RE: << qa1433: I agree with you. I have the 390 what a good receiver on all bands. Just with its regular antennas it pulls in the AM, FM longwave becons and shortwave. I am very pleased with it. Do wi

Having seen / used / sold again the Vita VT-111... Actually, not a bad little receiver at "more or less rock bottom price" ...a fair performer both short and long term. HOWEVER, I must say that a tend

RE: << All PE, polyethylene foam, is basically the same. Some is open cell and some is closed cell. The cell size determines the density, the listed density is in pounds per cubic. In some cases PE fo

As this spans almost all LW band capable receivers... RE: LW stations vanishing... There is a concerted, high-quality effort to test LW (long-wave) band area...presume to be 90 kHz through 490 kHz are

RE: << While at the Post Office the other day, I saw 12" long red "foam doodles" hanging on the boxes/packaging rack. $2.99 each. >> The USPS will send you up to say, 10 air-foam padded enclosures, wi

A Tecsun PL-390 observation... For being a "lower end" DSP non-SSB receiver / portable, over the last few years and again recently, the Tecsun PL-390 has gained a positive response, overall good revie

Paul... Thank you for bringing he PL-390 to our attention. Although the PL-390 does not do SSB reception, I had an opportunity to handle a new one for about an hour, and I must agree with you...the pe

RE: << I need some help on what the B and B1 and BB mean as shown in the manual. It has to do with SOUND. Is it used in SW DXing? >> Although I have not had the pleasure of owning / using one, I humbl

If that's also called the Grundig Traveler III Portable Radio by Eton, a neighbor has one and quite a while back, he wanted to open it up and see what all was inside. As I remember, it has a surprisin

Other than the the Kaito KA-268 isn't worth it almost at any price, it sounds like the front-end is being overloaded by strong or nearby "powerful" AM stations, among other strong possibilities. The T

RE: << Is anyone here using any type of loop antenna on the lower frequencies of SW? -FARMERIK >> Well, I have not specifically sat a long time-and-DX tuned the "tropical band" -- but likely tuned thr

RE: << I picked up a P26 yesterday at PC Richard on Long Island. Great performer. There are three shots.... The chip says: SONY CXA1019S 519B73G >> FYI, Sony information / datasheet on the CXA1019S...

RE: << So-called LED TVs are LCD with an LED backlight. Older LCD TVs used a fluorescent backlight.... >> Technically, yes. However the industry, users, even engineers at one time or another drop to c

ALL TV's, old or new, emit some measure of RFI / EMI. We have done well with a "not too big, just right for us" 39 inch / 99cm Vizio 120hz LED HDTV TV unit, and it's going on four years old. EMI and R

RE: Jay << Radio is reputed to have nice audio for its size but to be a battery eater...actually that's the only negative I've every heard about it. Have you found that? >> The YB-500 / Yacht Boy 500

RE: << Maybe the YB-500 radio itself or schematic says where it was made? >> Yep. On the receiver back, under the "lift me out" stand, the product tag "proudly" announces " Made by GRUNDIG in Portugal

Thanks for the thanks. BTW, my wonder hands (speed of light hands but thinking too slow...:)...) transposed the two IF's, they are of course 455KHz / 54.5 MHz range. All in all, a more impressive litt

Sorry, left this off the last reply... RE: << Are you talking about the modern vertical format radio made in Asia [I believe] or a much older European Grundig model? >> The one I have and am discussin

RE: << I have a question. I know some Yacht Boy model numbers from the 1960's or so where later reused. Are you talking about the modern vertical format radio made in Asia [I believe] or a much older

Greets, Joe to Joe... RE: << Where did you get the information that the YB-500 is single-conversion? I have an article from Grundig "Radio Boy" with an updated (from 2005) review of the 500 which stat