Re: [IRCA] Japanese Portable Radio Shootout Video

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Nick, 
 
<<<ÂÂ That's pretty good DX for mostly barefoot 
portables, and from 30 miles south of one of the 
world's largest cities. ÂI wonder why the Degen was noisier than the others?ÂÂ >>> 
 
Well, from what my Japanese friends tell me, any kind of TP reception on a barefoot portable radio it is considered a pretty goodÂDXing accomplishment, unless the listener is very close to an ocean beach (maybe similar to our own situation, here on the west coast?). My guess is that the DXer lives right next to the ocean (hisÂYouTube user name is "Yokohama AA815"). As for why the Degen was an underperformer (even though its stock loopstick is probably the best among these portables), maybe the propagation took a dive whenÂthe Degen'sÂturn came up? There are no guarantees in TP-DX propagation :-)Â 
Gary 
 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <nhp@xxxxxxxx> 
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:06:30 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Japanese Portable Radio Shootout Video 

The tatami backdrop is very fitting, hi. 

That's pretty good DX for mostly barefoot 
portables, and from 30 miles south of one of the 
world's largest cities. ÂI wonder why the Degen was noisier than the others? 

best wishes, 

Nick 



At 15:17 16-03-16, Gary wrote: 
>For those interested, a Japanese DXer has posted 
>a video showing the relative reception of TP-DX 
>station 1700-ESPN (Tecate, Mexico) on an Elpa 
>ER-C57WR, a 7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380, a 
>Degen DE1103, a Sony ICF-SW7600GR and a Tecsun 
>PL-310. The location was near Yokohama, Japan, 
>about 30 miles south of 
>Tokyo. 
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vOVMEQGzjU&feature=youtu.be 
>Ã ÂÃ Â73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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