TP's FROM OREGON COAST 12/19-20, 2008: HIGHLY MODDED E100 MONSTER SLIDER: I finally got the opportunity to give my Guy Atkins highly-modded Eton E100 a good tryout at Arch Cape on the Oregon coast when I stayed several days at my sister's house there! On Friday morning (12/19) it was snowing so I stayed indoors, and all my subsequent catches were made in the front living room facing the ocean (great view, of course!).
Guy installed a CFJ455K5 Murata filter in the E100, mounted it on a Slik tripod, and adapted a Stormwise 16.8" X 1.0" ferrite rod antenna to the radio using a cool slider coil. The sensitivity of this radio is surpassed only by its selectivity, and the tripod allows a full-range of motion for such tricks as tilting of the antenna for the last bit of nulling on a co-channel station. I am very grateful to be alive and using this very, very capable DXer! Here is a quick sampling of my log: E100 Monster Slider: 774 JOUB Akita, Japan 12/19/08, 1442 UTC, M&F dialogue (Eng/Japanese), Loud and Clear! 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan 12/19/08, 1502 UTC, Male speaking Japanese, good audio 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan 12/19/08, 1503 UTC, M&F dialogue (Eng/Japanese) Strong Signal! 693 JOAB Tokyo, Japan 12/19/08, 1504 UTC, Male speaking Japanese, Loud! 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea 12/19/08, 1508 UTC, Male speaking Korean, Loud & Clear! 567 JOIK, NHK1, Japan 12/19/08, 1515 UTC, M&F dialogue, Strong Signal 693 JOAB, Japan 12/19/08, 1520 UTC, Male speaking, Loud & Clear reception! 774 JOUB Akita, Japan 12/19/08 1541 UTC, Female Speaking, Loud & Clear/@1603 UTC, Keyboard playing How Dry I am. 774 JOUB Akita, Japan 12/20/08 1440 UTC, M&F dialogue (Eng/Japanese) conversation about real estate properties to show. 1575 VOA Ban Rason, Thailand, 1455 UTC, male speaking, Loud & Clear, fading by 1511. Barefoot Sony SRF-T615 1467 HLKN Korea 12/19/08 0400 UTC Blowtorch on Friday evening! 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan 12/20/08, 1530 UTC, men speaking Japanese; very good music audio and stringed musical instrument (Koto?) strumming single notes. 774 JOUB Akita, Japan 12/20/08, 1510 UTC, M&F dialogue, Loud & Clear reception! 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan 12/20/08, 1513 UTC, man speaking, Great audio, which faded out by 1518. 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea 12/20/08, 1519 UTC, woman speaking Korean, fair audio 1575 VOA Thailand, 1526 UTC, barely audible but understandable, as E100 Slider had it Loud & Clear at same time. 73, Norm Clark, Monmouth, OR
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