[K3PZN-List] LongWave Radio ?

[Curt Milton]

Oh I guess Lo-Jac must use 500 kHz ??  I guess no cars with Lo-Jac were stolen in Carroll yesterday evening ... 

The relic works even better when I tighten the wire jumper on the back (this solved its apparent instability).  This jumper was allow the receiver to also serve as a CW practice oscillator -- Heath thought of everything!  The rig has a product detector with LSB and USB settings, an impressive AGC (which is more noticeable on broadcasts than ham radio).  And if it is anywhere near spec, its selectiving of 6 kHz at 20 dB is decent (of course I wonder where it hits 40 dB !).  

According to what I googled, I likely need to modify how the power transformer is connected and bypassed to reduce noise in the longwave band.  I'll study this carefully and of course add a modern 3-conductor cord.  

Has anyone ever listened to longwave DX ?

Yes my boat-anchor addiction is under control ... only this one of the 2 items is for myself, and with my HW16 chirping again I choose my battles carefully!  

73, curt

--- On Wed, 10/15/08, wo3l at comcast.net <wo3l at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: wo3l at comcast.net <wo3l at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] LongWave Radio ?
> To: wb8yyy at yahoo.com, "Carroll County Amateur Radio Club" <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 1:23 PM
> Now you can guard 500kHz whever you're in the
> shack...Anybody know where Curt can pick up a used
> auto-alarm?
> 
> Andy
> 
> > 
> > The relic covers ~ 200 - 400 kHz.
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