What a freaking cluster flop - 1450am

[Omega-TI]

/gripe mode on
I tried to partake in the 1450 contest for week 19 at the Ultralight DX group but man, what freaking pain! On 1450 I had at least 4 stations overlapping, even going off frequency, and trying to null them out (unsuccessfully) I still got too much to understand. Messing with the bandwidth would have been cheating, for the contest, but I decided to try for myself and still no joy.

Interestingly, my RTL-SDR with the Palomar loop picked up nothing (unexpected), the Retekess V115 picked up nothing (expected), but the Eton Elite Executive picked up too much.

 

[PDXh0b0]

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assuming it's KBPS

 

[Omega-TI]

Thanks, nice view! But, ya know, that fancy radio of yours is way over classed for the Ultralight category! I'm also afraid my radio addiction is coming back! I have to improve upon the disaster of last night, so I clicked on the loop antenna, (it's currently on sale at Amazon) so this SHOULD give me greater ability nulling out some of those other stations.

 

[PDXh0b0]

Thanks, nice view! But, ya know, that fancy radio of yours is way over classed for the Ultralight category! I'm also afraid my radio addiction is coming back! I have to improve upon the disaster of last night, so I clicked on the loop antenna, (it's currently on sale at Amazon) so this SHOULD give me greater ability nulling out some of those other stations.

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plan for the next time I'm Tigard to get that antenna

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[Boombox]

/gripe mode on
I tried to partake in the 1450 contest for week 19 at the Ultralight DX group but man, what freaking pain! On 1450 I had at least 4 stations overlapping, even going off frequency, and trying to null them out (unsuccessfully) I still got too much to understand. Messing with the bandwidth would have been cheating, for the contest, but I decided to try for myself and still no joy.

Interestingly, my RTL-SDR with the Palomar loop picked up nothing (unexpected), the Retekess V115 picked up nothing (expected), but the Eton Elite Executive picked up too much.

Welcome to the graveyard frequencies. A big mess. Best to put on the headphones, use a receiver with decent fidelity (or widen the bandwidth), and listen for an hour or two for IDs. Sometimes you get surprises.

 

[Omega-TI]

Welcome to the graveyard frequencies. A big mess. Best to put on the headphones, use a receiver with decent fidelity (or widen the bandwidth), and listen for an hour or two for IDs. Sometimes you get surprises.

Thanks! Yeah, definitely giving me a run for it. I'll give it another shot tonight when I go to bed near the top of the hour. If after 10 minutes I can't dig out an ID, I'll wait for the loop to arrive.

 

[Boombox]

Just keep listening. I got a rare ID on a 1490 or 1450 station from two states away -- out of the blue. It peaked on top of the channel for a few seconds, gave me a full ID, and then went back into the mess. All on a Realistic TRF with no external loop. Just the radio.

Graveyard DXing is a time consuming task. But sometimes it will pay off. Higher fidelity (i.e. a little higher bandwidtch) helps, because the IDs that you do hear will be clearer and easier to read.

 

[DXerPaulAK]

The only thing ive heard on 1450 is 250 watt KLM 300 miles away and Iran's 1449