{"id":22638,"date":"2016-12-05T12:46:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T16:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22638"},"modified":"2018-08-28T06:29:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T10:29:40","slug":"oxford-shortwave-log-transatlantic-mw-dx-catches-with-200-metre-beverage-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/oxford-shortwave-log-transatlantic-mw-dx-catches-with-200-metre-beverage-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Shortwave Log: transatlantic MW DX catches with 200 metre Beverage – part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi there, a few weeks ago I posted a couple of medium wave DX catches with the Elad FDM DUO and newly constructed 200 metre Beverage antenna. Since then (and following my trip to Brazil) I have uploaded several more catches, some of which I would like to share with you. It has become evident that the Beverage’s low-gain but high SNR properties resulted in a huge increase in the sensitivity of my entire set-up and as a result. I have achieved numerous personal firsts on the medium wave band, coupled with many other signals that I can only describe ‘best-ever reception’. If nothing else, this endevour has underlined the importance of utillising the best antenna possible for your particular circumstances. We’ve all read at some point, how, in many respects, the antenna is more important than the receiver – and these catches demonstrate how absolutely true that statement is. All of the reception videos were captured using the Elad FDM DUO running on a home-brew battery-pack and connected to the Beverage via a 50 Ohm input transformer.<\/p>\n

Below is\u00a0the first set of reception videos, most of which are signals from\u00a0East Coast of the United States. However, there is\u00a0also an absolutely booming signal from WGIT Puerto Rico into my QTH in Oxford UK. Part 2 will follow almost immediately, but in the mean time thanks for watching\/listening and I wish you all great DX!<\/p>\n

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