https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:24:36 +0000 MyBB https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=4479 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:59:22 +0000 Tedzed1]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=4479
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http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/arti...Seychelles]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=4348 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 11:48:57 +0000 Refugee]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=4348 Mid morning today it was on FM Radio 4 and for about 15 minutes a signal in Dutch or German came through quite strongly for about 15 minutes fading in and out several times during this period.

We are in the Midlands level with The Wash and North Wales.

Has anyone else noticed anything like this today?

  satellite0702.jpeg (Size: 80.81 KB / Downloads: 61) ]]> Mid morning today it was on FM Radio 4 and for about 15 minutes a signal in Dutch or German came through quite strongly for about 15 minutes fading in and out several times during this period.

We are in the Midlands level with The Wash and North Wales.

Has anyone else noticed anything like this today?

  satellite0702.jpeg (Size: 80.81 KB / Downloads: 61) ]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=4213 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:48:05 +0000 Skywave]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=4213 max. atten. - and turn down the IF / RF gain to prevent overloading! The aerial in use is a 30 foot metal pole + ATU and a rather questionable earth, so nothing special in that part of the set-up.

Al.]]> max. atten. - and turn down the IF / RF gain to prevent overloading! The aerial in use is a 30 foot metal pole + ATU and a rather questionable earth, so nothing special in that part of the set-up.

Al.]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=4195 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:28:18 +0000 Skywave]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=4195 10 m. seemed remarkably quiet at a first scan - until a really loud signal came crashing through the speaker on my Yaesu SR-150 RX. So loud in fact, I thought he was at the bottom of my garden! (Might be due to Sp. E: this is about right time of year & time of day). But no: a station in Moscow, making 'rubber-stamp' QSOs with Stateside. And that explains why he has a distinct American accent. Can't remember his call right now, but he is on 28,140 kHz / SSB. And his name is George.

Al.
]]> 10 m. seemed remarkably quiet at a first scan - until a really loud signal came crashing through the speaker on my Yaesu SR-150 RX. So loud in fact, I thought he was at the bottom of my garden! (Might be due to Sp. E: this is about right time of year & time of day). But no: a station in Moscow, making 'rubber-stamp' QSOs with Stateside. And that explains why he has a distinct American accent. Can't remember his call right now, but he is on 28,140 kHz / SSB. And his name is George.

Al.
]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=3832 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:20:02 +0000 Tedzed1]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=3832 this video rather interesting.

]]> this video rather interesting.

]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=3773 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 20:00:03 +0000 Skywave]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=3773 Time: 20:40 hrs., std. U.K. time.
Freq.: 7142 kHz.
Mode: SSB (LSB)
QSB: none.
QRN: very little.
QRM: loads - often S9+

I'm getting towards the end of the overhaul of a Racal RA-17W, so I thought I'd run a quick 'air-test' on it: tuned in to the Amateur Radio 40 m. band: absolute bedlam on 7142 kHz; classic pile-up. Somewhere underneath the racket there is a DX station. Just once, using the vertical aerial, I did manage to catch a bit of his call: I think his prefix was 'PZ', wherever that is. Seemed like half of the Amateurs in western Europe were trying to work him. I head the usual German DK, DL, DJ calls; plus EA, CT, I1, I9, ON, HB9, F, etc. But, strangely, not one G: probably skip. So I switched over to the 'T' 'long-wire' aerial: nope, but the bedlam was weaker!

Al. / Skywave.]]> Time: 20:40 hrs., std. U.K. time.
Freq.: 7142 kHz.
Mode: SSB (LSB)
QSB: none.
QRN: very little.
QRM: loads - often S9+

I'm getting towards the end of the overhaul of a Racal RA-17W, so I thought I'd run a quick 'air-test' on it: tuned in to the Amateur Radio 40 m. band: absolute bedlam on 7142 kHz; classic pile-up. Somewhere underneath the racket there is a DX station. Just once, using the vertical aerial, I did manage to catch a bit of his call: I think his prefix was 'PZ', wherever that is. Seemed like half of the Amateurs in western Europe were trying to work him. I head the usual German DK, DL, DJ calls; plus EA, CT, I1, I9, ON, HB9, F, etc. But, strangely, not one G: probably skip. So I switched over to the 'T' 'long-wire' aerial: nope, but the bedlam was weaker!

Al. / Skywave.]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=3535 Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:16:33 +0000 boiss]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=3535 I was aghast to find extremely high levels of signals around 200KHz, 300,400,500,600 and 700KHz. I switched off immediately but there was no difference,
Obviously I had happened upon some sort of free energy/Perpetual motion etc !!!!! Moving outside the signals were stronger still and all along the street with the one around 297KHz being the strongest,. It appeared to be coming from either the telephone or the power line. Because they are on the same poles it's impossible to differentiate. This EMI wasn't here last week but It's all along the road now.
Mike
]]> I was aghast to find extremely high levels of signals around 200KHz, 300,400,500,600 and 700KHz. I switched off immediately but there was no difference,
Obviously I had happened upon some sort of free energy/Perpetual motion etc !!!!! Moving outside the signals were stronger still and all along the street with the one around 297KHz being the strongest,. It appeared to be coming from either the telephone or the power line. Because they are on the same poles it's impossible to differentiate. This EMI wasn't here last week but It's all along the road now.
Mike
]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=3372 Thu, 09 May 2013 23:48:16 +0000 Skywave]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=3372
Whatever - it's SWL nostalgia time . . . enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_UzdvTyKQ

Al. / May 10, 2013.]]>
Whatever - it's SWL nostalgia time . . . enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_UzdvTyKQ

Al. / May 10, 2013.]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2449 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:18:54 +0000 Tedzed1]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2449
It is based at the amateur radio club of ETGD, in the University of Twente, in the Netherlands, and due to the fact that is a Software-Defined Radio, it can be used by multiple users at the same time.

I find it both fascinating and great fun.

This is the link: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

Came across this on the pirate radio forum that I am Co-Admin on, seems some people may have problems with Firefox, but all is explained Here:

http://members7.boardhost.com/PirateRadi...82607.html

Have Fun.]]>
It is based at the amateur radio club of ETGD, in the University of Twente, in the Netherlands, and due to the fact that is a Software-Defined Radio, it can be used by multiple users at the same time.

I find it both fascinating and great fun.

This is the link: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

Came across this on the pirate radio forum that I am Co-Admin on, seems some people may have problems with Firefox, but all is explained Here:

http://members7.boardhost.com/PirateRadi...82607.html

Have Fun.]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2413 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:07:30 +0000 Skywave]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2413 I found it made fascinating food for thought . . . . so I thought I'd share it . . . .

In 1926, it was reported by an English Radio Amateur (a G2xx) that:
"Shortwave work has demonstrated that 'blind-spotting' can be reduced, especially where cities having heavy smoke atmospheres are concerned, owing to the (radio) wave penetrating the smoke at a steeper angle and therefore having a shorter path through it".

He then went on to describe some experiments he had made on this theme:
"Fading can be caused by tobacco smoke, especially where indoor aerials are concerned. This interesting experiment was discovered by accident, but it has been tested and re-tested with the same result. The percentage of 'hams' who smoke during operating hours must be large" [this was 1926] "and adequate provision should be made therefore for a proper atmosphere, free from hanging tobacco smoke."

So there you have it. Never mind just how much all that tarry smoke is gunging up the innards of your new glistening talk-box, it's also reducing your chances of hearing the DX! "If you can't hear 'em, you can't work 'em!" as the old saying goes.

Al.


]]> I found it made fascinating food for thought . . . . so I thought I'd share it . . . .

In 1926, it was reported by an English Radio Amateur (a G2xx) that:
"Shortwave work has demonstrated that 'blind-spotting' can be reduced, especially where cities having heavy smoke atmospheres are concerned, owing to the (radio) wave penetrating the smoke at a steeper angle and therefore having a shorter path through it".

He then went on to describe some experiments he had made on this theme:
"Fading can be caused by tobacco smoke, especially where indoor aerials are concerned. This interesting experiment was discovered by accident, but it has been tested and re-tested with the same result. The percentage of 'hams' who smoke during operating hours must be large" [this was 1926] "and adequate provision should be made therefore for a proper atmosphere, free from hanging tobacco smoke."

So there you have it. Never mind just how much all that tarry smoke is gunging up the innards of your new glistening talk-box, it's also reducing your chances of hearing the DX! "If you can't hear 'em, you can't work 'em!" as the old saying goes.

Al.


]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2275 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:50:16 +0000 pwdrive]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2275
Lawrence.]]>
Lawrence.]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2025 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:11:41 +0000 Tedzed1]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2025
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  Shortwave Schedule.pdf (Size: 376.43 KB / Downloads: 143) ]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2020 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:02:28 +0000 Shaman]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2020
http://radio-locator.com/]]>
http://radio-locator.com/]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2019 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:55:48 +0000 Shaman]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=2019 https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=1983 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:17:33 +0000 Tedzed1]]> https://golbornevintageradio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=1983
Broadcast with 100KW of power from the Wertachtal transmitters in Germany.

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Broadcast with 100KW of power from the Wertachtal transmitters in Germany.

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