[MilCom] I dont get it

[Chris Corley]

BY PASS the Streidsburg Engineering multi-couplers and see what happens..

Chris

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From: <odyslim at comcast.net>
To: "milcom" <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 7:23 PM
Subject: [MilCom] I dont get it


> OK guys,
>
> I have a problem here. I see some folks posting 15 or more freqs
> a night with no problem.
>
> I tune to those spots and hear nothing for days.
>
> I will tell you my situation here. Alpha Delta DX-A twin slopers at
> 48ft. Gap voyager vertical, Hustler vertical, 8 element Force 12 Yagi
> and a 51ft long wire. Diamond discone
> 15 R390xx, 4 with CV-591's, 4 Yeasu frg-100, 4 Icom r-100 and a
> pro2006 scanner. They are all hooked up through Streidsburg Engineering
> multi-couplers. And 1 Ten Tec-DX350 for band cruising
>
> All of the radios are parked on freqs that I have seen spotted here.
> The AF freqs like 11175, 8992, 6739, 4725 stay pretty busy all of the time
> but the remainder posted by folks here on the group are 99.9% silent.
> The other.01 is spanish....ooollllaaaa ooollaaa etc.
>
> What is the secret to catching the transmissions? I do listen on USB and
> cruise the bands posted. Is it just a matter of wrong place, wrong time?
>
> I have on occasion heard an aircraft called Dark  Star? on 5 megs
> and some unidentified chit chat but thats all.
>
> So, what is the secret? Tune slower? PC Radio with panadapter?
>
> Anybody want to buy a complete listening post minus operator?
>
> Regards, Scott
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