Hi Guys: Tonight the conditions seemed quite good......and I was able to log 2 New Stations for the ULR Log....but Both were on 1570 Khz!! This frequency is a TOUGH ONE for me here ...as I live

Good luck with theDX locations, John! You weren'tkiddin' when you said it was visible on Google Earth. It sticks out like a sorethumb. I also looked at all the photos associated with the pier, and

HiTim, Actually, most ifnot all modern, portable AM radios have the same adjustment point. I'vemade the 1400 kHz trimmer adjustment on the SRF-T615, DT-200VX, and theE100 models, for example.

We've been in Peru for four days, having a great time seeingpre-Inca archeology on the North Coast and staying at Chiclayo. I've arranged through friends of friends (with a cousin or two thrown in)to

Today I purchased another SRF-59 at the Tallmadge (Ohio) K-Mart store. $14.99 + tax. And, they had 2 or 3 of them. So, I now have 2 good 59's, and my original one...with the

Hi John, Good luck on chasing the TP's and DU's tomorrow--or maybe down there they are UP's and HU's?? (Upper Pacifics and HereUnders). It will be very interesting to know what

Gary, Great information! Thanks. Here are some photos I found: http://radiokobo.sakura.ne.jp/G/tr-radio2/sony.html Paul

Hi Tim, Alignment of the SRF-59 (or any portable) involvesthese steps: 1) Ensure standard frequency coverage of 520- 1750 kHz, and ensurethat the tuner's 530 kHz position matches that of the

Hi Dennis, Rob Ross and I are "war buddies" from the earliestdays of Ultralight radio DX, so we get a little enthusiastic when we talk toeach other. Back in December when the general

Hi Guys: Did some Late Night/Early Morning ULTRALIGHT DX'ing last night and logged a couple of Nice Catches plus another AERO BEACON!!! Since there are a few Aero Beacons very close to the start of

OK...I'll make myself look stupid. But, I want to know the answer, LOL, hi, hi: Gary...when you say you "aligned" a radio...what do you mean? Align the dial so the frequencies of the stations heard

Hello Guys, Like everybody else, I also got up late thismorning (at 1330), and thought that with pretty strong sunlight already outside,the fun was probably over. I sure was wrong! It

My local walmart has the sony sv37w (the walkman with weather band) and they have abother yellow one with a speaker (think its a sony) . another area store has lots of sony srf 59s in stock. CC has

I've read that the Sony ICF-S5W was the top end of the Sony SSP series of portable AM/FM sets ("sensitivity, selectivity, portability"). My question is, what other SSP radios did Sony produce? Does

Hi Paul, Yes, I know all about the SSP series of Sonyportables, because I have owned all three (and still have two of themodels). The ICF-S5W was the only one of the three modelsexported

At 06:57 PM 9/13/2008, you wrote: Hello Guys, DXer.ca's Colin Newell, Master Filter Guru GuyAtkins and myself, Gary DeBock, has a very enjoyable meeting at adowntown Seattle coffee shop this

Get 'em while they're even available.] OK...maybe I'm over-reacting...but: I was stunned tonight to go in a super Walmart near a big city and the lady in electronics told me they nolonger carry

Hi Guys: Just one New Station logged tonight...but it's a NEW STN for both the OVERALL LOG and the ULR Log!! Surpised to hear this one as it's supposed to be a DAYTIMER only as far as I can

Huelbe and Tim, The SRF-59 "scratchy tuning control" is a maladythat afflicts about 15% of the units I have aligned (or 8 out of the 51 I havealigned). The only cure for the problem is

Paul...Excellent Catches for your first night of the fall Season!! I'd be happy to just log ONE Trans Atlantic ...period...let alone a Bag full of them all in one night!! HAHHAHA.. Looks like you're