"laura fairhead" wrote in message
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fOn 10 Dec 2004 06:40:32 -0800, "Joe Analssandrini" wrote:


Hi Joe,

I was an impatient child in the end and went and bought a Roberts R861.
They actually retail for quite a bit more than the Sony but I'm not
sure I did the right thing :O Its difficult for me because I can't
get deliveries where I live so I checked the local stores and to my
surprise the local electronics shop he had a Roberts R861 (2nd hand but
VGC) and was only asking £120 for everything including mains adapter.
[snip]

Hi Laura.

You got a good radio in the 861. It's the same as the Sangean ATS-505
Good sound from the speaker, very sensitive off the whip, and acceptable SSB.
You'll hear plenty with it.

I'd be interested in knowing what Longwave stations you can hear. I'm pretty
sure there are still some LW broadcast stations in Europe.

Here are links to English language schedules by country and time
http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/country.txt
http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/time.txt

Another good place for schedules is
http://www.eibi.de.vu
click the "DX page" link, then find bc-b04.txt