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Anyone else like analog tuning
I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous
sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre |
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On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:48:19 -0600, Pierre L wrote
(in message ): I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre I /love/ digital tuning. All the sw radio's I had in the fifties and sixties were, of course, analog and I can remember having QSLs refused because I was a little off on the stations' transmit frequency. Perhaps my favorite feature of digital control is that it makes possible memories which I use a whole lot. But at least three out of my four sw radios /have/ analog tuning so - if I feel like it - I can "scan the bands". Gray Shockley ----------------------- DX-392 DX-398 RX-320 DX-399 CCradio w/RS Loop Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz) Select-A-Tenna ----------------------- Vicksburg, MS US |
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"Pierre L" wrote in message .. . I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre I prefer analog tuning if the tuning mechanism has a minimal amount of drive friction and backlash. Flywheel tuning is a nice bonus. Some of the analog tuning radios are pretty stiff and/or sloppy, though. I like to give the knob a quick spin, watch the indicator and hear which bands are hot. It's not the same with a digital set, especially the ones the chuff with tuning. I'm sure digital would suit me better if I were DXing or QSLing. Mostly now, I just park it on a good clear signal and listen to the programming. Frank Dresser |
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In article , pierrot51
@hotmail.com once wrote ....... I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. I'm not really fussed either way, Digital is obviously better for utility and data.... However I do like analogue meters - none of these marker/counter digital types - and to think i part-ex an R-2000 for an R-75 - I should have kept the 2000 and still bought the 75! -- Mark (MW1MDH) |
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I have three sets,
two digital & one analogue with a Digital readout. The analogue is fine for " scanning the bands" to see who'se broadcasting right now.. - But I Love the combination Tuning Knob / Digital readout on my R-75; and all the memories.. ! ! ! For a portable, the Sangean 606A with 50+ memories & a Digital readout is about perfect.. I don't know how you'd incorporate an accuate tuning knob into such a small , inexpensive set Dan In article , "Pierre L" writes: Subject: Anyone else like analog tuning From: "Pierre L" Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:48:19 -0500 I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre |
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Pierre,
If by "Analog Tuning" you mean a Main Tuning Knob that you can turn and click off the the Hz one by one: Then the Answer is Y E S ! Being "Limited" by Up and Down Tuning Buttoms that only spet-up or step-down a fixed number of kHz leaves me feeling that I have missed something that may have been 'in-between-everything'. Memories and Pre-Sets are nice to recall those "Finds" that have been Found. - But it the "Joy-of-Finding" the FIND that for Me is the Fun and Mystery of Shortwave Listening. - - That monent in time when you say - What's That ? - - - As Your Mind Comes Alive ! Memories in the corner of My Mind : - A Magical Watercolor of Sounds. - - A Staccato of Static and Noise. - - - The Silence in the In-Between. The Mind "Wraps" It All into One ! .. . . memories, Memories. MEMORIES ! ~ RHF .. .. = = = "Pierre L" = = = wrote in message ... I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre |
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RHF wrote: Pierre, If by "Analog Tuning" you mean a Main Tuning Knob that you can turn and click off the the Hz one by one: Then the Answer is Y E S ! Being "Limited" by Up and Down Tuning Buttoms that only spet-up or step-down a fixed number of kHz leaves me feeling that I have missed something that may have been 'in-between-everything'. Memories and Pre-Sets are nice to recall those "Finds" that have been Found. - But it the "Joy-of-Finding" the FIND that for Me is the Fun and Mystery of Shortwave Listening. - - That monent in time when you say - What's That ? - - - As Your Mind Comes Alive ! Memories in the corner of My Mind : - A Magical Watercolor of Sounds. - - A Staccato of Static and Noise. - - - The Silence in the In-Between. The Mind "Wraps" It All into One ! . . . memories, Memories. MEMORIES ! What blend are you smoking these days? :-) ~ RHF . . = = = "Pierre L" = = = wrote in message ... I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre |
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I'd like to be able to listen for transatlantic MW stations on my car radio
while driving, but that's hard to do since digitally tuned car radios only give you the 10khz spacing. That might be an example where analog had some benefits. "Pierre L" wrote in message .. . I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre |
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"Robert Herschbach" wrote in message ...
I'd like to be able to listen for transatlantic MW stations on my car radio while driving, but that's hard to do since digitally tuned car radios only give you the 10khz spacing. That might be an example where analog had some benefits. Just depends on the radio. Not all digital tuning radios are the same. I much prefer digital overall, but mine gives you the best of both worlds. You can tune in many different rates, and there is no chuffing or any artifacts , no matter what rate you use. Also, if you go slow enough, the sound and feel is just like analog. My IC-706mk2g has ten different tuning rates. Single cycle, 10 cycle, 100 cycle, 1kc, 5 kc, 9 kc,10 kc, 12.5 kc, 20 kc, 25 kc, 100 kc. On HF and MW I use 1 kc the most. Only with the higher quality SW radios were the analog readouts very accurate. IE: old collins, drakes, etc..Another thing I like about the digital, or mine at least, is when I dial the readout, I end up perfectly on freq. IE: say I tune to 14.200 using the 1 kc rate. I'm exactly on freq. 14.200.000. No farting around. So if I'm on 75m, and tune 3850-51-52-53, etc, each one is right on the money ???.000... This is more important to SSB than AM of course...MK |
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