As Kirk will surely attest, there was a show in our northern sky, last night. However, it was a thunderstorm putting on the show instead of an aurora. Thankfully, it's a degree or two cooler today

Yesterday I modified one of my PL-310 receivers by installing a LW/MW antenna input. Besides the antenna input jack, I also added a support for the 7.5" loop antenna made for the PL-360. The most

Hmm... yeah, the band here isn't exactly as quiet as you might have found in the middle of the Pacific Ocean before Noah's Flood. :) My main reason for boosting sensitivity is actually not for TP or

Last night was good with baseball games and some interesting lower power stations (for me anyway). Breezed through some of the usual 50K stations, new from this location. Also bagged first Canadian

Hey Carl: I have a portable Moxon (a folded 2-element) made out of wire and PVC: the plans are here: http://www.moxonantennaproject.com/fmdxer/fmdxer.htm Although 3 or 4 elements would obviously

All three coils arrived today, but I have only had a few hours to fiddle with them. They all work very well, but I am finding some surprises. For one thing, they appear to pick up signals off the rim

Tnx to Richard Allen for passing on the news that tonight there exists a possibilty of the northern lights to be visible as far south as Oklahoma and other southern states. Tonight might be a good

Hi Dave, Thanks for your comments, and welcome to the Ultralightdx group! We were all pretty excited when the first Tecsun PL-300WT/ GrundigG8's arrived in North America, introducing the Si4734

Hi Guys, Just joined the group a few days ago and am in the process of getting up to speed again in the world of AM BCB DX again. I've been a SWL, AM, FM, scanner listener, and casual DX'er many a

All, Just to add to the information here, it isgood to keep in mind that designing a radio is an exercise in making tradeoffsand compromises. Any one who is an engineer has had to deal with it

Carl schreef: And also this one: http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=3267 Marc -- What's on Shortwave guide: choose an hour, go! http://shortwave.tk 700+ Radio Stations on SW

Carl schreef: I've taken a 3 meter pvc tube, cut in 4 pieces, added corners, and made a square of about 80 x 80 cm, that is some kind of

Does any one in the group know of any plans for a homebrew indoor fm yagi ?I would like a portable fm yagi for ulr's.It could be used out doors if not small enough for indoors.I am thinking that the

My FM state total is now up to 7 after logging two new states plus new logs in 6 states.I logged 7 states in a 12 period and none of the logs were by e-skip.All were logged on a Grundig G-8

Hello Tony and Stephen, Tony, that was a very profound and thorough discussion of a DXer's optionsin dealing with RF overload issues (certainly worthy of re-posting in ourUltralightdx file section

0843EDT, 93.3, WLDB, Milwaukee, WI, 16K, 166mi/267km, "B93.3", Insignia NS-HD01 0851EDT, 94.1, WUPK, Marquette MI (UP), 4.4K, 148mi/239km, Insignia NS-HD01 0854EDT, 96.5, WKLH, Milwaukee, WI, 20K,

Stephen, you keep asking the same question in different ways, but the answer can't change. If you are in an area where your portable radio is being overwhelmed by RF splatter from other stations,

4AUG2010 WEN 099.7 WUGN MIDLAND MI CHRISTIAN FAMILY LIFE 0844EDT 100KW 102MI (MI69) ***** HEARD ON 99.8 The band is noisier than usual. TOTALS: 135, MI69,OH24,NC01,PA01,ONTARIO 38,TX01,NM01 RCVR:

0711EDT, 94.7, WZOR, Mishicot, WI, 21.5K, 105mi/170km, "Razor 94.7", Playing Nirvana "Smells Like Teen", RDS, Insignia NS-HD01 -- Tony, N4RNI Traverse City, MI EN74dq FISTS #14949, SWLR-RN072,

So are there any tips, short of going to an alternate location, to try for international DX with my PL-380 and Select-A-Tenna? I live in a fairly RF-saturated environment, which doesn't help, and