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Best MW radio and antenna
Well said Mark - you fella's have really got to get those radio's down to
the seaside. The results will exceed all your expectations! -- John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods Drake SW8 & ERGO software Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100 BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A. GE circa 50's radiogram Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270 Kiwa MW Loop, POARDT Roelof mini-whip http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx "Mark" wrote in message news:1160345036.733922@ftpsrv1... John, Yes, know what you mean. I've just spent two weeks in Fiji. I took a Sony ICF-SW55 portable and 20 feet of wire which I put up inside a bungalow. The little bungalow was about 10 metres from the water's edge. I've done this before several times. It is incredible what you can hear. Mainly, because of what you CAN'T hear - namely all the electrical static and noise pollution of living in a city! It's like an astronomer escaping to the desert with a telescope - seems like there's many more stars than usual. On a clear day, you can hear for ever! And sometimes the signals you get are very weak. But also very audible because there is simply NO noise. Under conditions like these, a simple portable radio and piece of wire will out-perform many a city-based high-end receiver setup. Mark. Auckland New Zealand. |
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