Okay, let me rephrase my simple questions
 

What low cost full featured radio with sideband do you all have?
There has got to be some basic radio you ppl can recommend!
PLEASE!

What frequencies do the majority of you find RTTY, WEFAX and CW on?

If You came on a newsgroup or msg brd I was on and asked questions Id help
you



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"Preesi" wrote in message
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What low cost full featured radio with sideband do you all have?
There has got to be some basic radio you ppl can recommend!
PLEASE!

I have an Sangean ATS 505P. Cost is around $110-$125. What's your price
range?

Jackie

Hi Preesi,
What Jackie said is good advice. It would be a good starter radio that would
have most features you would want. Even better, IMHO was the DX-394 that
Radio Shack used to make - as far as I know, they no longer produce it, but
might be available at auction.

If you want to get into weather faxes etc. I think you would have to get
something more expensive, I don't know what more experienced people here
would say.

My DX-394 can use 10,5, and 1 khz steps in tuning. It has upper and lower
sideband, and two filters. It has volume and gain controls. You can enter
frequency directly and covers from 500 khz to 30 Mhz in 11 bands, and has
the ability to store frequencies for one button access. It has a LCD display
with LCD S-Meter. You can connect Hi impedance or Lo impedance antennas, has
a means of connecting an earth ground, and operates off AC or battery using
cigarette lighter adaptor, and has two audio outputs so you can use headsets
(not stereo output) or route the sound output to an audio input to an
external amplifier or stereo component system.

The DX 394 lacks passband tuning, notch filter, or audio filtering (Digital
Signal Processing) and cannot be connected to a PC for PC control. You would
either have to spend several hundred dollars for these refinements by
purchasing separate components or buy a much more expensive receiver.

I hope that gives you an idea of what is available. I might suggest you get
a copy of Passport to World Band Radio and read the receiver reviews. They
also discuss antennas and amplified (active) antennas and rate them. It
really IS a good reference with understandable writing about who,what why
when and where of shortwave radio listening. Best Wishes Maximus

Suggest getting a Sangean 505A

- Here's a review...

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/ats505.html

Dan



In article , "Preesi"
writes:


What low cost full featured radio with sideband do you all have?
There has got to be some basic radio you ppl can recommend!
PLEASE!

"Preesi" wrote in message
...
What low cost full featured radio with sideband do you all have?
There has got to be some basic radio you ppl can recommend!
PLEASE!

What frequencies do the majority of you find RTTY, WEFAX and CW on?

If You came on a newsgroup or msg brd I was on and asked questions Id help
you



Inexpensive radio and RTTY, FAX, CW do not go together real well. There is
also very little RTTY or FAX around anymore. The only real CW is on the Ham
bands.
You are going to be up in the Icom R75 or the like range and a very good
antenna before you will get a very good read on those type of signals. You
need a sensitve and very selective radio with a very tight bandwidth to
decode those signals accurately.

You need to hit one of the utility Web sites to see what frequencies are
currently active for the non voice modes.

With satellite and other means available RTTY, FAX and non Ham CW are coming
to a close. If I remember correctly commercially used CW is gone

The authority book on the commercial side band traffic is Klingenfuss and he
publishes a new book annually. SelCal for air traffic is still around and
fairly easy to decode even if you do not have the best radio, a good 2.8
filter and SSB is fine. You need the Selcal software from AirNav though and
you run the audio into your sound card from your radio.

Greg

In article , Diverd4777 says...

Suggest getting a Sangean 505A

- Here's a review...

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/ats505.html

Dan

I've got the Sangean 505A (actually RS DX-402 which was on sale for $49). I've
also got the Sony 7600GR which is a little more expensive but I think is a
better quality all purpose portable. The SSB is easier to tune and more
responsive (I think).

Just my 2 cents.

elfa


In article , "Preesi"
writes:


What low cost full featured radio with sideband do you all have?
There has got to be some basic radio you ppl can recommend!
PLEASE!

I have a Drake R8B I bought new for $2000.00 Canadian and I love it.


"Preesi" wrote in message
...
What low cost full featured radio with sideband do you all have?
There has got to be some basic radio you ppl can recommend!
PLEASE!

What frequencies do the majority of you find RTTY, WEFAX and CW on?

If You came on a newsgroup or msg brd I was on and asked questions Id help
you



--

preesi

~~~My Mom and her Sister skip cheerily, arm and arm thru the crowded Mall
loudly singing "Sisters, Sisters" from the movie 'White Christmas' and you
wonder why Im a weirdo?~~~

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(All 5 Of My Sites Under One Easy To Use Link)
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Stop trolling the group. The only thing more pathetic is the number
of stupid people who are responding to you.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 19:23:29 -0500, "Preesi"
wrote:

What low cost full featured radio with sideband do you all have?
There has got to be some basic radio you ppl can recommend!
PLEASE!

What frequencies do the majority of you find RTTY, WEFAX and CW on?

If You came on a newsgroup or msg brd I was on and asked questions Id help
you

me wrote in message . ..
Stop trolling the group. The only thing more pathetic is the number
of stupid people who are responding to you.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 19:23:29 -0500, "Preesi"
wrote:

What low cost full featured radio with sideband do you all have?
There has got to be some basic radio you ppl can recommend!
PLEASE!

What frequencies do the majority of you find RTTY, WEFAX and CW on?

If You came on a newsgroup or msg brd I was on and asked questions Id help
you
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You may want to check out the Kaito ka 1102 -- digital, pll, ssb
capable, can purchase for just under $100 shipped -- good reviews at
www.radiointel.com under the Degen name ---- cheers , Ron