My G5RV as seen from my front lawn, and then the radio room / ham shack. My most recent hardware addition is the Stridsberg HF Multicoupler. This takes the i…
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Nice … Man i really gotta learn to build a shortwave antenna … Just got
a grundig 750 for shits and giggles but am not picking up too much off the
whip .. I clipped some speaker wire and ran it out my second story window
and tied it to the top of a tree 50 ft away and ita not much better than
the whip oh i di clip a wire in the ground slot and ran that out the window
to a copper pole i hammered 5ft into the dirt … Any advice on a simple
but more efficient rig ?
I use a MFJ-1045C with the CCrane. Works very well. I just ordered a
MFJ-956 for use with my R75 where I don’t need any gain. The MFJ-1045C
really does a good job peaking up a weak signal. The increase in noise also
is not too bad. The think I like about the MFH-1045C is it has a really
sharp peak in the preselector. Once peaked, signals really pop up.
What a great video! Thanks for sharing. Bob,VE9EE
Thanks!
Nice video, just wondering why you have all the radios/equipment covered
with towels. Doesn’t that affect the cooling?
Thank you!
Oh ok I see. Thanks for the response.
So use a magnetic loop for receiving. It’s the best antenna for recuding
noise to zero! 🙂 And of course use your HAM antennas for transmitting. 🙂
Great setup and video of your shack From VK3HGX Chris
@48alfaone I’ve never used a long wire. I got into SWLing from being a ham,
so I always had ham antenna. Where I live now, the G5RV is the best fit for
my lot. I added a few more receivers, and will re-do a video of the shack
soon. I live in the heart of the city, and am plagued by power line noise.
It comes and goes, and is my greatest annoyance.
Any heat problems from the radios by leaving the cloths on top? Nice video.
After about 5 years my MCA104 multicoupler has stop working.
Great work on the vid. Added to channel. For best performance of the G5RV
it is important that the vertical element of the antenna (The twin lead) be
as vertical as possible. It is not critical and wont hurt anything to run
it away at an angle, but your TX signal would be better if it hangs
directly down all the way to the coax if possible. (32 feet +/- if I
recall) Again, not critical, only an improvement. The antenna is awesome on
20 meters where it should be resonant. Enjoy!
Thanks for the nice vid of your radio shack. What model preselector are you
running with your ccradio sw? Do you find this does help and what type
reception do you get with the g5rv on 160 meters? The lil Grundig G5 i have
does good with the whip on 80meters & i do pick up on 160 but the signal
falls off & usually is weak. I am going to put up a g5rv or Par Elect swl
antenna soon. I am thinking of trying a portable like your crane also but i
really like my small g5.
great video .. thats what a shack should look like
I live a mile or so from an AM broadcast antenna, so I get interference &
overload from that, so I use a preselector to attenuate the BCB signals.
The G5RV works great. I can even tune it manually and transmit on it on 160
meters. My radio room has a lot of rf noise from computers, lights, etc.,
so I need an outdoor antenna. The G5RV started as my ham antenna, and does
double duty with SWLing.
by the way, ill just tell you im jealous of your multicouple, another one
of my next purchases!
@TMFOK7 At that time, yes. Now, I don’t use any preselector. I rearranged
the shack as in the picture located at
“files.qrz.com/k/k6mak/Ham_Shack_Apr_2011_sm.jpg”
How well does your antenna work for SW and MW listening over say a long
wire? Does it work good for noise reduction? Thanks for the video, nice
station, 73, Kev.
Super Video about a super Hobby Greetings from Germany!!!
Thanks, i’ll go over and look up the 1045c. I might get something like that
when i get the outside antenna.
@717i I used a Canon FS10. It’s a couple of years old now.
Wow!, um could you do a video on making a video 😉 your’s is the first I
could actually see everything, crystal clear! Oh yeah excellent shack.
Mostly to make it easy to keep dust off. I just shake out the towel. Also
to protect from scratches. There are no cooling vents, etc. on top, so it
doesn’t affect cooling. The one item that does have cooling holes is the
Drake L-4B, and I remove the towel when I run that.
awesome setup brother. i tuned to 11.175 USB and got something almost right
away and then it was GONE. really cool. can u recommend any other F’s for
USAF and things like that? Ham operator here getting into SWL recently.
N5XTC