[Lowfer] new 500 kHz grabber

[Ted Holdahl]

I switched over to my Kenwood TS870 and am now receiving wd2xsh/6 quite
well.  Take a look at my grabber now.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Mike WE0H <we0h at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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Ted - www.jazz-oasis.com
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