{"id":41926,"date":"2020-02-20T02:48:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T06:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41926"},"modified":"2020-02-20T02:48:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T06:48:12","slug":"a-compact-rspdx-wellbrook-loop-kit-for-the-beach-my-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/a-compact-rspdx-wellbrook-loop-kit-for-the-beach-my-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"A Compact RSPdx & Wellbrook Loop Kit for the Beach — My Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have enjoyed three to four medium wave and shortwave DXpeditions per year since 1988, to sites on the Washington and Oregon coasts. I love the chance they give to experiment with antennas in a (hopefully!) noise-free location, and concentrate on catching stations that might not be heard from home.<\/p>\n

All of my DX trips have been via car–until now! I’ve just returned from nine vacation days in Hawaii (Waikoloa Beach, on the Big Island), and I thought others might like to see the radio related items I chose to take along for air travel. I’m pleased to report that everything worked as planned, and I have five days of SDR IQ WAV files of the MW band for review, all recorded in the time frame surrounding local dawn.<\/p>\n

My goal was not<\/strong> the smallest, most compact portable setup, but one with high performance and<\/em> modest size. Fitting everything into a day pack was another requirement. A simple wire antenna and an even smaller Windows tablet or laptop than the one I’ve used (and a smaller SDR like the HF+ Discovery, for that matter) would make a much smaller package. However, the items I’ve assembled worked excellently for me during my enjoyable Hawaii vacation. The directional loop antenna provided nulls on medium wave of 30 dB during preliminary tests indoors, a less-than-ideal test situation.<\/p>\n

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Waikoloa Beach–just one of a zillion picturesque scenes in Hawaii.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is a list of what I’ve put together for my DXing “kit”:<\/p>\n