A couple of weeks ago, Gary DeBock received a note and
photos from a radio amateur, Walt Heskes, KC2KML who had discovered
"Ultra-Lites" through a presentation at his local radio amateur
club. He was intrigued, asked Google for further information and found
dxer.ca.... Soon there after, he ordered SRF-59s and receiving
them, discovered "the dial problem." Being a handy fellow with
a large junk box, he and his son soon set off to marry excellent 1920s
dial technology to a modern Ultralight receiver and created the Safari
SRF-59 and rediscovered MW DXing in the process.
Walt was kind enough to document the Safari in photographs and tell us of
his adventures rediscovering MW DXing in the new article:
Rediscovering BC Band DX via
the Sony SRF-59 "Safari"
We have just posted that file to the Ultralight Files
section of "Downloads" at dxer.ca. Its a great story and
another approach to solving the dial problem... this time with a LIGHTED
dial! Give it a look.
John Bryant
