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Car radio with shortwave
I want to buy a car radio with shortwave. Anyone have any information on
who is making them and where I can get one. Or if you have one could you give a consumer report? Thanks |
Blau makes one of the best. Kenwood has one too IIRC.
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The radio is half the battle, what would you use for an antenna? Does the stock
AM/FM give enough of a signal? jw wb9uai |
http://www.ccrane.com/am_fm_auto_antenna.asp
J999w wrote: The radio is half the battle, what would you use for an antenna? Does the stock AM/FM give enough of a signal? jw wb9uai |
MFJ make a bare bones sw car radio that performs pretty good. I had one for
several years. It is great a night...only flaw is when my car was running during the day I could only get mostly the Religous powerhouses. Ignition messes up the sensitivity a bit. But turn the car off and I were able to DX some during the day. It sells aroung $75 if I remember right. Coverts your car's am band to sw. Vermonter 05401 wrote in message ... I want to buy a car radio with shortwave. Anyone have any information on who is making them and where I can get one. Or if you have one could you give a consumer report? Thanks |
FYI - Durham Radio seems to be the same company as
www.shortwavestore.com (usa.shortwavestore.com) Quite a bit more expensive than Jakys, but far less in shipping charges and chances for duties etc... "Ted Limi Sitruuna" wrote in message .. . "Vermonter 05401" wrote in message ... I want to buy a car radio with shortwave. Anyone have any information on who is making them and where I can get one. Or if you have one could you give a consumer report? Thanks I found this site that has some brand names and hints in what parts of the world SW car radios are available: http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/html/xr-c5100.html Sony makes the XR-CA620X car radio: http://www.durhamradio.com/shortwave-sony.htm#620 and many other brands probably manufacture SW car radios as well. |
I ordered the XR-CA620X from Jacky's for Christmas 2001. Total cost with shipping and insurance was $188.30 USD. Received the radio in three days and a nice follow-up email from their customer service department. The radio works wonderfully with the stock speakers and stock antenna on my 1987 Nissan Pathfinder (currently with 290,000 miles!). Since that unit is not sold in the states, you can go to the Asian region section on www.sony.com and research the specs there. At least that's what I did then. Monte B. Carroll WC4MBC Nashville, Tennessee USA On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:08:39 GMT, Vermonter 05401 wrote: I want to buy a car radio with shortwave. Anyone have any information on who is making them and where I can get one. Or if you have one could you give a consumer report? Thanks |
I now have a Mazda6, which has an integrated radio.. There currently
isn't a kit to fit any other radios (we're all (im)patiently waiting)... I was looking at some converters, especially the LFB converter, which doesn't get installed in the dash -- and works properly with digital head units... The problem is the frequency range totally misses the frequencies I need: 19 meter band ( 15100 to 15600 khz.) 25 meter band ( 11600 to 12100 khz.) 31 meter band ( 9500 to 9900 khz.) 49 meter band ( 5900 to 6250 khz.) If anyone else has other ideas... it would be appreciated! I was waiting to get the Sony radio once I got a new car... but I had to get a car without standard radio installation.... :-( "snow" wrote in message ... MFJ make a bare bones sw car radio that performs pretty good. I had one for several years. It is great a night...only flaw is when my car was running during the day I could only get mostly the Religous powerhouses. Ignition messes up the sensitivity a bit. But turn the car off and I were able to DX some during the day. It sells aroung $75 if I remember right. Coverts your car's am band to sw. Vermonter 05401 wrote in message ... I want to buy a car radio with shortwave. Anyone have any information on who is making them and where I can get one. Or if you have one could you give a consumer report? Thanks |
Most sales outlets will ASK FOR his call sign, though they may not
require it to make the sale. Some will require it. I have an in dash unit - Sony, with the gap -- and often wish the gap wasn't there, 9.475, 9.495, 9330, etc. Even though I've really enjoyed and appreciated the radio I have, I often wish I'd gone the other route. I have no ssb. Am limited to increments of 5. etc. Al CW wrote: If he wants a a ham transciever, all he hass to do is go down and buy one. He just can't legally transmit. That would probably be a good way to go. Many of them are rather small. "Al Patrick" wrote in message ... Many "hams" get a mobile HF radio with full coverage receive. Since this unit can also transmit, on the ham bands, it is limited (at least at most places) to licensed amateur radio operators only. |
If they refuse to sell it to him because he does not have a license, he can
sue. Any business knows this. They will not refuse to sell. "Al Patrick" wrote in message ... Most sales outlets will ASK FOR his call sign, though they may not require it to make the sale. Some will require it. I have an in dash unit - Sony, with the gap -- and often wish the gap wasn't there, 9.475, 9.495, 9330, etc. Even though I've really enjoyed and appreciated the radio I have, I often wish I'd gone the other route. I have no ssb. Am limited to increments of 5. etc. Al CW wrote: If he wants a a ham transciever, all he hass to do is go down and buy one. He just can't legally transmit. That would probably be a good way to go. Many of them are rather small. "Al Patrick" wrote in message ... Many "hams" get a mobile HF radio with full coverage receive. Since this unit can also transmit, on the ham bands, it is limited (at least at most places) to licensed amateur radio operators only. |
CW wrote: If they refuse to sell it to him because he does not have a license, he can sue. Any business knows this. They will not refuse to sell. I don't think any businesss has to sell to anyone. Now if they discriminate, that's another issue, but one can refuse service to anyone one chooses. "Al Patrick" wrote in message ... Most sales outlets will ASK FOR his call sign, though they may not require it to make the sale. Some will require it. I have an in dash unit - Sony, with the gap -- and often wish the gap wasn't there, 9.475, 9.495, 9330, etc. Even though I've really enjoyed and appreciated the radio I have, I often wish I'd gone the other route. I have no ssb. Am limited to increments of 5. etc. Al CW wrote: If he wants a a ham transciever, all he hass to do is go down and buy one. He just can't legally transmit. That would probably be a good way to go. Many of them are rather small. "Al Patrick" wrote in message ... Many "hams" get a mobile HF radio with full coverage receive. Since this unit can also transmit, on the ham bands, it is limited (at least at most places) to licensed amateur radio operators only. |
I don't have a Ham license... Anyhow, for some reason, I seem to
remember reading that it's illegal to have a ham transceiver in a car in NY anyhow... Maybe I'm wrong... In my old car, I used a portable with a CB antenna for a while... It's just a pain to disconnect and reconnect -- which would lead me to only use it on long trips.... Also, I was using a window mount CB antenna (to avoid holes or scratches (magnet mount)) but no ground plane). The antenna messed up the window gasket... RF noise was sometimes an issue... at times I could listen, but end up with a headache!... It actually got much worse when I had to change the alternator... they installed another brand, which caused extra noise... I wasn't going to start changing the spark plugs and adding extra grounds in a car I knew I was going to get rid of... If I knew the broadcasters I listened to would stick around a few years, that would also lean me towards a larger investment... The other issue is theft... The Sony in-dash unit doesn't look so extra-expensive.. putting in a large transceiver invites theft... I would've easily bought the Sony, if not for the dash fittign issue... (Actually, related to another issue, they mention that the Mazda 6 isn't too well grounded...people have been adding ground cables all over the place...) N8KDV wrote in message ... CW wrote: If they refuse to sell it to him because he does not have a license, he can sue. Any business knows this. They will not refuse to sell. I don't think any businesss has to sell to anyone. Now if they discriminate, that's another issue, but one can refuse service to anyone one chooses. |
In some states, it is illegal to have them in the car if you are not
licensed but not because of the transmitter. It is the receiver that is the issue and generally applies to scanners though your average cop does not know the difference. If you suspect that you live in such a state, it would be in your best interest to find out as your shortwave rig is just as likely to get you busted as anything. As for the size of a transceiver, some are no bigger than your stock car radio. "Daniel Rosenzweig" wrote in message om... I don't have a Ham license... Anyhow, for some reason, I seem to remember reading that it's illegal to have a ham transceiver in a car in NY anyhow... Maybe I'm wrong... |
"CW" wrote in message news:yqC3b.289873$o%2.135422@sccrnsc02... In some states, it is illegal to have them in the car if you are not licensed but not because of the transmitter. It is the receiver that is the issue and generally applies to scanners though your average cop does not know the difference. If you suspect that you live in such a state, it would be in your best interest to find out as your shortwave rig is just as likely to get you busted as anything. As for the size of a transceiver, some are no bigger than your stock car radio. "Daniel Rosenzweig" wrote in message om... I don't have a Ham license... Anyhow, for some reason, I seem to remember reading that it's illegal to have a ham transceiver in a car in NY anyhow... Maybe I'm wrong... |
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:08:39 GMT, Vermonter 05401
wrote: I want to buy a car radio with shortwave. Anyone have any information on who is making them and where I can get one. Or if you have one could you give a consumer report? Thanks http://www.jackys.com/ their Sony's work fine. Many here have bought from them... Radio Netherlands has reviews online. Mine still works fine many years later. You *might* be able to get one from a Canadian or Mexican dealer if you don't want to import from Dubai.... |
I. P. Yurin wrote under the heading " Car radio with shortwave:":
What's on it? Imagine NPR rotated through the nations where each one has 15 min to 1 hour to present THEIR NPR info. You've got it. Actually, Israel radio is on for 30 min. or more in the evenings. DW is on about every day. It's not all news as CNN or PNN might be. There may be 30 minutes of Irish music or 30 minutes of promoting something that is hardly worth hearing -- IMHO. :-) Al |
You can take a look at http://www.wrn.org for their schedule and
audio. Broadcasts are 'time shifted' so you wont hear them at the same time as you would expect to hear them. Which can be a good thing, if the broadcast is normally in the middle of the night, or when you are in the office. You can listen to WRN in many ways - via Sirius satellite (US), Worldspace satellite (most of the rest of the world) via some regular AM/FM local radio stations (usually overnight - many NPR radio stations use this), via 'regular'satellite and via the Internet... Al Patrick wrote in message ... I. P. Yurin wrote under the heading " Car radio with shortwave:": What's on it? Imagine NPR rotated through the nations where each one has 15 min to 1 hour to present THEIR NPR info. You've got it. Actually, Israel radio is on for 30 min. or more in the evenings. DW is on about every day. It's not all news as CNN or PNN might be. There may be 30 minutes of Irish music or 30 minutes of promoting something that is hardly worth hearing -- IMHO. :-) Al |
http://wrn.org/listeners/stations/in...urrentLetter=1
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 06:00:20 GMT, I. P. Yurin wrote: What's on it? |
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