Thanks Gary. The FSL is very easy to master on radios like the 2010, 803A, 880 etc and similar. The later DSP chip radios like the Skywave etc requires some skill to hear the "peak" as they are quite

Thanks to Steve Ratzlaff for notifying me re the March, 2012 Gary DeBock FSL article. I uploaded the file to the antenna

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 03:40 PM, Gary DeBock wrote: If it were me, and if I was cutting the expensive 1162/46 Litz wire to make an FSL coil, even if the Chinese manufacturer says that their ferrite

<<< Gary, That makes sense and I totally understand that disclaimer. The rods I obtained are rated with a permeability of 400, which I believe is the same as the Russian surplus units. Unless there

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 02:24 PM, Gary DeBock wrote: Unfortunately, since my own FSL was constructed with the Russian surplus ferrite rods ordered from a seller in the Ukraine ("alexer1" on eBay),

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:01 AM, Chuck wrote: Gary, Thank so much for that, I'm glad you've already had success with the very design I'm building! I did obtain the 140mm x 8mm rods from a different

Gary, Thank so much for that, I'm glad you've already had success with the very design I'm building! I did obtain the 140mm x 8mm rods from a different source since sufficient quantity wasn't

Thanks Gary for both the instructional video, and informative technical construction details. Based on all the factors involved, I suggest that building an FSL antenna is much more challenging than

Hi Chuck, <<< To follow on to Todd's question, I am gathering parts to construct the 3.5" Frequent Flyer FSL and have obtained 27 140mm x 8mm ferrite rods (instead of the specified 160mm x 8mm) 45

Hello Gary and all, First, a huge thank you to Gary and the community of people who worked on this body of knowledge. The FSL is exactly what I've been looking for to complement my Tecsun PL-660

Hi Again Todd, <<< Recently an Australian DXer constructed a 135 mm diameter MW FSL using forty one Jaycar LF1010 (9 x 100 mm) ferrite rods. These rods are more affordable than anything else

Because it was sandwiched in between major Ultralight "Frequent Flyer" DXpeditions to Hong Kong and Kauai last year, my own results from the August 2019 Rockwork Cliff DXpedition have never been

Thanks Gary. The FSL is very easy to master on radios like the 2010, 803A, 880 etc and similar. The later DSP chip radios like the Skywave etc requires some skill to hear the "peak" as they are quite

Thank you for taking the time to produce this training course for the use of FSL’s. Very helpful! One question I have that would only apply to DSP ultralights like the CC Skywave. Does the effect

For the benefit of Todd, Paul, Chris or any other Oz (or worldwide) DXers who wish to try out a compact FSL antenna to track down exciting DX, a video showing detailed the tuning procedures for the

Hi Keith (and Marc), The original SRF-59 alignment instructions to the Ultralight group (in early 2008) are posted at http://www.hard-core-dx.com/archive/irca/msg43730.html Gary

Op 25/05/2020 om 06:42 schreef keith beesley via groups.io: Out of several google results, this is the best documented, text and graphics! http://earmark.net/gesr/srf59.htm Marc -- The "Penguin"

Gary, Sometime ago, probably in the old ultralight group, I think you posted some detailed instructions for alignment of the SRF-59 for better dial accuracy and better performance. I know you've

Hi Todd, Sorry for the delayed response. Steve's detailed information is of course very accurate and helpful, and I appreciate him stepping in to comment. We have been experimental partners for over

Some updated information was kindly supplied by Steve Ratzlaff. The current batch of available Russian ferrite rods are 400 permeability. But the desired permeability for MW is ~ 125. Fortunately,