I'm almost within spitting distance of the Pacific Ocean but have never really tried for any TP's. The problem is that staying up until prime DX time messes up my body clock. Even on weekends I can't

I finally got time to try cutting a small ferrite bar on mydiamond-bladed tile saw. I'd been cautioned to use plenty of waterso as not to damage the annealing. I did. It cut VERY easily andcleanly.

Hello Guys, The astonishing performance ofthe sensitivity and selectivity-enhanced Eton E100(a joint project with Guy Atkins and John Bryant) has continued duringa short DXpedition trip to

Steve, I doubt that there will be flame attacks here... I think most folks hereare old enough to know several things like a)DXing is an Art, not aScience, 2)When we are operating at the threshold of

There is no substitute in this hobby for being right at the seashore. Even though my home QTH is only 15 miles inland on some bearings, the difference in signal strengths versus what I notice at

Great Work Allen....that puts you ONLY 42 COUNTRIES ahead of me!!! HHAHHHHAHHA........If I live to be 185 I may catch you!!!! HAH!! We're gonna have to go on DX-Peditions to Deserted Islands and

Good evening from the North Atlantic, I have a new country and new station to report tonight that I just heard on the SRF-39FP Ultralight, with a little fancy footwork and turning the radio to

Thanks for reporting KWHN-1650. The station had been off since early spring due to flood damage at the transmitter site. It's good to learn they've returned. I'll have to try to log them this

Heard here (or at shore 15-20 miles away) on 1200 at various times: Fortaleza, Brazil - Portuguese YVOZ Caracas, Venezuela - Spanish "R. Tiempo" WKOX Framingham/Boston, MA, USA - Spanish "R.

John, Methinks I may have muddied the waters a bit. Sorry for all the confusion, especially coming from a newbie to the group like myself. I think the folks at Universal Radio are the ones that

I wonder what you guys might think of this.Some radios such as the GRUNDIG G-6 are ultralight in size and weight but are not considered ultralights because of special features such as SSB ability.How

I've owned a Toshiba RP-F11 since the 1980s, and it's a very good receiver. When manufactured it was probably the best receiver of its type, much better than the inferior, but better selling Sony

Steve, I'll defer the response to your kind offer to Gary when he returns. He isreally the one who keeps up with various models and contenders..... Ihave more than enough to say grace over handling

John, Thanks for the clarification. I had printed out the definitions page for personal reference. I saw the reference to "selectable IF filters" but did not see any references to dual conversion

Pre-sunrise Dxing this morning with the SRF-37V yielded a couple of catches. Jul 30/08 - 1650 khz - 6:30 UTC KWHN - Fort Smith, Arkansas w/ newstalk radio.com and ID by man ; fair (My first

Steve, Gary is on vacation and I'm taking the "general ultralightquestions" while he is gone. In reference to your questionabout the Toshiba RP-F11, the general concept of Ultralight DXing is tolimit

Gary, Thanks for the great info! The 570/1480 image problem, to the best of my knowledge, is the only such problem I've encountered with my radios here in Houston. Looking at KLVL-1480's antenna

Same is true for the regular SRF39. The one I have is deaf on FM-local, hears locals ono FM-DX. AM is not as good as either the SRF-59 or the Sangean DT200-VX. I think I'll have to package it up

Hi Steve, Glad that the info helped. Regarding yourToshiba portable, the Ultralight Classifications file posted ondxer.ca can give you specific information on whether your unit may qualify as

Hi John, There is a notorious quality control issue withnew SRF-59's, which has been well documented since November. The mainproblem is sloppy AM-band alignment at the Chinese factories, which