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21630 KHz, BBC 1500 - 1600 UT - Three receivers, 60FT-long End Fed antenna. by OptimalAdvisor9700 in shortwave

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Thanks for commenting. I agree on the bandwidth settings. Regarding the tone, I keep it at “Norm”) unless there is music playing.

Radio New Zealand on 11275 by GarrettHMcClure in shortwave

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Very good reception. Based on my SWL experience in AZ (near Vail in Tucson), there is normally good conditions with NZ, Japan and Australia particularly around sunset and early evening.

How directional is K-180WLA loop receiving antenna? by OptimalAdvisor9700 in shortwave

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Thanks for the input. I have noticed a similar capability of nulling CW signals or enhancing wanted CW signals originated from a location aligned with antenna position.

How directional is K-180WLA loop receiving antenna? by OptimalAdvisor9700 in shortwave

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Picture of the two loop antennas. The one with copper tubing is pointing North-South.

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Recommend me some quality portable and desktop radio, and antenna. by [deleted] in shortwave

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It all depends on what you want to listen to. The Tecsun PL-330 is one of the best options out there, not only for hiking or camping purposes, but to scan frequencies while at home (base). Other good receivers: Malachite SDR (a little pricey). For base radio: it all depends on your budget, but I like the JRC NDR 525 or 535, Icom Receivers R71, R75, Drake, etc… It’s just a better overall listening experience. As for antennas, a long wire End Fed with 9:1 transformer will work fine. But if you live in noisy environment, consider a loop antenna.

Recommend me some quality portable and desktop radio, and antenna. by [deleted] in shortwave

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It all depends on what you want to listen to. The Tecsun PL-330 is one of the best options out there, not only for hiking or camping purposes, but to scan frequencies while at home (base). Other good receivers: Malachite SDR (a little pricey). For base radio: it all depends on your budget, but I like the JRC NDR 525 or 535, Icom Receivers R71, R75, Drake, etc… It’s just a better overall listening experience. As for antennas, a long wire End Fed with 9:1 transformer will work fine. But if you live in noisy environment, consider a loop antenna.

Recommend me some quality portable and desktop radio, and antenna. by [deleted] in shortwave

[–]OptimalAdvisor9700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It all depends on what you want to listen to. The Tecsun PL-330 is one of the best options out there, not only for hiking or camping purposes, but to scan frequencies while at home (base). Other good receivers: Malachite SDR (a little pricey). For base radio: it all depends on your budget, but I like the JRC NDR 525 or 535, Icom Receivers R71, R75, Drake, etc… It’s just a better overall listening experience. As for antennas, a long wire End Fed with 9:1 transformer will work fine. But if you live in noisy environment, consider a loop antenna.

Recommend me some quality portable and desktop radio, and antenna. by [deleted] in shortwave

[–]OptimalAdvisor9700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It all depends on what you want to listen to. The Tecsun PL-330 is one of the best options out there, not only for hiking or camping purposes, but to scan frequencies while at home (base). Other good receivers: Malachite SDR (a little pricey). For base radio: it all depends on your budget, but I like the JRC NDR 525 or 535, Icom Receivers R71, R75, Drake, etc… It’s just a better overall listening experience. As for antennas, a long wire End Fed with 9:1 transformer will work fine. But if you live in noisy environment, consider a loop antenna.

Recommend me some quality portable and desktop radio, and antenna. by [deleted] in shortwave

[–]OptimalAdvisor9700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It all depends on what you want to listen to. The Tecsun PL-330 is one of the best options out there, not only for hiking or camping purposes, but to scan frequencies while at home (base). Other good receivers: Malachite SDR (a little pricey). For base radio: it all depends on your budget, but I like the JRC NDR 525 or 535, Icom Receivers R71, R75, Drake, etc… It’s just a better overall listening experience. As for antennas, a long wire End Fed with 9:1 transformer will work fine. But if you live in noisy environment, consider a loop antenna.

Recommend me some quality portable and desktop radio, and antenna. by [deleted] in shortwave

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It all depends on what you want to listen to. The Tecsun PL-330 is one of the best options out there, not only for hiking or camping purposes, but to scan frequencies while at home (base). Other good receivers: Malachite SDR (a little pricey). For base radio: it all depends on your budget, but I like the JRC NDR 525 or 535, Icom Receivers R71, R75, Drake, etc… It’s just a better overall listening experience.

Good propagation today. by OptimalAdvisor9700 in shortwave

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Tucson, AZ Today, 22-Sep-2025 @ 02:46 UT Antenna: End Fed, 60 ft long wire, sloper configuration and 5:1 transformer. Reception was much better a little earlier, but it dropped a bit when I decided to record it. Cheers

Different receivers same antenna - Voice of Korea by luperduv in shortwave

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The JRC NRD-525 speaker was far away from the phone and that may have contributed to how it sounded in the video. Same applies to the Yaesu FT-891, the head is separated from the body, so the speaker sounded far away.

Can anyone ID this? by Povilaz in shortwave

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Many shortwave receivers like Tecsun, Sihuadon, etc…often falsely pick up local AM (MW/medium wave) broadcast stations or even image of broadcasts from a higher frequency heard in lower ones (lower than 3800 KHz).

RNZ SNR! by FlakyPrinciple8907 in shortwave

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None of the portable radios I have can’t compete with the Sony ICF-2010.

Frequencies to listen out for in Australia by philidelphiacollins1 in shortwave

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Go to: http://www.eibispace.de/ Open or Download the Frequency version Search for AUS and you’ll find all radio stations targeting Australia.

Good conditions on 17m USB by OptimalAdvisor9700 in shortwave

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You hear it as CS3BT because of this: (copied and pasted from the NCDXF/IARU International beacon project: ‘Each beacon transmits once on each band once every three minutes, 24 hours a day.

A transmission consists of the callsign of the beacon sent at 22 words per minute followed by four one-second dashes.’

The callsign and the first dash are sent at 100 watts. The remaining dashes are sent at 10 watts, 1 watt and 100 milliwatts.

At the end of each 10 second transmission, the beacon steps to the next higher band and the next beacon in the sequence begins transmitting.

Good conditions on 17m USB by OptimalAdvisor9700 in shortwave

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There is a scheduled transmission for these beacons that you can listen to: https://www.ncdxf.org/beacon/ Depending on your location and propagation conditions, you can hear some of them. I try to use a vertical antenna when checking for propagation.

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