[Spooks] HAM Stuff [was: Re: Lincolnshire poacher]

[Parrish S. Knight]

Thanks!



On Oct 7, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Martin G Choquette wrote:

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> Nobody mentioned it but the WebSDR net works well, especially the
> Netherlands radio...and it's all free, google it.
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> On 2013-10-07 3:58 PM, "john" <johnmb at nc.rr.com> wrote:
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> Sure!
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> www.eham.net  has a lot of them!
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> ( it's a ham site )  :-)
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> John
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> At 03:38 PM 10/7/2013, you wrote:
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>> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/spooks<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks>to unsubscribe from this list Thank you for the information.  This is a lot
>> more involved than I would have thought. Do you know of any good web sites
>> or other resources that give reviews for radios and antennas (and any other
>> important items that would go along with them)?  I don't think I'll be able
>> to afford any major purchases until the government decides to let me go
>> back to work *growl* but I can at least take some time to read up on the
>> subject. On Oct 7, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Brooke Clarke wrote: > Visit
>> http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/spooks<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks>to unsubscribe from this list > > Hi Parrish: > > The antenna is just as
>> important as the radio. > For receive applications the T2FD is hard to beat
>> (and also for many transmit applications). >
>> http://www.prc68.com/I/RCS-5A.**shtml#T2FD<http://www.prc68.com/I/RCS-5A.shtml#T2FD>> I claim that using a chirp receiver is the best way to evaluate a receive
>> antenna. > > A key radio specification is the IF bandwidth, the narrower
>> the better for detecting a signal. > Of course the IF needs to be as wide
>> as the signal to hear the modulation. > For example the HP 4395A spectrum
>> analyzer has a true 1Hz RBW, it's my most sensitive instrument. >
>> http://www.prc68.com/I/4395A.**shtml#SA<http://www.prc68.com/I/4395A.shtml#SA>> > The NRD545 has a 10 Hz IF BW, which is the narrowest receiver I have. >
>> http://www.prc68.com/I/NRD545.**shtml<http://www.prc68.com/I/NRD545.shtml>> > > Have Fun, > > Brooke Clarke, N6GCE >
>> http://www.PRC68.com > http://www.**end2partygovernment.com/**
>> 2012Issues.html <http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html> > >
>> Parrish S. Knight wrote: >> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/**
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>> Beurden wrote: >>> Wouldn't be any point.  A shortwave receiver covers more
>> freqs (unless things have changed) and should receive just as well as a ham
>> receiver.  Unless you just want to listen to hams. Just my view. >> I'm
>> mostly just mulling things over.  I'm new to shortwave and don't take it
>> very seriously, but I'm finding myself kind of annoyed at my astoundingly
>> bad fortune in picking up number stations with my Grundig G5 with a whip
>> antenna.  I'd like to figure out whether it's because I need a better
>> antenna, or a better radio, or because I'm overlooking something else, or
>> simply because I'm doing something wrong.  I'd say it's most likely the
>> last one, but even so, I want to look at the other possibilities as well.
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