Elad FDM-S2 Not Deaf!
During the Whitsun week I tested the Perseus FM+ against the Elad FDM-S2 at the Carcassonne QTH. Now here’s the rub……..I identified a dodgy F female to BNC male adapter. And on testing the FM+/Elad/XDR...
View ArticleMF Conditions
LA MF conditions have not been too bad lately – it is the LA MF season after all! Here’s how Radio Capital Lima Peru 1470 was sounding in London 4 June 2015 on Perseus/10x4m flag antenna:...
View ArticleBand I Italian STL
Tuesday 16 June 2015 saw a big Sporadic E opening in the UK. I managed to work SV2RJO on 6m cw which was confirmed on LOTW – super fine business! He’s a distance of 2,154 km from me which is about the...
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6m Squares Worked
This is a great website (http://wg7j.reinalda.net/gridmapper/gridmapper.php) that enables you to display the 6m grid squares that you have worked. Actually you can display for any band, mode etc but I...
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Peruvian MF stations heard in London
The LA MF season is well underway and here’s how three Peruvian stations were sounding in London Tuesday morning just before dawn 16 June 2015. Radio Santa Rosa 1500, Capital Radio 1470 and Bethel...
View ArticleNA MF Season Starts
The NA MF season has started again here in London after the Peruvian dominated LA/SA summer season closed. 0400 07 August 2015 was the best time and date last week and here’s how some common east coast...
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My First SOTA Activation
With current HF conditions being very poor I was looking for something radio-related to give new challenges. A superb article by Tommy Read M1EYP in the August 2015 Practical Wireless on the Summits on...
View ArticleSome MF DX amongst the HF Wipe-Out
HF conditions have been dire the past week or so due to an active sun. However there has been some interesting MF DX available. I assume either Family Radio WFME New York was off this particular...
View ArticleIrish MF Unlicensed Outlets Audible in London
MF and HF conditions have been terrible overall the last couple of months though NA MF peaked up last week in October whilst in Carcassonne and the 300m BOG brought in some good catches. Here in London...
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VHF Contesting
So few months ago I joined the local VHF contest group – Drowned Rats Radio Group – M0HRF. Not quite used to a local amateur club actually doing amateur radio after the few years spent in Radio Society...
View Article1440 YNRM Radio Maranatha Managua Nicaragua heard in London
Been a while since I posted (yet again) and a very belated Happy New Year to whoever reads this… MF has been rubbish for couple of months or so but with the Euro shut-down of France/Germany and...
View ArticleNew Dutch Low Power Station Atlantis Radio 1395 khz
The Dutch government has legislated to license low power private MF stations – an initiative well beyond the wit or comprehension of Ofcom in the UK. Here’s how Atlantis Radio was sounding in London at...
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Quick Elad FDM-S3 Review
I picked up the new Elad FDM-S3 receiver a couple of months ago. Its headline feature is a 24 MHz recording bandwidth along with a price tag of almost a grand. What follows is a very concise review....
View ArticleFirst West Coaster of the season – KOMO 1010 kHz
Promising start to the new TA MF season – KOMO 1010 kHz Seattle WA was heard after dawn in the coastal Wirral lands. The post First West Coaster of the season – KOMO 1010 kHz first appeared on DXing et...
View ArticleClarifications
We live in a mad world getting madder every day; madness driven by people with ulterior motives. But let’s be clear: Only a woman has a cervix. Only a man has a penis. If you think otherwise you are,...
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The Labour Party – For the many who’ve had a few too many…
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View ArticleEast Coast regulars audible long after local sunrise
Last month saw some excellent “late” morning reception of East Coast north American MF stations almost 90 minutes after local sunrise in the western coastal scouselands. Here’s 880 kHz WCBS NY NY and...
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East Germany is Back
The Welsh communist leader destroys pubs and hospitality businesses in Wales and makes it a criminal offence to go to work. Ostensibly in a vain attempt to stop people getting a runny nose but in...
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Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas everyone. Despite the lying government scientists (sic) and mass media not reporting it you are a third less likely to catch covid this christmas than last christmas and 80% less likely...
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