[Lowfer] What receiver do you recommend?

Fri, 7 Nov 2003 20:54:20 -0600

Hey Steve,
Did you say Saint Paul as in Minnesota??? Tune your receiver to 185.3026kc
and listen for my beacon. I am an hour north of Minneapolis. My CW and
QRSS-30 signal is loud out to at least 162 miles from me. You can tune your
RS/Sangean to 185kc LSB and use the slow tune step to find my signal. I also
have a Sangean 909 and I can hear my CW with the internal loopstick antenna
and internal speaker at about 20 miles out.

Mike>WE0H
http://www.we0h.us/lf
"WEOH" on 185.3026kc
QRSS 30 & -.-.  .--
FCC says 'Sufficiently powered @ 1w'

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Steve Hughes
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 12:28 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Lowfer] What receiver do you recommend?

Greetings,

I am new to the list and new to LW. I have been reading Radioscience
Observing Vols 1 and 2, and am very excited about long wave in general,
and hope to have a beacon set up on my (weekend) farm in Shell Lake, WI
before the end of the year. I see that I have a neighbor in Shell Lake
who is quite active in LW, and I'll have to look him up soon.

For now, I am listening and learning with my Radio Shack DX-398 (AKA
Sangean ATS-909) and have set up a long wire antenna in my back yard in
St. Paul.

I realize my current receive is a little ineffective for beacon/utility
use. I am seeing posts here of frequencies like 169.130 etc.-way more
precise than my little Radio Shack portable can get. I have been reading
about the TenTac Rx-320 and find the price/performance and computer
control compelling, bug I have heard that LW sensitivity is poor. Any
experienced voices out there? What would you recommend for LW work?

Thanks for your input,

Steve

PS Just bough the Ham University software and am On My Way with Morse
code. I also have ordered the ARRL Technician Class study materials.
Can't wait!!!

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