W8RKO CHU 3.330 MHz from April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse (KiwiSDR)

Radio: KiwiSDR - http://nippynet.com:8073

KiwiSDR: Software-defined receiver

Dayton, Ohio, USA | Grid 

EM79wq
, ASL 304m, [map]

, SNR 21/21 dB

Antenna: Current Antenna: Low Noise Vertical (LNV)

GPS-disciplined: No

AGC: Unknown

Lat/lon: 

39.6888647
-84.123607

Notes: 

I have three antenna I run on the Kiwi:  15-foot vertical with preamp at the bottom, which is the default,  a “ground probe” antenna consisting of a wire 160-feet long buried about 10” in the ground with ground rods at each end.  Fed in the middle like a dipole through a transformer.  The wire runs east-west.   A second wire runs north-south of the same length.  Both antennas work best below 1.8 MHz and are directional off the ends.  They are not broadside like a dipole.  More like a small loop.    I am looking at connecting all three via a splitter.  Let the ground wires pickup below 1.8 MHz and the vertical above 1.8 MHz.  For CHU the vertical was probably connected at the time you looked at my receiver.   I think today it is running on the east-west ground wire as I was monitoring 630 meter WSPR. 

One problem I have is I live within 2.5 miles of the three 5KW AM broadcast transmitters:  WHIO, WING, WONE.   I have a trap for the upper end of the BCB to keep from overloading the receiver.