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NHSA:
Hi,

I was reading about this and perhaps if price is reasonable for me ( I am retired with no income ) I would like to set up a station here in central Mexico. I have seen there are only two stations so far in Mexico.

I think building an antenna is not that complicated. I just built a few dedicated antennas, 4 element YAGI, for Radio Meteor Observation (@174.31 MHz) and I have one station running together with another one on a friends roof.

Thanks for any tips and comments

regards Rainer

Cutty Sark Sailor:
Right!  Antennas for 3-300KHz simple... 250-300mm long 8-10mm Dia ferrite, and a roll of 26AWG magnet wire... for H fields, and a 15-25cm 12-14AWG copper wire for E field.  or a handful of turns on about a meter wire loop fo H fields. Or can go exotic but no need. This isn't about distance, it's about quality data for locating.  See my station pages at https://frankfortweather.us/fwxBLPublic/index.html
Waiting List for kits is long, Mexico, Central and South America should be on the priority distribution list, ahead of denser areas like US, Europe... give it a shot. use the form  at https://www.blitzortung.org/en/cover_your_area.php
Mostly assembled kit shipped from Europe about 200-300 US dollars... don't know exact. You'll supply cables and power supply and antennas yourself.

NHSA:
Hi,

Thanks. Sounds very interesting and the price also sounds good.

Just put my name on the list and my number is 6725   :grin:

Will see when they contact me.

Thanks Rainer

Cutty Sark Sailor:
pm me

NHSA:
Hi,

One doubt. In the documentation it says wire with 1.5mm˛ cross section corresponding to a wire diameter of 1.38mm but I only get AWG wire in Mexico and the nearest ones are AWG 15 or AWG 16. I would ned AWG 15.5  :-)

Does this mean less turns = AWG 15 or more turns AWG 16 ?

Thanks Rainer

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