Hi Gary, That is a great review you did and I can tell I've missed a lot in 4 to 5 years. The encoder shaft on my CCrane SWP broke about that long ago and it sat gathering dust all this time on the wo

If this is old news, please excuse my post but I just noticed that C Crane has announced a new ultralight available in October 2014, the CC Skywave. Physically it is smaller than the CC SWP and a PL-3

I should have said that anyone interested in the radio should contact me off the list. Thanks, Rick

Long story short, I have to sell some things to buy an Elecraft KX-3 transceiver. So, I'm selling my Tecsun PL-380 with an external slider type antenna made with a type 61 7 1/2 inch ferrite bar. This

Tao Qu, TQchina, has posted to this list in the past. I have bought several radios from him and he is one of the best ebay dealers anywhere. I am not surprised he is going to this trouble, he is a fir

On 9/5/2013 9:22 PM, D1028Gary@... wrote: Hello Gary, Richard Allen in Oklahoma is definitely aware that his superior ground conductivity gives him an edge in transoceanic DX. Not only has he made

I was curious about all the great DX Richard, and our late friend Kirk, are receiving in Oklahoma and what could be the reason in addition to antennas, time day and year, and persistence. Lots of folk

This could easily turn into a very long post but I'll keep it brief. I have used 4 350 foot long BOGs for about 10 years here in the southwestern NC mountains. I do not use coax for my lead in and tha

50 years as a licensed ham. Rick W4DST

I didn't know Nature Boy Ric Flair was selling radios on ebay. I'll bet he doesn't either. Rick

I tried 2 G3s and took both of them back to Radio Shack for a refund. There were too many problems to go into here. I suspect some serious production problems since other owners have good opinions. Th

You're correct Dennis, I forgot all about the Superadios. Those big boys have 8" ferrite bars in them if I remember correctly. Rick

Other than the legendary Panasonic RF-2200 and Radio Shack 12-655 TRF, I can't think of a single portable MW radio that doesn't benefit from the use of an external loop antenna. Even my Sony 2010 show

Dennis, Paul and the list, Pardon the off topic post, but as far as I know the Sangean ATS-909X is the only portable using the Si4735 chip. Maybe this is more of a tangential post than totally off top

Somewhat off topic ... Very few non-owners of the ATS-909X realize that it uses the Si4735 IC which makes it an excellent FM receiver. Sangean routes the post filter 450kHz IF signal back into the Si4

Farmerik, You may want to download and install the latest version of the Google Chrome browser. It has automatic translation built-in and works well enough to make sense of web pages in non-English. I

Thanks for the tip Paul. My 24/7 dominant on 1690 is WMLB in suburban Atlanta, an excellent AM station "The Voice of the Arts". There are times I can log 1690 in Chicago and maybe I can catch the USVI

Hi Gabe, Thanks for posting that. That's a great catch and congratulations on your first DX with the G8. My G8 was my first ULR and is outfitted with a longer Radio Shack whip antenna for better FM an

Farmerik and Joe, I've tried to read the ID off of the main IC in my 2 Sony M37Ws. I put the question to this list a month or more ago regarding the identity of this IC and had no answer. It is appare

The first time heard this station was in early 2008 soon after Raul Castro became El Presidente and the ID was "Radio Musical Nacional" . This may have been a simulcast of the RMN FM programming since