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1. #Saq panoramic vlf receiver portable
2. #Saq panoramic vlf receiver software
3. #Saq panoramic vlf receiver Pc

I have made some quick tests of course on my new portable receiver as soon I received it. Overall, the value vs price is very good in my opinion. Ergonomics were excellent on the PL-600 but have been furtherly improved on the PL-660. My new Tecsun PL-660 portable receiver with a copy of WRTH 2015.Ĭompared to the PL-600, the PL-660 basically adds syncronous AM detection and the AM air band. So, when I came to the decision to buy another portable radio, my choice has been for the successor of the PL-600, that is the PL-660. It was still fully functional when I decided to sell it (at a fair price, of course). I had tried several modifications on it and it has survived to my soldering iron as well as to repeated disassemblies. I had already had the simpler Tecsun PL-600 model and it had worked very well for years. By the way, this year I also decided to buy my first copy of the WRTH (the famous World Radio Television Handbook), to support my decision to "taste" the broadcast listening.įor the same purpose, a week ago I bought on the Internet one of these small portable radios, the Tecsun PL-660. Well, while I'm pretty satisfied of the above-described setup, sometimes I'd like to simply switch on a more "traditional" receiver and have a couple of hours of pleasant, easy, relaxing listening to broadcast transmissions. Of course both the AFEDRI and the wideband antenna amplifier need a power supply, to be connected and switched on and finally I'm ready for my listening session, which usually lasts for 3-4 hours in the night, unless propagation conditions suggest to go to bed sooner than planned.

#Saq panoramic vlf receiver Pc

I mean, to listen to the NDB band on LF, I usually place my homebrewed "foldable" 3-turns loop in a sweet spot I found in the apartment (yes, I use it indoors) next, I connect the loop terminals to a wideband amplifier, then - by few meters of cable - to the receiver (an AFEDRI SDR-Net) and to the PC running the SDR-Radio software. Recently I felt the need for a simpler way to enjoy radio listening, compared to the usual way I do NDB chasing. The short video below is a panoramic view (from south to north, looking towards the sea) taken from my listening position in Livorno, Italy (grid square JN53EM). The LZ1AQ amplifier (built by Roelof Bakker, PA0RDT) The homebrewed 3-turns loop antenna (120 cm x 160 cm)

#Saq panoramic vlf receiver software

The software running on the PC was SDR-Radio v2.3 (beta).īelow are some photos depicting the above-described setup. A passive 540 kHz low-pass filter was also inserted between the output from the amplifier cable and the receiver. The antenna was connected to a LZ1AQ loop amplifier, build by Roelof Bakker PA0RDT, fed throgh a length of CAT-5 cable which also provided the necessary power supply.

I placed the antenna outside on my balcony at 5th floor with south-north orientation. This time I wanted to use my modified AFEDRI SDR-Net receiver together with my homebrewed 3-turns loop antenna. Today is Decemand I liked to join in the traditional SAQ Christmas Eve transmission on 17.200 kHz (so in VLF), from the historical station located in Grimeton, Sweden.