From: mjohnsto@jenny.shearson.com (Mike Johnston)
Subject: My loggings for this weekend and a question
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:20:13 GMT

Alright, thanks to many of you out there I've been able to get a
semi-decent SWL post setup in my spare bedroom at home. In an uncommon
burst of energy, I setup a Radio Shack Longwire Antenna over the weekend.
Performance is definitely a plus over the builtin whip antenna but not
as much as I would have expected. 

The longwire is stretched between two polls at about 8-9 feet off the ground 
and it is about 23 feet long. It was a pretty solid installation and 
looks unobtrusive, just what I was after. Because I know no other
local SWL'ers, I have no basis for comparison between my antenna setup 
and others. Here are some of my loggings for this weekend. Most of these
are probably common. Perhaps some of them will be useful. In any case,
would anyone care to comment on my antenna performance based upon these?

I'm using a Sangean ATS803a with the aforementioned longwire and a 
ground wire to my radiator.

MJ


All times are UTC.

World Day:11/14/92

TIME	FREQ	STATION
02:30	9582	Radio Tirana, Albania. Lots of interference for Radio Norway.
03:00	9690	Radio Beijing, China.
03:00	5960	Radio Japan. News and 'This Week'. Very clear.
03:15	5930	Radio Czechoslovakia. Czech economic news.
03:30 	11945	UAE Radio from Dubai. World news headlines. Signal fluttered.
03:45	9590	Radio Netherlands, Holland. In depth European news.
03:41	9395	Voice of Greece. Local news. Very weak signal.
20:13	9435	Kol Israel, World,local news and Israeli politics.
22:00	6210 	Croatian Radio. News and then music.
22:15	9605	UAE Radio from Abu Dhabi. Language instruction. Arabic?
22:20	9905	Belgian Radio. Tourism discussions. Lots of interference.
22:21	11620	All India Radio. Indian cinema review and then some nice music.
22:27	6070	CFRX-CFRB, Canada. Sports report.
22:30	6085	Bayerische Rundfunk, Germany. In German, got ID and music.
22:43	6090	Radio Luxembourg. American pop music. Announcer in German.
22:50	6110	Radio Budapest, Hungary. Listener comments and 'DX World"
23:00	9445	Voice of Turkey. Headlines then news detail and analysis.
23:23	6090	Radio Luxembourg again. Nice musc but lots of interference.
23:54	7325	BBC. Music show.


World Day:11/15/92

TIME	FREQ	STATION
02:10	4810	Radio Orion, S. Africa. Got ID, rest wasn't in english.
		Signal was strong but mucho interference and static.
03:11	4820	Radio Tachira, Venezuela. Music and DJ announcing, "Radio
		Tachira", over and over. Strong sig but lots of flutter.
03:30	6060	Radio Havana, Cuba. ID'd and announced schedule changes.
		Couldn't hear very well and missed most frequencies.
03:48	9745	HCJB-VO The Andes, Equador. ID'd and 'Musical Mailbag"
03:52	9885	Radio Swiss Intl.
03:55	11930	Transworld Radio, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.

World Day:11/16/92

04:05	7435	Radio New York Intl, Via WWCR, Nashville.
		(These guys are nuts...)



--
Michael R. Johnston, System Administrator	mjohnsto@shearson.com
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man." - G.B. Shaw
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