Wednesday, 5 September 2018

Radio Santa Cruz 6135.88 kHz Bolivia, copied in Oxford UK using the Boni...

Hi there, this is only the second time I've copied Radio Santa Cruz this year. Great to hear them again on the Bonito NTi MegaLoop FX antenna, using the 10 metre cable. Really proving it's capabilities on HF and MW. I think I can hear an ID about 60 seconds before the top of the hour.

Recorded on 26/08/18 at
01:54 hours UTC using an Elad FDM DUO. Thanks for watching.

Radio Difusora Roraima 4875.2 kHz, Boa Vista Brazil copied with Bonito N...

Hi there, this is the first half-decent signal from Radio Difusora Roraima copied from the shack, since the Spring. I did catch them on the G5RV with the Sony ICF-2001D but that was from a different location. The MegaLoop FX is really proving to be an excellent DXer's antenna, particularly with the 10 metre cable.


Recorded in Oxford UK on 26/08/18 at
02:40 hrs UTC, using an Elad FDM DUO.

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Tuesday, 4 September 2018

DXing with a G5RV antenna: nice signal from Bangkok Meteorological Radio...

Hi there, my first ever reception of Bangkok Meteorological Radio ocurred only last month, on the 12th of August. That was at home with the Elad FDM DUO and the Bonito NTi MegaLoop FX antenna. Here is a much stronger/clearer signal using the rather brilliant Eton Satellit portable and the G5RV antenna. Very happy to have caught this transmission again with a completely different set-up.


Recorded in Oxford UK on 15/08/18 at
19:39 hrs UTC.

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Untypically clear signal from Emisoras Pio XII 5952.5 kHz Boliva with Bo...

Hi there, this is one of the clearest signals I've ever copied from Boliva at home in the shack. Brilliant result with the Bonito NTi MegaLoop FX antenna using the 10 metre cable. What can I say? It's bl**dy sensitive lol.


Recorded in Oxford UK on 26/08/18 at
01:39 hours UTC using an Elad FDM DUO.

The mountain at the end of the street in Betws y Coed...as I remembered ...

Hi there, this is the scene that has been stuck in my mind for 30 years since I first travelled to the University of Galway to work on a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance system at their Chemistry department. As I drove my company Ford Sierra estate car through Betws y Coed, I remember thinking how cool to have a 'mountain' at the end of the street lol. The road is actually the A5/Hollyhead Road, but you get the idea lol. I was planning to stop somewhere and have a listen on SW, but the journey was already taking several hours longer than I anticipated, so I didn't bother.

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Sunday, 2 September 2018

Beautiful views of the mountains near Betws y Coed, whilst passing throu...

Simply superb views as I was passing through Snowdonia on my way home from Dublin (Holyhead). I would have kept BBC Radio Wales playing in the background, but the presenter put a Duran Duran record on and we all know what YouTube's copyright algorithm would have thought of that lol! Instead you have something they approve of lol.

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IZ2LSR on 40m calling CQ North America, superb signal into Dublin with ...

HI there, here's a really nice signal from Italy on 40 metres, copied in Dublin. Looking on QRZ, this gentleman has a shack that looks like a commercial radio station, it's so well equipped. He also employs a 4 element Yagi, at a height of 25 metres above ground level. Niiiiice!


Recorded on 23/08/18 at
23:04 hrs UTC using an SDRPlay RSPduo and Bonito NTi MegaLoop FX antenna (indoors). Thanks for watching.