John, Your "Amidon E100" and "Amidon SRF-39FP" daytime DX shootout was also tried here, with similar results. The "sliding coil" trick improves the sensitivity of the hot-rodded E100 from modest to ma

Hello Dave, Thank you for your suggestions of the GE #7-1637A radio, and the Sony WM-FS493 radio-cassette combo unit, for the Ultralight Summertime Shootout. As you may be aware, the rules for shootou

Hello Carl, Although I am not a member of the Ultralight Definitions Committee, their definition guidelines for Ultralight radios affect all of the activities of the Ultralight enthusiast group, inclu

Hello Guys, For three consecutive weeks, the highly popular SRF-39FP analog Ultralight radio has not been listed on eBay by the notorious Florida seller, Greg Stanbury. The SRF-39FP has been the analo

Hello All, With eternal optimism despite the recent poor DU conditions, a two-day DXpedition to Grayland, Washington was scheduled over the weekend, primarily to test out the latest hot-rodded Ultrali

Hello Guys, The "Summer Olympics" of pocket radio glory is about to begin! Just in time to help you choose your dream DX machine before the upcoming fall season, these amazing little receivers are rea

Hi Steve, Thanks for adding the photos of your Ultralight collection (SRF-59, SRF-M37V, DT-200V, and DT-400W) to the group photo site. Also, welcome to the Ultralight radio DXer group, and we are happ

Hello Paul, I'm glad you are having fun with your new E100, and hope that you will enjoy lots of great DX with it. Concerning whether you received Korea on 1080 at 1100 UTC, it would be the first rece

Hello Guys, John was DXing from his comfortable Room 12 at the Grayland Motel, and I was out in the windy fog at the Grayland Beach Road picnic table, but we both came up with the same conclusion-- it

Ron and Others, I had the chance to view John's SRF-39FP digital display (from aade.com) in action, this week at Grayland, Washington. It was very impressive, but when the $$ are added up, it may not

Hello Russ, Both the DT-200VX and the Eton E100 typically could use some tweaking out of the box, a fact that we didn't know so well back in January. Even when aligned (which involves significant disa

The Ultralight DXing Awards Committee is pleased to announce a new and on-going Awards Program for the Ultralight MW DXing Community. The Program is unique in several respects; first, it is the only A

Hello Richard, There are a couple of issues related to the stock E100 loopstick, which adversely affect low-band performance. First of all, the folded SW whip antenna runs parallel to the loopstick wi

Hello Guys, Although we were all originally attracted to Ultralight radios because of their overachieving AM-DX capabilities, it has recently become abundantly clear that many Ultralight AM-DXers are

Hello Rob and Carl, Thank you both for your comments regarding the E100. This model's FM capabilities are kind of a bonus when purchasing this fine radio, which also has superb AM-DX capabilities (as

Hello Richard, Congratulations on your loggings of WZnZ-1460 and KSCO-1080. It's always fun to log stations on both coasts. Your report reminded me of my most exciting domestic logging ever-- a bizarr

Hello Guys, Some DXers have inquired about the recent success in modifying the Eton E100 and other Ultralights for DXpedition use, so here is a brief summary of the current progress. SRF-39FP: This an

Hello Guys, Although it's a little too large to qualify as an Ultralight radio, the ICF-SW7600GR provides fairly competent MW performance in a compact, SSB-capable design. For those MW DXers unable to

John and Others, The Amidon 7.5" loopstick modification for the ICF-SW7600GR is simple and straightforward, even for those hobbyists with limited technical ability. A detailed file with "Heathkit-like

Hello Steve, I'm very happy that your Eton E100 arrived in good condition, and we are sure that you'll have lots of great fun with it. In both stock and modified form, it has provided lots of DX excit