[Lowfer] 254 kHz last evening

[JJ]

Hi Dex,

I guess there are a few still out there.  TUK 194 on Nantucket used to 
be the one around here but it broke down and the State of Massachusetts 
decided that it wasn't going to spend the money to get it back up.  
Here's a couple of references to HLB and the voice transmissions:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ndblist/message/38661
http://mapem-atensi.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html

I still have the old trusty Palomar too.  Mine is the red one in the 
Hammond box.  I transmitted into that sucker more than once and have 
replaced the LM1496 a few times!  I still have about 4 or 5 1496s 
kicking around.  I was thinking of EBaying it.  I'm using a PMSDR SDR 
and it's pretty cool.  I want to upgrade and I'm thinking of the SDR-IQ 
but I have to raise a little $$$ first.  The PMSDR is more sensitive 
than the Palomar, the Palomar leaks some 80 M trash in and the Xtal osc 
is off a bit.
Last night while chasing NDBs, I added FOY 395 Foynes-Shannon, Ireland 
and a new Brazilian to my NDB log.  Condx seem to be improving around 
here for DX.

Jon

On 1/15/2011 1:19 PM, Dexter McIntyre W4DEX wrote:
> JJ wrote:
>> Tried to process the audio the best I could and I'm going out on a
>> limb.  It sounds like Batesville Hillenbrand airport.
>> http://www.globalair.com/airport/hillenbrand_industries/hlb.aspx
>>
>>
> OK Jon.  HLB is what Warren said it was.  I just didn't know there was
> still voice transmissions on NDB transmitters.  Years ago there was a
> voice wx station somewhere on the gulf coastline.  The name escapes me.
> Was it Grand Island, LA?  The freq was just above 190 kHz I think.  I
> was using a Palomar VLF converter connected to a SB-301 at that time.
> I've still got those items somewhere in storage.  I need to dig them out
> and see how that combination compares to the SDR-IQ running SDR-Radio to
> see if there is a difference in reception :)
>
> Dex
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