I am not sure what word is best, but like a radial aircraft engine, the cylinders go out from the center, or spokes on a wheel. So it is more like the pattern of a ferrite loop, off the 'sides' of the

Hi Rick: A quick note - SSB actually is a disqualifier to be an ULR. I'm looking at the "Introduction to Ultralight DXing" and "The Ultralight Definitions 20090729" files in "1-Start Here" and

I agree with Keith, kinda. My G6 has been relegated to the shelf. The SSB (at least on mine) is totally useless. As soon as I engage the SSB mode the noise floor peaks and stays that way regardless of

Hi Rick, I had a G6 for a while. It's not a bad radio; SW and FM were pretty good; AM so-so; LW and the VHF air band were useless; deaf on LW, and VHF has too many images from the FM broadcast band.

Hello Laurie, Greetings from western Washington, and we are certainly pleasedto have another dedicated loopstick enthusiast in our Ultralightdxgroup! (especially one from Australia, the source of

Speaking of the G6, does anyone have any experience comparing it to the current allowed ULRs, such as the G8, PL-310, PL-380? This looks like a Tecsun product that is exclusively a Grundig/Eton model

Referring to the file defining ULRs written by the late John Bryant, you'll see that SSB is not prohibited in a ULR. According to John's guidelines, what does eliminate the G6 is that its retail

Hello Gary, Greetings from Australia. I admire and applaud your loop stick transplants, and I was wondering if you had any comments on the quality of the current 61 mix as supplied in the Amidon

Dont know your log, but 920/930 is interesting around here. A canadian and RI on 920, Buffalo at least on 930. OT: When that jet crashed just outside Buffalo in Feb 2009, I listened to WBEN overnite.

540 WLIE is a tuff station here, maybe I should have my radios aligned :) WCKY on 1530 booms in here at nite during fall/winter. Never heard WREF much after dark. Uptown, it comes in better than right

Hi Famerik, So the diamond weave coil doesn't have a reception pattern similar to a normal loop (for example the Terk)? With a normal loop, maximum single is parallel to the long dimension of the

terribly wet wrote: I see (hear) a lot of evidence to that end. Weeel, not to drift off into political matters...the stations in PR are regulated by the same FCC rules as the mainland and if the FCC

Somebody sort of agrees with me !!! I mean no offense but it is true the foreign language stations seem to get away with no ID's or power or ?? I can understand Puerto Rico and if the normal

D1028Gary@... wrote: Hunh? God forbid they come out with a ULR that gives good sensitivity that gives a similar "unfair DXing advantage" :) -Bill

I too would like to see an ultralight with continuous 150-30000kHz coverage... preferably a DSP model with a GOOD tuned front end better than the PL-380. Having 50/00 readings 10khz away from a local

terribly wet wrote: Yabbut, remember that they also do a pattern change when they drop power. I don't know where you are but in the case of WLIE the pattern change is pretty drastic. Plus they have

I have been sort of hesitant to invest in tiny things. Yes..they are convenient... I don't want to spoil the fun but for the same price should I buy something tiny or say a Sangean PR-D5P. (?) Then

Hi Gary, That's great news, thanks! I don't actually own this model as yet. The reason I asked about it was that it seems to be the successor to the PL200 which scored highly in SW and was a past

Hi Steve, Thanks for your interest in the Tecsun PL-210, and of course I'm happy toinclude it in the competitive review for you. It's true that the PL-200/ Eton E100 models still are the

For Ultralights I have a Tecsun R-911, PL-200, and PL-310. Three different types of reception, conventional analog, Digital PLL, and Digital DSP. I must say the PL-310 can grab quite a nice signal. If