[Lowfer] ROU 153 kHz AM

[Zack Widup]

I have two SDR receivers now which appear to be excellent in the LF and VLF
range. I've been using a FUNCube dongle for a few years. I recently got an
Airspy Discovery HF+ SDR receiver. It seems to be a little better than the
FUNCube. But both seem to work great. The Airspy unit goes down to 500 Hz!
I can copy WWVB with it just fine.

My best antenna seems to be the AMRAD E-Probe. It's up about 15 feet. I
also have a 1 meter diameter loop that works OK, but the e-probe is better.
The loop is rotatable and so can null out signals if I need to.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 8:31 AM W4DEX <dexter.mc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gedas,
>
> 153 kHz was fair copy here last evening, the best so far since last winter,
> but sounds like you had better copy.  My R75 receiver has developed what
> seems like a synthesizer problem so I was using an IC7610 which I don't
> think is as good as the R75 on LF. Hope I can fix it.  There doesn't seem
> to be a receiver available that is a good alternative.   Used R75s are
> still bringing as much as I paid over 20 years ago.  Of course not
> considering inflation :)
>
> I looked for TAG overnight but no joy.  Local KE is looking normal this
> morning but no sign of JH which I have received via groundwave in the
> past.  First time using the IC7610 on LF so that may be the difference.
>
> Nice to see you enthusiasm extending all the way from LF to 10 GHz.
>
> Dex
>
> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 12:51 AM Gedas <w8bya at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> > Not sure if it is appropriate to list this on the group but I thought it
> > might interest some that LW AM station ROU from Romania which is a low
> > power station is coming in nicely here in the Midwest. Heard playing
> > traditional music. Mentioned this in case anyone wanted to hunt some TA
> > lowfer signals. 73
> >
> > Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT
> >
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> >
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