Thanks for posting this link, Mark.
The DXpedition participants also received WPTX-1690  and WRDW-1680, 
the latter before Hokkaido sunset.
These are major DX, even if their night time powers were being uh, unobserved.
best wishes,
Nick
At 05:38 2019-01-25, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote:

Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 05:38:06 +0000 (UTC)
From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@aol.com>

1030 WBZ Boston, MA received in Japan
Salt water heading NW from Hull, MA transmitter site definitely 
helps the "get-out-ability."

https://eureka-fumi.blogspot.com/2019/01/comparison-of-wbz-news-radio-1030.html?fbclid=IwAR1zjb--aeI8vyXZ_nsO-XA6FKrRJqnOXJzfxIW4Y8-aqP5r2aqz5ZqO-Wo
Mark Connelly, WA1IONSouth Yarmouth, MA

											

It will be interesting to get a comparison of DU reception
Walt...if/when conditions improve.

With Juan de Fuca Strait just down the road from you, I would hope 
that your DU reception should be superior  to mine and to Colin's.
73
Nick

At 04:55 2019-01-28, Volodya S wrote:

Thanks to Colin Newell for getting a west coast Kiwi SDR on-line today.  I
compared my location (about 5 to 7 km away) to his.  At 03:00, I noted that
mostly on 1590 he's hearing KLFE from Seattle, with many "The Answer" IDs.
For me, I'm also hearing weakly, a cochannel.  Wasn't sure who it was until
I heard "94.3", which make this the Tilamook, OR True Oldies station, KTIL
which occasionally dominates the channel.  All nice!   73,   Walt

											

I use rg6 flooded for all my low band receive antennas. I usually get it
from dx engineering. I have had very good success with it in the midwest
buried and just on top of the soil. The flooded capability has mitigated
small rodent bites. Some of the antennas I use it with are: 4 square, k9ay,
beverage, bog, and dhdl.
Hope this helps. It is not cheap, however.

Mike

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 10:06 PM Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@ieee.org> wrote:

> Haven't seen any response to this, James, and am probably not going
> to be much help.
>
> I've just used RG58 variants for up to 100' in permanent
> installations around the yard, 10 to15 years in some cases. One of
> them runs through about 70' of rigid PVC electrical conduit IPEX
> #032907 and is buried. Mind you, I've heard that although such
> conduit will keep the groundwater away from the coax, water vapor
> will condense inside, leading to a wet interior anyway. That coax
> still seems to work,so maybe it's dry...or maybe not.
>
> On DXpeditions, I've run over 500' of RG58 coax to DKaz'es and such,
> and not suffered particularly.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
> At 22:26 2019-01-27, James Niven wrote:
> >I am curious as to what type of coax everyone uses for DKAZ antennas and
> >also general international shortwave band listening dipoles?
> >
> >It's time to revamp my antennas and I want to use the right cable that
> will
> >last for a while.
> >
> >
> >
> >I have read that RG-8U is good for long runs of a 100 to 150 feet, and if
> I
> >was to bury my coax, which is the best pipe/conduit to use to bring my
> >cables into the shack?
> >
> >
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >James Niven
> >
> >Austin, Texas
> >
> >
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Haven't seen any response to this, James, and am probably not going
to be much help.

I've just used RG58 variants for up to 100' in permanent 
installations around the yard, 10 to15 years in some cases.   One of 
them runs through about 70' of rigid PVC electrical conduit IPEX 
#032907 and is buried.   Mind you, I've heard that although such 
conduit will keep the groundwater away from the coax, water vapor 
will condense inside, leading to a wet interior anyway.   That coax 
still seems to work,so maybe it's dry...or maybe not.
On DXpeditions, I've run over 500' of  RG58 coax to DKaz'es and such, 
and not suffered particularly.
best wishes,
Nick

At 22:26 2019-01-27, James Niven wrote:

I am curious as to what type of coax everyone uses for DKAZ antennas and
also general international shortwave band listening dipoles?
It's time to revamp my antennas and I want to use the right cable that will
last for a while.
I have read that RG-8U is good for long runs of a 100 to 150 feet, and if I
was to bury my coax, which is the best pipe/conduit to use to bring my
cables into the shack?
thanks
James Niven
Austin, Texas


											

I had RG58 in 'moisture' for a decade: in fact 70 metres at the bottom
of a pond! Everybody said, that it won't work, but I didn't notice any
problems. But I had them on the part, which was on the ground: hares bit
it broke and 3 years ago I replaced it with a better one: Tri-Lan RF240.
It wasn't cheap for almost 300 metres feed, but I think it will last as
long as ... Now I buried it carefully a few cm also on the ground. I
think all is well as long as the shield doesn't get breaks.
Getting a length of coax inside a garden hose isn't as easy as it may
sound, I tried. Some length goes easy, but in the end one needs to put
first a string with air pressure. I am glad, that I didn't take the trouble.

Best regards,
Mauno
Nick Hall-Patch kirjoitti 28.1.2019 klo 6:06:
Haven't seen any response to this, James, and am probably not going to 
be much help.
I've just used RG58 variants for up to 100' in permanent installations 
around the yard, 10 to15 years in some cases.ÂÂ One of them runs 
through about 70' of rigid PVC electrical conduit IPEX #032907 and is 
buried.ÂÂ Mind you, I've heard that although such conduit will keep 
the groundwater away from the coax, water vapor will condense inside, 
leading to a wet interior anyway. That coax still seems to work,so 
maybe it's dry...or maybe not.
On DXpeditions, I've run over 500' of RG58 coax to DKaz'es and such, 
and not suffered particularly.
best wishes,
Nick

At 22:26 2019-01-27, James Niven wrote:

I am curious as to what type of coax everyone uses for DKAZ antennas and
also general international shortwave band listening dipoles?
It's time to revamp my antennas and I want to use the right cable 
that will

last for a while.
I have read that RG-8U is good for long runs of a 100 to 150 feet, 
and if I

was to bury my coax, which is the best pipe/conduit to use to bring my
cables into the shack?
thanks
James Niven
Austin, Texas