Try 3.215 mhz ( WWCR )

"WWCR has four 100 Kw state-of-the-art transmitters which serve the world on
10 different broadcasting channels.
Together our transmitters provide over 400 religious and talk programs
direct from Nashville, Tennessee, USA, to a global audience."

You 'should' be able to pick up this station on almost anything, if not, you
may be in a 'dead spot'
We've all noticed certain area's while in a car ( listening to a radio)
where reception seems to fade
to almost nothing, and a few blocks away its back to normal

Also you might want to re-check your antenna, make sure its not broken or
touching a ground
I have an R3 and using a telescopic 'whip', can pick up stronger SW signals
even inside.

"Bob D." wrote in message
m...
I recently bought an Icom IC-R3 (hand held communications receiver) and a
Yaesu VX-7R handy-talky (can tune .5 to 1000 Mhz). Both of these devices
can't pick up a single shortwave signal. And this is on a long wire
antenna,
not the rubber duckies. (They both receive great on VHF/UHF. The IC-R3
even
manages to pick up fringe TV channels.) The same antenna connected to my
old
Kenwood 599 receiver brings in plenty of HF signals, both shortwave
broadcast and amateur.

How can these two new receivers be soooo bad????? I live within a mile of
an
AM broadcast station, could that be the problem? (It doesn't bother my old
Kenwood though!) Is anyone successfully listening to shortwave stations
with
either of these radios?

I'm was going to buy a new HF amateur rig, but now I'm scared that it
might
have poor reception at my location also.

--
Bob D. ND9B