> I went on your website last night, and am in awe. I'm afraid my technical knowledge isn't up there for designing circuits. I just love to tinker. I can see myself trying to duplicate your final

*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Or measure the current drain directly. On my PL-380 it is 20 mA on AM and 21 mA on FM at normal headphone listening

I went on your website last night, and am in awe. I'm afraid my technical knowledge isn't up there for designing circuits. I just love to tinker. I can see myself trying to duplicate your final

--- In ultralightdx@..., Guy Atkins wrote: > > > Gary and I have also discovered that within the city limits of Puyallup > > there can be major differences in TP MW reception. Gary lives a few

I live about 20 miles from the Atlantic on a rise by a little freshwater pond. There is a marked difference in trans-Atlantics when you are on the shore. Even on local groundwave transmissions. Chuck

--- In ultralightdx@..., David Henry wrote: > > I left the radio off for a few hours this morning to clear any settings > and then inserted fresh alkalines, with the charging circuit in the > 'off'

Gary and I have also discovered that within the city limits of Puyallup there can be major differences in TP MW reception. Gary lives a few miles closer to salt water Puget Sound than I do, and he is

> Yea, those component stereo antennas are worthless as antennas, but can be perfect to slide over a radio as an inductor to feed the result of other antennas into it. They're no better, really, than

Yea, those component stereo antennas are worthless as antennas, but can be perfect to slide over a radio as an inductor to feed the result of other antennas into it. They're no better, really, than

--- In ultralightdx@..., D1028Gary@... wrote: > > Puyallup is about 90 miles from the ocean, but only about 5 miles from salt > water (Puget Sound). The TP propagation here is nowhere near as

Thanks Gil and Jim... Yep - I have the manual, and did everything as they tell you to. I think the problem is that I used the Alkaline AA batteries that came with the radio, and this is the first

Re 850 WREF: I would say its a programming error, I have heard them at night 3 times in 4 years. Their daytime signal reaches here fine. Usually at nite I have my hands full with WEEI from the

Dave, The Battery button, also the M button to the left of zero on the numeric keypad, may be the culprit. The draft manual on Yahoo Files > 3 Radios, Reviews, Manuals > Radio Manuals, page 15, tells

Hi guys, My PL-380 has suddenly decided not to recognize that I have put in a set of freshly-charged AA batteries. It will switch on and receive on MW and FM, but will not let me select LW (my band

--- In ultralightdx@..., D1028Gary@... wrote: > The daytime DX range changes greatly if you can manage to set up your loop > on an ocean beach, however. Using one of the new collapsible-frame 6'

--- In ultralightdx@..., Tony Germanotta wrote: > When I come up for air in a month, I guess I could combine the hobby by building a regen amp for a box loop to feed into one of those non-tuned

Wow, that does sound like a nice catch. :) I wonder if I'd be out of luck trying to get that from here on the west coast with a barefoot unmodded PL-380. I live within a few miles of a 50kW (at

--- In ultralightdx@..., "Stephen" wrote: > One of these days I'd like to build a large box loop or something that's several feet in diameter. I may base it on one of the loops on Bruce Carter's

I agree - daytime DXing can be quite interesting. For right now that's most of the DXing I like to do, too. I'm about 15 miles or so east of San Diego, CA, and some stations I've been able to hear

Hi Stephen, 756-Germany was a lucky catch here in Washington state, and probablyhappened only because of the monster gain from the 9' PVC loop. The signal wasnot only boosted by the loop