for all those interested in following my MW DXpeditions, the latest
one is posted at:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2009_03.dx

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:19:33 UTC, wrote:

for all those interested in following my MW DXpeditions, the latest
one is posted at:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2009_03.dx

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
John,
Very exciting reading! You always amaze me with your NA catches from
down under! I am also glad to actually read something that has to do
with "radio" on a radio group. You mentioned that your DX site is
being threatened by the sea? How so? I love reading about your use
of the Kiwa Loop, just wish that they still made those, would love to
get one. When you said that you could get a "certificate" for so many
states/countries, who issues that certificate? I am busy DX'ing the
MW here in Hobe Sound, and also busy with my new baby, a like new 1941
Chrysler Windsor 4 door, with only 22K original miles, it is like a
new car!
Still trying to get stations west of the Mississippi, but it tough
here in South Florida, there must be a thousand low power 24 hour
stations right here in the state that block out of state reception,
except for the big 50Kilowatt giants.
Again, interesting report, always a pleasure to read!
Take care,
Bob Grimes

--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

On Mar 31, 7:00*pm,
wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:19:33 UTC, wrote:
for all those interested in following my MW DXpeditions, the latest
one is posted at:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2009_03.dx

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa

John,
Very exciting reading! *You always amaze me with your NA catches from
down under! *I am also glad to actually read something that has to do
with "radio" on a radio group. *You mentioned that your DX site is
being threatened by the sea? *How so? *I love reading about your use
of the Kiwa Loop, just wish that they still made those, would love to
get one. *When you said that you could get a "certificate" for so many
states/countries, who issues that certificate? *I am busy DX'ing the
MW here in Hobe Sound, and also busy with my new baby, a like new 1941
Chrysler Windsor 4 door, with only 22K original miles, it is like a
new car!
Still trying to get stations west of the Mississippi, but it tough
here in South Florida, there must be a thousand low power 24 hour
stations right here in the state that block out of state reception,
except for the big 50Kilowatt giants.
Again, interesting report, always a pleasure to read!
Take care,
Bob Grimes

--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

Hey Bob, your my biggest fan - thanks for your support. To answer some
of your queries:
The sea is steadily moving toward the Seefontein cottage, and another
few years of winter storms and the sea will swallow it up - I hope not
too soon.

Yes, the Kiwa MW Loop is an amazing piece of equipment - it's nearly
twenty years old and still going strong - a marvellous companion to my
beverage antenna.

The beautiful award certificates come from the Ultralight radio group.
See:
http://www.dxer.ca/files/cat_view/87...dio-files-area
The awards list are in the "ULR General Information"
They are very attractive and can be framed and hung in your shack for
visitors to oggle on.

Ultralight radios are cheap $20 to$50 little pocket AM BCB band radios
and some of them have astonishing performance. It's great fun and a
lot of serious MW DXers have fun with the ultralights. There is also a
very active Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralightdx/

Have fun with your Chrysler Windsor - would love to see it.

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7700, Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II,
Kiwa MW Loop.
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

John Barnard wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 31, 7:00 pm,
wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:19:33 UTC, wrote:
for all those interested in following my MW DXpeditions, the latest
one is posted at:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2009_03.dx
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
John,
Very exciting reading! You always amaze me with your NA catches from
down under! I am also glad to actually read something that has to do
with "radio" on a radio group. You mentioned that your DX site is
being threatened by the sea? How so? I love reading about your use
of the Kiwa Loop, just wish that they still made those, would love to
get one. When you said that you could get a "certificate" for so many
states/countries, who issues that certificate? I am busy DX'ing the
MW here in Hobe Sound, and also busy with my new baby, a like new 1941
Chrysler Windsor 4 door, with only 22K original miles, it is like a
new car!
Still trying to get stations west of the Mississippi, but it tough
here in South Florida, there must be a thousand low power 24 hour
stations right here in the state that block out of state reception,
except for the big 50Kilowatt giants.
Again, interesting report, always a pleasure to read!
Take care,
Bob Grimes

--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

Hey Bob, your my biggest fan - thanks for your support. To answer some
of your queries:
The sea is steadily moving toward the Seefontein cottage, and another
few years of winter storms and the sea will swallow it up - I hope not
too soon.

Yes, the Kiwa MW Loop is an amazing piece of equipment - it's nearly
twenty years old and still going strong - a marvellous companion to my
beverage antenna.

Just out of curiosity, have you ever had to send the loop to KIWA to
have it tweaked or have any component repaired? Or do you have a trusted
electronic tech. capable of looking after the loop?

I've had mine for about 12 years and think that a check-up wouldn't be a
bad idea.

Cheers!

JB




JB, I would say yes to this. about a year ago a loop

was on ebay, and stated it was just checked out by KIWA.

an email to Craig would settle this fast.


Drifter...

On Apr 1, 3:12*am, John Barnard wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 31, 7:00 pm,
wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:19:33 UTC, wrote:
for all those interested in following my MW DXpeditions, the latest
one is posted at:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2009_03.dx
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
John,
Very exciting reading! *You always amaze me with your NA catches from
down under! *I am also glad to actually read something that has to do
with "radio" on a radio group. *You mentioned that your DX site is
being threatened by the sea? *How so? *I love reading about your use
of the Kiwa Loop, just wish that they still made those, would love to
get one. *When you said that you could get a "certificate" for so many
states/countries, who issues that certificate? *I am busy DX'ing the
MW here in Hobe Sound, and also busy with my new baby, a like new 1941
Chrysler Windsor 4 door, with only 22K original miles, it is like a
new car!
Still trying to get stations west of the Mississippi, but it tough
here in South Florida, there must be a thousand low power 24 hour
stations right here in the state that block out of state reception,
except for the big 50Kilowatt giants.
Again, interesting report, always a pleasure to read!
Take care,
Bob Grimes

--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

Hey Bob, your my biggest fan - thanks for your support. To answer some
of your queries:
The sea is steadily moving toward the Seefontein cottage, and another
few years of winter storms and the sea will swallow it up - I hope not
too soon.

Yes, the Kiwa MW Loop is an amazing piece of equipment - it's nearly
twenty years old and still going strong - a marvellous companion to my
beverage antenna.

Just out of curiosity, have you ever had to send the loop to KIWA to
have it tweaked or have any component repaired? Or do you have a trusted
electronic tech. capable of looking after the loop?

I've had mine for about 12 years and think that a check-up wouldn't be a
bad idea.

Cheers!

JB





The beautiful award certificates come from the Ultralight radio group.
See:
http://www.dxer.ca/files/cat_view/87...dio-files-area
The awards list are in the "ULR General Information"
They are very attractive and can be framed and hung in your shack for
visitors to oggle on.

Ultralight radios are cheap $20 to$50 little pocket AM BCB band radios
and some of them have astonishing performance. It's great fun and a
lot of serious MW DXers have fun with the ultralights. There is also a
very active Yahoo group:
*http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralightdx/

Have fun with your Chrysler Windsor - would love to see it.

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7700, Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II,
Kiwa MW Loop.
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

No, it's never been back = the cost of shipping both way would be
several hundreds of dollars.

I did blow it up once - I think a long beverage antenna touched it and
let off static. With the help of a techie ham pal, he and Craig at
kiwa solved the problem and Craig sent a few parts that my techie
soldered in. It's worked great for years now and by it's results I can
say it is perfectly tuned/aligned and super sensitive.

One of the best bits of gear I ever bought. It has it's own suitcase
for carting around.

JP

wrote:

On Apr 1, 3:12 am, John Barnard wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 31, 7:00 pm,
wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:19:33 UTC, wrote:
for all those interested in following my MW DXpeditions, the latest
one is posted at:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2009_03.dx
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
John,
Very exciting reading! You always amaze me with your NA catches from
down under! I am also glad to actually read something that has to do
with "radio" on a radio group. You mentioned that your DX site is
being threatened by the sea? How so? I love reading about your use
of the Kiwa Loop, just wish that they still made those, would love to
get one. When you said that you could get a "certificate" for so many
states/countries, who issues that certificate? I am busy DX'ing the
MW here in Hobe Sound, and also busy with my new baby, a like new 1941
Chrysler Windsor 4 door, with only 22K original miles, it is like a
new car!
Still trying to get stations west of the Mississippi, but it tough
here in South Florida, there must be a thousand low power 24 hour
stations right here in the state that block out of state reception,
except for the big 50Kilowatt giants.
Again, interesting report, always a pleasure to read!
Take care,
Bob Grimes

--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

Hey Bob, your my biggest fan - thanks for your support. To answer some
of your queries:
The sea is steadily moving toward the Seefontein cottage, and another
few years of winter storms and the sea will swallow it up - I hope not
too soon.

Yes, the Kiwa MW Loop is an amazing piece of equipment - it's nearly
twenty years old and still going strong - a marvellous companion to my
beverage antenna.

Just out of curiosity, have you ever had to send the loop to KIWA to
have it tweaked or have any component repaired? Or do you have a trusted
electronic tech. capable of looking after the loop?

I've had mine for about 12 years and think that a check-up wouldn't be a
bad idea.

Cheers!

JB





The beautiful award certificates come from the Ultralight radio group.
See:
http://www.dxer.ca/files/cat_view/87...dio-files-area
The awards list are in the "ULR General Information"
They are very attractive and can be framed and hung in your shack for
visitors to oggle on.

Ultralight radios are cheap $20 to$50 little pocket AM BCB band radios
and some of them have astonishing performance. It's great fun and a
lot of serious MW DXers have fun with the ultralights. There is also a
very active Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralightdx/

Have fun with your Chrysler Windsor - would love to see it.

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7700, Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II,
Kiwa MW Loop.
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

No, it's never been back = the cost of shipping both way would be
several hundreds of dollars.

I did blow it up once - I think a long beverage antenna touched it and
let off static. With the help of a techie ham pal, he and Craig at
kiwa solved the problem and Craig sent a few parts that my techie
soldered in. It's worked great for years now and by it's results I can
say it is perfectly tuned/aligned and super sensitive.

One of the best bits of gear I ever bought. It has it's own suitcase
for carting around.

Must be like the fancy cases I recall for Collins gear!

Drifter wrote:
John Barnard wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 31, 7:00 pm,
wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:19:33 UTC, wrote:
for all those interested in following my MW DXpeditions, the latest
one is posted at:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2009_03.dx
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
John,
Very exciting reading! You always amaze me with your NA catches from
down under! I am also glad to actually read something that has to do
with "radio" on a radio group. You mentioned that your DX site is
being threatened by the sea? How so? I love reading about your use
of the Kiwa Loop, just wish that they still made those, would love to
get one. When you said that you could get a "certificate" for so many
states/countries, who issues that certificate? I am busy DX'ing the
MW here in Hobe Sound, and also busy with my new baby, a like new 1941
Chrysler Windsor 4 door, with only 22K original miles, it is like a
new car!
Still trying to get stations west of the Mississippi, but it tough
here in South Florida, there must be a thousand low power 24 hour
stations right here in the state that block out of state reception,
except for the big 50Kilowatt giants.
Again, interesting report, always a pleasure to read!
Take care,
Bob Grimes

--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

Hey Bob, your my biggest fan - thanks for your support. To answer some
of your queries:
The sea is steadily moving toward the Seefontein cottage, and another
few years of winter storms and the sea will swallow it up - I hope not
too soon.

Yes, the Kiwa MW Loop is an amazing piece of equipment - it's nearly
twenty years old and still going strong - a marvellous companion to my
beverage antenna.

Just out of curiosity, have you ever had to send the loop to KIWA to
have it tweaked or have any component repaired? Or do you have a
trusted electronic tech. capable of looking after the loop?

I've had mine for about 12 years and think that a check-up wouldn't be
a bad idea.

Cheers!

JB




JB, I would say yes to this. about a year ago a loop

was on ebay, and stated it was just checked out by KIWA.

an email to Craig would settle this fast.


Drifter...

That's terrific! Thanks, Drifter!

JB

wrote:
On Apr 1, 3:12 am, John Barnard wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 31, 7:00 pm,
wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:19:33 UTC, wrote:
for all those interested in following my MW DXpeditions, the latest
one is posted at:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2009_03.dx
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
John,
Very exciting reading! You always amaze me with your NA catches from
down under! I am also glad to actually read something that has to do
with "radio" on a radio group. You mentioned that your DX site is
being threatened by the sea? How so? I love reading about your use
of the Kiwa Loop, just wish that they still made those, would love to
get one. When you said that you could get a "certificate" for so many
states/countries, who issues that certificate? I am busy DX'ing the
MW here in Hobe Sound, and also busy with my new baby, a like new 1941
Chrysler Windsor 4 door, with only 22K original miles, it is like a
new car!
Still trying to get stations west of the Mississippi, but it tough
here in South Florida, there must be a thousand low power 24 hour
stations right here in the state that block out of state reception,
except for the big 50Kilowatt giants.
Again, interesting report, always a pleasure to read!
Take care,
Bob Grimes
--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"
Hey Bob, your my biggest fan - thanks for your support. To answer some
of your queries:
The sea is steadily moving toward the Seefontein cottage, and another
few years of winter storms and the sea will swallow it up - I hope not
too soon.
Yes, the Kiwa MW Loop is an amazing piece of equipment - it's nearly
twenty years old and still going strong - a marvellous companion to my
beverage antenna.
Just out of curiosity, have you ever had to send the loop to KIWA to
have it tweaked or have any component repaired? Or do you have a trusted
electronic tech. capable of looking after the loop?

I've had mine for about 12 years and think that a check-up wouldn't be a
bad idea.

Cheers!

JB





The beautiful award certificates come from the Ultralight radio group.
See:
http://www.dxer.ca/files/cat_view/87...dio-files-area
The awards list are in the "ULR General Information"
They are very attractive and can be framed and hung in your shack for
visitors to oggle on.
Ultralight radios are cheap $20 to$50 little pocket AM BCB band radios
and some of them have astonishing performance. It's great fun and a
lot of serious MW DXers have fun with the ultralights. There is also a
very active Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralightdx/
Have fun with your Chrysler Windsor - would love to see it.
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7700, Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II,
Kiwa MW Loop.
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

No, it's never been back = the cost of shipping both way would be
several hundreds of dollars.

I did blow it up once - I think a long beverage antenna touched it and
let off static. With the help of a techie ham pal, he and Craig at
kiwa solved the problem and Craig sent a few parts that my techie
soldered in. It's worked great for years now and by it's results I can
say it is perfectly tuned/aligned and super sensitive.

One of the best bits of gear I ever bought. It has it's own suitcase
for carting around.

JP

Thanks, John. Wow - the transportation costs to and from South Africa
really are out of this world. I wouldn't have to pay anywhere near that
type of coin. The suitcase sounds like a great idea and I'll have to
look into it.

Both my KIWA and Quantum QX-PRO get regular workouts but I'm nowhere
near a coastline so my DX isn't so great.

JB

In article , says...
wrote:
On Apr 1, 3:12 am, John Barnard wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 31, 7:00 pm,
wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:19:33 UTC, wrote:
for all those interested in following my MW DXpeditions, the latest
one is posted at:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2009_03.dx
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
John,
Very exciting reading! You always amaze me with your NA catches from
down under! I am also glad to actually read something that has to do
with "radio" on a radio group. You mentioned that your DX site is
being threatened by the sea? How so? I love reading about your use
of the Kiwa Loop, just wish that they still made those, would love to
get one. When you said that you could get a "certificate" for so many
states/countries, who issues that certificate? I am busy DX'ing the
MW here in Hobe Sound, and also busy with my new baby, a like new 1941
Chrysler Windsor 4 door, with only 22K original miles, it is like a
new car!
Still trying to get stations west of the Mississippi, but it tough
here in South Florida, there must be a thousand low power 24 hour
stations right here in the state that block out of state reception,
except for the big 50Kilowatt giants.
Again, interesting report, always a pleasure to read!
Take care,
Bob Grimes
--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"
Hey Bob, your my biggest fan - thanks for your support. To answer some
of your queries:
The sea is steadily moving toward the Seefontein cottage, and another
few years of winter storms and the sea will swallow it up - I hope not
too soon.
Yes, the Kiwa MW Loop is an amazing piece of equipment - it's nearly
twenty years old and still going strong - a marvellous companion to my
beverage antenna.
Just out of curiosity, have you ever had to send the loop to KIWA to
have it tweaked or have any component repaired? Or do you have a trusted
electronic tech. capable of looking after the loop?

I've had mine for about 12 years and think that a check-up wouldn't be a
bad idea.

Cheers!

JB





The beautiful award certificates come from the Ultralight radio group.
See:
http://www.dxer.ca/files/cat_view/87...dio-files-area
The awards list are in the "ULR General Information"
They are very attractive and can be framed and hung in your shack for
visitors to oggle on.
Ultralight radios are cheap $20 to$50 little pocket AM BCB band radios
and some of them have astonishing performance. It's great fun and a
lot of serious MW DXers have fun with the ultralights. There is also a
very active Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralightdx/
Have fun with your Chrysler Windsor - would love to see it.
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7700, Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II,
Kiwa MW Loop.
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

No, it's never been back = the cost of shipping both way would be
several hundreds of dollars.

I did blow it up once - I think a long beverage antenna touched it and
let off static. With the help of a techie ham pal, he and Craig at
kiwa solved the problem and Craig sent a few parts that my techie
soldered in. It's worked great for years now and by it's results I can
say it is perfectly tuned/aligned and super sensitive.

One of the best bits of gear I ever bought. It has it's own suitcase
for carting around.

JP

Thanks, John. Wow - the transportation costs to and from South Africa
really are out of this world. I wouldn't have to pay anywhere near that
type of coin. The suitcase sounds like a great idea and I'll have to
look into it.

Both my KIWA and Quantum QX-PRO get regular workouts but I'm nowhere
near a coastline so my DX isn't so great.

JB



The suitcase set up is nice. I have my scanners inside a large aluminum
guncase that I bought online from someplace going out of business a
couple years ago. I took the foam and marked it all out so my radios and
accessories wouldn't touch each other, and trimmed it with a single edge
blade. Nice to be able to just toss it into my truck when I go someplace
without having to worry about damage, and I know all my stuff is there,
waiting to go. I used to have a Panasonic RF-2200 and a longwire with a
bungee cord on one end, and an alligator clip on the other end, in
another case for HF listening on vacations, but I finally sold it on
Ebay, as motels aren't HF friendly, and I have other rigs for home use.
--
BDK

BDK Klan leader?
Former #1 kOOk Magnet (Title passed to Larnrod!)
NJJ CLUB #1
Shillmaster

BDK wrote:
In article , says...
wrote:
On Apr 1, 3:12 am, John Barnard wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 31, 7:00 pm,
wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:19:33 UTC, wrote:
for all those interested in following my MW DXpeditions, the latest
one is posted at:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2009_03.dx
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
John,
Very exciting reading! You always amaze me with your NA catches from
down under! I am also glad to actually read something that has to do
with "radio" on a radio group. You mentioned that your DX site is
being threatened by the sea? How so? I love reading about your use
of the Kiwa Loop, just wish that they still made those, would love to
get one. When you said that you could get a "certificate" for so many
states/countries, who issues that certificate? I am busy DX'ing the
MW here in Hobe Sound, and also busy with my new baby, a like new 1941
Chrysler Windsor 4 door, with only 22K original miles, it is like a
new car!
Still trying to get stations west of the Mississippi, but it tough
here in South Florida, there must be a thousand low power 24 hour
stations right here in the state that block out of state reception,
except for the big 50Kilowatt giants.
Again, interesting report, always a pleasure to read!
Take care,
Bob Grimes
--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"
Hey Bob, your my biggest fan - thanks for your support. To answer some
of your queries:
The sea is steadily moving toward the Seefontein cottage, and another
few years of winter storms and the sea will swallow it up - I hope not
too soon.
Yes, the Kiwa MW Loop is an amazing piece of equipment - it's nearly
twenty years old and still going strong - a marvellous companion to my
beverage antenna.
Just out of curiosity, have you ever had to send the loop to KIWA to
have it tweaked or have any component repaired? Or do you have a trusted
electronic tech. capable of looking after the loop?

I've had mine for about 12 years and think that a check-up wouldn't be a
bad idea.

Cheers!

JB





The beautiful award certificates come from the Ultralight radio group.
See:
http://www.dxer.ca/files/cat_view/87...dio-files-area
The awards list are in the "ULR General Information"
They are very attractive and can be framed and hung in your shack for
visitors to oggle on.
Ultralight radios are cheap $20 to$50 little pocket AM BCB band radios
and some of them have astonishing performance. It's great fun and a
lot of serious MW DXers have fun with the ultralights. There is also a
very active Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralightdx/
Have fun with your Chrysler Windsor - would love to see it.
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7700, Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II,
Kiwa MW Loop.
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
No, it's never been back = the cost of shipping both way would be
several hundreds of dollars.

I did blow it up once - I think a long beverage antenna touched it and
let off static. With the help of a techie ham pal, he and Craig at
kiwa solved the problem and Craig sent a few parts that my techie
soldered in. It's worked great for years now and by it's results I can
say it is perfectly tuned/aligned and super sensitive.

One of the best bits of gear I ever bought. It has it's own suitcase
for carting around.

JP

Thanks, John. Wow - the transportation costs to and from South Africa
really are out of this world. I wouldn't have to pay anywhere near that
type of coin. The suitcase sounds like a great idea and I'll have to
look into it.

Both my KIWA and Quantum QX-PRO get regular workouts but I'm nowhere
near a coastline so my DX isn't so great.

JB



The suitcase set up is nice. I have my scanners inside a large aluminum
guncase that I bought online from someplace going out of business a
couple years ago. I took the foam and marked it all out so my radios and
accessories wouldn't touch each other, and trimmed it with a single edge
blade. Nice to be able to just toss it into my truck when I go someplace
without having to worry about damage, and I know all my stuff is there,
waiting to go. I used to have a Panasonic RF-2200 and a longwire with a
bungee cord on one end, and an alligator clip on the other end, in
another case for HF listening on vacations, but I finally sold it on
Ebay, as motels aren't HF friendly, and I have other rigs for home use.

I'll need to look into a few suitcases. One for the Quantum gear and the
other for the KIWA loop.

When I was staying at the Sheraton in central Lima, Peru, my reception
was surprisingly good without any problems with HF interference. I'd
forgotten how good reception can be when you are near an ocean.