Dxing on the radio.
By austingrace
@austingrace (7)
United States
2 responses
@topffer (42156)
• France
27 Jun 16
I did it during years, starting in the middle of the 1970's with an old second hand multiband receiver from the army which was weighting more than 50 kg, not included the regulated power pack, which was weighting 10 kg
. At this time many transmissions were in clear, not only radio, and I was mainly DXing on the tropical bands, between 2300 and 5000 khz for Africa and in the 6 Mhz band for South America. I ended in the 1990's by doing some DX in the FM bands and some DX TV in VHF bands. There was still a lot of FM stations in the 65-74 Mhz in Eastern Europe and they were easy to receive in France during summer. I did also some TX in the 28 Mhz in the beginning of the 1990's. My best memories are a contact with the Solomon Islands in SSB, and a long chat in FM with somebody in the Moscow area (in FM, it was quite miraculous), both confirmed by QSL cards. At the end of 1994, I had my first internet connection, and I stopped progressively. I have kept a multiband scanner and a transmitter in boxes, but I have not installed an antenna since 20 years
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. At this time many transmissions were in clear, not only radio, and I was mainly DXing on the tropical bands, between 2300 and 5000 khz for Africa and in the 6 Mhz band for South America. I ended in the 1990's by doing some DX in the FM bands and some DX TV in VHF bands. There was still a lot of FM stations in the 65-74 Mhz in Eastern Europe and they were easy to receive in France during summer. I did also some TX in the 28 Mhz in the beginning of the 1990's. My best memories are a contact with the Solomon Islands in SSB, and a long chat in FM with somebody in the Moscow area (in FM, it was quite miraculous), both confirmed by QSL cards. At the end of 1994, I had my first internet connection, and I stopped progressively. I have kept a multiband scanner and a transmitter in boxes, but I have not installed an antenna since 20 years.@austingrace (7)
• United States
19 Oct 19
Hello topffer. Thanks for your response. :) That sounds like fun. I have a CCrane 2E radio and it gives me access to AM, FM, weather band and the HAM band. I'm going to get my ham license within the next few months. I have always to get on the ham radio but never had to space or money to do so. My dad had a CB in a van when I was growing up and that is what got me into radio.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
20 Oct 19
@austingrace I can understand that, it occupied my evenings during many years. Good luck for the ham exam and have fun !
@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
27 Jun 16
My husband and sons used to do that. They looked they were having fun!
