Last week I went on safari to a spectacular game ranch with my trusty
Redsun RP2100 (same as CCradio=SW) and the tiny little Grundig G8.
The game viewing was marvellous and radio reception was good. See:
http://www.sanbona.com/properties/default.asp

Stations heard on the RP2100 we-
1521,1512 & 1440 Saudi Arabia
1557 Nice France (8700 km's/5400 miles away)
1377 R. Free Afrika Tanzania
1296 Sudan
1170 R Sawa Al Dubbiya UAE

SW great reception of English service of BBC, Deutsche Welle & R.
Nederland
Great FM reception of the Ladismith station 160km/100miles away

The RP2100 is frankly the best portable I have ever used, and that
includes a Sony 2010.
For fifty bucks the tiny little Grundig G8 is also an good performer.

Anyone who would like to see my game pictures can request them at
plimmer at telkomsa dot net

Good DX and have fun

John Plimmer, Montagu, Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7600, Perseus SDR
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A, Redsun RP2100
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Grundig G8, Eton E100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop.
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

On 10-08-27 08:44 PM, John Plimmer wrote:
Last week I went on safari to a spectacular game ranch with my trusty
Redsun RP2100 (same as CCradio=SW) and the tiny little Grundig G8.


There seems to be a great deal of variation in the ratings. A few of the
users seem to have gotten poor workmanship. Those that had good sets
were very happy.


http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6...h1jf1m2m2m5qq4

Or, for those blessed with Window's 'ruin the URL' feature, the same link:

http://tinyurl.com/2ur28o9





mike

John Plimmer wrote:

1170 R Sawa Al Dubbiya UAE


They named a station after our ex-president?

dxAce wrote:


Crap, you can't even keep a clock set halfway straight, dumbass!


WTF are you talking about?

On Aug 28, 3:56*pm, sctvguy1 wrote:
.. *Were you just "barefooting" or using one of
your loops with the portable?
Bob-

Barefoot Bob - the RP2100 is a great radio

JP

On Aug 28, 4:03*pm, dxAce wrote:
One must remember, as I'm certain John might agree, is that where he is
located, the MW band is not so severely congested, which enables him, and
others to pick up those exotic catches.

dxAce
Michigan
USA-

Yes, the MW band is quite open and MW DXing is great fun, especially
from one of our great DXpedition sites on the coast.
Going to Jongensgat in mid September and taking the Kiwa MW Loop which
now seems to be working again.

JP

On Aug 28, 2:49*pm, John Plimmer wrote:
On Aug 28, 4:03*pm, dxAce wrote:

One must remember, as I'm certain John might agree, is that where he is
located, the MW band is not so severely congested, which enables him, and
others to pick up those exotic catches.

dxAce
Michigan
USA-

Yes, the MW band is quite open and MW DXing is great fun, especially
from one of our great DXpedition sites on the coast.
Going to Jongensgat in mid September and taking the Kiwa MW Loop which
now seems to be working again.

JP


Sounds like you have a great location for MW DX. How easy is it for
you to hear Australia & the Pacific, or South America? What's your
best MW catch (distance vs power) so far? Kind of reminds me of when I
was stationed at Andersen AFB on Guam. Sometimes MW DX would pour in
from east Asia (Japan, China, Russia, Phillipines, etc.). However,
there was always a lot of static from the seemingly ever-present
tropical Pacific thunderstorms.

I can sometimes hear France-1557 and Arabia-1521 here in Ohio. Is that
Arabian on 1521 really running 2 megawatts? Do you know if it's
pattern is directional?

On Aug 27, 9:04*pm, dave wrote:
John Plimmer wrote:
1170 R Sawa Al Dubbiya UAE

- They named a station after our ex-president?

dave, Dave. DAVE !

They will name a new wonderful Super Weapon of Mass
Destruction for our current Prez-A-Duntz "The "O"Bomb !"

It goes off in an Air-Burst like a giant Starry Bright
Fireworks of a Thousand Points-of-Light :}}

People look-up and see it and say Oh !... [O]
and smile in amazement saying oh... [O] again

Then the massively high levels of Neutron Rays
hit them; and Oh... [O] they are No More
{they will have been radiated-in-place}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb

That's Prez Obama's new "O"Bomb it's Oh ! [O] so
efficient in Genocidal Mass Murder of entire Civilian
Populations and Leaving the Cities, Industry and
Natural Resources in-place and untouched.

America Will Be Great Again :
Thanks To The "O"Bomb-Ster©

America's Enemies will not have to Fear America
-cause- They Will All Be "O"Bombed Away.

The World Will Be A Better Place :
With Half-The-Human-Race !
Praise Be The "O"Bomb-Ster©

The "O"Bomb will bring about a Sustainable Global
Society Ruled by The-One The-Only "O"Bomb-Ster©

we have a great prez-a-duntz - 'o' ~ RHF

On Aug 29, 6:05*am, Drifter wrote:
On 8/28/2010 2:49 PM, John Plimmer wrote:

On Aug 28, 4:03 pm, *wrote:
One must remember, as I'm certain John might agree, is that where he is
located, the MW band is not so severely congested, which enables him, and
others to pick up those exotic catches.

dxAce
Michigan
USA-

Yes, the MW band is quite open and MW DXing is great fun, especially
from one of our great DXpedition sites on the coast.
Going to Jongensgat in mid September and taking the Kiwa MW Loop which
now seems to be working again.

JP

John, vary cool. great to hear the Kiwa is working again. you might
want to check your cables and connectors. the loop is just too good
- to just sit on a s'h'elf somewhere.

Drifter...

Agreed the the Kiwa MW Loop Antenna
http://www.universal-radio.com/used/u685lrg.jpg
should be Used and put to good use. ~ RHF
http://www.universal-radio.com/used/sold051.html

But sitting the 'imposing' Kiwa MW Loop
Antenna on a nice wooden Shelf in the
Radio Shack a foot above the Radios
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2275
-or- on a wooden table a foot or two away
from the Receivers
-are- both nice places to locate the Kiwa so that
you can use the Loop with the Radio/Recivers
http://www.kiwa.com/proceed.html