Hello all


I have a DX 392, and I am going to Israel in a month. I will pack it
into my checked baggage, but I recall an older copy of Passport saying
bringing a shortwave into some Middle eastern countries is frowned
upon.

Does anybody have any opinions?

Thanks, Jay

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:35:12 GMT, Jay wrote:

Hello all


I have a DX 392, and I am going to Israel in a month. I will pack it
into my checked baggage, but I recall an older copy of Passport saying
bringing a shortwave into some Middle eastern countries is frowned
upon.

Does anybody have any opinions?

Thanks, Jay

Jay,
Probably not an issue, however you may wish to check with their
Consulate in the US prior to departure. Here's a link to their office
in San Francisco (first one that came up in Google) that may help.

Have a good trip!
Howard

Howard schrieb:

.....
I have a DX 392, and I am going to Israel in a month. I will pack it
into my checked baggage, but I recall an older copy of Passport saying
bringing a shortwave into some Middle eastern countries is frowned
upon.

About 14 years ago my brother spent a year in a kibbuzz and he took his
Sony ICF-2001D/ 2010 with him. There was no problem.

odo

In article , Jay wrote:

I have a DX 392, and I am going to Israel in a month. I will pack it
into my checked baggage, but I recall an older copy of Passport saying
bringing a shortwave into some Middle eastern countries is frowned
upon.

Israel was never one of them. You should have a lot of fun if you don't
mind listening to non English broadcasts. Yes, you can get the VOA and the
BBC, but there's a lot more in the world, and you can hear it from here.

Make sure it has a good set of batteries so you can show the security people
that it's a radio and not a bomb (this is not a joke). The power system here
is 230 volt 50Hz.

If you have a ham license, bring it. It's valid here for 90 days.

If you are going to be in Jerusalem, look me up.

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson 972-54-608-069
Icq/AIM Uin: 2661079 MSN IM: (Not for email)

(Geoffrey S. Mendelson) wrote in
:

How would a "good set" of batteries help security to know that it's a
radio and not a bomb?

Oh, and as often as I use Google for searches, it seems that one only
gets primarily U.S. based stores. Do you have any links to radio and
electronic stores in Israel?

There is an incredible monotony in the U.S. retail stores, I'd like to
see some direct links to European, Australian, or Israeli stores.
Obviously many stores maintain that they will not sell restricted items
(such as unblocked scanners from Canada or England) to U.S. residents, or
the few that will sell won't promise delivery (i.e. you pay, but if
customs confiscates the item, obviously there is no refund from the
company). I'd just like to see if other models of radios are available.
Unfortunately, with today's global economy, most of the electronics are
probably made in China anyway, bearing different manufacturing labels as
required.

I still have a Ferguson FM stereo radio that was made in England about 30
years ago. Very unusual, some transistors are hand soldered to resistors
(the junction being above the circuit board). The unit has a whopping 12
watts per channel RMS, and the power supply has massive capacitors. If
the unit is unplugged while playing through the speakers, several seconds
elapse before the sound starts to diminish.


Regards.



In article , Jay wrote:

Make sure it has a good set of batteries so you can show the security
people that it's a radio and not a bomb (this is not a joke). The
power system here is 230 volt 50Hz.

--
To know and to be, this is not even a question, there is no alternative.
You see it clearly in the loneliest little avenues between particles and
waves, shunned even by the gregarious quark and unknown by the various
strands of time, so big it cannot be seen, yet so little it is
immovable, lies the fabric of the ultimate reality gripped in the tiny
fist of the all or nothing."

"Soliloquy" wrote in message
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(Geoffrey S. Mendelson) wrote in
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How would a "good set" of batteries help security to know that it's a
radio and not a bomb?

SNIP

During security inspections, the inspectors will power on any handheld
portable devices from passengers to make sure that they're really functional
(and not a covering for a bomb or a weapon). They're just making sure your
cellphone is a cellphone and your radio is a radio.

-- Stinger

In article , Soliloquy wrote:
(Geoffrey S. Mendelson) wrote in

How would a "good set" of batteries help security to know that it's a
radio and not a bomb?

It turns on.


Oh, and as often as I use Google for searches, it seems that one only
gets primarily U.S. based stores. Do you have any links to radio and
electronic stores in Israel?

I wish. AFIK there aren't any. :-(

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson 972-54-608-069
Icq/AIM Uin: 2661079 MSN IM: (Not for email)

Soliloquy wrote in message

(Geoffrey S. Mendelson) wrote in message ...
In article , Soliloquy wrote:
(Geoffrey S. Mendelson) wrote in

How would a "good set" of batteries help security to know that it's a
radio and not a bomb?

It turns on.


Oh, and as often as I use Google for searches, it seems that one only
gets primarily U.S. based stores. Do you have any links to radio and
electronic stores in Israel?

I wish. AFIK there aren't any. :-(

Geoff.



http://www.electric-city.co.il/
http://shopping.walla.co.il/
http://www.netaction.co.il/

etc.


But it's all in Hebrew

Not only 235V/50Hz -- but remember the Medium Wave channel spacing is
9 kHz.
While most digital shortwave radios are switchable - remember about
your digital walkman or portable radio...

I've never had a problem bringing a shortwave... again, keep live
batteries in the radio, so that you can turn the radio on for
security. I usually keep it in my carry-on, so that I know where it
is...

On the other hand, I've found reception in the concrete/metal
reinforced/stone facade houses to be an issue... If you can even get a
'clothesline' wire antenna out the window, it should help... Or, most
apartments have a porch and you can go out there with your portable
radio, as long as the weather is good...

Previous to a couple years ago, you used to be able to receive the VOA
in English, about three or four hours a day on 1260 AM(MW), from
Rhodes... but, due to the various "Middle East Conflicts" - it's all
Arabic... I have been told by someone who was in Israel up until
yesterday, that VOA in English is receivable on 1593 kHz (MW) from
Kuwait and 1530 in Eilat from Sao Tome. It comes in well on shortwave
too. BBC is available 24/7 on 1323 kHz MW... (and shortwave, of
course)...

Interestingly, back in 1991, when I went to the VOA office in
Jerusalem to try to pick up new shortwave schedules, they couldn't
even tell me when they were broadcast...(even on MW). They had to get
someone from another VOA office to fax them the schedule -- which was
usually out of date... I finally got someone who is 'in the know' of
all things shortwave to fax me the latest schedule. Then, in the VOA
office, there were the teletypes clanging away...
Nowadays, they get everything off of the computer network... no more
faxed schedules, no more teletypes... I also had an interesting
discussion with Art Chimes, who was then the VOA correspondent. He
also gave me a 'tour' around the place (about three rooms, with a
small, sound insulated broadcasting 'closet').

Kol Israel English new is on at 7 AM, 1:10 PM and 8 PM on Reshet Alef
At 10 PM , in Jerusalem only on 88.2 FM. This is the local relay of
the International network - Reshet Hey - that is carried on
shortwave.

88.2FM is very difficult to receive, even in Jerusalem, without a
decent radio. There is another Kol Israel radio station on 88 FM which
interferes with it! Alternatively, depending upon where you are - you
MAY be able to pick up the groundwave of the shortwave frequencies....

Whenever I've checked - I have always found the Jerusalem Post's
listing of the Kol Israel English news to be incorrect...

All local Kol Israel frequencies - including Reshet Alef:
http://www.israelradio.org/stations.htm

Kol Israel shortwave schedule (with local network listed)
- which you can use to figure out
what time broadcasts will be, local time.

http://israelradio.org/sw.htm

Reshet Alef changed a MW frequency from 576 to 531 as of Jan 1, due
to the closing of the Hillel transmitter station. This was closed
due to environmental concerns...

Reshet Gimel is no longer on MW (it's still on FM) as a result of
Reshet Alef taking over Reshet Gimel's frequency. Who wants to listen
to
music on monoural MW anyway!

I also know someone who listens to Worldspace satellite from Israel...
although Glenn Hauser's website mentions that, at least in India, they
are going to start charging a subscription fee.

Don't reply to the email address posted - I don't check it... Reply to
the group...

(Geoffrey S. Mendelson) wrote in message ...
In article , Jay wrote:

Make sure it has a good set of batteries so you can show the security people
that it's a radio and not a bomb (this is not a joke). The power system here
is 230 volt 50Hz.

If you are going to be in Jerusalem, look me up.

Geoff.

WOW, you live in Jerusalem? Beautiful, soooo much I have read about Israel
and Jerusalem, I feel I know the place.

Hopefully (one day) unless the rapture happens or I die, I'd love to go
there. It is definitely target #1 for me. :-D