Taken from a usenet post by John Doty in 1996 In article <9612182335114148@mogur.com> len.anderson@mogur.com (Len Anderson) writes: > TV>> I wonder if a longwire balun would help match the impedance & provide a> TV>> better signal? > No, it will (primarily) change only the magnitude of the antenna> impedance over frequency. Some bands will have…
Tag: shortwave
Long Loopstick Antenna
Wound on a 3 foot length of PVC pipe, the long loopstick antenna was an experiment to try to improve AM radio reception without using a long wire or ground. It works fairly well and greatly improved reception of a weak station 130 miles away. A longer rod antenna will probably work better if space…
Web Shortware Receivers
I began dxing in 1986 with my old MARC II shortwave receiver. I used to wonder what it would be like to dx from distant points all over the world and country. I never would have imagined someday I would be using remote controlled receivers worldwide. We can use Icom PCR 1000’s, AOR_AR 5000’s, Kenwoods,…
Numbers Stations
1. Introduction Sooner or later every Shortwave Listener will hear them, the Number Stations: rarely letter-groups are read by a synthezised male or female voice, are keyed in Morse code or are sent in digital mode. All transmissions start with an identifier/call, usually a 3-figure group, repeated several times. The following figure-groups specify the decryption…