On Oct 30, 9:54*am, CF wrote:
dave wrote:
CF wrote:
It has been so damn hot here, I wish for the cool/cold, clear nights,
with all the MW stations booming in. *Now, it is only local crap, mostly
overridden by Cubans. *South Florida is the pits for radio DX. *If you
want Cubans or the Caribbean, then it is OK, but for everything else,
forget about it.

If you used small loops or phased arrays of active verticals, etc., you
could slice those interfering Cubans away.

I have a couple of loops, but the Cubans are on all the good frequencies! *
880, 1210, 660, and other East Coast stations. *I have the CCrane SW radio,
the clone of the Redsun RP-2100, and my boatanchors, HQ-145XC, HE-30. *
The locals hog: 560, 610,740,760 950, 960, 980, 1000,1450,1580, and that is
not even the whole list! *My loop can be effective to some extent. *How
about the CCrane powered Dual Ferrite Loop? *Anyone have any experience with
that? *Wish that the Kiwa Loop was still being made.

Hi are you trying to DX AM? or Shortwave?

I love the Crane radios, I've had a CC Radio since 2000. On AM DX, I'm
finding that the HD hash is making a noisy mess.

Here in the Ma, I was able to pull in WLW Cincinatti every night for
years so clearly on my CC Radio, it was as if were a local
station.For the last two years or so, I'm just getting a hash sound,
unless atmospheric conditions are perfect.

On my restored tube radios, I use a Select A Tenna.

Barfry F.