https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/1ddcbf7b-a8c0-435a-892b-7b953f95531f Receiving VK3XU's CW beacon on 137kHz from about 50km away just after noon on a Saturday. Despite the milliwatts of ERP the signal is fully readable, even when using just the ferrite rod on the converter. A larger antenna loosly coupled to the ferrite rod improves signals further and suprisingly does not introduce too much more noise. While many amateur transceivers can receive down to 100 kHz, reception is often poor if it is just used with a random wire antenna. Instead it is better to use a selective up-converter with some sort of tuned antenna. This converter, also designed by VK3XU, uses an NE602 and converts signals to a 4 MHz tunable IF. More info including frequencies and times: http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2009/20090827-1/index.php PS: If you liked this video please consider supporting Amateur Radio VK3YE by: Subscribing on YouTube,, Checking my books page at https://books.vk3ye.com, Shopping on Amazon via: https://amzn.to/3iiDQXv, or, Shopping on eBay via: https://ebay.us/i9DuWP (then if you buy something I'll get a small commission at no cost to you) Sat, 09 May 2026 08:18:49 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/1ddcbf7b-a8c0-435a-892b-7b953f95531f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.