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

[Mark K3MSB]

My antenna is a MiniWhip (E Field probe).  It fits in the palm of my hand.
  I have it in a weather proof enclosure at a height of 16 feet on a
fiberglass mast about 80 feet from the house.  The 75 ohm coax is grounded
at the fiberglass mast base as well as the entry point to the house.
Inside I have a hombrew common mode choke that gives me about 5K at 400 KC.


In the past I’ve run active loops and they worked ok.  Also used my 160M
inverted-L in the past.

73 Mark K3MSB



On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Logged PAL 365 KC out of Palma Ecuador tonight.   No external audio
> processing.
>
> PAL was weak but steady.
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> 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.
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> 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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