Re: [IRCA] 3" and 2" FSL Tecsun PL-380 Models-- 1575-VOA Reception A/B Comparison

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<<<ÂÂ I think I hear just a little less signal strength 
on the 2"FSL Gary, but very impressive 
indeed. Â 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?)ÂÂ >>>ÂÂ 
Thanks for your relative signal assessment, Nick. Of course,Âas long asÂthe 2" FSLÂprovides 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"ÂFSL 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,Âthe CCÂSkywave has pretty much been written off as unsuitable for this hard-wired FSL experimentation. 
 
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
 
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From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <nhp@xxxxxxxx> 
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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. Â 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 Âwrote: 
>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 
>powerfulà 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 Â73, Gary DeBock 


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