[IRCA] Meet the 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello All, 
 
Portable antenna fanaticism hit a new high (or low, depending upon your perspective) this early morning. The photo posted at https://app.box.com/s/lxy3b5srx5f66qg4hj6nabxt5gchee3f  
shows theÂ3" FSL Tecsun PL-380, with a directly connected 3" bar FSL composed of 8 lightweight Russian surplus 100mm x 20mm x 3mm ferrite bars. The radio's internal Si4734 DSP chip tunes the 300 uH FSL antenna coil throughout the MW band, so that the DXer simply needs to tune the radio (and get the huge sensitivity boost). Initial indications are that the modified portable is the most sensitive one ever tested, with a science-fiction-like ability to null even local pest stations. Construction cost is cheap, also-- about $95 US. 
 
This is the first portable to have a directly-connected FSL powering its operation-- and all indications are that itÂhas the potential toÂbe the stand-alone Ultralight of choice for both domestic and transoceanic DXers. It outperforms both the 7.5" loopstick PL-380's and CC Skywaves in sensitivity and nulling ability by a significant degree. Construction information will be forthcoming. 
 
73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
 
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