Hi Gil, A big thanks to you and all the others who havewelcomed me. I don't think I will participate in getting the largest number of stationsas there aren't too many in this neck of the woods. My

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At 05:49 PM 1/2/2009 -0600, BRANDON J WROTE Brandon.... You'll LOVE the T615. I'm rather sure that none of ushave opened that beauty to add an external antenna tap. The set isso small and so

Hey Russ: Sounds like Brandon may have that one, which is going for $30 plus shippping on ebay. The one I have is item number 170290785350 on ebay, which has three sections, a reduction geear and

The MC325M variables are a linear taper variable. The linear taper does reduce the issues at the top of the band in terms of 'bunching' and allows a better peak. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL

Hi Brandon: By fine-tuning cap, I envision one with perhaps a 0-20 pf range, because the main tuning cap is so touchy at the high end: one little bump might change the capacitance by 10 pf. You have

Looking for something a little more portable than the E100 Slider, and especially due to Rob's recommendation, I went ahead and ordered one of the SRF-T615's from Japan. If I get brave enough to open

I am assuming the "fine tuning" capacitor is mainly for peaking the signals at the top portion of the band where things can get a bit touchy. I have a few Hammarlund MC-325-M variable capacitors that

So... you can build a multiple crate version?? That would be interesting to see if double wide or double tall was better. Supposedly, the best loop shape is a circle but I'm thinking it ought to be a

Hey Chris: When I saw the crates in Office Depot earlier this week, I was thinking the same thing. Their model is made to interlock with another similar crate, which would be great for stability and

Hi all: Thanks to several suggestions and proddings, I have updated the Crate Loop instructions, which now includes: - Incorpration of the testing results from this morning, showing

Hi Richard: I think we are of the same mind - I added a fine-tuning varicap to mine, much like the bandspread on older Ham gear. I am about to update the instructions, so look for it in a few

John: Hello from Oklahoma and welcome to the group. I'm sure you will become as addicted to the Ultralights as all of us. A year ago I would never imagined I would be spending so much time

Hi David: I just ran a quick test, putting two turns of wire as a sense/pick-up coil around the far edge of the crate (in the picture in Step 3 of the instructions, the two turns are in the channel

Kirk Allen has also been doing some testing of a BarefootE100 vs a Slider E100 vs a Slider + A Small Passive Loop (Select-a-Tennaand others) His preliminary findings (article to follow soon) are

Kevin: Thanks for sharing your fantastic antenna design. If I build one, I think I'll add vernier tuning. My arthritic hands don't work well without it. Have a great DXing year. Richard

Kevin, Thanks so much for your excellent Crate Loop article.... Well done and agreat idea. I wonder, would you please append these tests to thearticle on DXer.ca??? Everyone with a Slider or similar

Is there an update on this, by way of a comparison between the slider antenna and the twin coil ferrite antenna? Paul Kirk Allen, and Colin outperform also has given criticism on its more

Hi all: I had a chance to try out the Slider e100 with and without the Crate Loop this morning to see what kind of improvement in sensitivity and selectivity could be had with the hottest receiver