Hello to all. I am new to shortwave radio and just recently purchased a Sony
7600GR. I have been enjoying listening to BBC and many other stations and
hearing the news from a different perspective. Now here are a couple areas
that I have been thinking about.

1. I am really interseted in the ATS909 due to the amount of memory
locations that it has. For use at home where I plan to install some kind of
antenna in the attic, would this be a better radio.

2. What kind of antenna would anybody recommend for installation in a attic.
I do not want to spend a whole lot, but can get almost any kind of wire for
next to nothing. I live in a condo that does not allow anything outside, but
my floor plan is 1900 sq ft on a single floor and is very long in the attic
for installing an antenna.

Thank you for any information or insight you can provide.

thbeer

"chris" wrote in message ...

I ... just recently purchased a Sony 7600GR.

I am really interseted in the ATS909....

Those two radios are compared at
http://www.radiointel.com/portwars.htm

The same website also has extenisve discussions of all sorts of shortwave topics.

Enjoy.

You will be very happy with your ATS-909 on an external antenna. The
general consensus is that the Sony is much more sensitive "off the whip."
However, when you attach the ATS-909 to the external antenna, the
sensitivity issue is gone, and the features of the 909 (signal strength
meter, 3 times the memories, and a tuning knob (not buttons) make it a
great radio.

If you don't mind spending a bit more for your ATS-909, you can buy one with
some excellent mods already installed (he http://www.radiolabs.com/ )
that will send your Sony to Ebay if it really performs as advertised. I'd
really like to hear a review of the "Super ATS-909."

-- Stinger

PS -- You might want to go ahead and install your antenna to use with the
Sony. You may find that you'll be able to hear everything you want with
your current radio. RHF's always telling us the antenna is 55 percent of
the equation.


"chris" wrote in message
...
Hello to all. I am new to shortwave radio and just recently purchased a
Sony
7600GR. I have been enjoying listening to BBC and many other stations and
hearing the news from a different perspective. Now here are a couple areas
that I have been thinking about.

1. I am really interseted in the ATS909 due to the amount of memory
locations that it has. For use at home where I plan to install some kind
of
antenna in the attic, would this be a better radio.

2. What kind of antenna would anybody recommend for installation in a
attic.
I do not want to spend a whole lot, but can get almost any kind of wire
for
next to nothing. I live in a condo that does not allow anything outside,
but
my floor plan is 1900 sq ft on a single floor and is very long in the
attic
for installing an antenna.

Thank you for any information or insight you can provide.

thbeer

Try an antenna with the Sony and u may find it is all you need in a
radio depending on what your listening targets are.

You can have a look at the AMANDX site below for some simple antenna
ideas that u may find useful

--
73 and Best of DX
Shawn Axelrod

Visit the AMANDX DX site with info for the new or experienced listener:

http://www.angelfire.com/mb/amandx/index.html

REMEMBER ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN HEAR FOREVER


chris wrote:

Hello to all. I am new to shortwave radio and just recently purchased a Sony
7600GR. I have been enjoying listening to BBC and many other stations and
hearing the news from a different perspective. Now here are a couple areas
that I have been thinking about.

1. I am really interseted in the ATS909 due to the amount of memory
locations that it has. For use at home where I plan to install some kind of
antenna in the attic, would this be a better radio.

2. What kind of antenna would anybody recommend for installation in a attic.
I do not want to spend a whole lot, but can get almost any kind of wire for
next to nothing. I live in a condo that does not allow anything outside, but
my floor plan is 1900 sq ft on a single floor and is very long in the attic
for installing an antenna.

Thank you for any information or insight you can provide.

thbeer





--
73 and Best of DX
Shawn Axelrod

Visit the AMANDX DX site with info for the new or experienced listener:

http://www.angelfire.com/mb/amandx/index.html

REMEMBER ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN HEAR FOREVER

CHRIS,

Take the Time to READ these Messages 'posted' to the
"SWL Antennas and AM & FM Antennas" eGroup on YAHOO !

* Receiving Only Random Length Antenna: Open End vs Loop ?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/344
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/339

* In-the-Attic "Conical Loop Antenna" (Folded SkyWire)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/281

* Snake-in-the-Attic SWL Antenna
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/313

* Ground Required At Balun ?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/287

* Attic Electrical Wiring and Noise = Think Horizontal Loop Antenna
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/233

* WiNRADiO WR-LWA-0130 Long Wire Antenna Adapter - My Thoughts )
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/230

* Indoor and Ouside Antenna Grounding
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...nna/message/77

* The Antenna is 55.5% of the Radio/Receiver and
Antenna/Ground Reception Equation
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/288

NOTE: The PHOTOS Section of the "SWL Antennas and AM & FM Antennas"
eGroup on YAHOO has a [Folder] for "In-the-ATTIC" Antennas.
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group...FM-Antenna/lst


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Hello to all. I am new to shortwave radio and just recently purchased a Sony
7600GR. I have been enjoying listening to BBC and many other stations and
hearing the news from a different perspective. Now here are a couple areas
that I have been thinking about.

1. I am really interseted in the ATS909 due to the amount of memory
locations that it has. For use at home where I plan to install some kind of
antenna in the attic, would this be a better radio.

2. What kind of antenna would anybody recommend for installation in a attic.
I do not want to spend a whole lot, but can get almost any kind of wire for
next to nothing. I live in a condo that does not allow anything outside, but
my floor plan is 1900 sq ft on a single floor and is very long in the attic
for installing an antenna.

Thank you for any information or insight you can provide.

thbeer