Yet I could hear some traffic report from 1010 WINS, 1130 WBBR peaked up enough for ID’ing a few times and some murmur was heard from (likely) 590 VOCM on a nightly walk. It was late December when I got the Belka back and the “mid-winter anomaly” seemed to have fully kicked in, so chances for transatlantic DX were rather slim. Of course it was, what was I thinking? It was obviously also cold and windy (sorry for the noises!): Again I brought the D-808 for a reference radio but this left me without much of a clue about the performance of the antenna because it was miles above the D-808. Staging a fake battery change on the AFA200C for the picture – the 4 months old supplied battery will likely last another 4 months! First tests with the AFA200CĪs soon as I got the antenna, I drove out to the dike to (quite literally) give it a whirl with my IC-705, since my new Belka was away for repairs. This is not only portable, it could turn the Belka into a wearable MW DX rig! The AFA200 is also available in 2 other versions, the -B model working from 1.5 to 7.5 MHz and the -D model receiving 3.5-18 Mhz. Short of buying the 700€ super-high-tech active ferrite bar antenna off Reuter Elektronik, I found a Greek shop offering an antenna that looked like it was (almost) made for the Belka, costing little more than 1/10th of the Reuter: The AFA200C by SV2CZF is an active, tuned (0.5-2.5 MHz) 200mm loopstick antenna with a male BNC plug to attach the Belka directly to the antenna. I also failed at getting my questions answered by “BAZ Spezialantennen” and there’s also Grahn and Reuter (all in Germany) making ferrite antennas, but they’re all relying on pretty bulky tuner/amplifier boxes and cost up to 850€. But it wasn’t available on and the C.Crane shop told me they don’t ship to the EU and to try it on Amazon.
#Piknik radia 1030 portable#
Not as portable as I hoped for but I figured it might give the Belka a performance comparable to the CCRadio 2E with its similar antenna. My first idea was – of course – the C.Crane “Twin Coil Ferrite AM Antenna Signal Booster”, recently reviewed by Jock Elliott. Rare as hen’s teeth: small, portable loopstick antennas The omnidirectional whip doesn’t allow me to null out unwanted co-channel interference though, therefore I wanted to find a reasonably sized loopstick antenna to pair with the Belka. That was sure asking for a comparison with the most sensitive MW radio I have and gave me hope to use the Belka for ultra-portable MW DXing on the move. To my surprise that average bar turned out way too low for the Belka! When I reviewed the updated Belka (gen3, 2022) for its MW/LW performance in October last year, I just wanted to know if it’s any good with just the whip antenna and used the XHDATA D-808 as a reference radio because it’s a Jay Allen 2.5-star average performer on MW and my expectations were not high for MW reception on a short whip. They also created ‘ The Archivist’ a performance installation that explored some of the ideas submitted to EAFSīelow are a selection of images from the 20 events.High Noon: Belka MW shootout part 2, with a review of the AFA200C active MW ferrite antenna Jo and Robbie created a number of works for the Dark Skies Park including a hyper local radio broadcast and site specific lecture by Scotland’s Astronomer Royal. The region is well placed to become an important context for local and global conversations through these ground breaking connected practices and the people who live and work here.įor EAFS 2013. The practice is immersive, grounded and outward looking. The impact of the 20 festivals continues through the practice of many of the artists involved, with ideas, skills and philosophies being shared across arts and environmental organisations.
EAFS delivered two very successful international Environmental Art Festivals in Dumfries and Galloway in 20. Held collectively amongst a community interested in the relationship between creativity, landscape, land and people. The Environmental Arts Festival Scotland is an evolving idea. Robbie is co-curator of The Environmental Arts Festival Scotland: The Environmental Arts Festival Scotland.
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