Hello Gaj,

Paul,  N1BUG  uses the basic Xtal controlled Softrock LF  to amazingly
good  effect  on LF and MF, they hold their own with much more exotic
stuff! You should bgive it a good trial before condemning the receiver
:)

Thursday, December 27, 2018, 2:58:29 AM, you wrote:

> Hi Chris 


> Merry Xmas and happy new year to all 


> I feel like a new kid again , I got my license at 13  in 1974 and
> built my first MW receiver at 10 !


> Thanks for the wonderful tips . 
> yes i too have the same expereince with the chinese toroids . Only
> one good success so far with a High Q material gives me Q over the scale on a HP4343  
> 1000+ on MW .
> else all the others are  very varying in values .


> I Have a soft rock LF Version , will try to also see how well it
> works , any one used this for SOFT rocK LF version .
> My biggest problem is the local noise . now have to build a good noise Phase for LF and MW .
> As i mentioned i  will be moving out of the city and hope to combat
> QRM from one  220kV power line source from the south .


> Ye i will lookup the W1VD and G0MRF sites and see what i can do before thw winter ends !


> thanks for the good encouragements 


> hope to see /hear you on the bands 


> Kumar
> VU2BGS



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Best regards,
 Chris                            mailto:[email protected]