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Subj: LF Beacon Loggings
Date: 99-11-28 18:34:19 EST
From: k1xt hotmail (bill thomas)
I had the opportunity to visit my favorite spot for LF listening in eastern
Illinois, just 20 miles west of Vincennes,In. The place is called Red Hills
Park on Rt. 50. The nearest powerline is at least 1/2 mile away.
On Friday evening at 22:20 GMT I copied BA at 599. Not hard as BA is just 20 miles
south of Red Hills. However, I also copied YHO at 449 at 22:25 GMT. I
visited the spot again on Saturday and again heard YHO at RST 339 at 22:28
GMT. But the real surprise was A3O coming in at solid QSO quality at 559
also at 22:28 GMT. BA was off the air at this time.
Equipment used was a
Sony 2010 with a switched capacitance audio filter in line (SCAF). Antenna
was a 200 foot long wire strung through the brush and tuned with 365pf cap
and inductor in parallel. The inductor is 25 turns of #28 on an Amidon 1
inch material 77 core. I then feed it into a homebrew pre-amp using an
MPF102. It works quite well and I prefer it over a loop. Unfortunately, I
heard nothing else, not even longwave out of Europe that I can usually hear
from there.
73..
Bill Thomas k1xt hotmail.com
Subj: 7S6SAJ dxpedition to Karlsborg cancelled
Date: 26 Nov 1999
From: Johan Bodin (sm6lkmjbeab swipnetse)
Hello All,
Bad news.
Our 7S6SAJ dxpedition to Karlsborg has been cancelled because
a key person suddenly became unable to participate. However, we will try to make a new attempt in a near future.
Please excuse us for inconveniences we may have caused.
73's from SM6LKM and SM6PXJ
Johan Bodin, SM6LKM
RE: 200khz-400khz (and) Beacon Guide
Date: 99-11-25
From: Webmaster
Strangely enough, we do know of such a list, but unfortunately we don't have details to post yet.
First, of course, there
are the links to the Navaid database and Pierre Thomson's Canadian NDB
database in our LF Utilities page. These are regularly updated.
Naturally, it's also convenient to have a printed list. Ken Stryker's hasn't been updated since 1993,
so former LWCA loggings editor Bob Montgomery issued one last season. It's out of
print too, now.
This year, Monitoring Times LF editor Kevin Carey came out with a
beacon guide. We will place information about it on the Longwave Home Page as soon as we are able to decode the press release.
--John
Subj: 200khz-400khz
Date: 99-11-24 20:30:40 EST
From: k2sse gdi (Al Siriski)
hi
i recently built a loop antenna and have been copying cw beacons in
this range from my yard here in central fl. does anyone know where i can
find a list of these beacons/freqs showing the location and/or power
outs of these stations?
thank you
al
central fl
Subj: Beacon Guide
Date: 99-11-24 14:30:00 EST
From: KAYERCPA ratedg (Karl Ayer)
Your site and its links are fantastic! I have been on for over 2
hours. Although I found a whole bunch of very interesting stuff, I did
not find what I was looking for.
I have been a Long wave listener for a long time. I am in a great
location for low frequency reception and constantly log beacons. I also
do some world traveling and always take a radio and antenna along to
catch beacons. What I was looking for was a comprehensive list to
verify my findings both US and International. I have an old (October
1985) copy of Ken Stryker's "The Aero/Marine Beacon Guide" but I am
afraid that it is old enough to be out of date. Is there something like his guide available
either on disk or hard copy? I would be interested if such a
comprehensive list was available.
Thanks for any help and again my compliments on your great Website.
Sincerely,
Karl Ayer N9PXE
Subj: LORAN Trap
Date: 99-11-23 14:00:07 EST
From: FrankReynolds rlafmil (Reynolds Frank H Civ AFRL/IFOCCB)
I'm looking for information on this too. Seneca NY LORAN is covering me at
200, 300, & 400 kHz (+/- 15 kHz each side.)
Frank Reynolds
KC2FDW
LWCA
Subj: Members in NC
Date: 99-11-23 07:20:58 EST
From: engr wect (Engineering Department)
Are there any members in or near Wilmington, NC?
If so please reply to: ehunter raycommedia.com or ehunter wilmington.net
Thanks,
Elliot Hunter
Subj: National
Date: 99-11-20 11:56:18 EST
From: laser abts (laser)
Want to sell, something your buddy does not have. Two National SSR-19 Military Longwave radios. 30-300 khz. Pick-up NC. Weight 129lbs each. Have three spare modules and a few tubes. $1200. for all. email questions laser abts.net
Subj: how do I modifiy a select-a-tenna for LW
Date: 11/19/99 5:15:26 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: radiowow postofficepacbell
Does anyone ever modified a Select-a-tenna for longwave?
If so please e-mail me. Thank You...
Bob kf6ozu
Subj: Loran Trap
Date: 11/19/99 9:04:40 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: engr wect (Engineering Department)
Hello;
Does anyone have details available for the construction of a 100 Khz.
Loran-C trap?
I live about 5 miles from the Carolina Beach NC Loran station, and it
swamps almost anything I try to do!
73's
Elliot Hunter
WB4UNG
ehunter raycommedia.com
Subj: VLF Antenna help
Date: 99-11-18 01:14:27 EST
From: solarhawk earthlink (solarhawk)
Hi! I'm new to VLF monitoring and was wondering if anyone had any plans
for an indoor
ferrite core loop or something to that effect which I can use indoors
for monitoring VLF. I
currently use an indoor random wire which is fine for HF, but useless at
VLF. Any help as
to a loop or small vertical would be greatly appreciated. I'm not
looking to DX, just pick up ANY VLF signals.Thanks in advance!
-Vic
Subj: RE: Advice on receiver
Date: 11/17/99 10:50:10 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: lyle mlecmn (Lyle Koehler)
The Kenwood TS570 and Yaesu FT847 are both very good receivers. Like
nearly all solid-state receivers or transceivers, their performance
suffers on LF for a couple of reasons. Most rigs intentionally reduce
the sensitivity on the AM broadcast band and below, in order to reduce
problems with overloading and intermodulation. In addition, the 50-ohm
input impedance of a modern receiver is a very poor match to the high
impedance presented by a "long wire" of practical dimensions on LF.
Rather than buying a new receiver, I'd suggest an LF preamp or
up-converter, preferably with a remote-tuned loop antenna. There are
several preamp designs on my web page that can be built for a few bucks.
An IC-751A is used for most of my LF listening. It has fairly good
sensitivity when connected to a 50-ohm signal generator, but only the
strongest LowFERs can be heard on a long-wire antenna without a preamp.
With a tuned loop and high-gain preamp, the receiver really comes alive.
For BPSK reception, I use an IC-706, which is an absolute dog when
running "barefoot" below about 300 kHz. Just tuned to the frequency of
TEXAS a few minutes ago, at 9:30 local time, with the IC-706 connected
to my 8-foot loop and preamp. The COHERENT software almost immediately
started printing the "TEXAS AGGIE " identifier string. 950 miles on a 4
milliwatts ERP signal in the daytime. So there's hope for almost any
receiver!
--
Lyle, K0LR
http://www.computerpro.com/~lyle
Subj: RB reception
Date: 11/17/99 10:49:18 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: lyle mlecmn (Lyle Koehler)
Good copy on LowFER RB this morning; RST 469 at 1115 UTC. I'd heard
Bob's signal about a week ago through the static crashes, but couldn't
get a positive ID. TEXAS was very strong when it switched into CW mode
at 1130 UTC. Also heard YHO, A3O and the five local (within 100 miles)
LowFERs. No sign of OK today -- hope that's because Bill is in listening
mode rather than off the air for other reasons.
--
Lyle, K0LR
Subj: Lowfer logs
Date: 99-11-15 01:23:33 EST
From: k1xt hotmail (bill thomas)
I was listening between 23:00z and 01:00z this afternoon from a fairly quiet
location 20 miles north of St. Louis and could only copy BA at rst 229
approximately 140 miles to the east. Conditions were poor as BA is usually
much stronger. Unfortunately, I heard no other lowfers from before of after
sunset. Equipment was a Sony 2010 and a three foot box loop with pre-amp.
Everything was battery powered and located in an open field. Conditions
seemed unusually poor.
Bill Thomas - K1XT
Subj: Active Antenna
Date: 99-11-14 20:43:01 EST
From: frcarson idt (Frank Carson)
I have decided to buy and active antenna for beacons hunting. ANy
suggestons out there of some of the better ones? Thanks!
Frank Carson N3OCW
Subj: advice on receiver
Date: 99-11-13 12:57:00 EST
From: kce freeway (kenneth m cubilo)
i am looking to purchase a receiver that i want to use mostly for lw and
mw recpt, can someone steer me in the right direction as to which brand
to get either portable or tabletop, right now i am using both a kenwood
ts570dg and yaesu ft847 but their performance on lw really leaves a lot
to be desired, thanks in advance
ken we8w
Subj: JDH
Date: 99-11-13 09:35:55 EST
From: jdhatti hom (john hoopes)
Just a short note to let everyone know that JDH is transmiting on 184.500
KHZ from Central Georgia 24/7. Antenna current seems a bit down from last
year but I guess that is to be expected when you don't have time to perform
the necessary maintenance to the antenna system. I will try to
improve things here over the winter. I will be transmitting CW only. AS a side note, NC is
very readable here both day and night. Good work Dex!
John/AB4MS/JDH
Subj: Last MIR/INSPIRE VLF operations.
Date: 11/12/99 3:03:43 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: reromero tinit
Data and ephemerids about MIR INSPIRE operations are on my web site:
www.vlf.it
(see "latest news" session).
The planned operations on Nov. 20/21/22 and 27/28 will be the last
for MIR, before scheduled reentry of the station in atmosphere.
On the web site you will also found observations of signals in the
very low side of the radio spectrum (1 to 22000 Hz), else natural
and man-made.
73, IK1QFK Renato ROMERO
Subj: LowFER reception
Date: 99-11-10 22:19:23 EST
From: lyle mlecmn (Lyle Koehler)
This morning I was listening from a little before 1100 to just after
1130 UTC, about 2 hours before local sunrise. LF conditions were
surprisingly good for signals within 1000 miles. Surprising in that a
large area of thunderstorms was apparently located within a radius of
150 miles from me at the time. OK and TEXAS were solid copy on CW.
Although I didn't turn on the computer to copy their BPSK signals, they
were loud enough so that the signals could easily be identified as BPSK
(weak BPSK signals sound like a steady carrier if you can hear them at
all). Also heard were A3O, YHO and BA, plus "locals" RM, BRO, SAM and
BK. No sign of RH, but I found out later from Bruce that it was off the
air at the time. So far this season TEXAS, at about 950 miles, is the
most distant LowFER I've been able to hear.
--
Lyle, K0LR
Subj: RE: Beacon SY
Date: 99-11-10 00:12:59 EST
From: bohemian frn (Matt Burns)
did a search on 212KHz and came up with SJ as the only canadian ndb bearing
any resemblence to SY, it's not hard to confuse J with Y so that's
probably what happened, I make little mistakes like that all the time...
matt
Subj: Bearings on ADX approx 375 kHz
Date: 99-11-08 20:24:14 EST
From: kmills btc-bci (Ken Mills)
I have copied ADX several times and got an approximte fix on it. Seems to be on a line 15 degrees - 195 degrees thru Pullman, MI. Several others have heard it too. If we could get more "fixes", perhaps the search would be narrowed down. Quite strong here.
Ken Mills
Subj: RI beacon on the air
Date: 99-11-08 11:54:12 EST
From: pthomson bruderhof (Pierre Thomson)
On Saturday afternoon I finally got the RI lowfer beacon running at the
new location. Frequency is 184.320 KHz, 6 wpm (C)CW 24hr / 7days. The new tower seems to load nicely, though ground losses are still
higher than I would like. In the coming week I will increase the number
of radials (12 to 30) and possibly drive a few ground rods at a distance
from the tower. The motor-driven variometer coil is also working well.
Today I picked up the signal from 20 miles out using a short E-field
probe on the car. It was well above the noise there, so I have hopes
that it will be audible much further away.
73, Pierre
Subj: ADX 373
Date: 99-11-08 06:02:48 EST
From: Bohemian mailfrn (Matt Burns)
I can't seem to find adx-373 on navaid, I'm sure of the call but the frequency could be off by a
couple kc. I've got it pretty strong so it's probably in the eastern us or
canada but I can't say for sure. If anybody knows what it is let me know.
I put up a 100' longwire today, it's just 10-15' feet off the ground but it seems to be doing good
this is my first real attempt this season to log ndb's and so far I've got about 30.
I also thought I heard uby-266 and oe-276, I'm not as sure about these but I thought I got the
calls right and they weren't in navaid.
thanks
matt burns
kc8com
Subj: NC Q5 in VA
Date: 11/7/99 7:59:25 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: n4zv roanokeinfi (Bart Prater)
Good to hear my nearest lowfer neighbor Dex on the air.
NC is banging into Virginia on its new frequency of 177.777 khz.
The first reception of the season is a bit like that first potato
chip.....It sure got me hungry for more!
73,
Bart VA/N4ZV
Subj: MedFER Beacon
Date: 99-11-05 12:19:43 EST
From: turner vsatussc (C Turner)
After a 8 year hiatus, I have re-subscribed the the LOWDOWN. It's good so see
that there is *still* enough activity to keep it going.
I have put a beacon on the air again (the first time since 1990) and at the
moment, it's a MedFER beacon. Here are the statistics:
Freq: 1704.91 ID: CT
Location: West Jordan, UT Grid: DN40
Operator/Sked/Email: Clint Turner, KA7OEI, 24h7d, ka7oei arrl.net
This beacon operates (for the present time) exclusively PSK31. I have put
together a web page describing this beacon in better detail and this page may
be found at:
http://www.ussc.com/~turner/psk_medfer.html
73,
Clint
Subj: Superphaser-2 plans on the Web
Date: 99-11-04 22:51:09 EST
From: WA1ION ix com
Documentation for building a Superphaser-2 Antenna
Phasing Unit may be accessed via the following URL:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/sph2/sph2.htm
Good luck and good DX ... Mark
Subj: LF preamp
Date: 99-11-03 08:53:41 EST
From: pthomson bruderhof (Pierre Thomson)
Here is the description of the preamplifier I used last week for NDB
chasing:
http://frodo.bruderhof.com/ka2qpg/ad712pre.htm
If you want to build one, I can supply the IC... just drop me a note. Have
fun!
Pierre Thomson KA2QPG / RI
Subj: Beacon NC testing on 177.777 KHz
Date: 99-11-02 21:12:44 EST
From: dmcintyre att (Dexter McIntyre W4DEX)
Due to increased inductance from the addition of a variometer coil to
the old basket weave coil the antenna here at LF beacon NC can be tuned
down into the 170 to 180 KHz area. I am presently testing the beacon on
177.777 KHz CW keyed "NC" id. All reception reports will be
appreciated.
Dex
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