I decided to power my £20 passive magnetic loop with an even cheaper amplifier - surprising results

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_44cO4637C0

Hi there, a commentary on what's good about the passive magnetic loop - which mostly boils down to copying weak signals that can't be heard on my indoor wire. However, I need an antenna that delivers decent signal strength with acceptable signal-to-noise for general shortwave listening. I think I have a solution that only cost me around £35. Thanks for watching and 73.

Almost no copy from Rádio Nacional Amazônia on 6180 kHz, but 11780 kHz coming in quite nicely

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa5t9PPGGxo

Hi there, surprised to hear almost no signal from Radio on 6180 kHz, but at least 11780 was coming in quite well. So far go good WRT the NRD535...no doubt it's a superbly engineered radio. Recorded in Oxford UK using my amateur radio end-fed wire antenna on 13/06/26 at 00:31 hrs UTC. Thanks for watching and 73.

Impressive temporary G5RV and Collinear antenna set-up at the local JOTA event

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALezhp6cj5s

've never seen a more impressive temporary antenna set-up, anywhere lol. I thought it worth of a few words of praise! Thanks for watching and 73.

I plan to record a series of videos on how to copy DX with a cheap radio/indoor magnetic loop set up

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf333Ce8LVI

Hi there, I think it would be interesting to figure out whether it is possible to copy real DX with a £20 passive magnetic loop - indoors, coupled to a modestly priced radio - such as the PL-368, for example. Here I describe the idea whilst enjoying the sunshine and warm weather on the 4th of October in Oxford, UK. Thanks for watching and 73.

Radio Tarma 4775 kHz Peru with multiple IDs after the hour, copied with the JRC NRD535 and long wire

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdHknGY1GFA

Hi there, another copy of Radio Tarma, this time with multiple IDs after the hour. Hearing these guys never gets old! Recorded in Oxford UK on 17/06/26 at 00:58 hrs UTC using an end-fed long wire antenna. Thanks for watching and 73.

HCJB Voice of Andes 6050 kHz Ecuador, recorded on the JRC NRD535 using my amateur radio end-fed wire

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6kVW6dyFE8

Hi there, here is readable audio from Ecuador on my end-fed wire antenna, coupled to the NRD535. What a brilliant set-up. The wire is working really well on South American DX right now. Recorded in Oxford UK on 13/06/26 at 00:19 hrs UTC. Thanks for watching and 73.

More bad news for longwave: Medi 1 from Nador, Morocco, on 171 kHz closed permanently

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eaTtW3X3IE

Hi there, very sad to report we will never hear Morocco on 171 kHz again. They have been absent from the longwave band for a few weeks ago and the inevitable has now been confirmed. That just leaves Romania, Poland and Algeria in or near Europe and Mongolia which is almost impossible to catch from my QTH. Thanks for watching and 73.