Here is a short video clip that shows the shortwave radio
kit that I built over Christmas. I tried both my vertical and horizontal
antennas and both appeared to give similar results. Whilst tuning around the
bands (12MHz to 18MHz) I received several foreign stations. Near the end of the
video is a short audio clip. Rather annoyingly I was also picking-up some local
interference. The signals appeared to be fading so were coming in via the sky
wave, which is probably why my different polarized antennas gave a similar signal
strength. I will try the radio under different weather conditions and different
times of the day to see if the results change. There are several beacons within
the receivers range so this would be a handy way of checking propagation.
