CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST SHORTWAVE 
   DATABASE FILES - NOTICE THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE DATABASE
   FILES IN THE ONE APPLICATION.

    
   Latest upgrade to program performance routines
   06/09/09.  Latest upgrade to database file 6/09/09.
   There are now two seperate database files with a total
   of over 20,000 records when combined.  There are multiple
   sort routines in both files which make finding broadcasts
   in English or other languages almost instantaneous.
    
   Once you have downloaded the Zip file and Unzip it, you will find
   A file called "setup.exe".  Run the "setup.exe" program and
   PARS.EXE will load and open automatically.

   If you have problems with the program, send me an email at:
   ka4prf@peoplepc.com  ... 

   Have fun...
      
    Click here
     to Download the application.  MAGNA.ZIP
  
   The resulting path should look like this:  C:\cumlite\pars.EXE

   If you end up with something different, please change it to the 
   above path if you know how to do it?   Things should workout alright.
    
   NOTE:  The setup program creates an shortcut Icon to start the program
   from.  I have been getting complaints that this doesn't work 
   very well, so I suggest that you might delete those shortcut Icons and
   create a new one.  Go to the folder titled CUMLITE and highlight
   PARS and click once with your left mouse button. From the menu that
   appears, select "Create a Shortcut".  After you are done, send the
   shortcut to your desktop. Sorry about this problem. Please let me 
   know if you don't understand this procedure for creating an ICO 
   SHORTCUT.      
 
   Hints for using the database: 
   
   Each browse screen has a search window at the top for the specific 
   data that the screen sorts, i.e.  Search Frequency F3:  05960  
   
   The data you enter into the search field should correspond to
   what the data in the browse.  If you are looking for a specific 
   frequency such as 05960, be certain to enter a zero in the first
   position as above.  This rule should be followed for all frequencies
   below 9999.0 KHz i.e. 09999 KHz.  If the frequency you are looking
   for is in the medium wave band below 999 KHz, then you need to
   enter two zeros in the first positions, i.e. 00999 KHz.

   On the other screens, (Radio Station, Language, Country etc) it's
   important to enter the search data precisely as instructed on some
   of the screens.  You'll get the drift because it's so easy.
   A previous version was not working properly.  The AOKI database
   would not load.  That problem has been corrected.  

   A NEW  sort routine has been installed with this update version.
   "sort by Transmitter Site" Instructions are on the screen of the form.
   This routine is on the AOKI database only.  

   The data in the databases, i.e. EIBI and AOKI, is compiled by their
   owners.  I simply converted it into the above application for easier
   searching and reading.  Consequently, there may be errors for which
   I am not responsible.  If you find any, you can correct the record
   yourself by clicking on the button named "Change", or if you want 
   you can delete that record.   


   I periodically update this program with new data or by changing
   some of the features to make it better.  I will notify you when
   this happens if you leave your Name and Email address in the
   form below.  

   Hope to hear from someone.

   Chuck Bolland
   KA4PRF
   ka4prf@orchidcitysoftware.com
   
 
   I'd like to get an acknowledgement from you in the below form.
   
   Thanks

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   I am having trouble getting a decent signal from my antenna to my receiver 
   for processing.  I suspect it's the feed line.  I am using 75 ohm coax 
   which is intended for TV signals, so what I get is mostly noise from 
   my receiver.  I have been blaming everything I can think of without
   trying to prove what the actual problem might be?   This evening I 
   finally proved what the problem was and it wasn't the antenna.  

   I took my receiver (NRD545) and set it up in the yard right beneath
   my antenna which is the GR5V.  The GR5v comes with it's own feedline
   of about 20 or 30 feet.  I sat there between 2230 to 0015 UTC scanning
   the 4 and 6 MHz bands.  I was pulling in signals right and left even
   though they were weak signals, they were better than what I had been
   getting inside.  

   After the sun set and the bugs started attacking me, I brought the
   receiver inside and hooked it up with a coax cable that I used 
   for a homebrew dipole.  Needless to say, the signals I heard in
   the yard, weren't even audible anymore inside the house.  So I have
   dicided to work on a feedline that will relay the signals from 
   my antenna to my receiver without too much lost of strength.  Any
   ideas, suggestions or comments would be appreciated such as type,
   ohms, gauge, length (need about 30 more feet), and anything else
   that would be helpful.  Drop me a line to:

   ka4prf@peoplepc.com

       or


   ka4prf@orchidcitysoftware.com

   Maybe you have noticed my loggings recently?  I am using a different
   receiver these days.  It's a Watkins Johnson HF1000.  I consider it
   more sensitive than my other receivers (NRD535D, NRD545, R390-A)
   I use. By the way, the afore mentioned receivers all seem to be equal in 
   in their respective strengths while the HF1000 is a notch above them. 
   It gives me a certain amount of joy to know that I can now rely on
   the HF1000 to pickup stations that are actually broadcasting on a
   certain frequency and not hear a spur generated by my receiver, as
   I encountered with the NRD535D AND NRD545 sometimes. I also like 
   the sound of the HF1000.  I have poor hearing due to a life of 
   blasting my stereo earphones when listening to Rock n' Roll or 
   spending countless hours listening to the code in the Navy.  Consequently.
   my hearing misses much of the audio frequencies that are boardcast
   in a normal signal.  The HF1000'S audio is almost "High Fidelity",
   if that term is valid anymore?  Anyway, I am enjoying my new, second
   hand receiver very much.

 

   Thank you 

   Chuck Bolland







  
                        Chuck Bolland
                        ka4prf@orchidcitysoftware.com 
                        KA4PRF
                        Orchid City Software
                        355 S. Romero Street
                        Clewiston, FL 33440 USA

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