Excellent points. My latest purchase from eBay was poor as stock but with a simple mod it has come to life. Sent from my Samsung GALAXY S5

This started in another thread here. Below is my reply on this topic- During 'the great north east black out' in the 1960's I was able to hear MW stations at great distances on a cheap pocket

During Florence (Im in NC) we were without power for more than a week. Cell phones were sparse... no internet to speak of. AM radio was where to listen. No noise at all... It was great. The local

During 'the great north east black out' in the 1960's I was able to hear MW stations at great distances on a cheap pocket portable. Of course the best radio you can operate on batteries would be

It is certainly obvious Gary has dedicated thousands of hours and dollars to ULR efforts. Jay Allen also has thorough reviews of some radios which should qualify as ULR's. If some one else came up

Jacques, In a disaster scenario the US would have much better information coverage on AM than Europe, where most AM stations with news broadcasts have closed down. That said, a uldx rx with a maxi-FSL

Done I'm interested in How-to's on communications, when you happen to be isolated by a disaster. When all you have is a simple receiver, no phone and all digital communication devices are

I have 2 of these. One has a defective variable capacitor, so I brought another about 10-15 years ago. Iv'e mainly used it at night to tune random stations in bed to see what I could hear,

Done.

I have three of the SRF 59s. Two of them bought in thrift stores for $1.00 each. One of them was very difficult to tune and the only thing I came up with was to remove the cogged strip with the

I have created a quick survey on our group to help improve what we do / what we offer and direct where the group goes in to the future. The link is below: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PJLGDN7 --

John also highly modified a SRF-59 to include a digital frequency readout, using a module by the Seattle area AADE vendor (no longer in business). The vendor was able to figure out the correct

Hi Russ, <<< Two months sounds like an understatement.... >>> Well, Ultralight file review is a little different from SDR file review. In the Ultralight version some frequencies with exotic

I also have your shootout linked on my blog which would add a few pages views to that. I guess the question is "Has enough changed / new radios released" to make it worthwhile? -- Paul -

Two months sounds like an understatement.... Russ Edmunds WB2BJH Blue Bell, PA Grid FN20id

<<< I think there was a 2009 and 2015. Has Gary had a newer updated one? >>> The current answer is-- not yet. There have been some interesting new Ultralights introduced since 2015, but the

I think there was a 2009 and 2015. Has Gary had a newer updated one?

Thanks for the excellent reply. I will add those ideas in to my list. -- Paul - Moderator UltralightDX

Here in the USA we have Geodesic maps created by the Government which show elevations, water and every building. I look for a high spot over looking water toward the likely DX stations, with few

WOW! I paid about $15 at K-Mart back in 2008. Richard Allen ._,_._,_