Re: [IRCA] "Star Wars" Shootout-- Sony ICF-S5 "Superstar" Vs. "Science Fiction PL-380"

2016-02-28 Thread d1028gary
o: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 7:23:49 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] "Star Wars" Shootout-- Sony ICF-S5 "Superstar" Vs. "Science Fiction PL-380" We should work out how much of CFAX's 10 k

Re: [IRCA] "Star Wars" Shootout-- Sony ICF-S5 "Superstar" Vs. "Science Fiction PL-380"

2016-02-28 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
We should work out how much of CFAX's 10 kw goes in your direction Gary. It's highly directional away from you, so is much better daytime DX than the power rating sounds like. best wishes, Nick > On Feb 27, 2016, at 8:20 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: > > Hello All, > > The Sony

Re: [IRCA] "Star Wars" Shootout-- Sony ICF-S5 "Superstar" Vs. "Science Fiction PL-380"

2016-02-28 Thread Derek Vincent via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Thank for the youtube channel. I hope other DXer do the same. Thanks derekvme...@aol.com > On Feb 27, 2016, at 8:20 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: > > Hello All, > > The Sony ICF-S5 classic portable from 1980 has the reputation of being one of > the most

[IRCA] "Star Wars" Shootout-- Sony ICF-S5 "Superstar" Vs. "Science Fiction PL-380"

2016-02-27 Thread d1028gary
Hello All,   The Sony ICF-S5 classic portable from 1980 has the reputation of being one of the most sensitive AM-DXing portables ever manufactured. Roughly equivalent in sensitivity to the Panasonic RF-2200, it was the Japanese-market equivalent of the legendary ICF-S5W portable-- which