Carl,
They are not terminated to ground at either end or at the radio. I use a 500' and 325' bogs running parallel. I also take my E1 or Palstar and phasing unit. For ULRs, I rely solely on a bog without the phasing system.
I just lay them in the sand and they lie flat. Walkers usually just step over them fearing sudden death by electrocution.
Gil

--- In ultralightdx@..., "wa8lcz" <wa8lcz@> wrote:

Hi John,

I wont be sending you anymore logs, since i have now crossed over to

the Dark Side.

Ha! All my loggings since sometime in December have been Unlimited. I
have a new motto: "Life's too short for ferrite rods." (That's a joke,
okay?) Now it's time to take the next step and get a PL-380. Analog
dials are so 20th century! That is one hot rod of a radio. Moved mine
back to MW tonight, was listening on 1020, and could not null a 10 kW
Cuban. Finally realized the toroid was bringing them in about 50 dBu
with no antenna connected. Stuck the whole works inside an old steel
mini-cabinet, with headphone and antenna feedline coming out under the
lid, and managed to shut them up. When I finally box up these toroids
they'll have to go in metal or metalized containers.

If I were into pain I'd see how much I could log with only that toroid
for an antenna. Make the leap, Byron, you'll be glad.

73,

Jim, KR1S
http://kr1s.kearman.com/ <http://kr1s.kearman.com/>

 

It sounds great,Gary ! I will await the results of your experimentation eagerly.It would be great if they made a bandwith selectable DSP ulr that had a plug in loop stick.Something like a PL-380 with a plug in for a loop stick.
73
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville, Tn.

--- In ultralightdx@yahoogroups.com, D1028Gary@... wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> The Tecsun PL-360 is one of the smallest Si4734 DSP-chip Ultralights, with
> a rather modest stock loopstick. It has fixed 3 kHz DSP selectivity, and
> fully enabled soft mute-- similar to the Tecsun PL-300WT/ Grundig G8 models.
> But is does one have one stellar quality that is unique among the DSP
> Ultralights produced so far-- the loopstick is of a plug-in variety, using a
> standard RCA phono plug. The owner can switch to an extremely sensitive 7.5"
> Amidon loopstick within a couple of seconds, without doing any "surgery" to
> the radio at all.
>
> Today the first Amidon 7.5" plug-in loopstick for the PL-360 was created
> here, and it transforms this modest radio into a extremely sensitive DX
> chaser, fully equal to the E100 Sliders, 7.5" loopstick PL-380's and other
> DXing sensations. Both sensitivity and nulling ability are the equal of any
> other modified Ultralight, and the fact that a user can obtain this massive AM
> sensitivity boost without any modification to the radio is very exciting.
> For domestic DXers who don't usually need 1 kHz DSP selectivity, this radio
> may become a dream machine.
>
> The stock 300 uh loopstick coil can easily be replaced with a plug-in
> design of the user's choice, and besides the 450 uh type 61 7.5" loopstick model
> shown, a medium-sized loopstick (on a different length of type 61 bar)
> will shortly be tested out here. The plug-in loopsticks may well make this
> model one of the most popular Ultralights for domestic DXers, and an ideal
> platform for loopstick experimentation.
>
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>

Carl,

I've found the simplest way to couple bog to URL is the Gary Deacon method of just winding a few turns around the RX along the axis of the internal ferrite.

I DXed a couple of times at Tybee during October. One night I was able to pick up England, Spain and Duba. Spain was barefoot. I need to try it more. Laziness keeps me home. ;)

Tybee has beach walkers all hours of the night, year round.

73, Gil

After a few days chasing FM tropo (and bagging 15 new stations), it's back
to the ultralights and I've managed to add two new stations to the UL log:

920 WURA, Quantico VA, 4/9 at 2035, tejano music

1260 WHYM, Lake City SC, 4/10 at 0730, call ID, Fox Sports Radio, announced
a FM parallel, probably 93.7

Now at 692 ultralight stations.**

--
John Cereghin WDX3IAO KB3LYP
Smyrna DE
My radio page www.pilgrimway.org/dx
The Ultralight Scoreboard www.pilgrimway.org/ulradio

Hello All,

The Tecsun PL-360 is one of the smallest Si4734 DSP-chip Ultralights, with
a rather modest stock loopstick. It has fixed 3 kHz DSP selectivity, and
fully enabled soft mute-- similar to the Tecsun PL-300WT/ Grundig G8 models.
But is does one have one stellar quality that is unique among the DSP
Ultralights produced so far-- the loopstick is of a plug-in variety, using a
standard RCA phono plug. The owner can switch to an extremely sensitive 7.5"
Amidon loopstick within a couple of seconds, without doing any "surgery" to
the radio at all.

Today the first Amidon 7.5" plug-in loopstick for the PL-360 was created
here, and it transforms this modest radio into a extremely sensitive DX
chaser, fully equal to the E100 Sliders, 7.5" loopstick PL-380's and other
DXing sensations. Both sensitivity and nulling ability are the equal of any
other modified Ultralight, and the fact that a user can obtain this massive AM
sensitivity boost without any modification to the radio is very exciting.
For domestic DXers who don't usually need 1 kHz DSP selectivity, this radio
may become a dream machine.

The stock 300 uh loopstick coil can easily be replaced with a plug-in
design of the user's choice, and besides the 450 uh type 61 7.5" loopstick model
shown, a medium-sized loopstick (on a different length of type 61 bar)
will shortly be tested out here. The plug-in loopsticks may well make this
model one of the most popular Ultralights for domestic DXers, and an ideal
platform for loopstick experimentation.

73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

Carl and others vacationing in Low Country,

I live 13 miles from Tybee Island. If I can't get out to dx with you, I can lend you my bogs and direct you to a good location to stretch'em out.

73 Gil

 

I noticed in the eBay listing, the 360 only tunes LW in 9kHz. steps. Are these the standard ones used in Europe? I am on the East coast, and with the help of a really big LW antenna I was hoping to tune broadcasts from across the pond. - FARMERIK