On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:03:28 GMT, "Chicklets Joe"
wrote:

Beans scribbled;

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TIA


Are you trying to pick up NPR in Honolulu??? can you hear the
station on
your
car FM radio??.............GC


I can hear NPR from my junk bedside radio (emerson) that I have now
but I can't dial it in perfectly.

So I just thought if I could get a great radio with all the elements I
want, it would be better.

I do have a Sangean in another place and it seems to work fairly well
although it sometimes fades on the Honolulu FM stations.

Besides, a shortwave sounds like lots of fun.

aloha,
beans
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farmers of pure kona
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I can hear NPR from my junk bedside radio (emerson) that I have now
but I can't dial it in perfectly.

So I just thought if I could get a great radio with all the elements I
want, it would be better.

GE SuperRadio III or if you can find a used one SR or SRII (both better).

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...alty/0547.html

No shortwave, but very sensitive and good sound.

Geoff.

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On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:11:04 +0000 (UTC), (Geoffrey
S. Mendelson) wrote:

wrote:
I can hear NPR from my junk bedside radio (emerson) that I have now
but I can't dial it in perfectly.

So I just thought if I could get a great radio with all the
elements I
want, it would be better.

GE SuperRadio III or if you can find a used one SR or SRII (both
better).

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...alty/0547.html

No shortwave, but very sensitive and good sound.

Geoff.

Thank you but I also wanted a clock radio with an alarm.

I know fussy, fussy.

Thank you anyway.

aloha,
beans
beansatsmithfarms.com
farmers of pure kona
roast beans to kona to email

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On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:03:28 GMT, "Chicklets Joe"
wrote:

Beans scribbled;

wrote in message
. ..
TIA


Are you trying to pick up NPR in Honolulu??? can you hear the
station on
your
car FM radio??.............GC


I can hear NPR from my junk bedside radio (emerson) that I have now
but I can't dial it in perfectly.

So I just thought if I could get a great radio with all the elements I
want, it would be better.

I do have a Sangean in another place and it seems to work fairly well
although it sometimes fades on the Honolulu FM stations.

Besides, a shortwave sounds like lots of fun.

aloha,
beans
beansatsmithfarms.com
farmers of pure kona
roast beans to kona to email

You might consider an FM only beam antenna to reduce signal fades along
with a new radio...... I lived on Maui , 1984-1986 and I did alot of BCBDX
along with SWDX.. It's surprising to hear Australlia, NewZealand Japan on
BCB........Since you live on a farm, you have lot's of room for long wire
antennas ..............It's sad that Radio Tahaiti and Radio Cook islands
are gone
but cruse through 3.2-3.3 mhz for Paupa New Guinea ........GC

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:14:08 -1000, wrote:

I want a radio cappable of getting an FM station from
93 miles away (the closest NPR station I have) and I live in a remote
rural area with mountains and valleys. I have looked at Sangean,
Eton, Tivoli, Boston etc. but I can not make my decision. I am
willing to spend up to $200.

Can you make me any recommendations? I honestly don't know if I need
a short wave even. Sorry.

The Boston Acoustics Recepter is the best FM table radio I've seen.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-3sbsWhV...ston+Acoustics

In article ,
wrote:
This is what I want and I need your help because I am a farmer and not
a radio guru. I want a radio cappable of getting an FM station from
93 miles away (the closest NPR station I have) and I live in a remote
rural area with mountains and valleys. I have looked at Sangean,
Eton, Tivoli, Boston etc. but I can not make my decision. I am
willing to spend up to $200.

Can you make me any recommendations? I honestly don't know if I need
a short wave even. Sorry.

One reccomendation is to get an old Stereo Tuner or Reciever from the late
1970's early '80, before they went digital. One of the higher end brands
like HH Scott, Marantz, Sansui. Before they went to Digital tuning.
Around that era, performance mattered and they had low noise FET RF
amplifiers and modern ceramic IF filters and detectors. Less alignment
needed than an older one but no performance compromises that they made
with the digital tuned stuff.

Or get a good car radio and a 12 volt power supply.

And then get a rooftop antenna. A 6 to 10 element FM band Yagi.
Radio Shack had one, and maybe a hardware store out in the fringes
could order one for you if they carry Channel Master or one of the
other remaining brands.

One resource is (former?) electronics magazine columnist Don
Lancaster's reprint archive on www.tinaja.com. He did a sequence
of columns back about 15 years ago in Radio-Electronics/Electronics
Now about his attempts to do what you're trying to do. All sorts
of other antenna suggestions.

Mark Zenier
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:52:21 GMT, (Mark Zenier)
wrote:


And then get a rooftop antenna. A 6 to 10 element FM band Yagi.
Radio Shack had one, and maybe a hardware store out in the fringes
could order one for you if they carry Channel Master or one of the
other remaining brands.

http://www.winegard.com/offair/fm.htm