Re: [IRCA] Ultralight Radio DXing Takes Off in Japan

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

That must be a proud moment in your technical 
career Gary.   It's always good to see your 
innovations striking a chord somewhere else altogether.   Congratulations.

And those Japanese DXers, X, Y, Z -san, seem by 
virtue of their hair color, a little, ah, younger 
than the DXer genus in North America, hi.   Good 
to see that the Japanese tradition of DX and 
eating / drinking continues. (although I 
understand that some of the Scandinavians are pretty good at that also)

best wishes,

Nick


At 05:35 29-04-15, you wrote:
> Hello All, Â  Although most of us associate 
> Japan with the export of Ultralight radios like 
> the Sony SRF-T615, SRF-M37WÂ and SRF-39FP, there 
> has recently been a North American export which 
> has caught on like wildfire in Japan-- 
> Ultralight radio DXing. Â  Based on the export 
> of two 7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 models and 
> two 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave models to several 
> Japanese DXers in the Tokyo area (Hiroyuki 
> Okamura, Satoshi Miyauchi and Shinya Hasegawa), 
> the popularity of chasing DX with these modified 
> DSP Ultralights has started a boom similar to 
> what we experienced here in North America in 
> early 2008. Other Japanese DXers have seen 
> these modified radios, and like here in North 
> America, the demand for them is far greater than 
> the supply. The interest in having a local 
> version was so great that a group of Japanese 
> DXers commissioned a local engineer to design a 
> home-grown substitute, based on the PL-380 
> Supercharging article (described in the Japanese 
> Yahoo blog posted at 
> http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/sawapon308/13192201.html 
>  ) The Japanese DXers who have already received 
> their modified Ultralights have posted some 
> excellent You Tube videos with them, such as the 
> amazingly strong reception of 1134-AIR (India) 
> near Tokyo, Japan on a modified PL-380Â (at 
>   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68iKwz3gLFw  
> ) and 666-DZRH (Philippines,, at 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg8ZdbKitcI Â ). 
> Â  Recently Japan Customs passed the "smoke 
> test" by successfully allowing the import of a 
> 5" FSL antenna into the country. Satoshi 
> Miyauchi recorded this very strong MP3 of 
> 630-4QN (ABC in Townsville, Australia) received 
> near Tokyo on his 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave 
> and 5" FSL 
> antenna 
> http://www.mediafire.com/listen/lzcuyaaqh83r5rm/2015-04-19-2000-630-ABC.mp3 
> Â Â Since almost all Japanese DXers live within 
> a 30 minute train ride of an ocean coast, we can 
> expect a lot more DXpedition activity from these 
> new Ultralight radio enthusiasts in the future! 
> Â  73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, 
> USA) 
> Â  Â 
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