[R-390] RECEPTION OF SAQ 17.2 KHz SUCCESSFUL AT HOME LOCATION

[mikea]

On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 05:27:19PM -0400, Michael Murphy wrote:
> Hi Todd,
> 
> Even at 180 kHz where I used to do some lowfering, the noise was so high,
> that I too, was driven to a battery powered receiver. My setup was all
> homebrew - a voltage probe antenna into a single conversion receiver with a
> 4 MHz upconverted IF based on a large crystal ladder filter  and a double
> balanced mixer used backwards (IF out is the antenna connection).
> 
> Typically all of my listening was done mobile. The antenna which looks
> exactly like a 5/8 2M whip is stuck on the roof and you drive to a quiet
> spot and listen. Never tried 17 kHz.

I'm having some mild difficulty imagining driving around with a 5/8-wave 
whip for 17 KHz stuck on the roof of my Chrysler T&C, actually. ;=)

But yes, a battery-powered rig out away from what we call "civilization" 
sounds ideal. I'm not at all sure how I'd manage that here in central 
Oklahoma. Drive NW into the panhandle, maybe, and set up on Black Mesa, 
or up to the Great Salt PlainsNational Monument, which would make a _fine_ 
ground. 

Congratulations and kudos to Todd.

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin