Jim, I think it's time to put a miniplug socket outside the radio and build a loop connector box that has a switch that you can throw between the MW and LW coils. A little velcro can attach that to th

My apologies to Irving, but he probably would have loved the royalties from that movie. Those tin pan alley folks wrote for money, after all. Good luck on the LW version. That's amazing the improvemen

Thanks Jim for saving us all time and money with that. Now you need to rewind the stock loop with your Litz and have that as a portable plug in ferrite loop like the new Techsun, except larger. Then y

No problem Mike. That's what I like about this group. People like Jim and Gary are always willing to share their amazing knowledge, and there's so much to learn. Enjoy your listening.

Michael, Jim did a great job as usual explaining the theory, but don't knock yourself out looking for the perfect bandwidth. There isn't such a thing. Having the option to pick between them for what i

I think it was more the BBC and others leaving the SW band than the sunspots that did shortwave in. Now you have to have a satellite radio or a local PBS station that rebroadcasts to get reliable Beeb

Jim, I hope you feel better soon. At least with your new no-knobs antenna situation you can DX from the sickbed. Have you thought about building one with more turns and feeding it with 300-ohm TV ante

That's great. Just remember to put the DSP Radio into a grounded metal box so it can't cause any interference and then tune away on your regen. I find that lately I am just going barefoot most of the

Yea physical phasing is all smoke and mirrors and probably a lot of imagination. And the bigger the disparity in size between the two antennas, the tougher to find that sweet spot, I have found. The a

Wow, that looks fantastic Jim. I am jealous. I think when I finally get some free time I am going to explore your version that allows you to use it barefoot as well as with the antenna. Do you notice

i have the 310, so it might be different, but you get it to tune in 10Khz steps by turning the wheel quickly. It then automatically goes into that mode, then you can step along with each click. (and 5

Yea, Stephen, I'll let the more technically proficient reply here, but you are asking for an awful lot from a portable receiver. Sensitivity to hear something that another good radio can't hear is oft

That's coal country out there, they start stoking it early.....

Yea, that's why I suggested baseball season. It will be easier to pick up an inning or an out from the mix than trying to wait for an ID. And you can use the game broadcast on 1210, which you should b

I love your latin ID tips, Jim. You'll have me chasing them yet.

The thing about this ULing, I have found, is I am listening to a whole lot more religious talk than I ever did in my agnostic life. (And a lot of political screamers that I had always avoided because

Yea, I have that problem with a few local pests who bleed over adjacent frequencies. It's not in the receiver selectivity either, it happens even on my R8A and R-390A with its mechanical filters. The

Have you tried WDEL 1150? That's usually pretty easy for me here in Chesapeake, Va. Of course I have the salt water path to credit. Wait until the baseball season starts and look for the Phillies' bro

Here in Chesapeake Virginia tonight I took a brief break to see if those Europeans were still pounding in. Nothing really heard here, though. But I discovered nice copy from St. Kitts and Nevin on 555

I just checked the ones that came with my PL-310 and they were the same model batteries. I believe they are rechargeable due to the voltage specified and the fact that they declared their capacity in