I noticed a couple weeks ago the SRF-59 was no longer listed on the SonyStyle web site. I wondered if they were discontinuing it. -- Jay

XYL missed the letter carrier yesterday, but I picked up my Tecsun PL-606 at the USPS today! Whoo hoo! Unfortunately, with RTTY Roundup this weekend, I won't have much time to start logging DX ...

Philip Rafuse reviewed that set favorably on the audio cubes site. I talked to him recently...he said that it is a nice set, sensitive and selective, but not in the same league as the Sangean PR-D5. I

Brian, Play safe! If not in weekly use, take out the batteries !!! Reinsert them when needed. Some will leak sooner, others later. The very minor inconvenience is negligeable compared to

Not necessarily on the ULR topic, but I wondered if someone here might be able to give me definitive information on the following: I have acquired several radios since I first got into the DX hobby

Not an ULR, but I see a good sized portable with CQUAM AM stereo at Audio Cubes. - FARMERIK

Stephan, Ja, es ist bereichernd einen deutschen Meister mit an Bord zu haben! I imagine the best option for DSB or SSB would be to insert a very stable oscillator signal as a surrogate carrier at

Hi Group, I have a Grundig G8 and C.Crane Radio-SWP for sale. Both are in very good condition. No mods have been done to either. Just thinning the herd. :) $40 each including shipping via USPS to

That's interesting that it took so long to ship. It seems that the T615 is getting less and less common, so perhaps they needed to get some more? The T615 used to be fairly common on Taobao in

Stephan: Danke sehr! I heard from another person whose images indicate that the IF is around 32 khz, so I think you're right - there is something else going on besides the traditional twice-the-IF

A very helpful overview of the difference between software and hardware versions, Rick. I, for one, would be most interested in your report on the Elektor in due course. Maybe true SDR could

The Si473X based ULR radios are not software designed radios, they are hardware based. The Si473X family use an external enbedded code microprocessor to send the commands to the Si chip to control

The DSP radios are using what is called "Software Defined Radio". Adding CW and SSB demodulation would be done in the software. I think the big hurdle for these particular radios is the 1 KHz

FWIW I ordered a Sony T615 from Audio Cubes II. I placed my order on the 15th of December and just got the email saying it was shipped on the 7th of January. You can check their web site to see what

The caption with a blue background at the start of the video says the receiver is a SRF-M606, so it is probably that one :-) Peter, Blackpool UK

I think there's no common IF at all. The chip mixes the HFSignals down direct to baseband, maybe at 8 - 10 khz or so(I/Q baseband mixer).There it makes the analog to digital conversion. The images

Here is what Sony is claiming to be their overseas models (i.e., not meant for sale in Japan, I presume): http://www.sony.jp/overseas/lineup/radio_en.html The T615 is still in there (hey - why

I tried to figure it out for the M806 a couple years ago, and I had a way to do it through the German Amazon site. However, between the dollar/Euro exchange rate and the shipping cost, it would have

Speaking of SONY radios made to sell in other parts of the world than the USA, does anyone know of a place to order them from the USA? I know about Royal Trading on eBay, but they don't have too many

Looks like it is the Sony SRF-M606 or SRF-M806. I recall doing some research into these models, which are essentially the same as the vaunted T615 except it was difficult to tell if either version