Re: [IRCA] Ultralight "poll" / question

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

<<< For those of you who ultralight, if you could only keep one model for your 
dx work (with just the stock barefoot antenna) ... which one would it be 
and why? Your go-to radio. >>> 

Yikes, what's a stock barefoot antenna?? 

Seriously, my choice would probably be the new C.Crane Skywave, which has a slight edge over the Tecsun PL-380 model in both MW sensitivity and 1 kHz DSP audio intelligibility. But this is strictly from the perspective of a hard-core transoceanic DXer, who has probably violated more radio warranties than anybody else on the planet. I can understand the thrill of chasing DX with a stock, unmodified Ultralight, but if you have gained a dubious reputation by transplanting huge loopsticks and FSL antennas into innocent pocket radios (with the contagious craze even spreading to places like Japan), it's tough to go back to square one. 

If I were a sane domestic DXer I would probably go for something like the new Eton Traveler III (which despite its quirks is a very capable receiver, unless you chase 9 kHz splits) or the Sony SFR-T615 (of which I have just as many as Rob Ross). For those on the list who have yet to be infected by the Ultralight craze, the most recent full review of all the latest pocket radio models is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/file/2f7c04v3jgw9yb6/2015_Ultralight_Radio_Shootout_Review-4.doc 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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From: "Russ Johnson" <radiok3pi@xxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2016 4:40:45 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] Ultralight "poll" / question 

Hi, 

For those of you who ultralight, if you could only keep one model for your 
dx work (with just the stock barefoot antenna) ... which one would it be 
and why? Your go-to radio. 

Curious what people think as DX season cranks up. 

Thanks 73 
Russ Johnson 
Lexington NC 


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