Shortwave and AM DXing

[ManicTherapsid]

Anyone else into Shortwave and/or AM DXing? If so, what are you using and what's the furthest station you've received?

I'm running a Tecsun pl600 and a RSP1a SDR on my pc running a 25ft outdoor wire. The furthest station I've received here in Wisconsin was a China Radio International broadcast relayed out of Madagascar. So roughly 9400 miles.

 

[Tazmo]

Honestly I don't know. You got me interested in catching some grayline propagation to see what I can find.

Neat on the Madagascar DX. What band was it on?

 

[ManicTherapsid]

Had to find my log book. Looks like it was March last year at 21:36 UTC, which would have been e 5:36pm local time. It was actually KNLS World Christian Broadcasting, transmitting in Chinese on 11610khz which would be the 25m band.

 

[Tazmo]

As far as making QSO's it would be with Australia & New Zealand DX wise. No voice contacts yet but plenty on digital modes.

100w or less on dipoles.

 

[ManicTherapsid]

Which band?

I haven't worked HF yet, mostly just VHF. I'm working on building a field HF QRP setup with my uBitX, but don't have an antenna setup yet.

 

[Tazmo]

Lowest was on 40m and think highest on 12m.

Awesome on the QRP setup. Its fun to see what you are capable with it. I ran like that for a couple of years and made some memorable contacts.

What antenna(s) r u thinking for the field?

VHF is fun. Ever chased satellite's?

 

[ManicTherapsid]

Currently I'm going to build an inverted V slinky and see how that works out. I just need a center support pole long enough.

I've never done satellite chasing, but I might try to get a yagi set up sometime this summer to get weather satellite data.

 

[Tazmo]

It should work just fine. Havent used one but i like that you can easily change its resonance.


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