Thank you, Pedro, it was major fun indeed. Best of DX to you! Gary

Thanks Jay, The ocean cliff environment is indeed a wild new venue for DXing, but there's a good reason why 6 guys set up their antennas on this plunging cliff. After some initial skepticism almost al

The 11th annual Rockwork Cliff DXpedition was one for the record books with 6 DXers side by side at the plunging cliff, setting up multiple broadband loops and FSL antennas 500 feet (150m) above the p

Randy is right-- the phases of the moon have nothing to do with AM radio reception. If you think otherwise, that's OK, but please post your messages privately rather than discussing a useless topic on

Thanks Paul, Paul W. has earned his DXing status the tough way, fighting subfreezing cold in order to explore breakthrough Arctic propagation. He deserves all the help he can get, and he should run wi

For those who need an extremely rugged FSL antenna that can survive the nastiest environments (subfreezing Alaska cold, windstorm-pounded ocean side cliffs or the Kabul, Afghanistan airport) an extrem

Hello Alfredo, Unfortunately I don't have enough free time to build and sell FSL antennas for all who want one, so it is not possible for me to run a business selling them. There is a waiting list, bu

Hi Jim, I have traced out the circuit connections from the XHDATA D-808 antenna jack, and can confirm that the connections are only for FM and Shortwave (see attached photo). The whip antenna lead is

Actually 7RN is the South Pacific station that we hear 90% of the time here also, Paul. About 4% of the time 2WEB is all alone on the frequency, and once in a blue moon the underperforming Kiwi Maori

The construction article gives full information for building either an AM (Medium Wave) or Longwave-optimized loopstick, but even if you choose the AM (MW-optimized) loopstick, it will still boost Lon

Ultralight group member David Sharp is the Breakfast Show announcer on 585-2WEB, a 10 kW station in Bourke, Australia. He shocked me about 10 years ago when I complained on the Ultralight list about t

Hello JM, If you want to dramatically increase the AM-DXing sensitivity of the XHDATA D-808 model (and make it far move competitive on Longwave as well), here is the full construction article for the

Frank, I have never considered your messages to be Spam, but the mindset that somebody is helping the group by posting as many messages as possible is way off track, and is causing us to lose valuable

Frank, We welcome your contributions to this group, but when you are repeatedly discussing various matters with only one other individual, private emails should be considered. Group posts should be li

Frank, you seem to have missed the point. The Ultralight radio group has been very active for over 13 years, regardless of the number of posts on the group list. Much more important than the number of

<<< I'm not an advocate for the Tecsun PL-330 largely because I totally hate its soft mute function. However one can reduce its effect by off-tuning the frequency or switching to SSB even on AM (and z

<<< Are there any videos or step by steps and parts lists available detailing how to build one of these antennas ? is it possible to buy a pre >>> Hi Mike, The demand for these has been extreme, and t

The activity of a group doesn't necessarily correlate with the number of posts on the group list. There are plenty of active members who don't post frequently, or who don't wish to post anything unles

Thanks Frank, Major Ultralight Radio reviews like this take place every few years, with detailed articles written in 2009, 2015 and 2021. The 2015 Shootout review (with several models still offered fo

Recorded at the wild Rockwork ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon USA yesterday morning (August 6th) at 1300 UTC, at least one strong Australian station on 531 kHz is in the following clip, with appare