06/02/2005 | KA1ZE/3 I have had a great time operating in the last 2 VHF+ contests from my new contest QTH in FN01xt. The 155 foot tower sits on top of a 2400 foot hill in the Allegheny Mountains. The location is far enough inland that gives me DX potential contacts from all 360 degree points on the compass. I am excited to endorse a new receiving system that I'm sure many of the serious weak signal types should investigate. It is called Linrad and was developed by SM5BSZ. I am using both hardware and software designed by Leif. My antenna is located very close to a natural gas line pumping station. The motor noise is stronger than I have ever heard before. When I point my stack of 4 Directive Systems 144 mhz yagis at the noise source I hear no difference in background noise compared to pointing in the quiet directions. Just amazing! More information on Linrad can be found at http://nitehawk.com/sm5bsz/linuxdsp/linrad.htm -- KA1ZE