On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:13:16 +0000, Henry Kolesnik wrote:

I'm curious as to what users have found when they use the general coverage
in their ham transciever for SWLing and VLF. Has anyone made any AB
comparisons to their SWL gen. cov. RX? Which ones seem to be best? I
know Kenwood and Icom make SWL receivers that look much like a transciever
and might even use the same circuitry, not sure about Yaesu though. The
Icom R-75 looks a lot like the Icom 718 but the Rx has the PS built in. I
can't recall the Kewood models. How about the Kenwood TS-2000 or Icom 756
Pro for gen cov?
tnx


I sometimes use my Kenwood TS-450S and it works great. I use a G5RV with
it. I have an Icom 706MKII but haven't played with it on SW yet, I suspect
it's also excellent on the SW bands.