Hello All,
If you are guilty of way too much Ultralight DX fun and are headed for
the slammer, Sony has just the radio for you!
Provided courtesy of Kevin Schanilec, my accomplice in serious
Ultralight DXing crime, this transparent little ancestor of the SRF-59 was
actually
designed for prison inmates... but it works just as well for those guilty of
Ultralight radio fanaticism. One of the first Sony radios to deploy the
incredible CXA1129 30-pin IC chip (responsible for the SRF-59's ridiculously
sensitive and selective performance), the SRF-39FP is just the trick for those
who
have always wondered about the SRF-59's incredible circuitry, but were
afraid to take it apart. It's the closest you'll ever come to the circuitry,
unless you are an SRF-59 alignment technician (a profession which, by the way,
appears to offer extreme job security currently).
If you would like one of these little jewels, you will need to take
your chances on eBay, because they are currently no longer in production. But
if you can track one down, I assure you that your efforts will be deeply
rewarded-- the SRF-39FP not only has a much larger tuning thumb wheel than the
SRF-59 (making the analog tuning actually fun, at least for this fanatic), but
also has an excellent alignment quality control record (my unit was
competitive with a fully aligned SRF-59 right out of the box, and every other
SRF-39FP
I have heard of was also very sensitive as received). The Chinese factory
which manufactured the SRF-39FP's apparently was a model for quality control,
and the current SRF-59 factory QC managers deserve indictment for negligence,
by comparison.
The SRF-39FP (FP means "For Prison") is a true status symbol for the
ultimate SRF-59 fanatic, and as you log your TP's, TA's and other exotic DX in
the future, you'll be ready for the slammer, on the charge of having way too
much DXing pleasure!
73 and Good Ultralight DX to All,
Gary DeBock
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