Well done!

The writing has been on the wall for a long time -

I managed to migrate 5 groups - it was pretty seamless at the time - but
the Yahoo rulebook was constantly changing.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:53 PM Gary DeBock <d1028gary@comcast.net> wrote:

> Following the general trend among radio hobby groups, the 1,500+ member
> Ultralight Radio enthusiast group has moved its home base from Yahoo to
> Groups.io. This is a general notice to other radio hobby groups before the
> Yahoo site is closed down.
>
> Founded in early 2008 by the late John Bryant and yours truly, the
> Ultralight Radio group has enjoyed steady worldwide growth for over ten
> years, leading the way in portable radio modification, FSL antenna
> development, ocean cliff propagation discoveries and the new "Frequent
> Flyer" transoceanic DXing sport (using a compact FSL antenna on exotic
> ocean beaches). We feel honored to have many of the hobby leaders among our
> membership, and look forward to continued innovation, exploration and
> excitement in the coming years!
>
>
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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<<< Well done!

The writing has been on the wall for a long time -
I managed to migrate 5 groups - it was pretty seamless at the time - but the Yahoo rulebook was constantly changing. >>>

Thanks Colin,

Because of some new Yahoo shenanigans we had a somewhat interesting time trying shift over our sizable membership and numerous files, but Groups.io did finally come up with a sneaky solution to help us get the "seamless transfer" that other hobby groups have enjoyed.

Gary

> On January 15, 2019 at 9:03 AM "R. Colin Newell" <coffeecanuck@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well done!
>
> The writing has been on the wall for a long time -
>
> I managed to migrate 5 groups - it was pretty seamless at the time - but the Yahoo rulebook was constantly changing.
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:53 PM Gary DeBock < d1028gary@comcast.net mailto:d1028gary@comcast.net > wrote:
>
> > > Following the general trend among radio hobby groups, the 1,500+ member Ultralight Radio enthusiast group has moved its home base from Yahoo to Groups.io. This is a general notice to other radio hobby groups before the Yahoo site is closed down.
> >
> > Founded in early 2008 by the late John Bryant and yours truly, the Ultralight Radio group has enjoyed steady worldwide growth for over ten years, leading the way in portable radio modification, FSL antenna development, ocean cliff propagation discoveries and the new "Frequent Flyer" transoceanic DXing sport (using a compact FSL antenna on exotic ocean beaches). We feel honored to have many of the hobby leaders among our membership, and look forward to continued innovation, exploration and excitement in the coming years!
> >
> >
> > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> >
> >
> >
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Hi Steve,

Many evenings so far this month have yielded decent LWBC conditions here in Michigan. I've made some decent recordings with the SDR for the archives.Â

Usually 171 and 183 are the dominant stations here, but so far this year it's been the BBC on 198 and then Algeria on 252. I've actually heard two stations on 252 occasionally.

And interestingly, 216 R. Monte Carlo has shown up in the early evening a couple of times. Back when you and I were doing coordinated listening 216 was historically rare for my QTH.

252 was exceptionally loud a couple of evenings ago. I suppose we would call it blow torch status for long wave.

Walt, I've noticed that also where LWBC conditions do not equate to Medium Wave and with the SDR when I see MW carriers have noted sometimes it's high band dominant, and sometimes low band dominant, but to verify what you observed, long and medium waves don't correlate.

Good DX to all,

Scott
Michigan

âSent from Blue â

In Victoria, rarely any LWBC action in comparison, I think I've only
every heard 189 with audio, some years ago. How large is your longwire Steve?

Last few evenings have seen MW carriers seeming to be from the UK and 
Lithuania, a contrast to poor TP conditions.
best wishes,
Nick

At 06:12 2019-01-15, STEVE wrote:
LWBC got fairly decent later on this Monday evening. At around 06 
utc: 171 poor (AM sync); 183 poor (AM sync); 189 very poor; 198 poor 
(AM sync); 216 very poor; 234 very poor; (243 hints); 252 medium (AM 
sync). MW only has 1089 with rapidly fading het not lasting long 
enough for any audio.
Steve AA7U
near Sahuarita, AZ
R75; N/S longwire

											

A couple of drawbacks for the Afedri:

(1) As of a year ago (I have not checked since), the phasing only worked on the live signals. No phasing was possible on a recorded file.

(2) It has only a 12 bit converter so is not top of the line.

And something that needs verification: the Afedri was only spec'ed to record 900 kHz of bandwidth. I see it has recently been changed to 1100 kHz. That's enough for me if it performs as advertised.

Chuck