<<< I think I hear just a little less signal strength on the 2"FSL Gary, but very impressive indeed. Now, if there actually is a little less signal, maybe the CC Skywave would handle it? (Do I recall it folds under the onslaught of the 3" FSL?) >>> Thanks for your relative signal assessment, Nick. Of course, as long as the 2" FSL provides stiff competition for the larger and heavier 3" FSL model it is already a significant design winner. Most of the comments so far seem to place the two models at nearly equal sensitivity. There have been two FSL transplant experiments in the CC Skywave so far-- one a 3" FSL transplant and one a 2" transplant. Unfortunately neither one has proven successful. C.Crane's custom DSP chip apparently is incompatible with the potent RF output of these hard-wired FSL antennas, causing overloading in the 3" FSL case (and resulting destruction of the chip), and mediocre performance in the 2" FSL case. The 2" FSL CC Skywave provides MW sensitivity inferior to that of a 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave model-- not a very good outcome at $95 a shot. As such, the CC Skywave has pretty much been written off as unsuitable for this hard-wired FSL experimentation. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 3:47:13 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] 3" and 2" FSL Tecsun PL-380 Models-- 1575-VOA Reception A/B Comparison I think I hear just a little less signal strength on the 2"FSL Gary, but very impressive indeed. Now, if there actually is a little less signal, maybe the CC Skywave would handle it? (Do I recall it folds under the onslaught of the 3" FSL?) best wishes, Nick At 09:02 26-03-16, Gary wrote: >For those interested, the exact same 33 second >long signal of 1575-VOA was recorded on both a >3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 model and a 2" FSL model >yesterday morning during the Thailand station's >powerful fade in at 1341 UTC. The two models >were separated by about 25 feet so that there >would be no interaction, and both of them were >set up 4 feet high above the ground. This signal >was recorded on the original 3" FSL Tecsun >PL-380 model (with 8 of the Russian surplus >100mm ferrite bars) >https://app.box.com/s/p050mbvxpxqdq9gho2ylmclcicksvetf >This signal was recorded on the new 2" FSL >Tecsun PL-380 model (with 5 of the same bars) >https://app.box.com/s/0yd9vd7hdv336uu9sgtzbugeynyfmaw7 73, Gary DeBock _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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]
