Hello Steve, The Sangean DT-200V, DT-200VX and new DT-400W models have exceptional image rejection, and it is unlikely that you will ever hear images on stock units. The only way I was able to hear an

Hi John, There is a notorious quality control issue with new SRF-59's, which has been well documented since November. The main problem is sloppy AM-band alignment at the Chinese factories, which makes

Hi Steve, Glad that the info helped. Regarding your Toshiba portable, the Ultralight Classifications file posted on dxer.ca can give you specific information on whether your unit may qualify as an Ult

Hello Guys, The astonishing performance of the sensitivity and selectivity-enhanced Eton E100 (a joint project with Guy Atkins and John Bryant) has continued during a short DXpedition trip to Grayland

Hello Guys, The modified E100 (with a 7.5" slider loopstick and narrow filter) really provided some excitement in Grayland, WA on July 31st, receiving Fiji-639, Tonga-1017, 2ZB-1035 in New Zealand, an

Thanks Guy, Your suggestion and procurement of the Murata narrow filters made a huge difference in the effectiveness of the modified E100's. Without the narrow filters (even with great sensitivity), t

Hello Steve, Thank you for your efforts in reviewing the Grundig Mini 300. The E100 itself will be reviewed as part of the Midsummer Ultralight Radio Shootout, along with the Sony SRF-M97V, SRF-S84, S

Hello Guys, The Sony ICF-SW7600GR is compact digital SSB portable with reasonably good MW performance, using a stock 4.75" x .37" fixed-coil loopstick for the 530-1700 kHz frequencies. At $134.80 plus

Allen and Rob, The West Coast Ultralight TP Chaser group salutes Allen for his remarkable Transatlantic DX accomplishments with his stock Ultralights. We should all be so lucky. Here on the Left Coast

Hello Guys, We are thrilled at the rapid growth of Ultralight radio interest among the AM-DX community, and very happy to note that our Yahoo group site now has 59 members. We also extend our warmest

Hi Kevin, The Sony SRF-M37V is indeed a puzzle-- an Ultralight with fairly decent sensitivity but barn-door selectivity, in stock form. Allen Willie in Newfoundland has used it to receive more new TA

Hello Richard and Kevin, Because of a timing quirk, the SRF-M37V is one of the very few Ultralights that I haven't yet aligned. It was part of the "Round One" Shootout posted on dxer.ca in late Decemb

Hello Guys, Those of you fortunate enough to have obtained a new Sony SRF-39FP "Prison Radio" can consider yourselves lucky. Greg Stanbury, the Florida seller responsible for providing almost all of t

Hi Guy, Richard and Kevin, The new SRF-M37W here needs to be aligned anyway before the Summertime Shootout, so I'll just put it at the top of the list, and write notes about which coils and trimmers t

Hello Richard, I just finished the MW alignment of my new SRF-M37W, in preparation for the Summertime Shootout. It is not an alignment for the faint-hearted, to say the least. You were very close to f

Hello Guys, If you like the SRF-59 and SRF-39FP analog Ultralights because of their size/performance ratio, you will certainly love the smaller (and less common) SRF-S84. At 3" x 1.4" and weighing all

Hello Stephan, I was able to "export" a 530-1710 kHz SRF-59 and SRF-39FP (while it was still available) to Paul in Northern Ireland, and would be willing to help other European Ultralight enthusiasts

Hello Guys, When performing a routine AM alignment on the new Sangean DT-400W unit in preparation for the Summertime Shootout, it was discovered that the 1400 kHz trimmer and AM IF transformer have be

Hello Stephan (and John), Thank you very much, Stephan, for the excellent and thorough technical description of the "new" (serial # 0709XXXXXX) E100 model. Until your detailed report, only John had re

Hello Guys, Much to the astonishment of the reviewer, a new Ultralight digital radio model has finally managed to surpass the Sony SRF-T615 in wide-band stock AM sensitivity. In doing so, it has also