Dear Kevin yes ferrites on the outside ends using two sides sticky tape, 3 tapes per end hole to be drilled out each end to take the pickup ferrite rod (3 amidon 1/2" by 8" rods in series) so flat

Hi Paul: I am also continuing to work on a FS antenna, and am collecting up the pieces needed for a larger one. This product from US Plastics looks very interesting... and big! Will that be the

btw - That's 920 kHz - WOKY "The Wolf"

Hey everyone! I listen to the BCB everyday and night at some point, but I haven't logged anything new in awhile, so I was happy to log something new for the first time in several weeks. Around 0655

Dear Michael 15 Gallon Opaque White Closed Top Shipping Container 14 1/2" Diameter x 26 1/2" is now on order from US Plastics. best wishes Paul

Welcome Bear, Have been to Maui twice in the last couple of years. Cant wait to get back and do a little ULDXing there. Big Al N0CEK

On 19/05/2011 8:31 PM, qrpbear wrote: Wow....19 Locals.....that's as bad as New York City!!! I take it you are in Honolulu??? I have 3 Locals here...and think I'm hard done by!!

Robert, Thanks for the welcome. DXing is going to be a bit of challenge here. I have 19 local AM broadcast stations within a 20 mile radius of me! I don't believe any of them are required to observe

On 19/05/2011 6:39 PM, qrpbear wrote: Hello Bear: Welcome to the ULR Group!!! You may very well be our first member from HAWAII!!! You are in an IDEAL SPOT to hear a lot of Wild

I'm one of those old geezers that used to DX the AM broadcast band with an All American 5 back in my high school days in the late 50's. Reading about the results you guys have been having with these

They probably do vary a bit but I should also add that my particular one is also very hot on FM. Jay

Fine business Keith, I find no fault with your thoughts on these subjects because basically they have been my experience also. With the exception that the DT-400W is much more pleasant to listen too

This is in reference to what Al said earlier in this thread. I have to say, digital tuning makes finding stations easier; and the DSP-equipped Chinese radios really can pull in those weak signals

Thanks for the update, Paul. I look forward to reading how it looks and performs. Michael

Hi Ginger, nice to make your acquittance. you can get the SRF-59 at K-Mart for 14.95. It is a very good little radio and you will catch a lot of DX with it. The Kaito looks like a good one, a lot of

Guess I have to give in :-) I only have a SRF-59, G8 and a PL-380 in the uldx range and am rather fond of the cuteness and sensitivity of the SRF-59. It smiles smugly next to

I like my DT-400W too, Jay. It's not nearly as sensitive or selective as my PL-380, but then again, it doesn't have phantom hets all over the MW band. It's a very "clean" receiver, as many of the

Hey Albert, I see you are from or live in the ST Louis area, me too. Webster Groves, Affton, Maplewood, ST Louis city, Cahokia on the other side. Anyway, I'm ordering a SRF-59 to see how good these

Just spent the last two hours listening to a high school baseball game on a station just a little above the static level on my SRF-59. When I listened to it on my DT-400W it was twice as loud and a