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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:00:19 -0600, David Mills wrote
(in message .net): Hi.. I have really enjoyed reading the feed back on my first post (need advice for a short wave radio). Had no idea there was so much technical knowledge involved!! You guys sure know your stuff. I did not mention the model and make of my current radio. I currently have a Realistic DX-360. It has analog tuning 6 separate short wave bands as well as am and fm. There is a jack for dc current and an ear phone jack. There is NO jack for an external antenna. A telescoping antenna comes out to about 3 feet length or so. I would guess that problem with fading and with the inability to pick up weak stations is more an antenna problem than a receiver prob. Put yourself up a reasonably good antenna and run the lead-in wire to your radio area and wrap the antenna lead-in around the base of the whip antenna. Wrap it a buncha times (say 10 or 12). [10 or 12] This is called "inductive coupling" as it is an interplay between the magnetic fields of the whip antenna and the antenna lead-in. So, this is known as either: [1] inductive coupling using magnetic fields or [2] Wrapping the whatchacallit around the bottom of the thingmajig. 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 I am not very happy with this radio due to lots of fading in and out and only the strong stations come in at all. I live in the Northeast US and I am mostly interested in getting Radio Canada, Radio Switzerland and Radio France International. Anything else is gravy!! I really want to keep price under a hundred. Lastly..has anyone noticed the strong proliferation of evangelistic religious type radio stations on short wave? does many folks really listen to them? Wish I could filter them out but oh well!! I went to a radio shack today and asked to see a Grundig Yacht boy 300. I saw it. Trouble is..the salesman new nothing about the features. Hmmm..dont like buying from a place with unknoledgable salesman! Thanks guys for all your help!!! David |
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