I checked reception on LW, yesterday at 22z with my TECSUN PL-310 : 153 : traces 162 : weak to fair 171 : traces to nil 177 : traces 183 : good 189 : nil 198 : traces 207 : weak 216 : fair 225 :

Quoting the dxtools-website, the "ext ant" jack is used "to optimally couple the signal from an external antenna to a portable radio's front-end circuitry". But, personally, I only use the Q-Stick

Correct, but this rule doesn't explain why the Tecsuns underperform on LW in comparison with e.g. Sony's SRF-M37L (even with all its shortcomings) which has a shorter antenna. Henk

Hi all: With just a few minutes to DX tonight, at 0600 UTC I put a null on 1060-Calgary with the PL-310 and heard another C&W station underneath, which was unexpected. Soon there was "...Dakota

Kevin, thank you so much for your efforts! I promise that since we will most likely have a "Snow Day" this week, after clearing the driveway and returning some library books (love walking in the snow

...and this just in! I just tried out all of my ULRs with my Grado SR-60 "near-audiophile" and fairly power-hungry headphones, with the volume attenuator. I did A/B tests on various stations here in

Hi Bryan/all: I thought the word "pedestrian" rang a bell... that was my review of the G8 from a while back. (Note: I have since come to believe that the 25 dB is meant as the SNR threshold above

I wasn't sure whether to mention this or not, but since other high end audio reproduction gear has been brought up elsewhere in this thread I guess I'll go ahead. It's also very much in keeping with

Gary, I apologize. As soon as I read the positive press regarding the RF performance of the G8, I set my googling wild, and on this site

Hi Peter, With a ferrite bar antenna, the strongest signals are perpendicular to the bar, and the nulls are parallel to the bar. Regards, Gary

Hi, all, The Ultralight Scoreboard is back online at www.pilgrimway.org/dx. As for my DXing, I'm still trying to do the Ross 30-Day Challenge but I haven't been able to do a lot of DXing lately.

Go to http://www.5bcl.com/Article/Class14/201101/3819.html to view. Tom Welch Mesa, AZ

A loopstick, as found in, say, a Tecsun PL-606, has the nulls broadside to it, right? With the strongest signals off the end, right? Right? Or am I all orthogonal??? And yes, given that I am a

Hello Bryan, Thanks for your comments on the FM audio quality in the Tecsun DSPportables. << Gary, I noticed that in your writeup of the Grundig G8, you wrotethat its published stereo separation

Gary and all, thank you for your continued help. Gary, I noticed that in your writeup of the Grundig G8, you wrote that its published stereo separation of 25dB was merely "pedestrian." Please

The Q-Stick is only available from Radio Plus in Florida. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010's

I haven't found it to be terribly helpful on my Sangean DT200vx. They also provide a plug-in wire to use there instead to use with speakers. There's an improvement to be sure, but trying to null is

The longer the wavelength, the larger the antenna needed for good reception. That's why the typical ultralight doesn't do well on LW. I'll let others speak to what's available to help the

Hello All, Colin Newell (administrator of DXer.Ca) is currently in Kona, Hawaii, andis using a 7.5" loopstick PL-380 to chase TP's from that excellent location. Hementions some of the special

It was down in the noise but it was a clear channel. There it was KGHL, 790 AM, Billings Montana. I caught them at their 9PM (CST) ID - "…serving eastern Montana and northern Iowa for over 80 years,