0827EDT, 102.5, WCMM, Gulliver, MI, 96 miles, 100K, "The Moose", NS-HD01 Barefoot 0832EDT, 102.5, WIOG, Bay City, MI, 117 miles, 86K, Stn ID, NS-HD01 Barefoot -- Tony, N4RNI Traverse City,

Congratulations Alex, from another Extra. I can feel your joy. Back in the 1970s when I was an Advanced, I used to love CW, and hung out at the Advanced band edges chasing DX on 20 meters. Til one

It took me several years of start and stop. Finally put it on my list of professional goals for the year for work along with my GROL (commercial) with Radar Endorsement. Finally went from Tech to

Congratulations Alex! Tremendous achievement! I have made it my personal goal to pass the Extra exam before the current question pool expires in 2012. Study on! 73, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Houston

Hey Alex! Nice going! When I walked out of the courthouse in downtown Chicago in '68 after confronting the FCC boys, I was on Cloud Nine! Enjoy being "Top Dog"! Joe

Hello All, Richard Bradley of Methuen, MA has continued his Ultralight DXing successthis summer by qualifying for the 20 States Heard Award Certificate, in thebarefoot ULR class. For a DXer on the

Congratulations on the Extra! I have just gotten the book to study for it. Been a General long enough! Larry K8YYY Shinnston, WV

Scott: Although the attenuation automatically prevents overload on the DSP radios, there is no rf boost like in the PL200, that can help weak signals. Thats what I'm looking for in the PL-210

Alex K. wrote: Congrats! -Bill

Believe it. Nobody did it for you. Congratulations! Bob Coomler W7SWL Tucson, AZ Still needing to just buckle down and get from Advanced to Extra

Alex K. wrote:Congratulations Alex!! Good Show, something to be proud of. Hope youenjoy the New Privileges...... 73...ROB VA3SW Robert S Ross London, Ontario CANADA

I'm happy to announce that as of 20:00 this evening, I passed the highest / hardest amateur radio exam in the nation!!! I was only one of two who tested for Amateur Extra and the only one to walk out

Farmerik: Increased capacity for lower drains is still the rule for alkalines. If you go to the major battery companies, they will usually show a discharge slope (curve) for their battery sizes.

I was able to spend a few hours using the PL-360 last night with the 7.5" plug-in loopstick from Gary (THANKS!). I laid the radio down with the loopstick on a lazy susan. Last night made 10 States in

Congratulations Alex, Nice work on passing the Extra exam! I remember how thrilled I was in 1982, walking out of the FCC testingcenter with an Extra Class pass certificate. Have fun! 73, Gary

Hi John, Thanks very much for your excellent DXing report with your PL-360's 7.5"plug-in loopstick, and congratulations on your success in logging 10 states withit! Of course it was my pleasure to

Well, the 911 is a relatively simple, analog set. All it does is receive radio signals, very well. (Wish I could find mine; it's around here somewhere...;-)). I haven't done a scientific study like

I have a large number of old Zenith portables, and I noticed in the SAMS transistor service books currant draw is listed. In the Zenith sales literature the number of hours of battery life is

27JUL2010 TUE 107.9 CJXY Burlington ONT Y108 Rock 2215EDT 26.1 KW 170 MI (ONT32) 28JUL2010 WEN 98.5 WNCX Cleveland OH Classic Rock 0640EDT 16K 94 MI (OH20) TOTALS: 118, MI62,OH20,NC01,PA01,ONTARIO

Hi Paul, Note that in FM operation, the Si4734-based radios also have this feature. It is not apparent as a switchable function to the user, but FM inputs are automatically attenuated when they