Paul, I'm outta town for the weekend and away from references. However, from memory, there really isn't one formulation of ferrite that will work at OPTIMALLY at Longwave up through 30 MHz.

Hi Paul: Our own John Bryant wrote the book on these! Look to www.dxing.info/equipment/impedance_matching_bryant.doc and www.dxing.info/equipment/impedance_transformer_bryant2.doc for the

Hi all, I know this is off topic but was wondering can anyone suggest a suitable ferrite core for general listening from long wave up to 30 mhz - does such a core exist?. I found a T 200 - 2 in my

Hi all, a few TA's noted here on the SRF59 barefoot this morning - 850 WEEI 920 CJCH 940 CINW 950 CKNB 1010 CFRB 1010 WINS 1130 WBBR 1170 WWVA When coupled to a 4 and 2 foot loop around dawn these

Hi Folks; Very interesting antenna transplant that Gary performed on the SRF- 39. Any special reason that the coils are way out on the ends of the ferrite bar? I presume the original antenna and

Hello Garry, Thanks for your comments on the SRF-39FPmega-antenna transplant, and welcome to the discussion. The crystal setgroup and the ultralight radio group seem to have a lot in common

Hello everyone, Today is the second anniversary of passing my first amateur radio exam so I thought it would be a great day to joing this list as well. Not too much planned for this weekend, but am

Hi Guys: Well.......I'm off to the Semi-Annual ODXA DX Camp in the morning.........will be there til Sunday afternoon. It is held North of Toronto....so we're a Long Way from any Ocean ....but

Dear folks, Gary's mating of a large ferrite bar to the SRF-59 would be highly desirable. Like another earlier post, I shy away from opening radios as "disaster would be sure to follw". I am

Hello Richard, Thanks for your comments, and the information onyour SRF-59 inductive coupling with the PR-D5 and ICF-EX5. Yourapproach is one that's new to me, although booster bars (such as

Kirk, Welcome to ultralightdx! You mentioned needing a comprehensive listof broadcast band stations.... I'd been meaning to write to you aboutthat. My favorite web site

Gary! Great transplant operation!!! Several questions: 1. Where did you get the Litz wire that you are using to wind thecoils? What size is it? 2. Are you following the L values from that one-page

I am certain that most people on here are already familiar with thedetails/services available to members of a yahoo group. In casethat you are not, here are some comments that you might

Way to go there Robert ! You'll have 500 in the bag soon I would bet at the pace you're blazing there. Good luck on getting there ! Allen Willie VO1-001-SWL St. John's, Newfoundland

Very Nice Loggings Paul!!!!!! A great mix of stuff from both sides of the Atalntic. Thanks for sharing some of the highlights of your march towards # 300. I'm now on my way towards # 500.....and

Hi Guys: Well.....exactly 3 months to the day after starting ULR DX'ing....I have logged station # 450......That being 1310 WNAE Warren, PA. Below are my 3 Logs leading up to # 450 this past

Hello Guys, Welcome to all ultralight DX enthusiasts! Weare all especially happy to have a growing ULR fan base in Europe and SouthAmerica, and feel honored to have you as part of our

Hi Everyone, I just joined this group thanks to info from my old friend, John Bryant. I'm very new to this aspect of MW DX'ing. Also tnx to John, I'm using an SRF-59. Due to time constraints during

Heard on the SRF-39FP barefoot last night as follows: March 31/08 00:04 UTC 891 khz ALGERIA , RTA 1 Alger w/ news headlines in arabic with tones between each ; fair 00:34 UTC 920 khz CJCH,

Hi all, a few logs from dawn today, all on the SRF59 with a 4 foot loop All had good peaks, particularly 1650/1660. A slew of others heard mixing low on 1690 / 1700 but nothing definite. 1630 WRDW