Hi Chris, Rob and Mark, Well, it would be great if I could give you all the full details on the newversion of the PL-380, but it's news to me. Having only two PL-380's here (one of which is a

I found this link for the J&J 2" waterproof tape: (http://www.medicalsuppliesshop.com/product.cfm/hurl/Waterproof-2-x-10-yd-40-tape-each-roll.html) It is 6.05 per roll sold in single roll quantities.

I should have started a new thread for my question about exactly what is meant by the DSP 'soft mute' problem. I looked in the files section for an explanation, but couldn't find one. It could be in a

I alos ordered some shorter ferrite Amidon type 61 bars. I got a 4" a 3'75" and a 7.5" bar ordered. I will be very intereseted to see what results others get. Gary, how do you calculte the inductance

Hi Phil, Thanks for your comments, and I'm happy that you are joining in theloopstick experimentation for the PL-310/380 DSP models. There is of course a formula for determining the inductance of

I think they are gone from AM. Haven't been able to copy them from South Florida. The RJR official site, http://rjrgroup.com/index.php , doesn't list any AMers, and there's no mention of anything but

I used to use WICC as a test for a good radio in the daytime. It is much closer to Westport than I am in the Northeast of CT, while Westport and Naugatuck [WICC] are in the Southwest part of the

I have used printouts from the older version of BCMap for Graveyards to keep track visually of what I've heard, but only by using a highlighter on the call letters. I would imagine coloring in the

After driving for 22 hours straight from Delaware to Nova Scotia on New Year's Eve, we made it to my in-laws place in Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Snow everywhere up here! Anyway, the PL-310 has been

Gary, THANKS!!! The newer version of BC Maps II is a true wonder. If you print a hard copy of a frequency, you could then color in thecoverage areas that you have already heard to give yourself a DX

Thanks! Also, check to see if there is a pumping on marginal-weak daytime signals (the dreaded soft mute). I used to live in Westport, CT. From there, I needed a good radio to get WBZ and WPRO

Great news, folks. Jim Tonne's BCmap software has been upgraded, and now includes FCC data from 12/1/09. http://tonnesoftware.com/bcmap2.html

Everything was swell until they added X band! But I think SiLabs guarantees it will tune the US AM BC band with one coil. If the range of inductances is correct, that varactor has a wider range than

Jim, I thought about the slide switch and believe this could be the right answer for the reasons you mentioned. The MW band is a pretty large swath of real estate for a single fixed coil to cover.

I'll see what I can do. I usually don't listen in the daytime.- FARMERIK

Good analysis, Chris. I think the length of the leads from antenna to board probably contribute 3-5 pF by themselves. It appears the maximum capacitance the chip's varactor can achieve is between 325

Hi Gary, I found a website which has simplifiedresonant frequency formulas manipulated to easily figure out capacitor andinductor values: http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/basics/resonance.htm.

Happy New Year! Can you do some mid-day testing, and post your observations? Thanks! Heatwave

Hi Chris and Jim, Thanks to both of you for your suggestions, and information. Chris, after removing the PL-310 stock loopstick and discarding theChinese Litz wire, I did try many different 40/44

WYXI 1390 Athens,Tn. 0800-0804 EST 1.1.10 i.d."Good Morning,The friendly voice of..WYXI,Athens,Tn.Possibly them with talk or news in severe WGAP 1400 slop.poor -very poor.First log of new year.Kchibo