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Overnight (12/19/08)

At John Bryant's suggestion, I am posting what heard four new stations overnight (12/19/08) with my barefoot SRF-T615: 1059-1107 UTC 970 kHz WGIK, Louisville KY (5kW) Local news @ 1100. Frequent

By bbwrwy · #1819 ·

Timed Recordings With an Ultralight

I'll be putting together a little report on doing timed recordings froman Ultralight. As I mentioned previously, I've wanted to apply thetechniques that many GY DXers use to general hands-off DXing

By John H. Bryant <bjohnorcas@...> · #1817 ·

ULTRALIGHT DX.......3 NEW STATIONS!!

Hi Guys: Well...it looks like a good few Days to stay holed up in the house and do some Serious ULR DX'ing!!!! We are smack dab in the middle of a MAJOR SNOWSTORM as is a large part of the Mid West

By robert ross · #1815 ·

Re: Timed Recordings With an Ultralight

Hello John, You have some excellent ideas for chasing GYstations, especially for those of us with no chance to spend long hours at thedial. Maybe the time has come for the final

By Gary DeBock · #1818 ·

Re: 7.5" Slider Loopstick DT-200VX Created-- Equals Slider E100's in Sensitivity

Great Going on the DT-200VX Slider, Gary! That is ourfirst multi-coil unit... we both sure thought that it would work, butKNOWING is a different matter, eh? After you finish the shootout and its

By John H. Bryant <bjohnorcas@...> · #1814 ·

Re: 7.5" Slider Loopstick DT-200VX Created-- Equals Slider E10...

Hello John, Greetings from frozen (28 degrees) Puget Sound,and thanks for your comments. The Slider DT-200VX is indeed another sensitivitymonster like the Slider E100's, but there are

By Gary DeBock · #1816 ·

srf-59 selectivity

Tonight, my 59 has been much more selective than it's usual good capability. Locals on 1550, 1490, 1410, 1000, and 890 have always made it a challenge to find much of a window 10 KHz up or down from

By lrdheat · #1812 ·

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A very pleasant surprise in today's mailbox!!! WIND 560 Chicago Illinois, card (printed by www.cheapqsls.com no less) without report details and verified by U. A. (rest of signature illegible)

By Joseph Miller <radiodxer2000@...> · #1811 ·

7.5" Slider Loopstick DT-200VX Created-- Equals Slider E100's in Sensitivity

Hello Guys, In preparation for making anultra-sensitive Sangean DT-400W model, an experimental loopstick consistingof a movable coil of 40/44 Litz wire was wound on an Amidon type 61 7.5"

By Gary DeBock · #1813 ·

Re: Anybody know a quiet mid-atlantic area?

Yes--Kevin Schanilec's article. Here is the direct link for those who haven't seen it yet: http://www.dxer.ca/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,75/Itemid,77/ * Carl DeWhitt

By Claudio Leite · #1810 ·

new Cuban log

I logged a new Radio Reloj freqqquency last night at 2223-2229 EST on 12.17.08.poor to very poor reception with a couple of Radio Reloj i.d.,s by om announcer and the telltale. 'RR" cw i.d.,s with

By Carl DeWhitt · #1809 ·

Re: Anybody know a quiet mid-atlantic area?

---I think you are referring to the article by Kevin S.(I dont recall the last name) on audio phasing on the SRF-59.I have 2 SRF-59 radios also and plan to try this in the near future. 73, Carl

By Carl DeWhitt · #1808 ·

Congrats to Robert Ross

Hi Everyone, Haven't been at the ULR dials as much lately here with everything going on but hoping to log more time at it after Christmas . Congratulations Robert on your recent awards, Best of

By Allen Willie · #1807 ·

Re: Anybody know a quiet mid-atlantic area?

* Al (k3eax@...) wrote: I suppose you could call it a type of diversity reception, but it's really far more low-tech than that. It's just a scheme I read on dxer.ca where you connect the output

By Claudio Leite · #1806 ·

Re: Anybody know a quiet mid-atlantic area?

Claudio, what do mean by audio phasing? Is this some type of diversity reception?

By Al · #1805 ·

Anybody know a quiet mid-atlantic area?

Hi ULR'ers, Does anybody know of a good park or beach area around Maryland, Virginia or Delaware that might be good for DX'ing? I have a few spare days before I head out for the holidays and was

By Claudio Leite · #1804 ·

ULR Log Totals CORRECTION...........

Hi Guys: Turns out after examining my logs a little closer that the following Log from this morning was actually a RELOG!!!

By robert ross · #1803 ·

ULTRALIGHT DX...Sunnrise Skip...3 NEW ONES Today!!

Hi Guys: As of last night at 6 PM, I am officially on my Christmas Holidays for the next 11 Days....and will now have some time to devote to some serious ULR DXing as I attempt to hit the 600 ULR

By robert ross · #1802 ·

Re: Radio Corporacion, Managua 540 kHz on E100 Slider

Hi Carl, Shoot me an email next time you are going to be in Memphis! It is always a pleasure to meet fellow DX'ers. R. Corporacion is putting it's typical low rumble het on 540 tonight, but nothing

By Brandon Jordan <bcdx.org@...> · #1801 ·

Brandon's E100 Slider + mount **Update**

I have updated my design of the E100 Slider w/ Universal Radio mount, with advice from John Bryant and Steve Ratzlaff, along with modifying the antenna tuning design ala Kevin's PVC Slider

By Brandon Jordan <bcdx.org@...> · #1800 ·

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