If I am reading and digesting this correctly, the majority of these radios ONLY need the coil tweaked a bit... All of mine are stock and seem to work well.... and the full band is covered. I don't

Hello Neil and Jay, Thanks for your comments on the SRF-59 alignment instructions, and congratulations to Neil on successfully boosting the AM sensitivity of his SRF-59. Thanks also for the

Gary, Thank you! I just finished trying this on my SRF-59. I needed a small bit of tweak at both ends, and now is performing even better than before. I wanted to add a couple of pointers to the

SONY Outlet in the Tanger Outlets at Riverhead here on Long Island had a pile of ICF M37W radios w/headphones for 19.99 yesterday. Nothing else of interest to ULDX except maybe earbuds and headphones

Gary, Thanks for posting this...I've got to tear into mine now! It seems to work quite well but I like to be sure all my radios are at their very best when possible. Jay http://radiojayallen.com

Thanks! Here are the links if anyone is interested- http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/commrxvr/0084.html http://www.alinco.com/Products/DX-R8/ My goal is better audio than the R-75, a really

Farmerik, Check out this link for a YouTube video of the DX-R8 (if you haven't already done so) <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlvrPhJKKNs> -- Tony, N4RNI Traverse City, MI Not every conspiracy is a

Farmerik, I'm not surprised that you didn't get an answer regarding the DX-R8 for 2 reasons. 1. It's fairly new, only released in January 2011, at least at Universal Radio, and I doubt many have

Hello All, The Sony SRF-59 was the radio that kicked off the original Ultralight Radio boom in late 2007, and this model's popular variants (the SRF-39FP "Prison Radio," the SRF-29, SRF-39 and

I am surprised no one answered my previous post or emailed directly. I decided to order one anyway, but I would really like to hear from someone who has used this radio for awhile, or read a review

One new station to report from northern Oklahoma. Conditions seemed pretty bad overnight. Despite what sounded like overall depressed progagation on the MW band, the radio god smiled on me and helped

John, Congratulations on the two new GY stations!! That's impressive, especially considering your total station count plus this noisey time of year on the band. I'm trying to bring up the rear on our

And now they have the M37W for 23.99 http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665363988 I guess it's a site to

I used to drive past one of the Sony outlets (Woodbury Commons) on my way upstate quite often and was surprised at how far they marked things down. This is where my M37V came from. Most "outlet"

I bought two of these refurbs a few years ago when Sony was running a free shipping deal. One was okay but the other was junk. I opened it up and re-positioned the antenna pick-up coil and tweaked the

I would think these should be more trouble free... Mark Barnett N8PGV GET SWABBED!!! Save a Life by becoming a bone marrow donor. A child near YOU is DYING for a transplant!

Thanks for the heads-up on the refurbed SRF-59's for only $9.99 . They come with a nice set of headphones also that work well on other radios. The headphones work great with my R75. The set is a

Anyone here have one they have some hours on? - FARMERIK

Noticed this today while rummaging around online: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665089553

To add to the previous data: KGO level with stock rod is 30dB Eb.