Re: [IRCA] ECLIPSE DX-ING

[Volodya S <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

If there is one argument in favour of buying a SDR, this has to be it.
Fine and dandy using a conventional receiver, and follow a handful of
frequencies at best, and miss out on the eclipse, but why not enjoy the
eclipse, record the MW spectrum and listen later to each frequency and
watch it all unfold.  A no brainer, from my perspective!   I might even
also use my 2nd SDR to record part of the tropical band as well.   73,
Walt

On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We will be heading from Rochester to Indiana on the 20th, then assessing
> conditions early the morning of the 21st and driving to somewhere along the
> path between Marion IL and mid-Kentucky.
>
> I'm thinking of getting an inexpensive SDR between now and then.
>
> On May 28, 2017 2:29 PM, "Ira Elbert New III" <ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I'll be teaching 6th graders social studies on that Monday. I hope it's a
> > clear day because I'd love to take them outside to see the eclipse. We're
> > just south of the path of totality too.
> >
> > Bert
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On May 28, 2017, at 1:16 PM, Volodya S <canswl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > |'m going to be outside, and not at the dials.  I agree with Sudipta.
> > With
> > > the advent of SDRs, and with the very short window, the SDR recording
> the
> > > MW spectrum makes all the difference, and should be a lot of fun to
> > monitor
> > > each frequency!   73,  Walt
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 9:59 AM, R. Colin Newell <
> coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> I've Dx'd during a 99% total eclipse --
> > >>
> > >> It's amazing - the hair will stand up on the back of your neck as a
> > >> moribund daytime MW band convulses and thrashes to life in the space
> of
> > >> minutes.
> > >>
> > >> In decades of radio listening, there's nothing like it.
> > >>
> > >> Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC
> > >>
> > >>> On May 28, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Mark Mobile <Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Iâm curious as to what DX-ers will be doing during the
> > >> once-in-a-lifetime August eclipse.  How about sharing your plans?
> > >>>
> > >>> I will have a D-Kaz oriented at 340 degrees from North-Central
> > >> Minnesota, with an SDR recording 100 kHz to 1700 kHz.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers!
> > >>>
> > >>> Mark Durenberger, mobile
> > >>>
> > >>>
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