Looks good Gary. I think at one point a few months ago you mentioned having some of the newer variable caps on hand for resale. Is that still the case. I would like to try one out on my 7" FSL. If ava

Well. I am interested in the Sony SRF-615. If you have not sold it, please let me know. Email address should be in the reply.

I spent a good bit of time trying to find the address to send an email to you. No option under reply, you are not listed in the directory, no profile info. If there is a way to reply via email. I woul

How can I get in touch with you directly?

https://www.gearbest.com/consumer-electronics/pp_265803.html I don't know whether it is really in stock. Most other listings for this radio are not.

I have been trying to get off my ass and do this project for quite some time. Way back when I bought 50 feet of the type (40/44) litz wire. I just read this conversation... though I obviously did not

Hey Gary, Great article. It will make it very easy to construct one of these. I sent you an email directly, hopefully to the correct email address. I am interested in getting one of the frames for you

Kevin, Thanks for the idea. I am sure I can find something that will work if I can't get the spec material. Gary said the noodle had the correct hole, density, and stiffness for his design. I just wan

I replied oof list, but I thought that I would post here for the benefit of others. I called or visited about 15 stores in search of the Monster Funnnoodle. Every person told me that they closed out a

Well, I am striking out on finding the Funnoodle Monster swimming aid. It seems that it is the wrong season to find them in my area. I called no fewer than 8 local Walmart, Target, and Ace Hardware st

Ok, Thanks for the info. I got the variable cap, Litz, and ferrite rods all on order. Going to Walmart in search of a funnoodle. Will visit my local Home Depot to see about the rest of the pieces. Thi

Gary, How much of the 660/46 Litz wire woiuld you estimat you used on the 7" FSL. I am putting together the parts to try my hand at building one. There are also a few vendors on Ebay selling the wire,

Jerry, You may want to try a pre-selector rather than an antenna tuner. Years ago when I got my first Sony 2010 I put up a 90 foot trapped sloper hoping to make things much better. Unfortunately I fou

Stephen, I think that you are asking a bit much from an ULR. Possbly you are asking for more than some of the best radios ever made can do (especially at your grandparents house). I can get some prett

Stephen, I wonder if the specific example of PL-380 that you have suffers from more than a broken tuning knob ? This show part of my situation here: Field (mV/m) Call Sign Principal City State Frequen

You are correct on the RSSI and S/N. I mentioned it was a cursory test last night. All of about 45 minutes at about 6:00 PM local. I had the three radios out checking on some marginal locals. I did no

I got mine today. Pretty nifty little radio. So far (only cursory testing for a short time)it does not seem to be as good as the PL-310 or 380 ON MW. Lack signal indicators and multiple bandwidths, bu

Thanks for your input. I had to use the zoom and pan features on both sites to read the labeling. I feel fairly confident that the National Geographic radio matches up with the one in Gary's review of

That is what I was thinking too, caveat emptor. It is interesting, I looked at pictures on Amazon and Universal radio and they don't match with the one at National Geographic. Specifically the one at

I am curious. Taking a close look at the radio at the above link I notice tha the buttons are marked differently than the pictures that I found of the G8 Traveller II. The dial backlight is a differen