John,
I live only one mile from the ocean here in South Florida and am not
able to really get any good BCB DX! I have never been able to receive
any European BCB stations or any stations west of the Mississippi
River. I am in Hobe Sound, FL. I read that you can receive BCB
stations even living under the shadow of mts! Could you please give
me some tips? I have two radios that I use primarily for BCB: DX-440
and RF-2200. I also have two restored old boatanchors a Hallicrafters
S-38 and a Lafayette HE-10. Both give pretty good BCB DX. You may
reply in the newsgroup or at:
sctvguy1-at-adelphia-dot-net( email munged of course)
--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

I think Pete advised you well - certainly a decent receiver helps a lot. You
must also have a decent antenna, something that will overload your portables
as Pete states. You don't mention what type of antenna you are using?

Hobe Sound looks like an ideal site for good Trans Atlantic DX. There is an
effect noted as "sea gain" coastal effect, whereby the MW signals on the
seaside/beach are greatly enhanced compared with a DX site several miles
inland. That is why all your top American DXer's head for the coast to spots
like Newfoundland, MA and Grayland in WA. So, you are one mile from the
ocean and therefore your prospects must be very good.

DXing here in South Africa is much easier than in N. America, as we have
only a few local MW stations therefore our long distance signals are not
blocked. You on the other hand have thousands of local domestic MW stations
to block your TA DX, but your American MW DXer's have shown that with good
directional antenna's that can block the locals, decent reception on a
regular basis of TA signals is possible.

I would suggest a directional antenna in your suburban location like the
Wellbrook ALA1530 might bring in good results, and then you should think of
upgrading your RX as well along the lines that Pete suggested.

Lastly, don't underrate perseverance, patience, skill and experience. The
really exotic DX doesn't come in every night, so you have to be alert to a
good opening and then DX for all you are worth.

You might do a Google and have a look at the sort of stations Mark Connelly
is picking up from his seaside spots in MA.

Good luck and have fun!
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"Count Floyd" CountFloyd@MonsterChillerHorrorTheater wrote in message
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John,
I live only one mile from the ocean here in South Florida and am not
able to really get any good BCB DX! I have never been able to receive
any European BCB stations or any stations west of the Mississippi
River. I am in Hobe Sound, FL. I read that you can receive BCB
stations even living under the shadow of mts! Could you please give
me some tips? I have two radios that I use primarily for BCB: DX-440
and RF-2200. I also have two restored old boatanchors a Hallicrafters
S-38 and a Lafayette HE-10. Both give pretty good BCB DX. You may
reply in the newsgroup or at:
sctvguy1-at-adelphia-dot-net( email munged of course)
--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

This is such great advice, especially the part about perserverance.
Propogation conditions are so different at different times (even within
the same hour), that you just have to keep trying and eventually you
will be rewarded on both HF and MW.

John Plimmer wrote:
I think Pete advised you well - certainly a decent receiver helps a lot. You
must also have a decent antenna, something that will overload your portables
as Pete states. You don't mention what type of antenna you are using?

Lastly, don't underrate perseverance, patience, skill and experience. The
really exotic DX doesn't come in every night, so you have to be alert to a
good opening and then DX for all you are worth.



Good luck and have fun!
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"Count Floyd" CountFloyd@MonsterChillerHorrorTheater wrote in message
news:g40vCXBzNU8x-pn2-iodFg7rD0QPb@localhost...
John,
I live only one mile from the ocean here in South Florida and am not
able to really get any good BCB DX! I have never been able to receive
any European BCB stations or any stations west of the Mississippi
River. I am in Hobe Sound, FL. I read that you can receive BCB
stations even living under the shadow of mts! Could you please give
me some tips?

This is such great advice, especially the part about perserverance.
Propogation conditions are so different at different times (even within
the same hour), that you just have to keep trying and eventually you
will be rewarded on both HF and MW.

John Plimmer wrote:
I think Pete advised you well - certainly a decent receiver helps a lot. You
must also have a decent antenna, something that will overload your portables
as Pete states. You don't mention what type of antenna you are using?

Lastly, don't underrate perseverance, patience, skill and experience. The
really exotic DX doesn't come in every night, so you have to be alert to a
good opening and then DX for all you are worth.



Good luck and have fun!
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"Count Floyd" CountFloyd@MonsterChillerHorrorTheater wrote in message
news:g40vCXBzNU8x-pn2-iodFg7rD0QPb@localhost...
John,
I live only one mile from the ocean here in South Florida and am not
able to really get any good BCB DX! I have never been able to receive
any European BCB stations or any stations west of the Mississippi
River. I am in Hobe Sound, FL. I read that you can receive BCB
stations even living under the shadow of mts! Could you please give
me some tips?

I'll expand on that a little. The openings that bring in the really exotic
BCB MW DX can be quite short - as little as five or ten minutes.
If you are not on the band EVERY DAY then you are going to miss these great
openings (perseverance and persistence).
The best openings are around sunrise and sunset, when reception gets a great
peak for a few minutes.
Most times nothing makes it over the high mountains that surround my scenic
little town, but perhaps once in a few months the band opens and then it's
bingo! You hit paydirt. Be sure to have your recorder in order and running,
so later, when the signals have faded, you can go back and see if you have
some good ID's and QSL material.

It also is important to KNOW the band and what stations regularly come in,
as you want to ignore those and develop an ear for the unusual. Keep tuning
the band, but make a note of the promising stations, then come back to them
and pick out the clearest. Then you have to hope for a good ID, usually just
before or after the top of the hour. Doing that I have got as many as four
exotic station ID's around the hour within a few minutes of each other.

But most days lady luck will not be with you and you won't get an ID at
all - perhaps propagation drops off at the critical time, or a static crash
obliterates the ID, or a local station may come up and drown your exotic
underneath. That's DXing - it's like the big fish that got away - you have
to lick your wounds and try again another day.
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

wrote in message
ups.com...
This is such great advice, especially the part about perserverance.
Propogation conditions are so different at different times (even within
the same hour), that you just have to keep trying and eventually you
will be rewarded on both HF and MW.

John Plimmer wrote:
I think Pete advised you well - certainly a decent receiver helps a lot.
You
must also have a decent antenna, something that will overload your
portables
as Pete states. You don't mention what type of antenna you are using?

Lastly, don't underrate perseverance, patience, skill and experience. The
really exotic DX doesn't come in every night, so you have to be alert to
a
good opening and then DX for all you are worth.



Good luck and have fun!
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"Count Floyd" CountFloyd@MonsterChillerHorrorTheater wrote in message
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John,
I live only one mile from the ocean here in South Florida and am not
able to really get any good BCB DX! I have never been able to receive
any European BCB stations or any stations west of the Mississippi
River. I am in Hobe Sound, FL. I read that you can receive BCB
stations even living under the shadow of mts! Could you please give
me some tips?

Let me try and strike a lucifer on this fag.D.n electrical fan on doggys
side of her couch keeps trying to blow it out.
cuhulin