Thanks Tom, I would be highly honored to share this XHDATA D-808 review with your subscribers, as well as the full 2021 Shootout review later on. Your interest is greatly appreciated! 73, Gary DeBock

For those of you not on Facebook, there will be a 2021 Ultralight Radio Shootout completed soon, providing extensive reviews of the XHDATA D-808, the Radiwow R-108, the C. Crane Skywave, the Tecsun PL

Congratulations, Jorge! These are the same ferrite rods used in the "Paul Walker variant" 5 inch (12.7cm) diameter FSL currently being used in McGrath, Alaska (design photo attached). Gary DeBock (in

Welcome back to the group, Alex! Yes, the SRF-29, 39, 49 and 59 series of analog Ultralights have been discontinued by Sony for quite a while. Occasionally NOS units will show up on eBay, though, with

Hello Jorge, Thank you for your excellent comments! Our Ultralight radio group has always tried to be as inclusive as possible, and we have always welcomed DXing reports with any size of portable, not

Hi Alex, Welcome back to the group! Paul's explanation is accurate-- because of a lack of volunteers the Classifications Committee has been in limbo for years, and the list of officially accepted Ultr

Nice logging, Paul! Your peak time for tracking down Kiwi signals should be around your local sunset, especially if you can manage to try this on an eastern Tasmanian ocean beach. You'll probably find

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Hello Jock, Welcome to the group, and thanks for your introduction! Detailed comparison reviews between stock (or modified) Ultralight radios and full-sized portables are kind of rare, but Jay Allen h

Nick, I'm very sorry that your CC Skywave chose such an awful time to come down with issues. In general, the radio has a high reliability record, and I have used it repeatedly during exotic overseas t

Hi Les, Back during the 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 experimentation in 2016 I did transplant the same 3" FSL antenna into a couple of C.Crane Skywave models, but the higher RF levels "smoked" the Skywaves' S

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