[Lowfer] LW Broadcast reception on portables

[k2ors at verizon.net]

Hi Clive,
   Sorry yes I should have said the U.K. OR Europe!

73 Warren K2ORS
          WD2XGJ
          WD2XSH/23
          WE2XEB/2
          WE2XGR/1


Oct 4, 2010 05:42:00 PM, lowfer at mailman.qth.net wrote:

Being in the UK many of us Brits tend not to think that we are in Europe -
HI

Certainly when at sea I remember being amazed one voyage from Panama Canal
to Australia with the distance that west coast USA MW stations could be
heard. That would have been circa 1980

Cheers!

Clive

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 04 October 2010 21:39
To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] LW Broadcast reception on portables

In a message dated 10/4/2010 4:14:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
k2ors at verizon.net writes:
Hello the list,

Has anyone anywhere  EVER picked up a LW BC station using a portable 
receiver ?
(If you live in  Europe near LW stations you are excused from this 
discussion!)

I've tried  for 30+ years with no success and have concluded that its 
impossible.
However  Colin on www.dxer.ca web page claims he picks up trans-pacific 
stations with a  portable.

http://www.dxer.ca/the-forum?func=view&catid=12&id=2951&limit=6&start=6#2958

Comments?

73  Warren K2ORS
WD2XGJ
WD2XSH/23
WE2XEB/2
WE2XGR/1
 
Hi Warren,
I think using one of those good-quality 'RDF' portable receivers would  
bring in a couple
of those European LW broadcasters at night near the East Coast at  least.
Some of those RDF portables have excellent sensitivity on LW, some   have 
variable
RF gain controls.  Would one of those qualify as a 
'portable' receiver? It's not quite the same as something like a Sony 2010  
but it is a 
portable radio that runs on batteries and they can be used as  
'entertainment' radios also!
 
73 - Todd WD4NGG
 
 
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