[IRCA] Detailed New Article on Building the Slider E100 Posted

["John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary, Guy and I found the two-page per subject format of our 
serialized article on modifying the E100 quite restrictive.  We were 
able to give enough information in those articles for the experienced 
tinkerer to do the modification, but there was not nearly enough room 
to provide the step-by-step instructions or the thorough photographic 
coverage that most of us need to do an unfamiliar project.

Gary and I were particularly frustrated with the article on doing the 
"Slider E100" mod. Adding the 7.5" ferrite bar and the innovative 
"Slider" coil turns an already wonderful Ultralight into what the 
authors consider, pound-for-pound, the best MW DX radio on the planet 
for domestic DXing.... all for the low price of about $30. What is 
doubly frustrating is the Slider mod is about the easiest, simplest 
radio modification that either of us has ever seen.  It takes a bit 
of time to gather the parts, wind the coil and build some sort of 
support for the new bigger ferrite bar, but all of that is really 
simple to accomplish. Attaching the slider coil to the E100 is the 
only "difficult" part and that requires dealing with two screws and 
two solder joints.

So, in hopes that a number of other semi-crazy Ultralighters will 
join us in driving Slider E100s, we have uploaded a seven-page 
article to the Ultralight Files area of dxer.ca.  It is titled "YOU 
CAN DO THIS: More About Constructing the Slider E100 Loopstick"

Download at your own risk :>)

While you are there, if you are one of the few that has not yet 
downloaded Kevin Schanilec's wonderful article on small passive 
loops, you might want to get it, too. It is a true classic for our hobby!


John B.
Orcas Island, WA, USA
Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, Slider E100
Antennas: Wellbrook Phased Array NW
Two 70' x 100' Conti Super Loops, West and Northwest  
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