[ADXA] Fwd: [HCDX] DXpedition Report from Arctic Lapland

[Steven Rutledge]

I find this fascinating.  I started out as a listener for many years.  
It started with a small transistor radio that I listened to at night, 
trying to find BCB DX.  Then with a Hallicrafter receiver at neighbor's 
across the street.  They had a long-wire on their roof.  Still no SSB.  
I had no idea what those sounds were. After that was a Transoceanic.  
You could still hear some utility traffic on AM.  Jacksonville NAS was 
one with the callsign Phenomenal.  Later on it was an  NRD-515, Icom 
R70,  71.  I have always attempted to hear aeronautical beacons in the 
200-400 Khz range.  I became very familiar with them when learning to 
fly circa 1965.  There aren't many left.  I used to be able to hear them 
quite well from my current QTH but the noise now makes it all but 
impossible.  There WERE a lot of them in AR at small airports.

I still like to hunt around the top of the AM BCB for DX traffic 
stations, airport info, etc.  I can understand the passion of these guys.

Thanks much Trent.  This is great.

Steve, QQ

On 12/4/2020 3:16 PM, jayw5jay wrote:
> With their passion I can't help but to wonder why they're not hams? 
> I've seen others from South Africa do the same thing, set up temporary 
> beverages for medium wave DXing. Very interesting Trent. 73
>
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Trent Fleming <trent.fleming at gmail.com>
> Date: 12/4/20 10:55 AM (GMT-06:00)
> To: adxa <ADXA at mailman.qth.net>, wtdxa <WTDXA at groups.io>
> Subject: [ADXA] Fwd: [HCDX] DXpedition Report from Arctic Lapland
>
> When he says Dxpedition, he's listening only.  Some of you may be 
> familiar with HCDX group.  Committed AM and SW listeners.  His report 
> is pretty interesting, IMHO.
>
> 73,
>
> Trent
> N4DTF
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *Mika Makelainen* <mika at makelainen.com <mailto:mika at makelainen.com>>
> Date: Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 9:09 AM
> Subject: [HCDX] DXpedition Report from Arctic Lapland
> To: <hard-core-dx at hard-core-dx.com <mailto:hard-core-dx at hard-core-dx.com>>
>
>
> A couple of weeks ago I returned from DXpedition AIH124 in Lapland, 400
> km (250 miles) north of the Arctic Circle, up in the northernmost tip of
> Finland.
> At the "Aihkiniemi" cabin we have a total of 14 Beverage antennas, each
> about 1 km (3,000 feet) in length, all pointing to different directions.
> Jim Solatie, a fellow radioaficionado, joined me on this DXpedition.
> I've just compiled a report of the expedition, explaining it all, with
> photos of the stunning beauty of early winter in
> Lapland:http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih124report.htm 
> <http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih124report.htm>
> <http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih124report.htm 
> <http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih124report.htm>>
>
> 73
> Mika
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