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I am glad the video helped you out. Something that I just had done on my Boomer 45 was to have the rear tires loaded with juice. The rear tires are fairly large and they put in around 55 gallons in each tire. That added over 1000 pounds which has made a HUGE difference in how the tractor works & handles. For example, I have about 40 triax loads of fill/clay that I am using to cover rocks & bricks I am spreading inside the perimeter of my 2-acre pond to control muskrats. In order to push the bucket into that hard clay I would have to be in 4WD 100% of the time and had to be very careful not to raise the loader too high even with a 650 pound rear blade on the rear. Now with the rear tires loaded I can get full loads in 2WD without spinning the rear tires and feel 1000x safer about keeping the loader 3'-4' off the ground. You may want to consider doing the same.

@@w8bya Thanks!!!

As I found out much later the amplifier in the MLA30 is extremely poor. It is very noisy. Also this is a MLA30 clone so it really was not a fair test at VLF. Something tells me if I had a low noise amplifier in the antenna it would have worked better across all frequencies.

@@w8bya Your video and response has inspired me to do my own comparison of my MLA30+ and passive YouLoop. Both loops are about the same size. Furthermore, there is a gain control potentiometer inside the MLA's box that some people have played with to get better signal-to-noise performance. And differences in bias-t voltage also seems to have an effect on gain and performance. I haven't tried yet.

@@alhearn3209 Awesome that you are running your own experiments ! I knew about the pot when I got the antenna and adjusted it as I listened to several stations. I also made sure I was using a good quality bias-T at the receiver. Do not recommend using the voltage available from the RSPdx or any wallwarts that do not use a linear PS. Let me know what you learned. 73

Thank you. eager to get it operational. The inclinometer now lives in a UV stable tupperware like small tote. That will protect it and the connector from the elements. 73

They are RF signals using MSK modulation that are encrypted and used for military communications.

Hi Paul. Awesome ! Glad this helped. 73

Well now I'm bummed out. At least you got something useful out of it which was my intension.

@@w8bya Yes, the basic review of the top link is a great help to the next guy, like me, seeing how it fits on an actual tractor. It was a gamble, but though a little feedback would be appreciated more than leaving you in the dark why only 19 people admitted "liking" it out of 1700 views.

@@KC7HP So I had another look at the video and didn't think it was that bad. Though I do admit, I tend to ramble, not going to apologize for it, it's just the way I communicate w/o a script or any post editing. But your point is well taken & appreciated. I also checked a few of my other videos, those over 15k or 20k views and they average about 1% likes, just like this one.

n/m, I just realized it would be the RSPdx

@@w7txt Yes sir.....RSPdx, nothing special. What a scary treat it was to see all that TACAMO activity. 73

@@w8byajust incredible. I want to get set up on VLF reception, after my current backlog of projects is clearer. What kind of antenna do you use? I've been looking at the stormwise ferrites.

@@w7txt That can be tough to answer because I use different VLF & LF antennas for different things and during different times of the year. During this capture I was using a HB active vertical since it was winter time & we only had several lightning threats. During the summer I switch over to a HB passive, tuned loop antenna. The loop sits a foot off the ground on a pair of cinder blocks and has a much smaller bulls eye when sparky shows up.

Here I was in a CW-U mode but it really does not matter as we are not trying to listen to the stations. The panadapter display as well as the waterfall display will look identical regardless of the mode chosen. I like using SDRConsole most of the time. It has some shortcomings but it's pleasant UI makes up for them. 73

@@w8bya Ok, thanx for the info, I figgered you were in some type of CW mode. Using a homebrew 3 foot loop here with SDRplay, works good. I think VLF is the final frontier of ham radio, not much is really known about it yet. I'm from Cleveland, K8TND since 1960. In Florida now. :-)

@@fatherd.6016 A loop is a good choice for your location since it will let you null out strong noise sources. But given your location in Fla your QRN level is going to be very high except during winter. GL 73

@@w8bya Yep, the loop is working good. Gotta noise level of -125 on my SDRuno tonite. Logged a couple new stations. I was using spectrum lab, but it sucks.

@@fatherd.6016 Sounds great. Here is a capture from 5 minutes ago....I see TBB from Turkey is on at 27.600 kHz. See if you can spot it. drive.google.com/file/d/1YZrM7h0YBjK_86oFCgYPs_z22E2XqJlV/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for taking the time to comment and making suggestions. So many projects, so little time :-) Let me see what we can do. 73

@w8bya that's OK mate I have nearly everything sorted, understanding dBm took me ages.. HANGING to find a FLUKE 8920A , not having to worry about a matching power sensor is a win win. ✌️from 🇦🇺 🪃

@@gixerags750 Awesome ! Just remember that the instrument you end up with has enough bandwidth to accurately measure the RF at the frequency of interest. For example the 8920A would not be a good choice to measure power at say 10m or 6m etc. since it only has a 20 MHz BW. 73

@w8bya DRAT ! , I'm an 11m ChookBand fan boy...oh well ,back to the options. Peace ✌️

@@gixerags750 No worries. You know here is another possibility for you to consider. During the last 1-2 years there has been an explosion of really cool, small, & portable VNA and SA units for super cheap prices. If you wanted to get a pretty reasonable power reading you could try padding down the RF output (by a known measured amount) and feed that into one of these new portable SA's. You would be within a dB I imagine of the "real" power level.

Bummer ! Did your tractor do regens more often than normal?

Yes if you look at my MMTTY settings in the video you can use them as a starting point. I am sure I could have optimized some of the values to get more solid decodes. Also the only other key information is that they were using 50 baud. GL

Thx a lot

If you are putting two CMC of the same material and design at the antenna and two in series at the radio you are gaining very little by using the 2nd CMC's. If however they are of different material and design and put in series that can be of benefit.@@basshorseman998

yes, that is SDRC. The UI is so comfortable it's hard to go back to UNO, even though SDRC leaves out some important features. 73

Hi there Bill. I have been playing with a 33' tall elevated vertical lately. Thus far it outperforms every VLF antenna I have tried thus far, even my large 36T, tuned, passive loop antenna. 73

Thanks ! Glad you liked it.

I can understand exactly what you are saying and why, and that would be an interesting test but I also see great benefit to stack one antenna up against the other even if they are not the same size just to see which one comes out on top and if so by how much and at what frequencies.

Here Here ! A toast to our wonderful spouses.

Hi there Kevin. Looking forward to that contact very much. Let me know if I can help in any way. 73

I think I mentioned that in the video which was one more reason I liked the 45 even more.

@@w8bya you mentioned 45-55 but it is also in the 35-40

Sorry to hear that. I can't say I have ever looked mine over. Maybe you can use the other side (which is still good) as a guide. Or maybe call your NH service/dealer and ask them.

Hey....I know you !!!!! <g>. Yes by all means give it a go. It's a lot of fun and so many different signals. Tons more as you go lower in frequency too. 73

Thanks ! It was a real thrill to hear the news from the mighty BBC world service. Now that we have some breathing room as far as BBC is concerned I will tune the loop for 225 kHz and have a listen for them. I know they run some serious power but I suspect their directional array does not favor the west as usually their carrier is pretty weak.

That is awesome to hear ! Trust me once you tag along with someone and see how easy and fun it is or after you make your own first contact you will kick yourself for not trying sooner 🙂 There are a large number of uW folks in the DFW area if you need any help getting in touch with them shoot me an e-mail and I will get you their e-mails. I will send you an invite to the Midwest-Microwave group where you can read the mail and ask questions. We have a lot of folks from all over the states since even on 10 GHz we can make QSO's well over 1000km away. 73