I have an interest in LF, namely 136kHz, but am finding now so many variations in modulation that, setting up a beacon or receiving station, reports or reception seem fruitless if they don't coincide with other stations. Anyone else had a go at LF or even MF?
I dabbled, listening only. Then I moved to the city.
Medium wave broadcast overloads the front end.
Kinda sucks. Online, groups.io and maybe facebook may have groups.
When I goofed with early UHF, I called locals on the "telly", and we played.
Homebrew Superregenration RX with TV parts, and tweaked surplus transmitter on AM/CW.
Wild, wild stuff. For 1972.
"Where would we be without the agitators of the world to attach the electrodes
of knowledge to the nipples of ignorance?" ~ Professor "Dick" Soloman
I too dabbled in LW with a Rycom selective volt meter. Very sensitive. I just wish it went into the AM BCB range. It would make an excellent receiver for that.
The only LW I captured from across the Atlantic was BBC4, Germany and Saudi Arabia on my former Kenwood TS-570D. That was a hell of a radio.
I've enjoyed island life for 17 years. That's 13 years more than the Confederacy was around.
RIP Albi
When do you tell a woman you're a ham?
It's a jungle out there. Many EQ stupidly with poor articulation.
~TKX
YIAH
"And, of course, the Gym Teacher being his usual self."
W3WN
"The enablers ride on the top of the pile."
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