Board: [DoveNet] HAM Radio Subject: Re: Shortwave From: poindexter FORTRAN Date: Tue May 05, 2026 13:25 @VIA: REALITY -=> Chris Krascek wrote to phigan <=- CK> I'm located SW Ontario Canada. I have tried with just the whip and the CK> longwire.. No go. Just static mainly. Its crazy because I did get all CK> kinds of channels then one day not so much. I used the map, indicates CK> shading of your area and what freq to turn to yet nothing. Ive varied CK> the times and tried during the day. It could just be that not a lot of CK> countries are broadcasting. I wonder how much local interference there is.I used powerline ethernet adapters, rumor had it that they caused a lot of interference with shortwave - essentially leaking RF through the powerlines, I presume. .... Take away the elements in order of apparent non-importance --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 ■ Synchronet ■ .: realitycheckbbs.org :: scientia potentia est :. .