Hi Oliver, This mod is very useful for its convenience of not having to worry about level setting. Not all DSP portables have digital step-controlled volume; not needing a Y-splitter OR having to stop

It recently occurred to me that DSP radios like the Tecsun PL-380 and the C. Crane Skywave likely have a fixed-level audio output line on one or more of the pins of their SiLabs' chips. Sure enough--

I have posted the interior photos which wouldn't attach to my earlier reply. Please look in the Photos section of this group, in the folder "Basbon DSP Radio". Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA

Hi Mark, I received the Basbon radio a few days ago. Here are the comments I wrote about it. ------------------------------------------------- My "bargain bin" $13.99 portable Basbon DSP receiver arri

VERY impressive accomplishment, Gary! Congratulations on your persistence paying off. You continue to show that it's a DXer's skills that are the #1 factor in chasing down the rare signals. 73, Guy At

Hi Gary, I remember now that you have heard 666 Noumea on your Ultralights before; that's a great catch! Over the years I've caught all of the S. Pacific outlets I mentioned, but they were heard using

Hi Gary, This is an excellent summary of the strongest catches. While reviewing your notes, I began to wonder if you've ever targeted or received the smaller South Pacific island nations from Rockwork

Oops... Sorry, I meant to type "Ultralight DXers" rather than IRCA members. I agree with John about his comment on the high fees. The Jauce.com service is the same way. It's worth it though if they he

Hi Gary, Thanks for the interesting information on the "Buyee" service now offered by Yahoo Japan. IRCA members may also be interested in the site www.jauce.com, which stands for "JApan AUction CEnter

Hi Troy, Thanks for your thoughtful additions to the conversation. I'm not the best person to delve into the details of ULR definitions, as I'm mostly in the SDR radio camp right now and just somewhat

Hi Sarmento, The PL-880 is a fine portable receiver, but does not meet the agreed-upon definition for an Ultralight radio. Two matters in particular where it "transgresses" are the overall cubic inche

Hi Stephen, I got the same email from C. Crane, and like you I ordered a set of the CC Buds! I'm interested to find out if they sound as nice on voice reception as has been described. Besides use with

For 15 years now I've preferred a simple, elegant program called "B-Log". It just keeps working, and working... on all the Windows OS versions I've tried since Windows 98. It was written by Tom Lackam

Hi Paul,My usual approach is to compare DXing to fishing. Why would someone go to the trouble to travel to a river, stream, or ocean, and tempt a fish to swallow a lure or bait, in the hope they could

Hi Paul, It would be really neat if there was a stand-alone receiver that monitors and logs signal strength over time, but nothing like that exists to my knowledge. You'd need to interface a receiver

Hi Paul, Signal strength logging is a feature built into some of the freeware SDR radio programs. A marker is placed on the frequency of interest and a log file is made with the tracked signal strengt

Hi Gary, It's great that the Eton Traveller III meets the Ultralights size requirements! However... I hope you have better luck with the radio's performance than I did. A couple of months ago I bought

Hi Gary, It's great that you could ring in the new year with TP DX on the modified Skywave radio! Question for you-- what type of epoxy do you use when joining the orange plastic loopstick support to

Hi Gary, Here is a link to the ER-C57WR's owner's manual: http://www.elpa.co.jp/product/pdf/er_c57wr_manual.pdf It appears that this radio indeed has the AIR band (but now WX), as well as some preset

The SWSKEDS Yahoo Group is exactly the one I was going to recommend. Dan's up-to-date XLS database is the product of years of refining, and he keeps it very current. Also, I like Daniel Sampson's "Pri