch
what puzzles me is the fact that, if the switch was used in those "field containers" it doesn't (seem to) have some kind of support flange or the like
- Sun May 29, 2022 1:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Checking for suspicious CMC
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3221
Re: Checking for suspicious CMC
Great advice! Too bad there are only 2 types of hams, the guys who read stuff like this and the guys who complain about their PA doing strange things (and blame the PA for it) in partially unreadable transmissions because the in-shack RF is destroying their modulation. :mrgreen: I have a guy who's ...
- Sun May 29, 2022 10:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Checking for suspicious CMC
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3221
Checking for suspicious CMC
Ok this one is more about tx than rx, still this old trick is easier and quicker than assembling an RF ammeter; in short, if one suspects about "RF in the shack" a quick way to check is to find the band where the problem(s) are more evident, at that point, pick a run of insulated wire and ...
- Sun May 29, 2022 10:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 80730
Re: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?
In my humble opinion, it's the Japan Radio NRD-515. Functional, utilitarian, without looking cheap. https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/commrxvr/nrd515.jpg Cheers, Jock JRC rigs are, in my very humble opinion, the best engineered ones, just to say, a lot of them were built usin a modular approa...