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Tony Meloche wrote:
King Pineapple wrote: "Fred" wrote in message om... I have read that SW is really only good in the North East of the USA and in Europe. Not correct. Those are the places where you can get SW with a cheap radio. You'll be able to get plenty in Kansas, but not with a $12 radio. If you decide to get serious, spend a couple of hundred dollars on a decent portable. Your location is good for getting stuff from your south, for example (Central and South America and the Caribbean), and you should be able to get a decent number of stations from Europe as well. Craig, WPE1HNS I basically agree. I get excellent results in Michigan, and in the world of SW, there is precious little difference between Michigan USA and Kansas, USA. But Craig makes a good point. You won't hear much on a $12 radio, and even a great antenna setup wouldn't help it much - just overload it with the strongest signals. With careful shopping, for about $125 you can get a good portable and a 25 - 50' length of wire hooked to it might amaze you with what you can get (as opposed to the jWin). But I'd stay in that price range unless and until you are sure you want to continue with the hobby. Tony Others in the NG have raved about the Degen 1102. Ordered over ebay direct from the factory in Shanghai, it's $75 or so, which includes shipping costs as well as a transformer to use the 220v AC adaptor on US 120v current. I've ordered mine, which will replace my Radio Shack DX396 as my chief portable, used for listening to the biggest stations. If you just want to hear major stations, the Degen will work. If you discover that you like hunting for weak stations not beamed to your area (called DXing) you should buy a tabletop-a sued one is much cheaper and just as good as a new one. ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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Fred wrote:
I have read that SW is really only good in the North East of the USA and in Europe. I am in Kansas, does this mean I will need super high quailty/expensive equipment if I want to listen to SW? I just ordered the jWIN - JX-M14 el-cheapo $12 radio to try and get an idea of what I can hear... I guess I thought SW was available everywhere, even to me out in the boonies of Kansas.. Thanks!! Alot depends on your antenna. Bill, N5NOB |
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"Fred" wrote in message om... I have read that SW is really only good in the North East of the USA and in Europe. I am in Kansas, does this mean I will need super high quailty/expensive equipment if I want to listen to SW? I am in Kansas, too, and can state that you will not have any problem hearing SW stations with even a cheap, portable receiver. You might hear different stations than people on the east or west coasts, but you'll hear them. I think what you read probably refers to trying to hear European stations, which logically would be heard best in Europe & on the east coast of North America. However, the east coast isn't as good for trying to hear stations in the Pacific. What stations you hear depends largely on where you're located, but you should be able to hear shortwave signals at any spot on earth. -- Tom Sevart N2UHC Frontenac, KS http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc |
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If you read that, you need to find a different source of information. I live
in Seattle and shorwave reception is just fine here. "Fred" wrote in message om... I have read that SW is really only good in the North East of the USA and in Europe. I am in Kansas, does this mean I will need super high quailty/expensive equipment if I want to listen to SW? I just ordered the jWIN - JX-M14 el-cheapo $12 radio to try and get an idea of what I can hear... I guess I thought SW was available everywhere, even to me out in the boonies of Kansas.. Thanks!! |
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