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I've used a W6LVP loop in the past and was very pleased with the performance. Attached is a photo of it (from a few years ago) in the shack installed on a tripod with an RCA rotor. Eventually I moved the antenna outdoors for even better reception. It's an active antenna with a preamp. Don't know wh...

13dka wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 11:16 am Edit: Hm embedded player doesn't seem to work so well yet.

working ok for me !

Oh and, as for "matching", if you feel you need such a thing, you may just pick an MFJ-956 , it won't break the bank and will serve you honestly well, plus, if you'll then decide you'll need a preamp, you may pick up whatever wideband LNA and place it between the MFJ-956 and the receiver s...

Like the typical home, mine has its share of RFI. That's one reason the loosely-wound helical vertical was interesting, because the noise floor was lower. (But to make that antenna permanent, I need a dedicated broomstick, not the actual household broom!) I have taken the Belka outdoors on several ...

A reel up won't work like a loop, what I was suggesting is to tape a wire rectangle inside the window glass at some inches from the window frame (if it's a metal one), connect the ends of the resulting rectangular loop to a balun and from there run the coax to the receiver, willing to turn that ant...

As a note, the "belka" isn't so picky about impedance (and a lot of oldtime rigs won't present 50 Ohms as their input impedance), no, the issue (if we want to call it so) is mainly about input levels; start by setting the antenna gain to min if you aren't using the stock whip, and, when it...

check this

https://swling.com/blog/2020/11/steve-b ... -belka-dx/

you're not alone :( a number of those relatively "cheap" receivers, seem to be on the same boat; after some time, they start having problems <deep sigh> the times of the Yaesu, JRC, Kenwood, ICOM and other receivers are past, modern ones seem to be designed with a "preprogrammed life ...

oh... and as for the receiver, did you consider the "Belka DX" ?

https://www.mobimax.bg/en/BELKA-DX-shortwave-receiver

not a JRC by the way, but not all that bad, either; you may consider picking one of those and sending your JRC to Thomas' friend Vlado for cleanup/repair/alignment

Thanks to all who have responded. The NRC-535D is getting "tired," kind of like myself. Keys sticking, seeming loss of some sensitivity (though I don't have anything comparable to test) and maybe it's just time for something newer. No garden space at the new house; all the outside is pool...