On Oct 30, 1:10*am, CF wrote:
Brian Colwell wrote:
"Mike K." wrote in message
....
... and I'm wondering what sort of good replacements are available at
a reasonable price. I got my radio from my grandfather when he gave up
on his radio hobby and realistically can't afford to spend more than
$100-$150 to replace it. The main thing the replacement would need to
do would be to pull in MW and SW signals as the Grundig still works
flawlessly with FM broadcasts.

Does anybody have ggood suggestions for a poor student who enjoys
tuning in to the world?

Check out the Crane cradiosw am/fm/shortwave. It has received some really
good reviews.

bmc

I can second that about the CCrane SW radio. *It is the Redsun RP-2100,
and has a built in dual ferrite antenna. *Pulls in great MW DX. *John
Plimmer, the premier MW DXer here, has the Redsun version himself.
Also, pulls in awesome FM!

Hmm. I guess I have to decide how much I want/need SSB, as the CCrane
(and related Redsun rebadgings) don't seem to have a built-in decoder
for it, but other things at the price range do... Other than
eavesdropping on Hams, does SSB have any real purpose?

Mike

On Oct 30, 5:04*pm, Bob Dobbs wrote:
Mike K. wrote:
Other than
eavesdropping on Hams, does SSB have any real purpose?

International aviation and maritime comms typically use USB

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Operator Bob
Echo Charlie 42

But do they usually communicate on bands covered by a shortwave
receiver? I've never heard anything like that with my current rig.
just broadcast activity and hams.

Mike

On Oct 31, 5:40*am, Bob Dobbs wrote:
Mike K. wrote:
On Oct 30, 5:04*pm, Bob Dobbs wrote:
Mike K. wrote:
Other than
eavesdropping on Hams, does SSB have any real purpose?

International aviation and maritime comms typically use USB

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Operator Bob
Echo Charlie 42

But do they usually communicate on bands covered by a shortwave
receiver?

Yes

I've never heard anything like that with my current rig.
just broadcast activity and hams.

Keep twirling that dial,
Oh, and use a good antenna,
those maritime signals aren't usually very strong,
compared to the aircraft enroute comms.

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Operator Bob
Echo Charlie 42

That may be the problem. I used the built-in antenna until my cat
umped off my dresser and knocked the radio over, breaking off the
antenna and now I just use an old wire...

Mike