From early September to mid-November in the United States, Friday night offers a good time to DX. It's usually the only time stations that ordinarily have no local content broadcasts the football

Logged early this morning 1380 khz - CKPC Brantford, Ontario 9/22/08 8:38 UTC w/ female announcer "Brantford's 13-80 CKPC " ID then into song "Listen to the Music " by Doobie Bros; good .

The new koss earbuds worked out great on the little silver bullet (AKA SRF-59). the cord lenght of about 4 feet is enough for FM DX without overloading the front end. Heard 102.3 the wolf out of CT

Hi all, this morning was one of those which really cements a DXer's love for Medium Wave. Had three personal firsts: 550 WSAU Wausau, WI, ABC news, then weather and "55 SAU" id, started good

Greetings from Oklahoma, 730 khz has been driving me nuts (nuttier) lately. Tonight I finally ID'd the easy XEX there, but then my surprise came along only for 4 minutes, At 0554-0600 UT a station in

Hey Joe: Welcome back to the land of tiny wonders! Glad to see you getting some quality time on the barefoot 59. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA

Hi group! I would love to see some day a few pictures of our beloved UL receiverstogether, maybe in a beach taking a sunbath and drinking beer hihihiThis would reveal their sizes compared with each

Greetings everyone from Troy Michigan. Work, family and amateur radio has kept me busy for the past few months, and tonight I am happy to say that I found quality time with my trusty SRF-59 and

Hi Paul: Great going on the SRF-39! A clear ID from so far away attests to its incredible abilities. I record with an Olympus WS-300M recorder. It's got a MIC input which is easily overloaded by

On Sept.19, i purchased a new Sony SRF-59 from a K-Mart in Sand Springs,Ok while i was on my way from Oklahoma to Tennessee.From what little i have been able to use it,i am impressed with the sound

Thank you Gary for your input. I do follow DXer on a daily basis, Tom Welch > Author, Consultant and

I absolutely LOVE my Koss "Sparkplug" earbuds. I use them almost all the time with my ultralights. They are different in design from all the other earbuds that I've seen because they don't have

Kevin, Colin and Others, Kevin Schanilec is indeed the father of the"Ultralight Radio" moniker, and deserves full credit for the term. AroundDecember 8th of last year, we had some discussion

I'm attempng to justify in my mind the purchase of a new Sony SRF T615 pocket radio when I alrady own both the Sangean DT-400W and DT-200VX radios. So, my question is what sort of performance boost

Hi all, more great conditions this morning and more TA's to my stations heard tally. I really cant express how amazed I am by the SRF39FP - at 0730 local / 0630 utc I heard a weak but very clear id

Hi Jay, I own an E100 and a DT-200VX, both of which are factory aligned. I've compared them quite a bit, side by side, and my E100 has somewhat better selectivity than my DT-200VX. The 1 kHz fine

Hi Tom, Thanks for your question about the performance ofthe Sony SRF-T615, relative to the DT-400W and DT-200VX radios. I assumeyou have already read the Summertime Shootout posted on

Hello Jay and Others, Jay, I would have to agree with all the othercomments concerning the typical selectivity of the Eton E100. If youcompare your new E100's selectivity with that of any

I solved this problem. i found a pair of decent koss earbuds with decent rubber that fit and stay in my ears. SQ is good enough for DX . I also picked up a perfect armband case it fits in like a