[Spooks] SWLing and portables

[john]

At 02:50 PM 10/7/2013, you wrote:
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>On Oct 6, 2013, at 2:43 PM, john wrote:
> > If you don't notice a significant difference in background noise levels 
> and signal strengths of stations when you attache a long wire to the 
> receiver, there's something wrong with the radio, or the way the antenna 
> is being attached.
>
>OK, thanks — I’ll pull the wire back out and give it another try.
>
> > Is it a wire that attaches  directly to the built in whip?
>
>No.

Does it plug into a jack then I take it?


> > Most "long wires" that come with receivers aren't very long.
>
>I haven’t actually measured this one, but it’s probably around forty feet.


That should be plenty long enough


> > What happens if you moisten your finger tips and touch the whip? does 
> the background noise jump up some?
>
>It doesn’t appear to make any difference.

What happens if you connect and disconnect the long wire antenna while you 
have a shortwave signal tuned in? Does the level go up and down?





> > Do you hear WWV at 5/10/15 Mhz at any time?
>
>(I assume you mean Khz, not Mhz.)  I’m not getting them right now, no.  On 
>15, I’m picking up a faint sporadic “blooping” type noise, nothing 
>more.  Let me try attaching the wire again and see whether that makes any 
>difference.


Nope... 5 , 10 or 15 Mhz should bring you the tick tock of WWV (where are 
you located by the way...US?)

John




>Government furloughs definitely leave you with a lot of time on your 
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 even with all the TV that I have to watch and the schoolwork that I 
>have to do, I’m still a man of leisure right now, albeit an involuntary one.
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