From Paul Walker in Alaska's frozen north, this was the 300 kW station in Diyarbakir, Turkey blasting its way over the North Pole at 1725 UTC this morning on a C.Crane Skywave Ultralight and 5 inch (1

Hello All, A couple months ago broadcaster Paul Walker asked me if I could spare an FSL antenna for him to use during his upcoming broadcasting job in McGrath, Alaska-- a very cold location with subze

Wow Jorge, 1280-CFMB really is awesome ocean cliff DX for such a late time in the morning on the Spanish coast! To be honest, though, I have personally experienced so many unusual receptions on the Ro

Hello Again Jorge, Thank you for sharing the details of your amazing Ross DX Challenge results, and also for introducing us to your other radio DXing activities as described in your Iberia DX website.

Hello Pedro, Jorge and all, Ultralight radio DXing is full of exciting challenges, and I've very happy that European DXers are having renewed interest in the sport. Even Steve Whitt (the editor of Med

Happy New Year Phil (and Paul, Keith and All), Phil, it sounds like your PL-380 might have one of the external ferrite coil leads disconnected from the RF circuit board. The PL-380' circuit board conn

Hi Guys, This is re-posted from an original message on January 1, 2008-- right in the middle of the original Ultralight Radio Boom here in North America. At the time the wild SRF-59 craze had rocked t

Congratulations to Paul Walker, Jr. for his exceptional Trans-Arctic DXing results in subfreezing weather in McGrath, Alaska with a C.Crane Skywave Ultralight and 5 inch (12.7cm) FSL antenna. As such,

Hello Again Jorge, 40 feet (12.2m) of Litz wire will be enough to wind the coil on a 5 inch (12.7cm) diameter FSL antenna. It will actually be enough to wind the coil for almost any diameter of FSL an

Yes, Jorge, all these facts are true about ocean side cliffs-- as long as the cliff is facing the same direction as your desired transoceanic DX stations. <<< I experience something similar in Cantabr

Jorge, If you wish to build a 5" FSL antenna using the same 125mm x 8mm ferrite rods that my design uses, the Russian surplus ferrite rods are available at this link 6 pcs Ferrite Rod NiZn 8 x 125mm f

Thanks Paul, Any time you can combine salt water and a plunging ocean cliff the transoceanic DX results are likely to be thrilling, as long as the ocean cliff is facing in your desired DX direction. T

Hello Jorge, Attached is a design photo of an effective 5 inch (12cm) diameter FSL antenna, which provides powerful gain in a compact size. One of these FSL models was recently sent to Paul Walker in

In mid-October my wife and I made a four day ocean beach trip to Manzanita, Oregon-- which by sneaky plan just happened to be only 2 miles (3 km) away from the Rockwork ocean cliff complex. I had anot

Wow, awesome news, Jorge! Thanks for letting us all know of the Ultralight DX Challenge excitement spreading across Europe-- it is similar to our excitement here in North America during the Ultralight

Dear Jorge (and all), Thank you for your interest in FSL antenna construction and operation. A good introductory article for those DXers thinking about using an FSL antenna is posted at https://dxer.c

Hello Again Jorge, I have sent you some samples of the Ultralight Radio Award Certificates by private email. Thank you again for your generous offer to administer the program, and please let me know i

<<< Hi Robert, Pleased to e-meet you. I have already see Award nr 1 (yours) and nr 2 (the one got by Paul Logan). How many of them were issued in the past? 73! Jorge Garzón >>> Hello Jorge, Thank you

<<< Hi Gary and the rest of the group. I have read the lack of volunteers for the award program. I would like to share with you my goodwill to help if you decide to re-start the program. I am used to

Paul, The administration and preparation of the Award Certificates would require skill in Adobe photoshop software, since new certificates are made by altering previously awarded certificates (and mas