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by 13dka
Mon May 22, 2023 3:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shortwave Listening
Replies: 2
Views: 4880

Re: Shortwave Listening

If you think about it a for a while, it isn't a stupid question at all. First off, you didn't listen to it on a radio, you streamed it off a website and that is by all vague definitions not shortwave listening, or broadcast listening (as in in "SWL" and "BCL"). OTOH you were list...
by 13dka
Mon May 22, 2023 3:02 pm
Forum: Questions & Advice
Topic: Balun for a end fed random wire?
Replies: 5
Views: 5618

Re: Balun for a end fed random wire?

A balun is for connecting bal anced antennas to an un balanced feedline. For an end-fed wire you'd want an unun . It won't change the general characteristics of random wires, what you may or may not gain from it in reception (which depends entirely on your individual location/situation) is maybe a l...
by 13dka
Sat May 20, 2023 11:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The SULA antenna
Replies: 63
Views: 41227

Re: The SULA antenna

Dug out another clip - this one is kind of special, not only because 21:30 local is kind of late for 15m and the station being 13,300km away on the Falkland Islands yet giving me a very solid signal on the SULA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi8xghVcDU4 That's Bob (VP8LP), the guy who informed BBC...
by 13dka
Thu May 18, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The SULA antenna
Replies: 63
Views: 41227

Re: The SULA antenna

Welcome to the forum! Well, the "null" isn't quite as deep on 10m as it is on the lower bands but it still does what it's supposed to do. On upper end of HF it has the least losses (for the shortwave band that is, it starts getting gain when you go higher) and generally performs very well ...
by 13dka
Tue May 16, 2023 10:58 am
Forum: Log Sharing & Broadcast Frequencies/Schedules
Topic: Italy is back on MW!
Replies: 2
Views: 4822

Re: Italy is back on MW!

That's quite a lot! Next to make room: TalkSports leaves a couple of frequencies (not overly sad about that one personally).
by 13dka
Sun May 14, 2023 4:22 pm
Forum: Log Sharing & Broadcast Frequencies/Schedules
Topic: Italy is back on MW!
Replies: 2
Views: 4822

Italy is back on MW!

Yesterday I spend an hour in the twilight dialing through MW at the dike and found a station playing some really cool disco funk stuff on 927 kHz - "Power 927" from Milano. "AM Italia", the IRRS Nexus station had some English talk program on 1323. Next great music stop was "...
by 13dka
Mon May 08, 2023 1:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Belka (-DSP/-DX/-v3) appreciation thread
Replies: 34
Views: 25749

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

I was walking - the Belka whip.
by 13dka
Mon May 08, 2023 11:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Belka (-DSP/-DX/-v3) appreciation thread
Replies: 34
Views: 25749

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

While I tested some recording gear in the pocket yesterday: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hkmg2advw3926ss/ZL6B_2023-05-08_around_1600Z.mp3?dl=1 ZL6B IBP beacon on 14Mhz, with the 10W dash clearly and the 1W dash ever so faintly audible... of course on the whip. :) Edit: I also recorded ZKAK (Auckland VO...
by 13dka
Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need some advice.
Replies: 2
Views: 4743

Re: Need some advice.

If you were happy with the PL-880, the 990 (or a 2nd-hand 880) might be a reasonable replacement. The S-8800 is the only of the two I own and I found it a particularly quirky radio, it's also quite big for traveling with it.
by 13dka
Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:07 pm
Forum: Log Sharing & Broadcast Frequencies/Schedules
Topic: Status of some favorite SW broadcaasters of the past?
Replies: 2
Views: 4867

Re: Status of some favorite SW broadcaasters of the past?

Welcome to the forum! Maybe this helps: Kuwait: https://short-wave.info/?station=R.KUWAIT Tirana: https://www.short-wave.info/index.php?station=Radio%20Tirana Cairo https://www.short-wave.info/index.php?station=R.CAIRO (Audio is notoriously broken on R. Cairo though) Iran: https://www.short-wave.inf...