Drifter wrote:
JimK wrote:
Thanks again to everyone for all the great info. RHF, especially
thanks for all the great links, a gold mine.

Many warm thanks.

Jim




Hi Jim.

Welcome to the hobby. no, shortwave is not dead. don't
waste your time with the neo-trolls. you might want to
check out the groups on yahoo. 100's of radio/ receiver/
and short wave groups there. no spam, no trolls and no phony
crap. just be careful, short wave can become an obsession.

Drifter...

I cannot over-emphasize the importance of having a superior receiver in
these times. While there are still a few powerhouse HFBC stations,
receiving them is no great achievement. Utility monitoring is where you
really get into the hardware and the technology. Planes, Hams,
Military, Beacons, etc. are quite challenging. Risk = Reward.

A portable along the lines of an ICF-2010, a Satellit-800, an E1, etc.,
are the bare minimum for such serious listening. Any true
"communications receiver" style desktop, fro the Post War era forward,
will provide endless fascination, IMHO.