I am looking for a sensitive SW radio which can pick up radio stations
from India and Ceylon which normally transmit vintage hindi music . I
have a Grundig
FR - 200 and sometimes I am able to tune India ( Vividh Bharti ) on 31
meters .
I had no success so far with radio ceylon which is on 25 meter band .

I am located at Milwaukee - WI .Can someone suggest me a good
SW radio
which has a good sensitivity and stability . Pl . help .

Regards ,
Kam

Kam:
The FR-200 is a single reduction set, you need something more sophisticated for
real DX'ing..

Try the Sony 7600GR.

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/icf-sw7600gr.html

or this one...

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/1102.html

review..

http://www.radiointel.com/review-degende1102.htm

- BTW, what kind of external antenna are you using; that is 55% of a Shortwave
radio..

Dan



In article ,
(kamalakar pasupuleti) writes:



I am looking for a sensitive SW radio which can pick up radio stations
from India and Ceylon which normally transmit vintage hindi music . I
have a Grundig
FR - 200 and sometimes I am able to tune India ( Vividh Bharti ) on 31
meters .
I had no success so far with radio ceylon which is on 25 meter band .

I am located at Milwaukee - WI .Can someone suggest me a good
SW radio
which has a good sensitivity and stability . Pl . help .

Regards ,
Kam

(Diverd4777) wrote in message ...
Kam:
The FR-200 is a single reduction set, you need something more sophisticated for
real DX'ing..

Try the Sony 7600GR.

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/icf-sw7600gr.html

or this one...

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/1102.html

review..

http://www.radiointel.com/review-degende1102.htm

- BTW, what kind of external antenna are you using; that is 55% of a Shortwave
radio..

Dan


A million thanks to you Dan for your help in finding a
dual convrsion digital sw radio . During my student days 1959 - 61 in
India the institute had a Hallicrafters - SX - 100 and was much
impressed with its performance . Later I collected many WW -2
communication receivers like the Bendix - 624 , AN/ARC - 5 etc and
made them operational . Today ny knowledge of digital technology is
definetely lacking and I was totally ignorant that dual conversion
digital sets are available . That's a little btiefing about me .

Coming to the next point at present I am not using any external
antenna and the telescope antenna along with the receiver is the only
source . Pl. suggest if an external antenna would help , if so which
one .

How does Kaito KA 1102 compare with Hallicrafters SX-100
performane wise.

I look forward to your feed back on this matter .

Best regards ,
Kam




In article ,
(kamalakar pasupuleti) writes:



I am looking for a sensitive SW radio which can pick up radio stations
from India and Ceylon which normally transmit vintage hindi music . I
have a Grundig
FR - 200 and sometimes I am able to tune India ( Vividh Bharti ) on 31
meters .
I had no success so far with radio ceylon which is on 25 meter band .

I am located at Milwaukee - WI .Can someone suggest me a good
SW radio
which has a good sensitivity and stability . Pl . help .

Regards ,
Kam

In article ,
(kamalakar pasupuleti) writes:


Coming to the next point at present I am not using any external
antenna and the telescope antenna along with the receiver is the only
source . Pl. suggest if an external antenna would help , if so which
one .


Hi Kam:

ANY peice of wire over 15 feet long, hooked to the whip, or plugged into the
antenna jack, and kept away from electrical equipment will help

The site below will help

http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx.../lantenna.html

Dan


http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx.../lantenna.html

How does Kaito KA 1102 compare with Hallicrafters SX-100
performane wise.


- Dunno.. probably favorably..

I look forward to your feed back on this matter .

Best regards ,
Kam

kamalakar pasupuleti wrote:

I am looking for a sensitive SW radio which can pick up radio stations
from India and Ceylon which normally transmit vintage hindi music . I
have a Grundig
FR - 200 and sometimes I am able to tune India ( Vividh Bharti ) on 31
meters .
I had no success so far with radio ceylon which is on 25 meter band .

I am located at Milwaukee - WI .Can someone suggest me a good
SW radio
which has a good sensitivity and stability . Pl . help .

Regards ,
Kam

Many shortwave radios are sensitive enough to receive the stations you
want to hear. A good antenna is just as important as the radio. Here's a
short list of radios to consider (in no particular order):

Grundig Satellit-800
Drake R8B
Icom R-75
Sangean ATS-909
Sony ICF-SW7600GR
AOR AR-7030+


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kamalakar pasupuleti wrote:

I am looking for a sensitive SW radio which can pick up radio stations
from India and Ceylon which normally transmit vintage hindi music . I
have a Grundig
FR - 200 and sometimes I am able to tune India ( Vividh Bharti ) on 31
meters .
I had no success so far with radio ceylon which is on 25 meter band .

I am located at Milwaukee - WI .Can someone suggest me a good
SW radio
which has a good sensitivity and stability . Pl . help .

Regards ,
Kam

Many shortwave radios are sensitive enough to receive the stations you
want to hear. A good antenna is just as important as the radio. Here's a
short list of radios to consider (in no particular order):

Grundig Satellit-800
Drake R8B
Icom R-75
Sangean ATS-909
Sony ICF-SW7600GR
AOR AR-7030+




Is the reel antenna with 25 ft wire sufficient for this purpose .
I live in an apartment and cannot have anything other than this .

Kam

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Is the reel antenna with 25 ft wire sufficient for this purpose .
I live in an apartment and cannot have anything other than this .

Yes it is. Even better if you can throw the wire outside :-) but yes.....the
reel antenna will be just fine.

Enjoy, you'll be glad you picked it.:-)

kamalakar pasupuleti wrote:

Is the reel antenna with 25 ft wire sufficient for this purpose.
I live in an apartment and cannot have anything other than this.

Kam

It depends on whether you can install some or all of the reel antenna
wire outside. If all the antenna wire has to be inside, the reception
will depend on the construction materials in the building and the amount
of radio noise in the area. If the building has a lot of metal, such as
a steel frame or a metal roof, the reception will be significantly
weaker. It's always best to have the antenna outside where it can
capture the most signal and the least noise from devices in the
building. You might want to consider an active (amplified) whip or loop
antenna if you can't install any kind of antenna outside.


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How about a Sangean ATS-909?

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(kamalakar pasupuleti) wrote in message . com...
I am looking for a sensitive SW radio which can pick up radio stations
from India and Ceylon which normally transmit vintage hindi music . I
have a Grundig
FR - 200 and sometimes I am able to tune India ( Vividh Bharti ) on 31
meters .
I had no success so far with radio ceylon which is on 25 meter band .

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 7:38:24 -0600, Dan wrote
(in message ) :

How about a Sangean ATS-909?


Sangean 818 without the cassette player (in other words, with the larger
speaker) would be much better for listening to music.

(or anything with good external speakers)



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. com...
I am looking for a sensitive SW radio which can pick up radio stations
from India and Ceylon which normally transmit vintage hindi music . I
have a Grundig
FR - 200 and sometimes I am able to tune India ( Vividh Bharti ) on 31
meters .
I had no success so far with radio ceylon which is on 25 meter band .

As always: the antenna is more important than the radio.

Give the group what type of buil;ding, i.e., house with yards, farm with
acerage, apartment (and how well the radio receives through an exterior wall
as opposed to a window) andf anything else you can think of and somebody will
have had the exact same thing grin.



Gray Shockley
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