Mount Evelyn DX Report

THE TOP TEN OF 2019 Thank you for your support of the Mount Evelyn DX Report throughout 2019. Without your "views", "likes", "shares" and "retweets", I doubt that I would have continued to write this blog. I appreciate your generous words of encouragement and friendship. It is always much appreciated. THE TOP 10 MEDXR BLOG POSTS I find it very interesting to see which of the posts from this blog capture the interest of our readers. In order of popularity, here are the "most-clicked-on" posts from the past twelve months. 15 THINGS I'VE LEARNED ABOUT FT8 The hugely popular FT8 digital mode also caught me in its grasp. I prepared a little video that reflects on a few of the things I've learned from dabbling in this fascinating mode. I recorded it for hams who may just be starting out using FT8. https://medxr.blogspot.com/2019/03/15-things-ive-learned-about-ft8.html HOW NOT TO GET A QSL CARD! This blog post re...

QSLS AND MORE MEMORIES  OF THE 11 METER BAND The article I wrote back in the August issue of The Spectrum Monitor magazine and subsequently reproduced in this blog as Whatever Happened to the 11 Meter Band appears to have been very well received by many readers! The positive feedback and generous praise were very much appreciated. Here are just a few of the comments received: I recall hearing R. France International somewhere in the 11M band some time in the late 70's or early 80's. I was in High School at the time, living in New York City and all I had for a station was a Radio Shack DX-300 with the rear of set whip. I flipped on the radio while doing homework and heard them like a local station!!! I have fond memories of that and wish I spent more time with radio in those great sunspot times. - John Esmith I remember getting the special QSL card from HCJB, when they were running 100 W 26020 kHz. Some afternoons they were clear as a bell into Chicago, Illinois! T...

WHY NOT HAVE AN FRG-7 ....OR TWO! I finally found a Yaesu FRG-7 communications receiver - a blast from the past! Well, actually I have two of them, although I am not sure what I am going to do with one of the FROGS! Below is a video to tell you the story of how I acquired these venerable old radios, along with some ' DX Quick Tips ' noted over the past few days using exclusively one of the FRG-7s and a range of dipole antennas. DX QUICK TIPS - The FRG-7 Version! 👍 4750   BANGLADESH. Bangladesh Betar - Shavar. Terribly muffled audio for the English service to SAs at 1236 with news (….I think!!). This outlet has had on-going issues with audio and transmitter problems for some time now. Some days it seems better than others. Today was not a good day at all, which is a pity because the signal strength is strong. Dec 4. 4800   INDIA. AIR - Hyderabad. A poor signal at 1205 with heavy co-channel QRM from CNR 1, either in Hindi or Telugu, Dec 4. 49...

DX QUICK TIPS November 28, 2019 EQUIPMENT :  Yaesu FTDX3000 transceiver ANTENNAS :  Four double bazooka (coax) dipoles - 3.5, 7, 10 and 14 MHz ANTENNA COUPLER :  Tokyo Hi-Power HC-500 MIXING DESK :  Behringer Xenyx Q802 USB into powered speakers 👍 5055   AUSTRALIA. 4KZ - Innisfail QLD. The current s/on is exactly 2130 UTC as opposed to the quoted 1955 in some lists. Programming consisted of the usual relay of their commercial MW service. A weak signal at 7:30am AEDT, Nov 28. 👍 5940   FRANCE. R. Algerienne - Issoudun. Qur’an service to CAf at 2007, good signal and NF (ex 9655), Nov 28. 👍 5950   ETHIOPIA. Voice of Tigray Revolution - Addis Ababa. Tigrinya to EAf with talks at 1950 and electronic styled Ethiopian pops at 1956. Very good signal and s/off at 2100, Nov 28. 👍 6170   FRANCE. R. Algerienne - Issoudun. Qur’an programming to WAf at 2014, suffers co-channel QRM from KCBS-Kujang and NF (ex 9510), Nov 28. 👍👍 6...