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On Nov 12, 1:04*pm, DougC wrote:
Okay, the mail server ate my first message. * ---------- I decided I wanted to listen to SW lately, looked around online and just ordered a Sony ICF-SW7600GR. I dunno much about ham but it seemed to be widely regarded. Seems like every radio out there has at least one or two great features missing. I wanted an external antenna jack but the Sony doesn't have that, but it does have (by many accounts) a good tuner section. I considered the Satellit 750 too. I didn't really -need- a portable, but $300 was about the absolute limit of what I wanted to spend and the stationary receivers all seemed to start near $500 and go up fast from there. Mostly I imagine I'll be listening to int'l news broadcast stations. I tend to think that the US is entering some "interesting times" (that neither Obama, McCain nor any mix of Congress can save it from) and I wanted an alternative to the ministry of truth. As for listening to anything else on SW/LW--I don't know if I would or not; never had a radio to do it before. * ------ By the by--I looked around online for a moderated forum for these sorts of questions and couldn't seem to find one. The forums I found had not many posts and were all mostly filled with off-topic trash, just like,,,, this NG is. Is there any forum on the web that posts are at least, oh, say,,, 50% about shortwave radios? I found a couple that seemed like they had a decent number of sub-forums, if they only had someone to take out the garbage once a day and ban user accounts. ~ DougC, 1 - Here is a List of YAHOO mostly Moderated Groups which Focus on the Topic of Shortwave Radio Listening (SWL) http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query...adio+Listening 2 - Check-Out the Modern Shortwave Receiver Survey http://www.dxing.com/rx/rxindex.htm 3 - Here is the List of General Coverage Receivers Shortwave [High Frequency] Reviews from eHAM.Net http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/8 4 - Radio Netherlands [RNW] Receiver Reviews that is hosted by the Medium Wave [MW] Circle .Org http://www.mwcircle.org/res-receiver.htm good luck with your radio and enjoy listening to it ~ RHF |
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