Wednesday 17 August 2016

Logs of Wednesday 17th August 2016

6230 @ 1735 GSV - 35434; ID, "All Out Of Love" by Air Supply, greets to me @ 1756
6320 @ 2024 LFR - 35433; "It Must Be Love" by Madness (via Twente SDR)
6285 @ 2115 Batavier - 35434; Dutch track, 3-45434 @ 2124 & "Git Down" by Cenoginerz
1622 @ 2134 Twentana - 35333; Dutch track, then "Spanien ist Schon" by Andrea Jurgens, greets to me
1615 @ 2143 Uniek - 35433; Greets to me, Dutch music
1636 @ 2157 Keizer en Keizeren - 35433; "Marion" by De Paladijns
1615 @ 2211 Turftrekker - 3-45434; ID in English & Dutch, "I Want You To Want Me" by Cheap Trick, greets to me @ 2222
4015 @ 2214 Laser - 35434; "Move On Up" by The Jam, "Groovin'" by The Young Rascals
1641 @ 2308 Leopard 35434; Dutch music, ID via Chat, "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime" by Nena & Kim Wilde, ID


SDRs - Software Defined Receivers

OK, so I previously wrote about SDRs.. and I decided eventually to purchase the SDRplay, an inexpensive SDR (around (£120), based on my requirements which are:

1. a SDR that will receive Medium Wave (at the HF end especially), 

2. work well on the 48 metre band and 


3. not overload with a Wellbrook loop antenna!


I need time  to fully understand the SDRuno software and what the receiver can do. So the review will follow!

Also, I have wired up the rotator to the Wellbrook loop and have tried it out this evening. It helps to null out the noise. Interestingly the sky wave signals on MW do not attenuate as much as the ground wave signals. I can null out all my fairly close stations by turning the rotator, but not the stations from NL coming here by sky wave.

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