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August 20th 06, 02:58 AM
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New DX and shortwave listener
MrZ wrote: I was wondering how to best hear my portable Sangean ATS 909 on a cruise ship - lots of metal . . . I have a long wire antenna that I can hook on my whip antenna and was wondering if that would do. Thanks You might hear some unusual medium wave (MW) DX on a ship, as MW signals propogate far over water. But then again, all the appliances and machinery on a ship may generate so much electronic hash at MW frequencies that reception will be awful, I dunno. |
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August 20th 06, 05:19 AM
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"Somebody Somewhere" writes:
MrZ wrote: I was wondering how to best hear my portable Sangean ATS 909 on a cruise ship - lots of metal . . . I have a long wire antenna that I can hook on my whip antenna and was wondering if that would do. Thanks You might hear some unusual medium wave (MW) DX on a ship, as MW signals propogate far over water. But then again, all the appliances and machinery on a ship may generate so much electronic hash at MW frequencies that reception will be awful, I dunno. I went on a cruise and took my Sony 7600. I went far forward from the bridge and clipped the 15 feet wire spool that comes with the Sony to a rigging. That gave me about 15 feet of vert. I got fabulous reception, with no QRM to speak of. (This was an Alaska cruise.) I used my GPS to log location while DX. Not a single person hassled me. Have fun. Steve. -- Steven D. Swift, , http://www.novatech-instr.com NOVATECH INSTRUMENTS, INC. P.O. Box 55997 206.301.8986, fax 206.363.4367 Seattle, Washington 98155 USA |
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August 21st 06, 08:19 PM
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Thanks for the reply Steve.
We'll be taking a GPS too. Good idea about marking our location. I'll take along some wire with a few clips too and see if I can get some "vert". PS We are going far South - Antartica in December! Steven Swift wrote: "Somebody Somewhere" writes: MrZ wrote: I was wondering how to best hear my portable Sangean ATS 909 on a cruise ship - lots of metal . . . I have a long wire antenna that I can hook on my whip antenna and was wondering if that would do. Thanks You might hear some unusual medium wave (MW) DX on a ship, as MW signals propogate far over water. But then again, all the appliances and machinery on a ship may generate so much electronic hash at MW frequencies that reception will be awful, I dunno. I went on a cruise and took my Sony 7600. I went far forward from the bridge and clipped the 15 feet wire spool that comes with the Sony to a rigging. That gave me about 15 feet of vert. I got fabulous reception, with no QRM to speak of. (This was an Alaska cruise.) I used my GPS to log location while DX. Not a single person hassled me. Have fun. Steve. -- Steven D. Swift, , http://www.novatech-instr.com NOVATECH INSTRUMENTS, INC. P.O. Box 55997 206.301.8986, fax 206.363.4367 Seattle, Washington 98155 USA |
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