MW Equipment Update
SDR IQs and Icom went to new happy owners.
Perseus
I have now new SDR receiver Perseus with the possibility to record the whole mw-band, which should simplify the recording process. In the first Perseus listening tests the receiver seems to be more selective than the SDR IQ. Euro splatter could be rejected more easily. Also the controlling software has a few more advanced features than the Spectravue used with IQ, especially notch function is a must!
This March 2009 version of the controlling software seems to have a tendency to crash. I have solved this problem with killing the control sowftware just before actual recording takes place and then relaunching it. Also booting the Windows machine couple of times daily seems to have a positive effect.
Antennas
Antennas naturally received major blows during summer. Heavy wind has caused some heavy casualties in the forests. Also forest harvesting snapped a few hundred meters away from the east antenna. I have now DXE-RPA-1 coaxial preamplifier, which itself is a must, because of the long coax feed. At the moment antenna configuration is as follows:
- 700 m 135 degrees / 320 degrees backward beverage to the North America
- 400 m 105 degrees to the China / 290 degrees backward beverage to the East coast of NA.
- 250 m 40 degrees to the Korea, Japan and China / backward section seems to pick very well Spain and the British Isles.
- 1000 m 170 degrees to the South / 350 degrees backward section to the Alaska.
- 1000 m 225 degrees to the West Africa.
Log:
Some early new catch from NA, to me, in this Autumn:
660 WFAN NY 11.10 4.05
790 KFGO Fargo-Moorhead, ND 19.10 4.03
850 KOA Denver CO 11.10 4.31
930 WBEN Buffalo NY 14.10 4.02 "Radio Ben" "News talk"
940 CJGX YOrkton SK 14.10 7 "GX94"
970 WZAN Portland ME 10.10 5
1010 WINS NY 13.10 2355 "10 10 Wins news"
1160 KSL Salt Lake City UT 14.10 4
1200 KFNW West Fargo ND 14.10 6.59 *
1330 WRCA Waltham MA 10.10 5
1380 KOTA Rapid City SD 11.10 4 "Information superstation" "News and talk with right will"
1600 WUNR Boston, MA 15.10 4.04 "R Internacional"
1650 CINA Mississauga ON 15.10 4.30 "on the latest hits Cina"
1650 KCNZ Cedar Falls IA, 15.10 4.30 "16-50 Sam, KCNZ". Fox.
1650 KFOX Torrance CA 15.10 6.03
1670 WTDY Madison WI 15.10 4.34
1700 KVNS Brownsville TX 15.10 4.32
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