Hi John, Thanks for your comments. The SRF-39FP Slider project was probably irrelevant anyway, since until we can find a way to upgrade selectivity in the Sony analog units, these highly sensitive Ami

Kevin and Brandon, You guys both come up with some great ideas, and I admire your innovative projects. As you can tell by looking at the Slider E100's designed by John and I, we each went our own way

Hello Guys, In preparation for making an ultra-sensitive Sangean DT-400W model, an experimental loopstick consisting of a movable coil of 40/44 Litz wire was wound on an Amidon type 61 7.5" ferrite ba

Hello John, Greetings from frozen (28 degrees) Puget Sound, and thanks for your comments. The Slider DT-200VX is indeed another sensitivity monster like the Slider E100's, but there are several reason

Hello John, You have some excellent ideas for chasing GY stations, especially for those of us with no chance to spend long hours at the dial. Maybe the time has come for the final experimental frontie

Hello Gary, Thanks for your detailed comparison testing of the G6, E100, and DT-200VX. Although there is no G6 here, your findings of the relative sensitivity of the E100 and DT-200VX confirm my own t

Hello Guys, Not every loopstick transplant is amazingly successful-- some are a lesson in humility. After carefully creating a 7.5" Amidon ferrite bar loopstick wound with 40/44 Litz wire matching the

Hi Kevin, Thanks for your comments. One of the reasons why this loopstick experimentation (both Slider and monster composite bars) is so fascinating is that you never really know what will happen, unt

Hi Colin, No problem at all. The plastic frame Slider E100's are designed to take some severe shocks, and still operate. They were made this way because the designer knew he would drop one, eventually

Hello Kirk, Congratulations on the logging of KPYN-900 in Atlanta, Texas, and the great accomplishment of hearing 400 stations on Ultralight radios within a year! When John Bryant and I were trying to

Wow Colin, Your Slider E100 seems not only to have survived the drop test, but is now meaner than ever! To be honest, I spent all summer DXing with a Slider E100 having the 2 Litz wires dangling out t

Hello Richard, Thanks for your generous comments. Actually, except for a little ULR promotional work I enjoyed doing a year ago, it's been guys like you, John Bryant, Kirk Allen, Allen Willie, Rob Ros

Hello Guys, The DT-200VX has apparently been discontinued by Sangean, but a couple of these models will live on as souped-up DXing monsters. Like the Eton E100 ultralight, the DT-200VX receives a phen

Hello Heatwave, The ICF-EX5 is basically a Japanese-market upgrade for the ICF-S5(W) series, adding double conversion and a synch detector (but not an improved 455 kHz IF filter, or improved loopstick

Congratulations Rob, You probably thought I was a little nuts a year ago, when I claimed that the SRF-59 could hear real DX on the AM band. I'm sure happy you at least gave it a try, and didn't stick

Hello Guys, Russ Johnson advised me this morning that Durham Radio of Whitby, Ontario has sold out their stock of the discontinued Eton E100, and that they will no longer be available. Their web site

Rob and Nick, Rob's discussion is downright profound, and should be read by all ULR enthusiasts! Of course, we all have different DXing goals, and reasons why we enjoy using these little radios. 600 U

Rob and Nick, Rob's discussion is downright profound, and should be read by all ULR enthusiasts! Of course, we all have different DXing goals, and reasons why we enjoy using these little radios. 600 U

Hi Colin, Thanks for your very positive comments on the DXing performance of the E100 Slider models, during your Kona vacation. John, Guy and I have already known about the monster performance of thes

Hello Guys, One of the primary culprits for the Ultralight radio craze would like to wish every one of you an exciting, DX-filled 2009, with thrilling pocket radio DX to fill your new year! May you al