GA John,

Indeed an air core multiturn loop proves its sensitivity, at least on paper. 
Plus, the 
directional nulling possibilities do really interest me.

But X-Banding with Mal's or Stefan's LF signals can surely be done via a simple 
miniwhip. But s!:;!: happens, sometimes.

RXing definetely suffers from something nasty here, as I did not even hear a 
friend of 
mine's MF tests last night, although an hour and a half before IQ2MI was 
clearly 
audible.

The whip's preamp must have not appreciated something in between the two 
reception 
attempts. Or maybe is it the SDR. By the way, I will try to hear something with 
the 
FT897 and LF/MF converter tonight. If OK, the SDR must be the failing link.

73,
de F8GRY/Ben


> Message du 22/12/11 12:11
> De : "John Rabson" 
> A : [email protected]
> Copie à : 
> Objet : Re: LF: Re: LF/MF X-Band Request
>
> Ben,
> 
> On receive it is the SNR that matters. It is a good idea to have a loop 
> (preferably 
rotatable) as well as a long wire, so you can choose which gives better 
reception. 
> 
> I have found a 2x 2 metre air-cored loop very effective for receive on 137. 
> 
> 73
> John F5VLF
> 
> On 22 Dec 2011, at 11:19CET, mal hamilton wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ben
> > RX antennas seem to be the problem for most. A very effective antenna is a
> > piece of insulated wire as long and as high as possible resonated for the
> > frequency of interest and a good sensitive RX. All other types of small
> > antennas ie ferrite rods, micro probes, etc are alright for receiving
> > broadcast high power stations or amateur QRSS acty but poor for CW
> > reception.
> > I have noticed EU stn on LF can only work their neighbours using QRS because
> > of poor RX antennas, not enough sensitivity for CW.
> > Sending out a Beacon is the easy part but conducting a cw QSO is a different
> > ball game.
> > Hope you get yours fixed
> > mal/g3kev
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "manginbenoit.pro" 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:08 AM
> > Subject: Re:LF: Re: LF/MF X-Band Request
> > 
> > 
> > GM Mal,
> > 
> > 
> > That's actually the case. RX problem still here. I heard a signal in the
> > noise, tried
> > to dig it out, but did not success.
> > 
> > Your signal should not be so hard to copy from this QTH.
> > 
> > Now QRT too, trying to solve the thing.
> > 
> > TNX trying. I'll post later on abt problem solving and back on trafic.
> > 
> > de F8GRY/Ben
> > 
> > 
> >> Message du 22/12/11 09:53
> >> De : "mal hamilton"
> >> A : [email protected]
> >> Copie à :
> >> Objet : LF: Re: LF/MF X-Band Request
> >> 
> >> Om
> >> You seem to be on BEACON MODE and not listening.
> >> I have called you but you are not responding or your RX/ANTENNA is not
> >> working
> >> Now QRT here
> >> de G3KEV
> >> 
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "manginbenoit.pro"
> >> To:
> >> Cc: "rcf5kmb googlegroups com"
> >> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 8:10 AM
> >> Subject: LF: LF/MF X-Band Request
> >> 
> >> 
> >> GM All,
> >> 
> >> Starting CQing X-Band on 7022, QSX 136.500, seems the SDR is in better
> >> health now.
> >> 
> >> de F8GRY/Ben
> >> 
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