I have been an FM DXer since about 1980 but with the last fifteen or so years limited to spurts of intense tropo or Sporadic E events from the car.
I have tried several barefoot ultralights for DXing the FM band and was less than wowed. As a caveat, I live in Central Indiana with a very crowded band but when I could get 200 mile tropo easily in the car or a monster Es opening knocking out semi locals, I got nothing on the ULR besides co channel interference. Hope your experience is better.
That said, I've got a Sony HD receiver buried in a tote that I'm itching to get going again. Had almost 500 mile tropo on it with simple rabbit ears and Es on an HD2.
