Hey folks, I hope this is the right place for this post...maybe it should be in the HF section or something...anyways, here goes..
So I just bought a Satelitt 750 HF radio, from The Source.. I got a deal on it, as I know the store manager, and the unit was on the shelve as a demo, mind you it was nicely placed at about 6 feet off the ground, perfectly out of reach of sticky fingered children, and the vertically challenged I'm 100% new to HF listening, and thought it would be a good starting point, since the price was right..I didnt do much research into what its capabilitys are exactly before buying, so go ahead and scold me now But again, the price was right, and I needed to start somewhere, and avoiding Ebay was a plus for that..
So, Ive done lots of reading up on here the last few days since I got it, adding all the stations/freqs I can find for Civ/MilAir HF...I know it will receive the Civilian Air HF(MWARA), as I have heard a number of position reports, and nav info, and pick up the VOLMET Reports from Gander NFLD, but thats about it..so I have 3 questions here, hopefully they are easily answered, but I wont hold my breath Just for reference, I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada..
1) Does the USAF and or RCAF use HF for communications, that I would be able to hear?? I understand from my reading that most of the US stuff is digital, or uses ALE, so I'm guessing I wont hear much unless I find the right freqs/stations..does anyone have a list, better then what is listed in the wiki for this kind of thing?? I'm looking for voice transmissions..
2) Do any military ground forces use HF for Comms that I would be able to recieve? Say US or Canadian forces in Afganistan, or IDK where..North Korea in the near future?
3) Do I need a traditional "Long Line" antenna, as the radio has a port for a 50 Ohm BNC HF antenna, as well as a 500 Ohm Antenna which the manual says I should use some sort of long line for...and if I need a long line, how would I feed it into the 50 Ohm connection, as I would like to run coax thru my home, and outside, then use the long line, I thought I read somewhere that I could use an outdoor antenna converter(balun maybe?), or whatever theyre called, to step it down from 300 to 50 Ohm, anyone know if thats true?? ..any suggestions for other types of antennas would be great..
Thanks in advance!
So I just bought a Satelitt 750 HF radio, from The Source.. I got a deal on it, as I know the store manager, and the unit was on the shelve as a demo, mind you it was nicely placed at about 6 feet off the ground, perfectly out of reach of sticky fingered children, and the vertically challenged I'm 100% new to HF listening, and thought it would be a good starting point, since the price was right..I didnt do much research into what its capabilitys are exactly before buying, so go ahead and scold me now But again, the price was right, and I needed to start somewhere, and avoiding Ebay was a plus for that..
So, Ive done lots of reading up on here the last few days since I got it, adding all the stations/freqs I can find for Civ/MilAir HF...I know it will receive the Civilian Air HF(MWARA), as I have heard a number of position reports, and nav info, and pick up the VOLMET Reports from Gander NFLD, but thats about it..so I have 3 questions here, hopefully they are easily answered, but I wont hold my breath Just for reference, I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada..
1) Does the USAF and or RCAF use HF for communications, that I would be able to hear?? I understand from my reading that most of the US stuff is digital, or uses ALE, so I'm guessing I wont hear much unless I find the right freqs/stations..does anyone have a list, better then what is listed in the wiki for this kind of thing?? I'm looking for voice transmissions..
2) Do any military ground forces use HF for Comms that I would be able to recieve? Say US or Canadian forces in Afganistan, or IDK where..North Korea in the near future?
3) Do I need a traditional "Long Line" antenna, as the radio has a port for a 50 Ohm BNC HF antenna, as well as a 500 Ohm Antenna which the manual says I should use some sort of long line for...and if I need a long line, how would I feed it into the 50 Ohm connection, as I would like to run coax thru my home, and outside, then use the long line, I thought I read somewhere that I could use an outdoor antenna converter(balun maybe?), or whatever theyre called, to step it down from 300 to 50 Ohm, anyone know if thats true?? ..any suggestions for other types of antennas would be great..
Thanks in advance!
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