I would doubt
very much that your AM radio in the car would get anything too far off, such
as from over seas. I am in Canada, and late at night, a descent AM radio
can receive stations for a few thousand miles. We are in a good location
for reception, and have never been able to get anything off the North
American continent.

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Greetings,

Jerry Greenberg GLG Technologies GLG

I don't know Jerry, my wifes aunt had purchased her one and only car in her
life brand new in 1983, it's a Dodge Omni.:-) She despised driving and only
drove it from her apt. to work (maybe four minute drive....no exagerration.)
It was garage kept, heck I was a junior in high school when she bought that
car brand new.

She lived in a little town/community and everything is within a five-six minute
drive, once in a blue moon she'd drive out to her family (a thirty minute
drive....but rarely.) She NEVER once took this car on the highway....lol....I
guess it scared her to death. But she got up in age and failing health and
basically gave us the car.

It had 55,102 *original Miles* on it!! It's just your very basic car, no
frills, she had every record for every oil change and tuneup and the two set
of tires she had.purchased for it.

But there is this one junk yard out here in this aree that has, I'd have to say
close to a thousand different radios stacked up on each other. I grabbed this
one older analog and this is the one I have in it now. It is sooooo sensitive,
I even have the 'papers' for this radio that explains the difference between
AM/FM reception and how to program your five favorites in their 'slots.' But
one neat add on to this 'stock' radio is that (I wouldn't have know it either
unless I read the how to manual) on the volume knob.....it actually pulls out
and pushes in. I guess an attenuator of sorts and in the manual it says "when
you want to do some serious AM radio listening make sure your button is pushed
in to hear *far away* stations...lol.

I love the radio and tuning that knob, it seems to hit on something at every
eighth of an inch. It is going to be my *fun car* and there is so much room to
install equipment, it's like an old dream car to set up your add-ons. This
spring, I'm going to add on a shortwave/ three scanners/ 148GTL/ and at least
a two meter ( I think I'm finally gonna go and get my ticket, what the heck.)
It'll be wired for sound, no doubt.

At least the key to hearing 530 out here is that since ARTIMIS IS low powered,
it can only be heard in the 275/71/75/471 belt loop. You get out here in the
country where I live at night time or during dawn and your on 530 you will
wayyyy more often than not hear something from overseas or pretty far away on
530.

Once I get everything setup, I will have my VOX to be able to log what I hear.

Whew, that's a long post. Sorry bout' that.