[Lowfer] new 500 kHz grabber

[Steve Ratzlaff]

Jackson Harbor Press has a $17-shipped price LF converter kit--probably the 
best value around for a quick and easy LF converter. 
http://home.att.net/~jacksonharbor/lfconv.htm
Its input lowpass filter cuts off around 430kc and the converter is aimed 
more towards the 137kc band, and lower NDB band usage. But it would be 
fairly easy to change the existing LPF to go higher to include the 600M 
band. The converter comes with both a 4 and 10Mc crystal to choose what freq 
to upconvert to.
Cuba plays easy listening music on 530kc at night; is generally good copy 
here most evenings when conditions are decent and static is low. 530 RVC 
Turks and Caicos used to be there too, but the last major hurricane took 
down their antenna and it probably won't be some time until they can get 
another one up. 529 LYQ is often a big signal here too. 520 BHZ, Brazil 
isn't a strong signal but can be heard frequently, using the narrow audio 
filter.
73,
Steve
NE Oregon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike WE0H" <we0h at yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp; UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] new 500 kHz grabber


>I hear it in CW mode on 511 along with OF. Whip up a 520kc lowpass filter 
>tonight and try that out. I think mine is built for a 520kc cut off freq. 
>Might be 515kc but something to help is better than nothing. Don't like 
>that AM splattering...hi hi
> I run a SA612 mixer with a 3.0mc reference to mix the 600m band up to 80 
> meters. The lowpass filter is between the antenna and the mixer input. No 
> BC birdies with that. WCCO 830kc is with in eye sight of here. 50kw day & 
> night into a full quarter wave tower...hi hi
> The 530kc utility stations can be a pain in the behind as some are wide. 
> Also some Spanish stations come in about 530 or so kc some nights with a 
> real wide over modulated signal. Silly. I only get slop from them if I go 
> above 525kc listening to those NDB's up there. LYQ should be real strong 
> on 529kc in CW mode. That is the Tennessee station with 100w and a real 
> big antenna.
>
> Mike
>
>
> Ted Holdahl wrote:
>> I have my attenuator turned on to reduce BC intermod and my S meter 
>> reading is S4.
>> What is the freq of the HMY beacon?
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