Hi there, here's a signal from WBBR New York, copied indoors (amazingly - I didn't think it would be possible) with a MW loop antenna. I managed to buy a dual gang 360 pF + 360 pF tuning capacitor off ebay cheaply and with a cardboard box and 15 turns of equipment wire, the loop was born lol. Now, I followed a design - as you're (sort of) supposed to, however, mine doesn't quite tune up to the X-band, so I need to experiment a little and take a couple of turns off, which I will do tonight.
Recorded in Oxford UK on 27/02/18 at 00:08 hrs UTC. Thanks for watching.
Hi there, here's a rare indoor catch; Radio Tarma, Peru, copied above the usual blanket of elektrosmog. I have no doubt the Bonito GI300 galvanic isolator is helping to increase the signal to noise and thus recovered audio at my shack. This is an understandably weak signal, but nevertheless, what a great performance from what it essentially a budget SDR.
Recorded on 23/01/18 at 01:35 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna outdoors. Thanks for watching.
Hi there, here's a strong signal from WBZ, complete with the usual adjacent channel QRM. Nevertheless, coupled to the Wellbrook ALA1530 (outside) the SDRPlay RSP1A does a super job in delivering recovered audio.
Recorded in Oxford UK on 27/02/18 around 01:10 hrs UTC. Thanks for watching.
Hi there, I'm hearing CKAC a lot more often these days it seems and although 730 kHz sufferes from horrendous adjacent channel QRM, the Elad FDM DUO deals with it brilliantly in ECSS upper side band mode to deliver recovered audio and at least one ID.
Recorded on 16/01/18 at 02:58 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna outdoors. Thanks for watching.
Hi there, here's a signal that's mostly incredibly difficult to hear well at home, but sometimes can be heard well on a DXpedition with a longwire. Thus I wasn't expecting to catch anything like this on the very short telescopic antenna. An understandly weak signal, but there nevertheless and testament to the outstanding sensitivity of this little radio.
Recorded in Oxford UK on 19/02/18 at 01:32 hrs UTC. Thanks for watching.
Hi there, even more surprising than hearing S30 on the D-808's telescopic antenna - this catch of S32. The Squeaky Wheel is much more difficult to hear in the UK than The Pip. In fact, I've only copied this signal twice previously: once on a portable - the Sony ICF-2001D and once at home in the shack on the Elad FDM DUO, coupled to the Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop. Great to hear this signal again on the cheap but brilliant XHDATA.
Recorded in Oxford UK on 19/02/18 at 01:37 hrs UTC. Thanks for watching.
Hi there, this was quite a surprise - copying 'The Pip' on the D-808's two foot long telescopic! Last time I heard this signal was in Rio Capim, Northern Brazil on a longwire. Very sensitive little radio, even without a large antenna.
Recorded in Oxford UK on 19/02/18 at 01:34 hrs UTC. Thanks for watching.
