Kongsfjord - 70°43'N 29°21'E

Bjarne Mjelde, Berlevåg, Norway

Born 1958 - started DX-ing 1972

Number of KONG-expeditions: all + the pre-KONG expedition WINDX 1975/76

Working for Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) as Planning Process Manager. One son, Henning, born 1989

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Blog: http://arcticdx.blogspot.com/

Other interests:

Cooking, listening to music, photography, carpentering.

Receiver(s) at home location:

Antenna(s) at home location:

Other relevant equipment:

Various splitters and preamps. Phasing Unit. 
Sony MD decks, Sony portable MD/Hi-MD recorders, MP3 recorders for recording DX.

Best logging(s) at home location:

KJAM Madison SD 1390, 2RN ABC Newcastle 1512, 5MU Murray Bridge 1125 

Best logging(s) at KONG-expedition:

Radio Fiji 639/684/1152, SIBC 1035, AFN Kwajalein 1224,
KBUF Holcomb KS 1030, KJFF Festus MO 1400, KBDB Sparks NV 1400

Radio Eldorado 2MB        Radio Eldorado 1MB        Radio Eldorado 500kB

Articles:

Bjarne has written a number of reviews and articles that are found several places on the WWW. 
We have tried to collect them here.
Please note that you need Acrobat Reader 5.0 or newer to view or print these documents properly 

The Kongsfjord QDFA (Quad Delta Flag Array)

The Perseus SDR

Antenna wires - which is better?

Primer on using an MP3-recorder for DX-ing  
iriver HDD DAPs as DX-recorders

Collins R-390A - The Ultimate DX-tool?
RF Space SDR-IQ impressions
The Eton E1 Story  
Telefunken E-1501 story (2005) 

Icom IC-R1500 Brief Test
Icom IC-7000 review
Icom IC-703 - A Top Receiver Candidate
The Icom IC-746Pro (IC-7400) - Impressions (2004) 
Taking the Icom IC-R75 to the extreme (2004) 

K9AY loop antenna - Impressions and a field test (2000, 2001) 
The Stefan Wikander Ultra-Deep Loran C Notch Filter

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