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I have at least 20 from the 1960s-1980s, mostly from Latin American
stations.
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Today's Topics:
1. R Maryja QSL (Swopan Chakroborty)
2. Radio Dellen on the air again (Ronny Forslund)
3. MW conditions (Chris)
4. More Summer DX (Jouko Huuskonen)
5. Pennants (Jerry Rappel)
6. Re: new toy: Ten-Tec RX-320D (Joseph Strain)
7. Re: Re: new toy: Ten-Tec RX-320D (Joseph Strain)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 04:45:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Swopan Chakroborty <swopan_chakroborty@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [HCDX] R Maryja QSL
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Dear friends,
Received full data QSL letter from Radio Maryja,
Poland, in 36 days for their broadcast on 12010 kHz
via Rusiia. V/s Malgorzata Zaniewska.
73s
Swopan Chakroborty
Kolkata, India
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:26:22 +0200
From: "Ronny Forslund" <info@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Dellen on the air again
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Hello all!
Radio Dellen will go on the air at 22.00 UTC on Monday, June 30 on the usual
frequency 1602 kHz. We will be on the air until July 14 from Delsbo in the
province of Hdlsingland, Sweden - this time with increased power. Further
details and schedules will be published continously on
http://www.rock.x.se/radiodellen.htm
73 & GOOD DX
Ronny Forslund, Radio Dellen
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Message: 3
Date: 01 Jul 2003 01:23:35 -0400
From: Chris <swlchris@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [HCDX] MW conditions
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Hi
Last night on June 30 ,MW DX was surprisingly good. My damn pc locked up
on me on a bad burned cdrom,so my logs were lost.
I heard Cedar Rapids and another Iowa station too. Heard the following
cities all on the RX320 and 150 ft longwire.
Biloxi Mississippi
NYC
Chicago
Toronto ( French Canadian station )
Tulsa Oklahoma
Atlanta
Grand Rapids Michigan
Detroit Michigan
and a couple of others I can't remember where they were.
Note that on the xband several times I was hearing two stations at same
time,but never could get a clear id of one of them,.
Wish like hell I hadn't lost my logs,it was a good night for me ,and
most interestingly in summertime too.
Think tonight I'm gonna do the XMMS MP3 thing(listening to Curve's On
the Wheel and wondering why I don't hear pirates playing some of this.)
--
Chris
Dx'ing from Lousiville Ky
Using Drake R-4A, Ten-Tec RX320 and 150 longwire-23 ft vertical.
Nothing but linux used on this machine
http://members.tripod.com/~swlchris
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:22:45 +0300
From: "Jouko Huuskonen" <jouko.huuskonen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [HCDX] More Summer DX
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BOLIVIA: R Nueva Esperanza 6585,36 kHz 0113 UTC with decent signal June 16.
Religious programme most propably in Quechuan mentioning "Nueva Esperanza"
BRAZIL: Big number of Brazilian stations heard in the 60- 49-, 31- and 25
meter bands. Here4s few of them:
-5970 kHz 2335 UTC R Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte with quite poor reception.
Football, of course! June 18
-6020 2310 R Gaucha, Porto Alegre. Very nice reception with football
commentary. June 16
-6040 0135 R Clube Paranaense, Curitiba giving "Radio Tupi"-ID! Was Tupi or
Paranaense?! June 16
-6170 2335 R Cultura, Sao Paulo playing classical music without IDs. June 18
-11725 2145 R Novas de Paz Curitiba with religious programming. Noted almost
all the 25 mb Brazilian outlets. June 23
ISRAEL: Galei Zahal - Israel Defence Forces Radio. It was a big surprise to
me hear this station on so many MW-frequencies, all of them in parallel with
6973 kHz. The frequencies were: 1224- (Beersheba), 1287- (Tel Aviv) and 1368
kHz.(2 stns) Unfortunately I didn4t manage to hear Arutz Sheva. I tried both
1143- and 1593 kHz. I found R Mayak, Murmansk on 1143 kHz and R Yunost from
Sochi on 1539 kHz. I was listening 2210-2245 UTC. June 23
GREECE: Several ERT outlets heard, the most interesting being KERKIRA ISL.
on 1008 kHz 2346. The Dutch station was off. Others were Zakynthos 927 kHz,
Komotini 1404 kHz, Rhodes on 1494 kHz and Chania 1512 kHz. Also heard an
UNID pirate station on 1610,4- and 1613,7 kHz in two different nights. It4s
the same station.
CYPRUS: R Canada International broadcasting in Arabic on 1233 kHz via Cape
Creco tranmitter. Heard several times 2115 UTC with strong signal. Must be
coming from Cyprus.
-990 kHz R SAWA fighting with DLR Berlin. Heard around 2130 UTC.
CROATIA: Voice of Croatia in English on 1134 kHz 2215 UTC in parallel with
1125 kHz. Later Spanish heard.
TOGO: Glad to note RTV Togolaise is active once again. Heard this old friend
on 5046.7 kHz 2115 UTC. June 17
AUSTRALIA: VLA8 Alice Springs on 4835 kHz struggling with Mali 2132 UTC. No
positive ID. Must be Alice Springs. WRTH gives bc hours 2130-0830 UTC.
Never heard this station before. June 15.
UNID: Religious programme on 1539 kHz til 2130 UTC. After that "nacht
musik". So tx is in Germany. Unfortunately my attempts to find info from
EMWG failed for some reason. I couldn4t download the file.
UNID giving "Radio Continental"-ID on 6155,05 kHz 0107 UTC. Maybe I
missheard, reception was poor. Could be Banda Oriental from Uruguay?
UNID: 828 kHz. R Svoboda-ID here 2143 UTC. QTH?
DX-ing was fun in North Karelia in spite of bad weather we experienced. Last
summer was hot and dry, this has been so far wet and cool. I enjoyed DX-ing
with "proper" outdoor antenna and excellent rx. We4ve booked the same place
at least for a week August 2004!!!
734s de Jouko
Jouko Huuskonen
Kesaelahti/Turku
SUOMI-FINLAND
RX: AOR 7030+
ANT: 30 m lw
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:03:53 -0500
From: Jerry Rappel <ww0e@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [HCDX] Pennants
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Anyone have any pennants from Short Wave
radio stations?
Just wondering, as I have seen some on e-bay going for big prices.
I have about 30 inmy collection.
Jerry WW0E
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:43:42 -0400
From: "Joseph Strain" <yodar98@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] new toy: Ten-Tec RX-320D
To: MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
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I might regret my current disinterest in DRM causing me to get a RX 320
without that feature. I found a DRM station test Sunday...kinda like
SSB....TenTec will do the mod for about $50.00 and plans are (somewhere) in
my files for a website to do it yourself...mainly taking a shieled lead off
a 12 MHz (?) circuit and perhaps a decoupling capacitor...
Mines barely a week in service at an apartment with very limited antenna
options...I AM STILL STUDYING (IE: PLAYING WITH, THE VARIOUS CONTROL
APPLICATIONS, AND THINK some of them might meet your needs. The one I use
daily is in beta, linked to a logging database package I rely on from Bob
Sillet at:
http://www.sillett.us.eu.org/swlog/
OTHER FREEWARE control applications: (the LAST one is FEE WARE)
http://www.qsl.net/ab9b/KF5OJ/index.html
http://www.tufox.com/jim/rx320/
http://www.tufox.com/jim/rx320/
http://www.ilgradio.com/gnpdb/
http://www.apptd.com/rx320.htm
FINEWARE PACKAGE:
Download the Software
radio320prog.zip - The program EXE and supporting files. Version 0.51. About
587K.
radio320datafine.zip - Sample databases from Mark Fine. About 33K.
radio320datailg.zip - Sample databases from ILG Radio. About 410K.
http://www.dxtra.com/ (FEE ware)
;>)
Yodar
More STUFF!
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From: MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
To: hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, badx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [HCDX] new toy: Ten-Tec RX-320D
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 20:44:56 -0400
I recently purchased a Ten-Tec RX-320D computer-
controlled "black box" receiver. This compact
unit, described at "http://www.tentec.com/TT320.htm";,
runs off a 15 VDC wall-wart and connects to a
PC through a serial port control cable. If audio
is to be transferred to the PC's sound card, a
separate audio cable is connected for that.
Alternately, you can connect headphones or a
speaker directly to the radio.
The supplied software provides a simple-to-use
graphical user interface. One cool feature is
the spectrum chart, much like the old Heath
panadapters or a rudimentary version of spectrum
analyzers used in professional test and measurement
labs.
There were a few things I wanted to do that I
couldn't figure out. Apparently a recording
function is not integrated into the software.
I wanted to record MP3 or WAV files straight
from the receiver software without having to
open up other software. Another thing I want
to do is have the receiver take in an Excel
or tab-delimited text file of times and
frequencies for unattended "robot" DXing /
recording. Maybe DXers, on their own, have
developed C/C++ or Visual Basic code that
can do exactly what I want. This would be
to record desired frequencies at specified
times / dates and also put out a data file
consisting of signal strength readings.
I could use the receiver as a propagation
analyzer or spectrum occupancy study aid.
Nick Hall-Patch has done this successfully
with another receiver. Conceivably, software
could be structured to make decisions such as
"If you find this, then go look for that,
otherwise go to a different test to decide
what to do next". Such disciplined scanning
would simulate the actions of a real-life DXer
at the dials. Who knows what goodies you might
find in the morning on your PC in the MP3 and
data summary files if you have this capability ?
All this said, how did the receiver perform ?
On its built-in whip antenna, a lot of PC,
TV, and other house-based hash & oddball buzzy
carriers were noted. On a real antenna,
fortunately, all that went away. Reception
was quite similar to the Drake R8A without its
preamplifier engaged. Since I was using a
Flag antenna with fairly low output, some
daytimers receivable on the R8A (such as CHTN-
720) were in the noise floor on the RX-320D.
With a less efficient antenna such as a Pennant or
Flag, an extra 10 dB of low-noise preamplification
would be a great thing. Since this radio is
touted more for shortwave than medium wave,
sensitivity was probably ratcheted down a bit
since SW antennas tend to be much more efficient
and closer to a resonant length.
I did not note any spurs / intermods, not bad
since 50 kW WRKO-680 is less than 3 miles /
5 km away. Even 1360 (=680*2), a perennial
overload channel here, had clear WLYN instead
of the WRKO overload that my car radio gets.
With a bigger antenna, or an amplified one,
I might not be quite as lucky.
The fast AGC setting didn't seem quite fast
enough for quick adjustments of loop, phaser,
or variable termination resistance derived
nulls. There's a bit of lag time on the PC
screen "S-meter".
The IF filter selections were good and they
seemed effective. I would have liked DSP
based continuously-variable bandwidth, but
what can you expect for $300 ? It will be
interesting to set this up during a decent
opening and bag some TA's with it.
Its need for the laptop and a +15V supply
probably means that I won't be using it in
the car on mini-DXpeditions to the seashore.
Running this arrangement in a dark, cramped,
and (often) cold vehicle doesn't seem likely.
Use on a house-based DXpedition (e.g. Cappahayden,
Grayland, Chamberlain, Miscou Island, or Sheigra)
could be worthwhile however. I'm not sure what
the airport security people would make of the
little black box. Having the radio integrated
to the laptop can be a good thing since logging
programs, Geoclock, Euro-MWLog and Pacific Log
PDF's could all be accessed. John Bryant, Nick
Hall-Patch, and the rest of the Grayland crew
have certainly proved this.
The D model is supposed to be usable to decode
DRM broadcasts. For a review of an earlier version
see "http://www.anarc.org/naswa/issues/1298/equip1298.html";.
Once I get the unattended recording schemes
worked out, I'll be having a lot of fun with
this radio.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Billerica, MA
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:47:46 -0400
From: "Joseph Strain" <yodar98@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Re: new toy: Ten-Tec RX-320D
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SEE MY POST TO MARK, INDEED YOU ARE RIGHT, THOUGH THE FACTORY SOFTWARE HAS
SOME FEATURES OF APPEAL TO THIS non-TEKKIE
Go to yahoogroups.com to join the RX320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx e-list
;>)
Yodar
More STUFF!
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From: "Richard Amirault" <ramirault@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <badx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<badx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [HCDX] Re: new toy: Ten-Tec RX-320D
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 21:18:19 -0400
I understand there is also 3rd party software that folks recommend for use
with this radio. I don't know how many are out there (at least one) but I
seem to remember that the 3rd party software did things the factory software
didn't.
Richard Amirault N1JDU Boston,
MA, USA
www.erols.com/ramirault "Go Fly A Kite"
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From: <MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx>
Subject: new toy: Ten-Tec RX-320D
>
> I recently purchased a Ten-Tec RX-320D computer-
> controlled "black box" receiver. This compact
> unit, described at "http://www.tentec.com/TT320.htm";,
> runs off a 15 VDC wall-wart and connects to a
> PC through a serial port control cable. If audio
> is to be transferred to the PC's sound card, a
> separate audio cable is connected for that.
> Alternately, you can connect headphones or a
> speaker directly to the radio.
(snip)
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