Hello To All, A good morning for hearing statons from the south as 3 new stations were added to the Ultralight logbook including a new country , which also becomes my 800th station heard. The two

I have made the decision to leave the ULDX hobby and as such I am selling off all my gear. If anybody is interested in it I have a link to my eBay auction

I can hear CKGM on 690 in the small hours this morning. Canadian ads for Tim Hortons, and PSA's using dot ca EMAIL addresses. Seems to be Canadian branded "ESPN". I've heard the change went live

Sorry for that. I learned something new about a radio I have owned for years (the DX-440 being double conversion). I just assumed it was single because almost all double-conversion radios list that on

Remember, my PL-600 does not have any birdie between 450 and 460. I dug out my old one, and it has no birdie there either. So there a two PL-600 radios without that problem. - FARMERIK

Thanks for all the info. Since it's quite strong, killing any normal reception between 450-460 I was bit concerned that the radio might have a serious fault. But as you all have pointed out, it seems

If unable to shut off the noise source, I would consider going "ultralight unlimited class" by coupling an outdoor terminated broadband loop antenna to your ultralight radio for DXing from the comfort

Hello All, Results here were very similar to Dennis' report. A few decent signals from "big gun" TP's, but quite a letdown from the thrilling South Pacific DX this summer on the Oregon cliffs :-) I

GM John- I also have noise on the low end of the BCB. I can track it to the utilities entrance on my house. From there, its pretty much radiated throughout the building. I've also found hot and cold

Selling my one year old sony. I have only about 1 to 2 hours use on it because I didn't like the jog dial much. Comes with its snug case, like new, no scraches whatsoever, has never been out of its

Yoonh, I have a '505 but have not had a chance to try this yet. I'll try your trick in the next day or two and let you know what happens. Keith Beesley

Keith, There are many Yahoo Groups devoted to specific radio models: Tecsun PL-600, Degen/Kaito 1103, et al. Just Google "Yahoo Group ___" (name of radio) and you'll find them. To my knowledge,

I'm interested in radios like the Tecsun's & Eton/Grundig's but medium-size like the Tecsun PL-398. Are there any discussion groups for these mid-size radios? Tecsun

I would concentrate on trying to find the noise source if you are sure it is inside your house. That is far easier than trying to track down a noise source outdoors or somewhere down the road a mile

Hi John, Try turning off different circuit breakers in your house until the noise disappears. Then find out what is on that circuit and unplug them one at a time until the noise disappears. Don't

Hi, all, Trying to get cranked up for the Fall season but severe line noise is really putting a crimp in my MW DXing. It's overpowering during the day, especially on the lower part of the band. It

I don't consider it an issue. Here in North America there are a couple of Navigational beacons on 450 in the Caribbean - one of which I've heard a few times on a 2010 - but not much else. Whatever

Most <$1000 radios have this problem... but its not really a problem. You are losing a total of 2 NDB's on 450kHz. The other nearest ones are 440kHz and 492kHz. As I posted earlier, you can use this

The DX-440/ATS-803 are dual conversion. Also, the Sony 2010 is dual conversion. All exhibit the 455 kHz birdie syndrome though! It can be a definite PITA! Joe

I thought it was common for <$1000 radios to use 455KHZ I.F. (even if they are dual conversion and have another higher I.F. frequency). Then if there is I.F. leakage back into the RF input stage you