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PL-360 Plug-in Loopstick Mini-Factory Booked Up

Gary DeBock
 

Hello All,
 
When China's Tecsun Company introduced their new PL-360 DSP model with the plug-in loopstick design, it seemed like a good idea to create a few 7.5" plug-in loopsticks for non-technical DXers to enjoy, without the need to perform any radio "surgery" or cabinet disassembly. This has proven true in a major way, with 25 DXers now having placed orders for the custom loopsticks. It has been a lot of fun to design these antennas, construct them and send them out, and I hope that all of you receiving them will have as much fun as I have had in this project!
 
After all the current 25 orders are shipped out, serious work will begin on refining LW-optimized 7.5" plug-in loopsticks for the PL-360 (using the same mechanical design system), and modifying the PL-380 model to accept these plug-in loopsticks. Those who have purchased these PL-360 7.5" loopsticks should find them ideal for transforming the PL-380 into a very effective DX chaser, once the plug-in design modification is developed and installed. The combination of a very sensitive 7.5" loopstick and the PL-380's 1 kHz DSP selectivity should provide excellent chances for Ultralight TA and TP chasers on both coasts, and even well inland.
 
Thanks again to all the many DXers who have made this such a fun and successful project, and best wishes for great DX to you all.
 
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
 
    
Gary DeBock
 

Thanks Farmerik,
 
Your comments on the 7.5" plug-in loopstick are appreciated, and I'm really enjoying the entire project. Like you said, it's easy to take these antennas on a mountain top picnic, through an airport, or anywhere else.
 
It's true that the PL-360 is a pretty modest receiver, but these 7.5" loopsticks boost its AM reception up to a very respectable level. I can't wait to see how they perform in the PL-380, with its 1 kHz DSP filtering, and preferable soft mute threshold.
 
73, Gary  
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/17/2010 4:39:51 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, farmerik@... writes:

 


Thanks to you Gary, for putting in so many hours on this. It makes my pedestrian PL-360 hear far more signals, and is small enough to bring on a mountain top picnic without my wife even noticing it, until after we eat! - FARMERIK

--- In ultralightdx@..., D1028Gary@... wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> When China's Tecsun Company introduced their new PL-360 DSP model with the
> plug-in loopstick design, it seemed like a good idea to create a few 7.5"
> plug-in loopsticks for non-technical DXers to enjoy, without the need to
> perform any radio "surgery" or cabinet disassembly. This has proven true in a
> major way, with 25 DXers now having placed orders for the custom
> loopsticks. It has been a lot of fun to design these antennas, construct them and
> send them out, and I hope that all of you receiving them will have as much
> fun as I have had in this project!
>
> After all the current 25 orders are shipped out, serious work will begin on
> refining LW-optimized 7.5" plug-in loopsticks for the PL-360 (using the
> same mechanical design system), and modifying the PL-380 model to accept
> these plug-in loopsticks. Those who have purchased these PL-360 7.5" loopsticks
> should find them ideal for transforming the PL-380 into a very effective
> DX chaser, once the plug-in design modification is developed and installed.
> The combination of a very sensitive 7.5" loopstick and the PL-380's 1 kHz
> DSP selectivity should provide excellent chances for Ultralight TA and TP
> chasers on both coasts, and even well inland.
>
> Thanks again to all the many DXers who have made this such a fun and
> successful project, and best wishes for great DX to you all.
>
> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>
Rik
 

Thanks to you Gary, for putting in so many hours on this. It makes my pedestrian PL-360 hear far more signals, and is small enough to bring on a mountain top picnic without my wife even noticing it, until after we eat! - FARMERIK

--- In ultralightdx@..., D1028Gary@... wrote:

Hello All,

When China's Tecsun Company introduced their new PL-360 DSP model with the
plug-in loopstick design, it seemed like a good idea to create a few 7.5"
plug-in loopsticks for non-technical DXers to enjoy, without the need to
perform any radio "surgery" or cabinet disassembly. This has proven true in a
major way, with 25 DXers now having placed orders for the custom
loopsticks. It has been a lot of fun to design these antennas, construct them and
send them out, and I hope that all of you receiving them will have as much
fun as I have had in this project!

After all the current 25 orders are shipped out, serious work will begin on
refining LW-optimized 7.5" plug-in loopsticks for the PL-360 (using the
same mechanical design system), and modifying the PL-380 model to accept
these plug-in loopsticks. Those who have purchased these PL-360 7.5" loopsticks
should find them ideal for transforming the PL-380 into a very effective
DX chaser, once the plug-in design modification is developed and installed.
The combination of a very sensitive 7.5" loopstick and the PL-380's 1 kHz
DSP selectivity should provide excellent chances for Ultralight TA and TP
chasers on both coasts, and even well inland.

Thanks again to all the many DXers who have made this such a fun and
successful project, and best wishes for great DX to you all.

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

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