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Yep. The fiber is all underground. From my house to the box by the road, and it's all buried where it runs along this old country road.

@@JD144- I really loved my Drake R8. Bought it new in late 1991 and it lasted 33 years. I have a lot of good memories of SWLing with it. I was my first big radio. But I had to be honest. My 8600, rspdx, and Airspy hf+ will so much more than the R8 ever could. Instead of buying that scanner, I thought maybe a Drake R8B from eBay. $1200 plus shipping! That's what they cost 20+ years ago new. So no. Just because something is classified vintage, doesn't mean rare, and expensive. Especially with the shortwave receivers we have today.

@@KarlWitsman The only thing I can figure is a pack of Coyotes spooked the deer that are in my back field. They came running down beside the house that I've seen them do many times. Where I had the loop, it's very dark on that side. I did have a motion sensor light on the side of the house but it stopped working about a week before this happened. I got away kinda lucky since this loop has doubled in price over the last 3 years. I only use it occasionally since my big Alpha Delta is my main antenna. But I still like the loop. It works very well.

@@SouthernIllinoisShortwave Oh! Multiple deer makes more sense. When they get running in a group, they are wild.

@@KarlWitsman We have a lot of deer here were I live. We have 40 acres and 35 of those are woods with trails I have. Almost every night there are 10-15 deer in my outer back yard where my Alpha Delta antenna is. Along with Raccoons, Possums, Skunks, snakes, and an occasional coyote. It's wild Kingdom here some nights.

@@Ramjet7777 It's performance is really very good. The preamp it uses is low noise and highly resistant to overloading. It collects a good amount of signals especially here in the quiet country location where I live. The average noise reduction is a good 2-3 s units sometimes more. I like to use it when I receive distant lightning crashes, and to peak signals. It will never take the place of my big Alpha Delta, but it's a very useful and effective antenna. It is expensive now and has doubled in price since I got mine and is a lot better quality than these cheap loops you see. But any kind, any price antenna that gives you what you want is a good antenna.

@@KarlWitsman my noise level is around S1 on the lower bands. 25 meters on up, my signal meter barely moves. I can pull out those weak stations. I've enjoyed these quiet conditions for over 30 years now. I'm sure that will eventually change somewhere in the future even out here in the country. Hopefully that won't happen until my time here is done. If it did, I would just shut everything down and call it a day. Been messing around in the radio hobby since the old age of 10 back in 1976. But for now, I continue on even though Shortwave is a lot different these days. I still have my enthusiasm for it.

Thanks for the reply. I'm glad your 8600 is working out and working good for you. That's great you have been in the radio hobby since the 60s and still going in it. I was born in 1966, and I started in 76 sitting in my Father's CB room. You more than I, but we both have been around long enough to have definitely seen changes on the shortwave bands over the years. I've seen quite a few younger people get into SWLing but they don't stay long. I guess all the noise, static, and not the number of stations we used to have play some part in them not staying. I consider us in the senior class of the SWLing hobby. 😊 I'm in the southern tip of Illinois just outside my little hometown of Herrin. I have 40 acres in the country setting. Also thanks for wasting some time on my little channel. It's much appreciated.😊

I'm glad that I got it when I did. Like I said in my video they are around $2300 or more now. The gift card and rebate from Icom I had back when I got mine really helped me back then.

@@KarlWitsman Thanks. I missed a step coming down the ladder doing some work in my house. I almost got the back of my head on a big table. Hit full force on my lower neck, shoulder and twisted my lower back. Can't hardly use my left arm or turn my head as of right now. I figure I will use my Icom this week since it's 5 years today that I purchased it, and in 2 days five years since it was delivered ,hooked up and first power on. Also thanks for watching my little channel. 🙂

@@SouthernIllinoisShortwave OUCH!

@@357Shakey Saluki graduate. That's cool. I'm about 15-16 miles North east of Carbondale. My hometown is Herrin, and I live just outside the city limits. For the past 32 years, I've lived out here and enjoy pretty quiet listening conditions. Above 10mhz, my signal meter barely moves sometimes unless we are having lightning somewhere or a solar storm. I hope it continues that way until I stop, or am no longer in the world. I'm always fearful that someday in the near future, they will take part of the 2000+ acres of farmland that's around me and put in a stupid solar farm or some crap that generates tons of interference. But as of now I just enjoy it like I always have. And thanks for wasting some time watching my videos. I don't upload as much as I should. I'm not one of the lucky ones that get products to test and review. I also don't have a blazing Internet out here in the country. Finally, my setup never really changes so it's hard to find something to do and talk about that hasn't been covered dozens of times.

My dad was born and raised in Carbondale. I love that area. Tried a year at ISU but it didn’t work out. Worked a few years along with community college. Finished my last two years in Carbondale. One of the best decisions I made. Love the terrain, parks and forests. Been outside of Austin for almost 25 years, but still get north once in a while.

@@steveblanchard7293 I don't think so as of right now. It probably will when they get to or close to the final version. It also works with SDR Console.

I've never used the Timewave or MFJ DSP box so I can't say. I do however have and I used to use the West Mountain Radio DSP. The BHI seems better to me than my West Mountain Radio did.

@@SouthernIllinoisShortwave Thank you

@@macster11 was not even using the Internet. I was using an Airspy HF+ Discovery SDR receiver hooked to the computer by USB and using Sdr Console to control it. The Airspy SDR is hooked to my Alpha Delta DX-Ultra inverted V Dipole, and my loop antenna outside. The 4:01 (and time display) is in UTC.

@@yannisgk It's Pretty much a mystery. Lots have tried to figure it out but not much luck. Here's a pretty good video on it. th-cam.com/video/yxWwBaleuhM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ltUAUGX_VYWu9DXq

@@SouthernIllinoisShortwave thanks again for the "info" and the link!!!

Other than my usual nightly lightning crashes that I get from Spring until Fall, my shortwave reception has been very good. My noise floor from 25 meters up through 30 mhz has been just barely above S-1. 10 mhz and down is where I get most of my distant lighting crashes and static from storms rolling down South and along the East coast.

Yeah, I downloaded preview 3 the day it was released. It's getting better. Just like most things it takes time to get there. I still prefer SDRuno because I was using it before SDRplay acquired it. It was called studio One back then. I just like the way it is.

Not at this time. I wish you could. I also wish you could change the background to more than black or the horrible blue.

@@SouthernIllinoisShortwave Thank, I agree for the background, too