Richard, John, Kirk and the Group, One of the most profound discoveries made by Ultralight DXers this past year is how local sunrise and DX station sunset propagation peaks (and vice versa) can combin

Richard and Others, An excellent web site for checking current gray line propagation is http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/greyline.html. It has a map that refreshes every 5 minutes, and shows where sunset

John C., John B. and the Group, Graveyard DXing is kind of a "final frontier" of domestic DX chasers, so as long as the Awards Committee could handle the extra administrative work, I agree with John C

Hi Kirk, Even if the Slider loopstick loses a piece of its ferrite bar, as long as you can still peak the coil on the DX station's frequency, it will still operate at near 100% efficiency. This is bec

Hello Gary, Recently John Bryant gave a plywood-mounted Slider E100 to Kirk Allen, and I gave plastic-mounted Slider E100 models to Kevin Schanilec, and Colin Newell. Both Kirk and Kevin have mentione

Hi Kevin, For those with the compact plastic slider E100's, (like you, me and Collin), I'm currently searching for suitable soft plastic containers that would be a nice fit for DXpedition use, with pl

Hello Bcdx.org, Thanks for your post, and welcome to Ultralight DX fun. The designers of the slider E100's (John Bryant and I) have experimented with coupling external antennas to the slider loopstick

Thanks Guy, It looks like the perfect DXpedition travel solution for the plastic-frame slider E100. I'll certainly investigate more about it! 73, Gary Make your life easier with all your friends, emai

Hello Guys, Recently a trio of fanatical Washington state experimenters finally succeeded in creating a modified Ultralight radio with both extreme sensitivity and extreme selectivity-- the "fully mod

Hello Guys, Doing further investigation on a discovery made by Steve Ratzlaff and confirmed by John Bryant, some testing was done on a Slider E100 tuned to an image frequency of local pest KSUH-1450 (

Hello Brandon, The E100 tuning knob binding issue is a common problem that affects about half of the new units. If pulling the tuning knob slightly outward does not correct the problem, disassembly an

OK Brandon, I'll email you the photo directly (about the E100 tuning knob binding problem solution). White lithium grease can be found at most big hardware stores, and is useful as a clean lubricant f

Hello Guys, With the growing popularity of the new Eton E100 modifications (Slider loopstick and Murata CFJ455K5 IF filter), hobbyists should be advised that there are certain E100 variants that are n

Hello James, Your E100 is undoubtedly suitable for modification, and would follow the guidelines for the E10-0505xxxxxx series. The only E100 serial numbers positively identified by the enthusiast gro

Hello Guys, As most of you are aware, a new type of AM loopstick was developed this summer for use in the E100 Ultralight and other single-coil designs, in which the loopstick coil is shifted by the D

John, Kirk and Richard, I suppose at 55 I'm in the middle of you guys, and pretty close to the average age of Ultralight DXers (from what I have gathered). Back in the 60's and 70's when most of us be

Hello Guys, It's almost time for another Ultralight-weight Championship Fight-- for ultimate pocket radio DX glory in the new year! The new champion from the Summertime Shootout, the Sangean DT-400W,

Hi Gil, In the summer, I initially purchased one DT-400W for the Shootout, thinking it would probably be a yellow clone of the DT-200VX (on AM). It wasn't-- the AM sensitivity was superior in that it

Hello Brandon, Congratulations on your great desktop Slider design, which should be very effective for high sensitivity and nulling ability. Your sliding coil looks superb, also. Have fun with your ne

Hello Guys, Because of the success of the Eton E100 Slider loopstick in providing an incredible sensitivity boost to the stock unit, John Bryant and others have wondered how the newly-developed slider