Gary,

I actually played with a mini-300 a year or so ago at a local Radio
Shack, but fortunately, I had the good sense to put it back on the
shelf. Now I am a complete technical n00b and I don't know which end
of a soldering iron to hold, but even I could figure out it was a
turkey when I saw I could dial the entire AM band in a half-turn on
the tuning dial.

Gobble gobble.

But it would be interesting to see which UL is the All Time Worst.
:evilgrin:

John Cereghin
Smyrna DE

--- In ultralightdx@..., D1028Gary@... wrote:

Hi John,

Well, you may be right about hearing Pyongyang-657 on an E100

Slider in

Maine :>) , but sometimes even I wonder about the "ethics" of making
Ultralight radios ultra-competitive. The latest E100 hotrods

certainly make it

easy to clean up on transoceanic DX, but that probably isn't the

main interest

of the Ultralight enthusiast group, who properly concentrate on

using "basic"

receivers. I will accept 100% of the blame for this vanity trip.

Anyway, you don't need to worry about using your hard-earned

money, to

purchase multiple pocket radio lemons (to pioneer an new class of

Ultralight

Turkey DXing). I already use my $$ to purchase these Turkeys

periodically for

Shootouts, and would be thrilled to ship the entire Turkey Farm to

you,

postage paid. I would even give you a money-back guarantee, that

if you are not

completely disgusted with the performance of any Turkey, I will

cheerfully

pay the postage for you to return it to me.

73, Gary




In a message dated 2/2/2009 7:08:31 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
jcereghin@... writes:




Gary, you just gave me an inspiration for a new UL DXing

sub-section- Turkey

Farm UL DXing. Anyone can pull in North Korea from Maine on an

E-100 with a

slider (ho hum!) but can I pull in a 50kw blowtorch at 100 miles at

night

with a UL off the turkey farm? THAT would be impressive- hi!

But I don't want to waste my hard-earned money pioneering this, tho.

John Cereghin
Smyrna DE

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:37 AM, <_D1028Gary@..._
(mailto:D1028Gary@...) > wrote:







Shortwave listeners may be attracted to this unit because of the 7

bands and

compact size, but AM-DXers should save their money, and avoid this

model.

It puts the thrill back into receiving your locals. Further details

(and

denigrations) are upcoming in the Shootout.

73, Gary DeBock


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