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Sunday shortwave media programs

to compliment your Sunday listening for shortwave media programsAll times UTCSunday 0015v REE Madrid “Radio Corner”: 60550130v R Havana “DXers Unlimited”: 6000 61400130 WHRA "DXing With Cumbre": 7315 73850145 WWCR Nashville “Ask WWCR”: 50700200 WWCR “Australian DX Report" (Bob Padula): 50700210 KBS World R, Seoul “Worldwide Friendship”: 95800215 WWCR “DX PartyLine”: 50700315 V of Turkey “DX Corner” (alt wks): 5975 6165 7325ca0330v R Havana...

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VK9 C, L, M, N, W & X deleted from DX equation

VK9 C, L, M, N, W & X deleted from DX equationSouthgate Amateur Radio ClubA VK ham or visiting radio amateur does not necessarily require a VK9 callsign, although most do for DXing, contesting or QSLing purposes. ...

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Broadcast Band DXing And Propagation

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Having got a radio and an antenna positioned as high and as straight as you can, you are ready to make a start listening for the DX. The fascination of short wave listening, be it listening on the broadcast bands, the ordinary short wave bands or the ham radio frequencies, is that it is never the same experience twice. In just the same way that the weather outside your door varies from day to day so do the conditions on the various radio bands. But, unlike the weather, there is a strong element of skill to successful short wave listening. There are theories and ... Read Full Story

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Tropical Band DXing - Part 3

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In this next post we will look at a basic wire antenna that will bring in the DX. Knowing how to construct and position your own antennas will go a long way to helping you fill your log with DX as well as making antenna construction fun. We will refer to the various wavebands by their wavelength rather than their frequency so here is a table you can refer to. 2300-2500 kHz = 120 meter band 3200-3400 kHz = 90 meter band 4750-5060 kHz = 60 meter band Quarter wave antennas Without going into the theory of antennas, if we make use of the ... Read Full Story

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Tropical Band DXing - The Fish In The Sea

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I've had a change of mind. The antenna I have already described is a perfectly good antenna for tropical band DXing (and will do a fair job on the other bands, too). So, having persuaded you to try this antenna, it seems silly to describe other antennas so I will look at the art of DXing the tropical bands and leave a discussion of other antennas until later. You've got the antenna, you've got the radio... The fascination of any form of DXing is that you never know in advance what you will hear. To the beginner this sounds a strange thing to say ... Read Full Story

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Tropical Band DXing - Part 1

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The so called 'Tropical Bands' consist of the following three short wave frequency ranges: 2300-2500 kHz 3200-3400 kHz 4750-5060 kHz All three of these bands are quite close together and fall between the 160 meter and 40 meter amateur bands. They are called 'Tropical Bands' following an agreement a long time back that the frequencies would be allocated to countries within the area marked out by the tropics for their domestic broadcasting only. The idea was to exclude other countries and keep the area just for domestic use rather than allow it to be used for world-wide communication. In fact, this arrangement worked well ... Read Full Story

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Meteor Scatter Of VHF Signals 3

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" /> " /> "id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356900503754069234" /> We have looked at meteor scatter in quite a bit of depth already in the last two instalments posted to this blog. If you want to read them, they are posted on Friday so just look back for the last two Fridays. Today, however, we will continue the series by looking at how to get the signal to the receiver. Antennas I always start a post on antennas by saying the same thing: the antenna is the most important part of your setup, it doesn't matter how fantastic your receiver, if the antenna doesn't deliver the signal then ... Read Full Story

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