14 August 2015... UPDATED: After two weeks spent with a well-maintained previously owned Grundig YB-500... Was and am surprised that even though the YB-500 seems to be known as a single-conversion rec

Greets... RE: << What do YOU think, Joe? I've had a couple of large Portuguese Grundigs (one good, one not-so-good), but never a small one...YB-500s can be found cheap second-hand... >> That's part of

Not a loaded question, but part of a multi-area discussion on the Grundig Yacht Boy 500 receiver ,aka Grundig Yacht Boy YB-500. Aside from possibly being a terrible engineering decision, was or is the

Neil and all... << This gave me an idea. I listed out the whole portable AM/FM category and sorted all Buy It Now items by price. Here is the lowest priced AM/FM portable on eBay (Also a Kaide!): >> O

RE: << Hi Joe, I bought 50 from eBay at 26 cents each. I can let you have up to 10for 26 cents each plus shipping. Send me private email if you wantsome. Steve >> Thank you for the kind offer, Steve.

Ray... RE: Obtaining 1SV149's... Been seeing them on eBay and a few other sources, but all seem to be sourced from the Pacific Rim or even Greece... Any reasonable-priced U.S. / Canada sources by chan

Quite a few things do not / should not mess with moderate HF, perhaps up to 500 MHz or somewhat higher... - Teflon (aka Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) ) - Polystyrene (aka cheap plastic used for years

Topic: Solar activity affecting radio / receiver / transceiving This "event" appears to be in progress at this time. Refer to Spaceweather.com and allied sites -- communication, SWL, amateur, etc. --

Related to Ultralight workings... Here's an interesting (?) idea in motion... One idea for an active loop antenna currently covering about 1000 kHz through about 40 MHz that can be positioned ground l

Rob... FYI, as moderator on BK_Precision Yahoo Group, I "exorcised" Jessica Eva and Sasha Grey by locating and matching what appeared to be bogus Email address in the Membership list. Hope they and al

(Update to previous Message that I deleted...) A cheeky person (er... me) asking the Groups feelings regarding the good, bad, pretty or ugly recommendations (or not) for the purchase and use of the re

Ray... RE: Your replacing old, feeble signal ferrite(s) with emboldened and much larger ferrites Keep in mind that there is a core of RF engineers, amateurs, experimenters and many domesticated cats t

Rick... Are we "older timers" geeks / SWL / DX'ers bringing back the "golden years" ... Back in my hometown of Tucson, the 1960's to about 1987, I had the all-tube Hallicrafters SX-96B comm receiver,

Rick and All... RE: << Hi, A little off topic but has anyone used a component tuner from a "high end" company like NAD, Denon etc. for at home DXing? Their open design would make them easy to modify >

Those considering or ruminating on the new Eton Satellit receiver might do well to view Tom Stiles "series" of YouTube's on the unit, and also note that after a crash-and-getting-it-working-again, he'

Dear Doctor DeBock... RE: << As part of an upcoming review on C.Crane's new "Skywave" AM-FM-SW-AIR pocket radio, a full disassembly was performed on one of the three review units here. >> Many thanks

Look forward to your review, Jay. Although I am not (yet) personally interested in this currently new unit, I do have interest in it from our local RF and all things related technology group here in E

RE: << Stormwise sells pre wound 6.5 inch ferrite antennae for AM BCB >> Thank you for the heads-up kind person, but do you happen to have an Internet link or two that describe this apparent fine prod

RE: << New Eton Satellit Shortwave Radio >> And yes, I happened to see one down in Atlanta GA this weekend, yet Tom's Review is more worthy than my comments. Joe Rotello / Knoxville, TN / USA

FYI for all... Tom Stiles YouTube report and commentary on the new Eton Satellit Shortwave Radio. I get the feeling that this small apparent Ultralight-sized one may be a dud, gravely in need of major