[IRCA] Excellent New Article featuring the Safari SRF-59

2008-12-08 Thread John H. Bryant 
A couple of weeks ago, Gary DeBock received a note and photos from a 
radio amateur, Walt Heskes, KC2KML  who had discovered Ultra-Lites 
through a presentation at his local radio amateur club. He was 
intrigued, asked Google for further information and found 
dxer.ca  Soon there after, he ordered SRF-59s and receiving them, 
discovered the dial problem. Being a handy fellow with a large junk 
box, he and his son soon set off to marry excellent 1920s dial 
technology to a modern Ultralight receiver and created the Safari 
SRF-59 and rediscovered MW DXing in the process.


Walt was kind enough to document the Safari in photographs and tell 
us of his adventures rediscovering MW DXing in the new article:


Rediscovering BC Band DX via the Sony SRF-59 Safari

We have just posted that file to the Ultralight Files section of 
Downloads at dxer.ca. Its a great story and another approach to 
solving the dial problem... this time with a LIGHTED dial!   Give it a look.


John Bryant
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Re: [IRCA] Excellent New Article featuring the Safari SRF-59

2008-12-08 Thread D1028Gary 
Hello Walt and John,
 
 Thank you both for preparing and uploading the  outstanding Safari 
SRF-59 article on Dxer.Ca.  Both the narrative and the  photos are extremely 
interesting, and prove that Ultralight radio  experimentation doesn't necessary 
need to go in the direction of more DX-chasing  sensitivity and selectivity.  A 
nice change of pace!  :)  
 
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