Good DX Johnny. What were you listening with? John

I have to agree, from my experience, and for mostly practical reasons, a smaller FSL is a better choice for dx. I’ve recently built 3 different ferrite sleeve loop antennas using 200mm x 10 mm

Hi all, Just had to share... I heard my 2nd Translator station and was pretty excited! W227BY-FM (Translator for 1510 AM in Jackson, Michigan) 44 miles away, 130 watts and only 68 feet high of an

Portable Radio RXing Awards Program. https://groups.io/g/PortableRadioRXing/topics I have decided to split this off as a separate group, as while the focus is on the "ultralight" side, I want to

The following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the main@UltralightDX.groups.io group. /PortableRXingAwardsProgram.pdf By: Paul Blundell

Thanks Johnny, I don't see the admin side of this being too much at this stage, it is more about getting enough people keen and deciding how the program will work / look.-- Paul

Hi all, I'd love be a part of an awards program! Let me know if I can help! I could volunteer 2-4 hours a week if needed to help. Love the ParkRX idea! My wife and I are avid hikers. Thanks, Johnny

Thanks Jorge, The original ULR group Awards program was indeed a real gem, and it was extremely popular. In fact. it was so popular that the demand for the Award Certificates eventually overwhelmed

All really good points and I am not suggesting in any way that we try to be just like amateurs but instead have something we can all work towards. Paul

It's true that Ham world gives much importance to awards and certificates. Almost 100% of them are issued by National Ham Clubs (ARRL, URE,...) or radio clubs. Something allowing the credibility of

Thanks for all the replies. The below is something I have started in the past but never got off the ground, do you think this might make a good start? The name and details of it are all "up in the

Best QSL ever! John K5MO

Michael. Link is here https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8y6855bnfmy45rnk46mzr7hb4pwjz8u8 Peter

I use lots of 18650 batteries and have purchased from lots of different sources. I like to get Japanese cells from Panasonic, LG, or Sony. They are labeled accurately and usually you can find hard

You are right Jay! Very good pointed! That's why I will test it further choosing different stations where bandwidth filtering is more critical. 73! J

It would seem to be a problem with your specific radio not the model in general because mine does not exhibit this kind of drain. I can leave it for a month with no problems. FWIW, Jay

If the Sony M37V is still available I'd love to have it...let me know! You can email me at radiojayallen@... Thanks, Jay

Just remember that in FM a narrow bandwidth has a much different effect than it does on AM and may be less noticeable unless you are specifically checking for selectivity. Forgive me if you already

I think an awards program would be great. Like you said ham radio has all kinds of different awards so why shouldn't we. It might as you said help to get more people in the hobby. Will offer my help

Thanks for the information Gary. I was thinking something along the lines of the SOTA program which is very popular in the amateur radio world. As you said, we need to decide on what awards we want to