15 Jan 2022

DXing with a twist

One facet of HF radio that you may want to try for fun is DXing with a crystal set where all the power comes from the TX. 

Although you are most likely to hear broadcast stations, you may also copy amateurs. These days it is harder as most speech is on SSB, so you can only copy the muffled sound of envelope detection, but I have copied AM amateurs on 160m. For envelope detection, you may need a "proper" RX to identify the signal.


See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/hf-mf-and-lf/crystal-set-dxing .

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