On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 03:04:31 GMT
"David Eduardo" wrote:


SW radios are at nearly every electronics and gadget store.
Frys in the West has many; Sharper Image, Hammacher-Schlemmer,
etc., have them, too. Have even seen the multi-band one at Bed,
Bath and Beyond in an emergency-preparedness all-band, crank to
power radio.


I need to visit more Mom and Pop Electronic Stores to see if they
carry SW Radios. This has me really curious. Most I went to
didn't have them at all. I thought SW was dead in North America
until I came here.

Vijay

In article , R Vijay wrote:
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 03:04:31 GMT
"David Eduardo" wrote:


SW radios are at nearly every electronics and gadget store.
Frys in the West has many; Sharper Image, Hammacher-Schlemmer,
etc., have them, too. Have even seen the multi-band one at Bed,
Bath and Beyond in an emergency-preparedness all-band, crank to
power radio.


I need to visit more Mom and Pop Electronic Stores to see if they
carry SW Radios. This has me really curious. Most I went to
didn't have them at all. I thought SW was dead in North America
until I came here.
Vijay
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A good start in Canada is the advice and references at
the CIDX messenger and the ODXA Listening In (Google them)
http://www.odxa.on.ca/li.html
http://www.anarc.org/cidx/messenger.html

We just had a Fry's open here (Renton, WA). They don't carry shortwave
radios.


"R Vijay" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 03:04:31 GMT
"David Eduardo" wrote:


SW radios are at nearly every electronics and gadget store.
Frys in the West has many; Sharper Image, Hammacher-Schlemmer,
etc., have them, too. Have even seen the multi-band one at Bed,
Bath and Beyond in an emergency-preparedness all-band, crank to
power radio.


I need to visit more Mom and Pop Electronic Stores to see if they
carry SW Radios. This has me really curious. Most I went to
didn't have them at all. I thought SW was dead in North America
until I came here.

Vijay

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 03:04:31 GMT
"David Eduardo" wrote:

SW radios are at nearly every electronics and gadget store.
Frys in the West has many; Sharper Image, Hammacher-Schlemmer,
etc., have them, too. Have even seen the multi-band one at Bed,
Bath and Beyond in an emergency-preparedness all-band, crank to
power radio.


You are very correct. I couldn't contain my curiosity. Went to a
nearby Electronics Store. Then had a half a shelf full of SW
Radios. I was not looking in the right places before. I asked the
employee and he said that SW Radios are still popular but not as
much as before.

There were some nice Grundigs priced around $120 Canadian !! This
is very good to know for the future.

Vijay )

There's also a tremendous potential for shortwave to enter the
"entertainment mainstream" with the introduction of "digital
shortwave" using the DRM system.

I have the facility to listen to the "pioneering" transmissions of DRM
from BBC, Radio Canada, Vatican Radio, Radio Nederland, Radio Sweden,
China Radio International and Deutsche Welle every afternoon and
early evening from 2055 UTC till 0300 UTC.

I also, (on good nights), receive the DRM transmissions from Radio
Luxembourg here in Detroit, proving that DRM is feasible over
trans-Atlantic conditions. It's amazing that after a more than 10
year abscence from shortwave, Radio Luxembourg is back on the bands.

The fidelity, while not "audiophile" quality, is absolutely amazing,
approaching the sound quality of a decent FM mono table radio. No
static, no hetrodynes, no selective fading etc. Non-SWL'ers who I've
had over actually enjoy listening to it!

Since DRM uses the non-proprietary MPEG-4 digital audio compression
system, it is conceivable that inexpensive chipsets for decoding it
will be developed over the next couple of years and put into Sangean,
Sony, and Grundig receivers.

I don't mean to be a "shill" for DRM, but I am truly blown away by it
and its potential for making shortwave broadcasting viable again.

Fred E.

N8UC -- Detroit, MI

On 19 Dec 2003 04:32:14 -0800
(Vijay) wrote:

Hi everyone:

Newbie to this group. I have listened to several short wave
Radio Stations and used to be a DXer in India almost 15 years
ago. (one of


I used listen to CBC sometimes early in the mornings about two
years or so ago. They used to broadcast programs from DW, Swiss
Radio, Radio from Poland etc., early in the mornings. Each for
about 30 minutes or so. Mostly, European programs. Was fun to
listen to them. So, this is my small touch with Foreign Radio
though not via ShortWave directly.

Sometimes, I see people spending a lot of money on an AM/FM Radio
and can't help smiling. An average Radio would serve this
purpose. Better to invest this money on a SW Radio.

Vijay

On 19 Dec 2003 04:32:14 -0800
(Vijay) wrote:

Great Answer to my Question online at:

http://www.speedline.ca/grundig/

Also, lots of SW Radio's on ebay under $20 and some even around
$10 !!! However, they are not in Canada.

Vijay

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On 19 Dec 2003 04:32:14 -0800
(Vijay) wrote:

Great Answer to my Question online at:

http://www.speedline.ca/grundig/

Also, lots of SW Radio's on ebay under $20 and some even around
$10 !!! However, they are not in Canada.

Vijay

I started in SW in late 2001 and I tell you that the bands are always
packed with stations when I listen in the evening/night time. I like
listening to Voice Of Russia and it's mailbag program. You find
opinions and news here that you won't find off cable TV. The cable
system channels are all controlled by the elite corporations so your
not going to get the same openness you would get from certain SW
stations.

On 22 Dec 2003 12:05:24 -0800
(RedOctober90) wrote:

I started in SW in late 2001 and I tell you that the bands are
always packed with stations when I listen in the evening/night
time. I like listening to Voice Of Russia and it's mailbag
program. You find opinions and news here that you won't find
off cable TV. The cable system channels are all controlled by
the elite corporations so your not going to get the same
openness you would get from certain SW stations.


Where are you located ? What receiver do you use ?

Thanks.

Vijay

On 19 Dec 2003 04:32:14 -0800
(Vijay) wrote:

Hi everyone:

Newbie to this group.


I decided to listen to the SW relay from CBC Early in the morning
today. Heard DW and Radio Poland. It was great.

For now I don't feel I will listen to SW consistently. Hence, I
have decided to listen in on the Net as well as on the relay.
Doesn't matter thru what device I get the programs, as long as I
can listen to them.

In the long term future, when I feel that I will listen to SW a
lot, I might go ahead and get a SW Radio. In the meantime, I can
also look for good deals in pawn shops.

Vijay