Hi Bob, <<< Please don't take this in the wrong way, but as the owner/operator of a showroom stock, barefoot ULR, what is a "barefoot" ULR? >>> A very good question, actually! A straight barefoot ULR is a stock model exactly as it came from the factory. Obviously, a PL-380 with a transplanted 3" FSL antenna doesn't fall into this category. But it is still a "stand alone" DXing portable, without any gain boost from an externally connected (or inductively coupled) high-gain antenna. It is fully portable, similar to a stock ULR. It certainly can be boosted by external antennas, but most of the DXers choose to use these models in their fully portable form, where their unique combination of high sensitivity and selectivity can result in surprising transoceanic receptions. For want of a better term, when these radios are used in this way without any external antenna boost they can be considered in a semi-barefoot category, or "barefoot," as opposed to when these same models are boosted by high-gain external antennas. The same term might be used for stand-alone 7.5" loopstick models when they are used in a fully portable way. Of course for ULR Award purposes, all of these models fall into the "Unlimited" category, since the Tecsun engineers would probably suffer cardiac arrest if they saw them. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
Bob Coomler W7SWLTucson, AZ The confusion ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Coomler via IRCA" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Cc: "Bob Coomler" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 5:23:43 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1470-CJVB Reception on Ultralight Radio in Japan _______________________________________________ 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]
