[IRCA] Everyone Listening????.....This SONY SRF-59 is HOT HOT HOT!!!!!

[Robert Ross <va3sw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Guys:

   Well.....I think it's quite evident by now that the Guys who already 
have a Sony SRF-59 Ultra-Lite radio are very happy with them. I know I sure 
am!! For those of you who don't have one yet.....and aren't quite sure what 
all the Fuss is about.......I suggest you get one before they are all sold 
out.

I know I'm not the world's greatest DX'er.....or the most 
knowledgeable.....but I have been DX'ing over 30 Years...and currently have 
heard over 1000 Stations on the AM BCB Band......so I do have a Vague Idea 
of what it is all about.

I have only had my SRF-59 since New Years Eve........Barely 2 Days.....and 
I have to say that I have never seen anything like it before!!

I have Many High End Radios.........such as the Drake R8B, NRD535D, Collins 
HF2010, Collins R390A, Hammarlund SP600, Sony 2010, RCA AR88,.....and a 
whole lot more. I will put my New SRF-59 up against ANY OF THEM...on the AM 
BCB. I know it sounds Nuts....and it is....There is no way a Single AA 
Battery should be able to suck in DX like this thing does. If I wasn't the 
guy sitting here Logging it...I wouldn't believe it either!!!

In less than 2 Days....I have logged 82 Stations with this Radio. Included 
in this is 6 Countries...Canada, USA, Mexico, Cuba, Turks & Caicos, and 
Netherlands Antilles. Also included in these totals are 17 States and 2 
Provinces.

Of the 82 Stations heard...70 of them were logged in my Basement Family 
Room......8 feet below ground with the radio barefoot. Late this afternoon 
I got real brave and took the Radio upstairs to ground level to see what it 
would do during the late afternoon Sunset Skip period.

Well....I wasn't disappointed......I heard 12 more stations that hadn't 
been logged downstairs....including 4 NEW LOGGINGS!! It has been almost 10 
Years since I had 4 NEW Loggings in one sitting.....using any of my Radios 
and Various Antennas....including Loops...let alone a Bare Foot Plastic 
Radio the size of a deck of Cards.

The only Bad thing I can say about the SRF-59 is that work really 
interferes with DX'ing.......and It doesn't have Digital Readout....Just an 
Analog Dial. Sometimes you're not really sure where you are  dead 
on.....but I have solved that problem....I just ordered one of the Sony 
SRF-615T Pocket Radios from Japan.....which Does have Digital Readout...and 
from all reports I've read...is even hotter than the SRF-59!!

During tonights session I also heard many stations that were not new 
loggings....but are stations I' haven't heard in a long, long time 
like......830 WEEU, and  600 CKAT.

So.......the guys who have one of these are smilin.......'cause they 
already know what I'm saying here. I've been converted....and again...I 
have to say this is just Wacky...I don't understand how it works...I just 
know it does. The Nulling capabilities of these radios is truly amazing. my 
record so far is receiving 3 Different Stations on the same frequency at 
the same time....simply by just turning the radio. I've done this on 2 
different frequencies.....

830.......WCCO, WEEU, WCRN

680.......WPTF, CFTR, WCNN

Separating 2 Different stations is a piece of cake.

So.......enough rambling....it's just that it's been a long time since I've 
had this much fun with a single AA battery! HAHAHA......

Below are the 4 New Ones I heard tonight....which brings my AM BCB Totals 
to 1004 Station heard.

Don't believe me.......get one of these things and try it out for yourself. 
Hearing is believing.

I haven't had a chance to try it on Sunrise DX yet........I'm sure that 
will be just as good.

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830   WCRN   Worcester, MASS   Jan/02/08    1600 EST     EE       VG
Local news @ 1600. ID by Male DJ as "WCRN News".

NEW STN.       50/5 KW
ROSS, ONT.
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620   WKHB   Irwin, PA.       Jan/02/08     1648 EST       EE        VG
Alternatives Medicine Show. ID by Male DJ as "KHB". Into "KHB Weather
Center". Pgm Notes.

NEW STN.        5500/50 Watts
ROSS, ONT.
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680   WCNN    North Atlanta, GA.  Jan/02/08   1703 EST       VG
Male DJ with Sports Promo for  "The fan....The Voice of the Atlanta Falcons
and the Atlanta Thrashers. Into Sports Talk.

NEW STN.       50/10 KW
ROSS, ONT.
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780   WWOL   Forest City, NC     Jan/02/08    1710 EST       VG
Local ads for Howser Insurance Company in Alexander Mills. Eggers Funeral
Home ad in Chesney and Bowling Springs, SC.  ID as "AM78- Forest City
North Carolina" Into Gospel Music.

NEW STN.        10 KWD
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Having fun Dx'ing again..........73....ROB.

Robert S. Ross VA3SW
Box 1003, Stn. B.
London, Ontario
CANADA N6A5K1

Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast
Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC

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