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

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

David, Ira, and Walt, 
 
Thanks for your comments on the 3" FSL PL-380! 
 
Walt, I think that this radio has a better chance of getting through airport TSA checkpoints than a stand-alone FSL (which looks like a ring of dynamite). The FSL size is small, and they might actually believe you when you say that it is a radio antenna. 
 
DXing performance does seem to be all that I could have hoped for. Sensitivity and nulling ability seem to be in a new league for portables, and I wish that you could try one of these outÂthere inÂHawaii. Fortunately, I have a huge stock of theÂ100mm x 20mm x 3mm ferrite bars (fromÂUkraine's Donbass region) already here in Puyallup, so there are no supply bottlenecks due to Putin's shenanigans. 
 
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
 
 
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----- Original Message -----

From: "Walter Salmaniw" <canswl@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 9:25:08 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Meet the 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 

Congratulations, Gary! ÂI'm very interested in seeing the results. ÂPerhaps 
one will be able to fly with this, something I haven't been able to do with 
the larger loops! ÂVery pertinent, as I sit enjoying the band in Kauai, 
wishing that I had a better antenna! Â73, ÂWalt Salmaniw 

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Ira Elbert New III <ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote: 

> Very nice. I'll take one, in red please. 
> 
> :-) 
> 
> Bert 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 
> 
> > On Dec 23, 2015, at 7:57 AM, "David McCormick" <dmccorm@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote: 
> > 
> > Wow! Gary you've really stooped to your lowest level this time! Nice 
> work, as usual. 
> > 
> > Dave M. 
> > 
> >> On Dec 23, 2015, at 7:27 AM, d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
> >> 
> >> 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 the 3" 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 it has the potential to be 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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