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- Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:51 am
- Forum: SDR Antennas
- Topic: What’s going on here ?? Receiving but no antenna
- Replies: 14
- Views: 44267
Re: What’s going on here ?? Receiving but no antenna
The broadcast is Shortwave from Tennessee.... oh never mind you were referring to Mike.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:50 am
- Forum: New Users' experiences
- Topic: Shortwave reception help
- Replies: 14
- Views: 44708
Re: Shortwave reception help
Using the band selection buttons seem to be better options. Not sure how but signal appears to be better and clearer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQL_OZjVpKg
This is around 5 PM on a partly cloudy winter evening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQL_OZjVpKg
This is around 5 PM on a partly cloudy winter evening.
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:46 am
- Forum: New Users' experiences
- Topic: is this LW reception?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 38588
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:35 pm
- Forum: New Users' experiences
- Topic: Shortwave reception help
- Replies: 14
- Views: 44708
Re: Shortwave reception help
Here is a comparision between the Loop on Port A and Whip on Port B. I have disconnected the isolation transformer. Much better now. Sorry about the messy floor . Aluminium foils were used to encapsulate the baluns
but here is the video
https://youtu.be/iYnAO9hc_dQ
but here is the video
https://youtu.be/iYnAO9hc_dQ
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:32 pm
- Forum: New Users' experiences
- Topic: Shortwave reception help
- Replies: 14
- Views: 44708
Re: Shortwave reception help
Forgot to add, Thank you all for all your suggestions. I will try out all of them.
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:30 pm
- Forum: New Users' experiences
- Topic: Shortwave reception help
- Replies: 14
- Views: 44708
Re: Shortwave reception help
see this video . I posted it in the Antenna section https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIzoAdcMejQ&feature=youtu.be I have the same balun/isolation transformer. I have built many and experimented with many of them. In the first video posted above in this thread, (not the one in this post) , the sawtoot...
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:19 pm
- Forum: SDR Antennas
- Topic: What’s going on here ?? Receiving but no antenna
- Replies: 14
- Views: 44267
Re: What’s going on here ?? Receiving but no antenna
Thank you all for responding. My USB cable is shielded and its exactly as shown in the picture above including the clamp on torrid cores. Yes its picking up stations with just the 1:1 connected.
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:09 pm
- Forum: SDR Antennas
- Topic: What’s going on here ?? Receiving but no antenna
- Replies: 14
- Views: 44267
Re: What’s going on here ?? Receiving but no antenna
still same..even on the carpet it picks up many shortwave stations.
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:41 am
- Forum: SDR Antennas
- Topic: What’s going on here ?? Receiving but no antenna
- Replies: 14
- Views: 44267
Re: What’s going on here ?? Receiving but no antenna
Perhaps the coils are magnetically coupled to the metal server case they are sitting on? will try it on the carpet tomorrow.
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:39 am
- Forum: SDR Antennas
- Topic: What’s going on here ?? Receiving but no antenna
- Replies: 14
- Views: 44267
Re: What’s going on here ?? Receiving but no antenna
Sorry that is the mini whip. First no antenna, then attached whip, noise floor increased, then adder power noise floor rose but signal not much, then completely disconnected but signal was strong. I increased the volume a bit later on.