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Hi Peter,

Perhaps I missed something, but I actually never seen a prove of Australian tropo with distances over 2000 km. If you have any links to such an extreme tropo catches/recordings please post here. I would love to see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy7FTbeX8Rk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ_jPauUnBU These two videos are no longer available (maybe there was too much music inside?), but the same user added some new videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/dxer22000/videos?disable_polymer=1 Hello Franco, At the ti...

DXers in Australia experienced an extreme tropo ducting over Tasman Sea. New Zealand signals were heard in Australia with distances exceeding 2000 km. Links to YT videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNob_MxxDpU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DQ7adJAPr4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT5eC3Q9p...

I received BBC R. Humberside today as well. Also first time ever I got 98.1 BBC R1 from Pontop Pike TX. Holme Moss is very strong. Tropo improved today significantly.

Yes Nick, it was Belmont. My mistake, sorry. It's all getting weaker now. The predictions were overestimated, I think. I see very little being logged from the North of the UK, whereas Holland and German DXers they get loads of UK signals.

It's improving now. Getting 93.1 BBC R4 from either Belmont or Meldrum in full RDS. Also getting signals from Wales, Llangollen and Llanddona in particular.

Yes, indeed. France is coming here and no sign of North except Holme Moss, nevertheless, it will be interesting to see how this develop.

It's building up nicely. Currently Holland signals here. I come back home around 22:40 and just now Holland appearing on V.

Holland appearing now with 94.8 NPO R4 from Smilde on the weak side.

Nothing reaching here although there is a noticeable enhancement, but yet no sign of Germany.

Hi there, Just done an SDR scan on vertical dipole and I noticed lots of brief scatters. I heard Llangollen some French signals on BOB. Holme Moss is weak but solid. I also checked Hepburn's prediction maps and there is a strong possibility of tropo over the weekend. All looking good at the moment. ...

Welcome Brieuc. I saw your catches on YT. Well done!

Facebook is crap, that's why I don't do Facebook. There are better ways to sent a link than Facebook.

I have the soft mute disabled on the RBRX Encore, and also manually set the IF bandwidth, as setting it to auto produces horrible noise if trying to receive a weak signal 100 kHz away from a local, as the receiver constantly and rapidly changes bandwidth, often related to the modulation of the adja...

Hi Zach. Yes this is my default tuner now. It's perfect for both DX and audiophile use. Couldn't you just smuggle one in and then act all innocent if questioned? "I don't know what you mean. I've had it in the shack for months!" :lol: Nick, that Isn't gonna happen :roll: Anyway, I think Airspy HF+ ...

Hi Peter, I rarely use Zoom FFT filter because I don't have too many adjacent channels that generate massive splatter. However, on tropo this is very helpful and I must admit that SDR is a step far from the conventional tuners/radios. I still like to play with radios simply because it's a different ...

Yet another video with KDC-BT710DAB https://youtu.be/_XnEuVehjCU

I think BW Broadcast is the most used tuner by Nick these days, am I right? I am not surprised. This is a dream machine for DXer. Unfortunately, I cannot afford it (or rather I am not allowed)

Hi Peter, I have seen your videos, but I will revisit the again. Kenwood doesn't specify SELECCTIVITY in the manual for KDC-BT710DAB, but I believe it's somewhere in the region of 80dB or perhaps more? Pioneer DEH-4700MP, which I also own, has 80dB (+/- 200Hz) selectivity stated in the manual. I tes...

Very nice logs, Nick. Congratulations!