On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 03:24:30 -0600, "H Davis" hdavis@(no
spam)ntsource.com wrote:

Richard:

Perhaps I led you astray with that comment regarding different plugs. I
should have said that both radios have external antenna plugs, but they
require different types of plugs. The Grundig takes a 1/8 inch mono plug
such as the type usually used for mono earphones. The Sangean takes a
different plug from what I understand, so I decided to compromise and use
the clip and attach the external antenna via the alligator clip rather than
try to switch plugs each time I want to switch radios. By the way, both
radios use the whip and/or the external antenna for SW. If I don't have
access to an external antenna, both radios require the full extension of the
whip for SW.

One question that is unanswered: is there a switch near either of
those input jacks? Might be labeled local/dx.

Richard, in reading all I can about the subject of using alligator clips or
plugs for the external antenna, I got the impression that the clip would
yield a good connection if you couldn't use the plug. I think what you are
telling me is that isn't the case. Of course, it stands to reasons that if
the radios have a provision for plugging in an external antenna, that would
be the ideal connection.

Thanks for commenting, Richard; this is a great forum to learn from others.


Harlan

Hi Harlan,

The variation of where you clip it to the whip suggests the whip is
not directly connected to the SW path (because it simply doesn't go
there, or this switch I have supposed, is in the wrong position, or
both).

Anyway, I will offer a list of stations I can get here, in Seattle,
that come in full tilt boogie. If you couldn't duplicate this
experience, you have a switch/path problem (and I doubt both sets
would suffer identically unless your wire was broken one foot from the
clip).

Anyway, in the form of a quote, my ad-hoc log:

Our time 9 AM (1600 UT) for an hour
on 11650 KHz (or 11.650 MHz)
Radio Australia (noted by its interval signal of "Waltzing Matilda").

10 AM (1700 UT)
on 11710 KHz
Japanese Language program

10 AM (1700 UT)
on 11750 KHz; 11795 KHz; 11945 KHz; 11995 KHz
Far Eastern music mixed with other signals (less so at 11945)

10 AM (1700 UT)
on 11880 KHz
Radio Australia

10:30 AM (1730 UT)
on 9505 KHz; 11970 KHz
Swing music and talk about genetically modified corn in corn chips from Radio Japan (NHK)

10:45 AM (1745 UT)
on 17605 KHz
French language program

11 AM (1800 UT)
on 17640 KHz
Far Eastern music program

11:30 AM (1830 UT)
on 17705 KHz
Spanish language program

11:30 AM (1830 UT)
on 17785 KHz
French language program (probably VOA)

12 PM (1900 UT)
on 17860 KHz
German language program (DW)

12 PM (1900 UT)
on 17870 KHz
French language program (Radio Canada)

12 PM (1900 UT)
on 17895 KHz
Mixed music program (VOA)

12 PM (1900 UT)
on 21590 KHz
Interview program about helicopters (Radio Netherlands)

12 :30 PM (1930 UT)
on 117850 KHz
Far eastern music

======== Now at a later time, in the evening he

8 PM (0300 UT)
on 5950 KHz
news in english from Radio Taiwan

8 PM (0300 UT)
on 5960 KHz
Japanese language program (NHK)

8 PM (0300 UT)
on 5975 KHz
health program from BBC

8:30 PM (0330 UT)
on 5950 KHz
news in Spanish from BBC

8:30 PM (0330 UT)
on 9450 KHz
program in Russian (possibly Radio Moscow or VOA)

8:30 PM (0330 UT)
on 9460 KHz
program in mid eastern music

8:30 PM (0330 UT)
on 9575 KHz
news in english for western pacific from VOA

8:30 PM (0330 UT)
on 9590 KHz; 9640 KHz
news in German (CBC, Radio Canada)

8:30 PM (0330 UT)
on 9640 KHz
program in German (possibly DW)


73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC, WPE0EPH