Hello Farmerik! Does anybody know if the newer PL 310 devices come now withthe updated SI Firmware/Hardware? I would like to know because I have to place an order for someof the Tecsun devices

I decided to give an order to HKequipment for my PL-310. I was attracted to the slightly lower total price with shipping, than some Ebay Stores, and more impressed by it coming with SANYO Enloop slow

Hello Stephan and Farmerik, Thanks for sharing impressions of your purchase of the PL-310 from HKEquipment, Richard. I hope you will enjoy lots of exciting DX with your newradio. In answer to your

Hello All, While I was in Melbourne, Florida on business, Jim Kearman drove up to join me for dinner and some DXing. After dinner at Paisano's on the Indian River Lagoon, we set up in their parking

It's shaping up into a really strong aurora! Last time the A index was 38, I was able to hear deep into Mexico. This would be a good time, Jim, to try punching through the Cuban RF curtain. 73,

Wow, I'll say! For SW I like the Tecsun PL-380's ETM and ATS tuning functions. Normally this time of day (a bit after 12 noon CDT) they can find 20-30 stations from my location in Memphis. Now I

Everyone enjoying the geomagnetic storms? A good chance to charge the batteries, make those patch cables you've been needing, and get reacquainted with the family. Longwave was down last night too,

4Apr2010 Sun 870 CMDT Sancti spiritus, radio reloj, cuba, 2222 EDT tick tock and 3 tones 750 CMHV Trinidad,Sancti Spiritus,Cuba,Radio Progreso 2236 EDT 5Apr2010 Mon 980 WTEM Washington DC 0700 EDT

Very impressive clips Jim! Keep em coming. Paul Logan, Lisnaskea, N. Ireland Listening Homepage: http://band2dx.webs.com/ Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/radiofotos/ Video:

Hi Tony & Tony, Thanks for both of your comments. The closest I ever came to NZ was about1000 miles away (on a U.S. Navy ship in 1975) during a South Pacificcruise, so unfortunately I never had the

Longwave conditions into Europe weren't as good last night as Saturday night, but more-easterly paths were working much better. Radio Europe 1 in Germany (183 kHz) was the dominant European, with no

I would agree with Tony King that if we are talking barefoot "ultralight" reception that would be true. With external antennas however it was a different story and from Lloyd Clayden's antenna farm on

Well, conditions were terrible this morning, but I did manage to log one new one. In fact, it was just about the only station I heard. Radio

Hi Jim I am still here just sandbagging on the side. I have been busy rewriting my GUI software to work with Scott's PL-380 USB interface and have just about finished the GUI, it is a bit like

QUOTE: a New Zealand DXer told me that he could hear some Australian AM stations "across the ditch" around local noon UNQUOTE. An imaginative Kiwi ! hardly when it is 10.a.m. full daylightin Aus -

Fantastic catches, Jim! 73, Chris (N0IJK)

Hello All, After yesterday's unusual propagation to Korea here, this morning seemedequally mediocre to all Asian areas. It's tough to believe that nobody else hasposted a TP report on the IRCA list

Hi Paul, If you find no other volunteers for this, I do have another shipment ofthese on order from Amidon (due to arrive next week), and would be happy toreserve one for you. For you or anyone

Longwave experiments with the PL-380 are going well. Yesterday I tried a variety of coils and parallel capacitors, and settled on a 2650-uH coil and no parallel capacitor. That gave the best results

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