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Hello, In a local Cash Express boutique there is a elad fdm s1 for sale 80 euros and is this a good sdr for buying? I have a airspy mini and ask if the fdm s1 is a better SDR for fm dx? I search for elad fdm s2 but the price is expensive for a novice fm dxer who dx's only occasionaly. Good DX Pasca...

This afternoon in l'hay les roses has been 34.3°C and for tomorrow much warmer @ 36°C and remaining the same until thursday this week. Are such conditions ideal for fm dx because i hear only local fm upto 150Km distant for a dipole and the antenne i try build is non performant so i must go professio...

Later on today i will have completed a 6 element telescopic FM antenne home design/ assembley and hopefully it will be good for FM DXing this tropo occasion

Good Dx Fello Dxers

Pascal

Thank you John, i will have soon a fm antenne with 5 elements and possible a elad fdm s1 but to late for the perseids which i try for fm but receive nothing vers this dx phenomena. I will visit a local cash express boutique tomorrow for a elad sdr if it is still available and if not the xdr f1hd i a...

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For receiving the coming Perseid Meteor Shower on fm what is the best simple setup also is it possible for reception with a dipole vertical or horizontal indoor this evening, we expect very strong winds and the dipole is fragile.

Good DX

Pascal

Hello Nick and thank you for the reference, At this time i also receive reception from Morocco Medi 1 but it not last very long maybe just less 5 minutes. My antenne fm installation is a very limited only dipole centered for 98MHz connected to a TGN UNLA 3018 UKW amplifier. Good DX Pascal nb: The TG...

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I have received this RDS this afternoon but do not find in fm list
Good DX

Pascal

Hello, In a local Cash Express boutique there is a elad fdm s1 for sale 80 euros and is this a good sdr for buying? I have a airspy mini and ask if the fdm s1 is a better SDR for fm dx? I search for elad fdm s2 but the price is expensive for a novice fm dxer who dx's only occasionaly. Good DX Pascal

You have got an absolute bargain for 25 euros! Yes i think this can be true but how it is working a friend who repaired it does not know because he say interieur was a wiring mess, but now i do not complain. The photo show the sony working and display 100.9 France Bleu Orleans which can receive her...

It sounds like an attempted modification has been made. If you do the Konrad modification with the add-on Seeeduino board and turn on the unit without the usb connection to a computer the radio will just hang flashing "wait". Assuming there is no add-on Seeduino board then you need to look in side ...

Stuart i am much impressed with this amplifier i contact TGN friday and ask if i can order a amplifier covering only 6/4m band and not other frequencies they reply yes and will be in a metal box equivalent to the ULNA3018 but of course spec's different and cost 114 euros inclus poste. They inform i ...

I have been experimenting with a TGN Technology UNLA 3018 fm amplifier i receive 10 days before and much impressed with the performance this week. In use with a dipole & airspy mini sdr consolefrench stations from up to 250km have been received also much further Italy 107.8 occasional reception also...

Thankyou John for that URL site i will have a visit because i have become fascinated with lightening because i think they can have some affect for dx conditions? And for your comment concerning complaining about the weather just 2 weeks ago on the french news it was a report for vineyards because ce...

Yes John the french we like to complain but i tell my friends in the Café this morning that in 5 months we still complain for the weather because it will be winter and very cold. Now the old people and persons who suffer bad health also expectant mothers are all advised for combat the rare extreme w...

I learn this morning in my local café that thursday last during our hottest day 42°C the Paris suburb rail services was affected because rail lines were becoming disfigured from the heat and in some parts of northern france tarmac melt, mdr. So it is not only UK which suffer from extreme meteo condi...

This afternoon i visit friends in Pontoise 41.5°C but l'hay les roses touch 42°C a record for the town for this July day and now this evening a humide thunder 36°C

Good Dx fellow Dxers

Pascal

Today Paris also suburbs will have 41 - 42°C so how hot for your location? Also can it be possible for a good dx by tropospheric conditions during this high pressure disappear?

Good Dxing fellow Dxers

Pascal

Nothing here in the Ile de France I think the sporadic E signals are melting because of the hot weather before reaching my dipole

Good Dx fellow dxers

Pascal

Correction concerning Sporadic E no reception. For the first time this summer i have received @20:00 this evening
Italie 92.3
Espagne 107.9

Pascal

Italie 92.3 & Espagne 107.9 now receive in l'hay les roses @ 20:00hrs?

Good Dxing

Pascal