I heartilly agree with Gary. The ULR craze has relit my passion for MW DX. Before it was DX'ing when I dropped the wife off at the drug store or something and using my Windstar van's radio (a nice, VERY sensitive unit). I was running through some tough times early last year, so couldn't justify paying even fifteen bucks for one but found some similar but not quite ULR class radios at Goodwill. I found out what the ULR phenomenon was all about. I then got a used SRF-59 and found what everyone else was saying - a good mix of senitivity and selectivity in a small package. I now have one of Gary's Eton E-100's - even in barefoot form, easilly the most selective radio that I have ever messed with. Being landlocked in the Hoosier state, I may never grab a barefoot Trans Oceanic reception but the TA hets on domestic 890 and 610 are encouraging.
73, Dave in Indy ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:06:55 EST From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IRCA] Relighting the fire To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hi Bob, The fifteen-buck SRF-59 has probably been responsible for "Relighting the Fire" in more medium wave DXers than any other receiver recently, and was the original inspiration for the Ultralight movement. Although most of us have moved on to more convenient digital Ultralights, the SRF-59 still is popular around the world as the ultimate DXing bang for the buck. 73, Gary DeBock In a message dated 2/13/2009 10:58:07 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Nice catch Bob...! On Feb 13, 2009, at 7:10 PM, Bob Coomler wrote: > Because of generally blah propagation and family health matters that > have required major attention lately, I haven't exactly been Mr. > Mediumwave. The TA blast of several weeks ago and my coastal trip > last week did add some fuel, but dusting off the Sony SRF-59 this > evening was definitely gasoline on the fire. I needed an AM radio > right after I got home from work to see if KGO was aware of a major > traffic accident visible from my house. The only thing quickly > available was the infamous Sony ultralight. The first thing I heard > after turning it on (amazed the batteries still even worked) was a > clear ID and fishing program from KMCL-1240 in Donnelly, ID. I > hadn't even heard them when I lived in eastern Washington. I'm ready > to play again. > > Bob Coomler > Cloverdae, CA > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of > the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
