Jack wrote:

Do you mean those "converters" that shifted shortwave bands down to
the 550-1600KC range so you could listen with your car radio? I
havent seen one of those since the 70's, but they might still be
available...

hehehe... Makes me recall back to the early 70's when I made a
bracket to fit my Radio Shack DX-160 under the dash of the 1967 Ford
Fairlane my mom gave me upon entering college. Most of my friends
were either CB'ers or early computer freaks (PDP stuph!), and they
were pretty impressed. I did it mainly so I could listen to Radio
Nederlands and R. Australia while I commuted between home and school.

What did you use for an antenna with the DX-160? Did you listen to RA on
9580 in the morning?


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Hello to all,

There are three shortwave converters that I am aware of. One is in kit
form from Vectronics, model VEC 101k, and sells for $27.95

Another one is from MFJ and sells for $89.95. The MFJ is assembled and
ready to go. I do not recall the model number of the MFJ but it surely
is available on its website.

I built the Vectronics converter and it works really well. I do not
have experience with the MFJ.

The third on is from Ramsey, and is also in kit form. I built this one
too, and although is works I do not recommend this unless you live in
a warm weather climate with constant temeratures. This converter
wanders all over the spectrum in frequency. It has no real effectice
voltage regulation, and there seems to be large shifts in frequency
with changing engine speeds.

I did use the Ramsey indoors and it worked really well, so if you are
looking to convert your home stereo to shortwave, this will probably
do the job for you nicely.

Any of these converters can be built on a perf board for less than $10
so you may want to consider that also. Plans are on the net in various
locations.

There is another converter I have seen advertised on the net for
around $150. Too far out of my price range and I don't see it as being
worth the price.

www.vectronics.com

www.mfjenterprises.com

www.ramseyelectronics.com

Hope this is of some help.


Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all


de WA2AFD

I built one (homemade) for the cars that had an analog tunable radio.
Covered all SW broadcast bands (by the turn of a knob) & worked just
fine hooked up the the cars radio antenna.

My last truck though had (& present one has) a radio that tunes in
10khz steps so I just used my Icom IC706MKII-G (hooked up to a
Bugcatcher ham radio antenna) for shortwave listening when I'm not
using it for ham contacts.

Expensive (for just a shortwave radio) but if you've got a mobile HF
ham radio (with general coverage recieve) then why not use it for
shortwave? I do!

Nothing like driving to work in the morning listening to Radio
Austraila.....