On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:14:45 -0800, Altawaowr
wrote:

What part of the world do you live in?

Im in north Missouri

You do if you have a real radio.

"Altawaowr" wrote in message
...
Here on the west coast of the
US, you don't hear cool things like the Voice of Turkey or Radio Cairo

CW,

"You do if you have a real radio."

Having a 'real' Shortwave Radio is Good - Buy Lets Not Forget...

"The Shortwave Antenna is 55.5% of the Radio/Receiver
and Antenna/Ground Reception Equation"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/288
A REAL Shortwave Antenna is "Equally" Important for Good Reception [.]


All are WELCOME at the "Antenna Ashram"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/502
Shortwave Listener (SWL) and AM & FM Antenna eGroup on YAHOO !


iane ~ RHF
..
Some Say: On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/502
I BELIEVE: On A Clear Night...
You Can Hear Forever and beyond the Beyond !
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= = = "CW"
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You do if you have a real radio.

"Altawaowr" wrote in message
...

Here on the west coast of the
US, you don't hear cool things like
the Voice of Turkey or Radio Cairo

..

A good radio is worthless without a good antenna but a crap radio attached
to a great antenna is still a crap radio. The antenna is likely to make it
worse as the radio will not have the dynamic range or rejection to avoid
overloading. Works great if you want to listen to all stations at the same
time. Don't even have to worry about the tuning knob.

"RHF" wrote in message
m...
CW,

"You do if you have a real radio."

Having a 'real' Shortwave Radio is Good - Buy Lets Not Forget...

"The Shortwave Antenna is 55.5% of the Radio/Receiver
and Antenna/Ground Reception Equation"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/288
A REAL Shortwave Antenna is "Equally" Important for Good Reception [.]


All are WELCOME at the "Antenna Ashram"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/502
Shortwave Listener (SWL) and AM & FM Antenna eGroup on YAHOO !


iane ~ RHF
.
Some Say: On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWL-AM...na/message/502
I BELIEVE: On A Clear Night...
You Can Hear Forever and beyond the Beyond !
.
.
= = = "CW"
= = = wrote in message ...

You do if you have a real radio.

"Altawaowr" wrote in message
...

Here on the west coast of the
US, you don't hear cool things like
the Voice of Turkey or Radio Cairo

.

In article ,
says...

Im thinking of dumping my cable TV. That will leave me with only two
local TV stations to get via an antenna.

OK.

Im considering buying a shortwave receiver that I can listen to while
doing things around the house.

I'd think listening to AM/FM might be better for general
entertainment...

Is there interesting programming available via shortwave? Is my idea
sound? What good receivers are worth looking at?

Yes, there is a lot of interesting, informative programming
via shortwave. Not so much in the domestic market, which
is dominated by Holy Rollers / Conspiratists / Hate-mongers;
but by tuning into foreign broadcasts you can get music,
news, and opinions you'd never hear from the mainstream
media.

However.

Shortwave is not like TV. Some stations only broadcast for
a few hours a day, or switch frequencies on the hour for a
variety of reasons. Reception can vary from crystal clear
to lousy from day to day for no obvious reason. And when
the sun belches, you can wind up not getting anything...

If you can get streaming audio on your computer, you might
want to use it to listen to shortwave. It can be more
dependable.

On the other hand, if you like hunting elusive things,
and hearing broadcasts to make you wonder if you might
have acciodently tuned into Mars, shortwave is a GREAT
hobby...

FW

Try this site:

http://www.grove-ent.com/

And check out their magazine for short wave schedules, in English!
MONITORING TIMES!

Look in BOB'S Bargain Bin for used radios.
wrote:

Im thinking of dumping my cable TV. That will leave me with only two
local TV stations to get via an antenna.

Im considering buying a shortwave receiver that I can listen to while
doing things around the house.

Is there interesting programming available via shortwave? Is my idea
sound? What good receivers are worth looking at?