[Milsurplus] Vintage LF/MF Fun with my BC-453B

[Brenda Gentry]

In the mid 1980s, I took an RAK receiver to a friends camp in the 
Adirondack mountains. We put up a longwire antenna, and powered the 
receiver with batteries. The camp was lighted by propane, so there was 
nothing else electrical for miles around. At the time, I didn't know 
exactly what I was hearing, but there was far more on the air in the 
bands from 500 KC down than either of us imagined. The RAK tunes a bit 
higher than 600 KC, so DXing some broadcast stations was fun too. Who 
else has gone on an LF DXpedition, either a really remote location or 
even in a park?   Has anyone ever heard an LF broadcast station from 
Europe? It would be interesting to compare an RAK,  RBA, and BC-453 in 
the same place, powering them all with batteries.

     B. Gentry, KA2IVY

On 11/19/25 3:24 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> For the past 2 years I've been using my RBA receiver for vintage LF/MF 
> fun, and have logged over 200 NDBs each year.  This year I decided to 
> use my BC-453B receiver.   It's been recapped, and all out of 
> tolerance resistors (sans one....) have been replaced.
>
>
> Since early November,  I've logged 52 NDBs.   I'm hoping to log 100 
> this listening season (which runs through March).
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
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