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Re: Group Stats
https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2014/what-is-spam/
Definitions of spam
The classic definition of spam is unsolicited bulk messages, that is, messages sent to multiple recipients who did not ask for them.
Either the mesages are "off topic" for the group, such as advertising for something like shoes which should be blocked / handled by the group admins or it is relevent but just not to some / most members? Given how many member we have, it would be hard to see how any post would be relevent to the whole group.
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 3:04 PM
From: "Gary DeBock via groups.io" <D1028Gary@...> To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] Group Stats On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 09:33 PM, Frank Standford wrote:
I am sorry if I have missed the mark with this. I will keep it in mind for the future.Frank, We welcome your contributions to this group, but when you are repeatedly discussing various matters with only one other individual, private emails should be considered. Group posts should be limited to content likely to be of interest to the entire group, otherwise we will continue to lose members who consider a lot of the recent posts to be "posting for the sake of posting." Gary
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xhdata d808 mods and hidden features
biometuy
Dear Colleagues: Anyone have any information to share about hidden features and mods to enhace the XHDATA D808 radio performance, and also for the PL660 Tecsun ( this one is not an ultralight I know it, hahahaha) ? Any advice will be very tahkfully 73s JM
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1390 B Rádio Esperança AM Porto Alegre and 1000 B Rádio Record São Paulo
Peter 1956
Barefoot XHDATA D-808. 11th Aug 2021. Received in Botswana. 1390 Rádio Esperança AM Porto Alegre/Ilha dosMarinheiros 7454km 10kW 1000 B Rádio Record São Paulo/Avenida Guarapiranga 7238km 200kW
https://youtu.be/w441N38T1Oc Peter
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Re: Group Stats
On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 09:33 PM, Frank Standford wrote:
I am sorry if I have missed the mark with this. I will keep it in mind for the future.Frank, We welcome your contributions to this group, but when you are repeatedly discussing various matters with only one other individual, private emails should be considered. Group posts should be limited to content likely to be of interest to the entire group, otherwise we will continue to lose members who consider a lot of the recent posts to be "posting for the sake of posting." Gary
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Re: Group Stats
I am sorry if I have missed the mark with this. I will keep it in mind for the future.
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 12:03 PM
From: "Gary DeBock via groups.io" <D1028Gary@...> To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] Group Stats On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 06:33 PM, Frank Standford wrote:
I guess the reasons behind each group varies and some are very active, some less so.Frank, you seem to have missed the point. The Ultralight radio group has been very active for over 13 years, regardless of the number of posts on the group list. Much more important than the number of posts is the quality and usefulness of the posts, and whether they are considered relevant and informative by the majority of members. Unfortunately, we have lost about 5 experienced members within the past month because they thought that most of the recent posts on our list were not useful, marking them as "Spam." Posting for the sake of posting is not helping this group, and those who equate this with group activity are in error. Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) Ultralight Radio Group Co-Founder and List Owner
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Re: 2021 Ultralight Radio Shootout Review Ready for Download
Mike Wolfson <nwhkr319@...>
I've got doubts about the Tecsun PL330 over concerns about build and parts quality. It offers too many features for the price. I have a gut level feeling that corners were cut to sell it as that price. Still remember the long term problems that cropped up with rhe Grundig 800 and the E1. Mike
<<< I'm not an advocate for the Tecsun PL-330 largely because I totally hate its soft mute function. However one can reduce its effect by off-tuning the frequency or switching to SSB even on AM (and zero beating on frequency). Sync reception is often useless but can be improved, station by station, using the frequency alignment function (done in SSB mode). Overall if one learns these tweaks, although tiresome, it can become a lot more useful radio especially when combined with an external antenna which I note ultraliters often carry around anyway (eg passive loop). Another quirk/feature is different bandwidths in SSB mode which if one zero-beats an AM station then offers better selectivity than the AM bandwidths and better reception than Sync. Finally a small piece of plastic superglued onto those bandwidth and ETM buttons makes the radio so much easier to use.
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Re: Group Stats
On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 06:33 PM, Frank Standford wrote:
I guess the reasons behind each group varies and some are very active, some less so.Frank, you seem to have missed the point. The Ultralight radio group has been very active for over 13 years, regardless of the number of posts on the group list. Much more important than the number of posts is the quality and usefulness of the posts, and whether they are considered relevant and informative by the majority of members. Unfortunately, we have lost about 5 experienced members within the past month because they thought that most of the recent posts on our list were not useful, marking them as "Spam." Posting for the sake of posting is not helping this group, and those who equate this with group activity are in error. Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) Ultralight Radio Group Co-Founder and List Owner
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Re: 3 inch FSL Loop Construction
I would also love to build one of these. I look forward to the article when it is ready.
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 6:01 AM
From: "Gary DeBock via groups.io" <D1028Gary@...> To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] 3 inch FSL Loop Construction <<< Are there any videos or step by steps and parts lists available detailing how to build one of these antennas ? is it possible to buy a pre >>>
Hi Mike, The demand for these has been extreme, and there is currently a waiting list stretching into 2022. But a full construction article is in the works, using readily available commercial parts. The full construction article should be wrapped up in about a month. 73, Gary DeBock 9in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Re: Group Stats
I guess the reasons behind each group varies and some are very active, some less so.
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 4:00 PM
From: "Gary DeBock via groups.io" <D1028Gary@...> To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] Group Stats The activity of a group doesn't necessarily correlate with the number of posts on the group list. There are plenty of active members who don't post frequently, or who don't wish to post anything unless they are sure it is helpful to others. To be honest, posting for the sake of posting has resulted in quite a few group members who have recently decided to leave our group, who feel that most of the posts are of little use to them. This can be avoided by ensuring that posts contain useful information, which others consider relevant and helpful.
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Re: 2021 Ultralight Radio Shootout Review Ready for Download
This was a really enjoyable read and gives a great overview of these models. I will keep your thoughts in mind when I look for new models.
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 3:46 PM
From: "Gary DeBock via groups.io" <D1028Gary@...> To: main@UltralightDX.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] 2021 Ultralight Radio Shootout Review Ready for Download On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 08:25 PM, Frank Standford wrote:
I have only just come across this. You must have spent a huge amount of time working on this. It is a good read and has given me some ideas of radios to look at.Thanks Frank, Major Ultralight Radio reviews like this take place every few years, with detailed articles written in 2009, 2015 and 2021. The 2015 Shootout review (with several models still offered for sale) is posted at Gary DeBock’s 2015 Ultralight Radio Shootout Review | The SWLing Post Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Re: Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW Radio Review – July 2021
After a quick test, sadly I am not that impressed. FM does work fairly well so it is sitting on that at the moment.
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 3:03 PM
From: "Paul Blundell" <tanger32au@...> To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] Retekess V-115 FM/AM/SW Radio Review – July 2021 Let us know how it works for you.
On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, 13:23 Frank Standford, <dxer2k1@...> wrote:
Mine has arrived, on the charger now.
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Re: File /LTDXProject_Aug2021.PDF uploaded
#file-notice
WIll this include the new Index system?
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 3:03 PM
From: "Paul Blundell" <tanger32au@...> To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] File /LTDXProject_Aug2021.PDF uploaded #file-notice Just a new DX challenge I am starting soon.
On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, 13:22 Frank Standford, <dxer2k1@...> wrote:
What is this for? I assume you are going to be posting more details of this?
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Re: Software - MWDXerDB
Yes, Windows 10. 20H2 update. 8G ram, on a 1TB SSD
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 3:03 PM
From: "Paul Blundell" <tanger32au@...> To: main@ultralightdx.groups.io Subject: Re: [UltralightDX] Software - MWDXerDB Thanks Frank. Are you using Windows 10?
On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, 13:22 Frank Standford, <dxer2k1@...> wrote:
I have tried this myself and it works fine.
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Re: 2021 Ultralight Radio Shootout Review Ready for Download
<<< I'm not an advocate for the Tecsun PL-330 largely because I totally hate its soft mute function. However one can reduce its effect by off-tuning the frequency or switching to SSB even on AM (and zero beating on frequency). Sync reception is often useless but can be improved, station by station, using the frequency alignment function (done in SSB mode). Overall if one learns these tweaks, although tiresome, it can become a lot more useful radio especially when combined with an external antenna which I note ultraliters often carry around anyway (eg passive loop). Another quirk/feature is different bandwidths in SSB mode which if one zero-beats an AM station then offers better selectivity than the AM bandwidths and better reception than Sync. Finally a small piece of plastic superglued onto those bandwidth and ETM buttons makes the radio so much easier to use.
An English manual and the "hidden features" discovered by users is posted here... https://ultralightdx.groups.io/g/main/files/3%20Radios,%20Reviews,%20Manuals/Radio%20Manuals/Tecsun%20PL-330 >>> Thanks Gavin, Like you, I'm not much impressed with the PL-330 overall, mainly because I think that Tecsun could have worked out these design and construction quirks (that you describe) before marketing the radio. The radio does have some strong points (as described in the Shootout), but unless you must have SSB and don't want to pay a little more for the far superior XHDATA D-808, there isn't much point in purchasing this model. Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Re: 2021 Ultralight Radio Shootout Review Ready for Download
Gavin
Thanks Gary for the really detailed descriptions, photos and comparisons.
I'm not an advocate for the Tecsun PL-330 largely because I totally hate its soft mute function. However one can reduce its effect by off-tuning the frequency or switching to SSB even on AM (and zero beating on frequency). Sync reception is often useless but can be improved, station by station, using the frequency alignment function (done in SSB mode). Overall if one learns these tweaks, although tiresome, it can become a lot more useful radio especially when combined with an external antenna which I note ultraliters often carry around anyway (eg passive loop). Another quirk/feature is different bandwidths in SSB mode which if one zero-beats an AM station then offers better selectivity than the AM bandwidths and better reception than Sync. Finally a small piece of plastic superglued onto those bandwidth and ETM buttons makes the radio so much easier to use. An English manual and the "hidden features" discovered by users is posted here... https://ultralightdx.groups.io/g/main/files/3%20Radios,%20Reviews,%20Manuals/Radio%20Manuals/Tecsun%20PL-330
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Re: 3 inch FSL Loop Construction
Mike Wolfson <nwhkr319@...>
Good to know. Thanks
<<< Are there any videos or step by steps and parts lists available detailing how to build one of these antennas ? is it possible to buy a pre >>>
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Re: 3 inch FSL Loop Construction
<<< Are there any videos or step by steps and parts lists available detailing how to build one of these antennas ? is it possible to buy a pre >>>
Hi Mike, The demand for these has been extreme, and there is currently a waiting list stretching into 2022. But a full construction article is in the works, using readily available commercial parts. The full construction article should be wrapped up in about a month. 73, Gary DeBock 9in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Re: PL330 battery discharge time
I have a 1 month old PL330. I will charge fully today and start an endurance test tomorrow. Will post back with the results.
Matt M0LMK/KI5GXV
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3 inch FSL Loop Construction
Mike Wolfson <nwhkr319@...>
Are there any videos or step by steps and parts lists available detailing how to build one of these antennas ? is it possible to buy a pre
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Ultralight Radio with Youloop
Mike Wolfson <nwhkr319@...>
Saw one message from Jan about using a Youloop with an ultralight receiver. Did not see anything about the results. Has anyone used this combination ? Heard any stories ?
Mike
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