It ain't worth it to me. I get a huge variety of thought on the
satellites. I use my HF radios mainly for UTEs and Art Bell these
days.

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:34:16 -0800, Dan Say
wrote:

David wrote:

34, -118 is a major clue to my spot on the spheroid.

9740 is the only reliable HF BBC service available here. We
also get V. of Russia, R. Japan, RNZI (when their transmitter
ain't broken),
The Chinese and the Koreans. That's about it for program
listening
quality service. Oh yeah, the Voice of the Andes...

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In English I presume? There are lots of
good Spanish programming directed to the
Americas.
Deutsche Welle is good. R. Taiwan Int. uses
Florida relay and does well in 5 languages easily
heard but very different programming.

You should be able to get the Phillipines and
evangelicals quite easily in English.

Grayline DXing might bring in others.
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I use my various Drakes and Icoms and Lowes more often than not
to listen to the Coast Guard and the AMC and listen to
International Broadcasters on WRN via Sirius.

My cheapest portable is a Sangean with a slide-rule dial. But I
just
keep it for a standby standby. I do occasionally drag the
ATS-606A on hikes, but I wouldn't call that a cheapie.