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"Lawrence H. Bulk" wrote in message
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

The Grundig Satellit 800, like all SW radios, is not perfect. But at
its price level, it is by far the best receiver available. It offers
FM and portability which other communication receivers do not. It is
a
much better radio for program listening than the stock ICOM R75, the
SW receiver closest in price, which must be modified by
"third-party"
companies (or yourself at your own risk) in order to function
properly. The sound quality in all modes is very good.

Thank you for your detailed assessment. I'm not sure about the "much
better" than the stock R-75 part, and the "portability" strikes me as
a bit of a reach too.

From: krackula

hummmmmmmmm .......... I must have missed something ! I drove
through Louisville , on my way to Covington , Ky last september
and it seemed deshelved , poor ( people didn't have avery high
standard of living ) ...and rather smallish. where are all those
people, prosperity and growth located at ?

Sounds like you drove through the old city's West End. You need to visit
Louisville's east end. All cities have good and bad sides.

Just had a beautiful drive across town today on Louisville's Gene Snyder
Freeway out on the edge of Jefferson Co. Nothing like what you describe.

Still laughing about being dissed by someone from Covington, KY! ;-)I can't
even find Louisville on this
list of top 48 cities / metros of population

http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa122099c.htm

this site says that Louisville is the largest city
IN KENTUCKY ... and 16th in the USA .......
( course it is the CC site ah ahaha , possibly stating that from
some measurement technicality )

Yes, the technicality of total population.

http://www.gotolouisville.com/

hummmmmmmmmmm ......... must be something amiss
somewhere.

Yep. You hit the nail on the tip of your pointy head.

Louisville seemed quite tiny to me ... and rather
poor .... ( low cost houses average price of a house in
my little town is about $387,000 beat cars most old cars
are illegal polluters , out here ...and ... undeveloped metro
spaces , lots of oldish urban decay ) ......... I kinda felt sorry
for many of the towns I went through and Louisville was
definitely one of them. hey what do I know ..??? ...maybe
I misjudged the place !!! haaah ah ahaha ha

The part you saw on your trip through to Covington could fit that description.
But that's nowhere near most of Louisville.

k.....................

btw: I was born in Ky in Covington and lived in harlin county
when " they shot the sheriff " , got my first radio license there
too. the " entire " town of Covington has turned into slums
nowadays .... only about a 3rd of it , was slums when I lived
there. sad to visit my old blue collar neighborhood now ........
everyone probably moved to Louisville

No, just into the other slums of Cincinnati, one of America's most quickly
deteriorating cities.

Louisville's no Nirvana. Good and bad sides. But it does have the 16th highest
population in the US. It's the city's official PR line.

Michael Bryant, WA4009SWL
Louisville, KY
R75, S800, RX320, SW77, ICF2010K,
DX398, 7600G, 6800W, RF2200, 7600A
GE SRll, Pro-2006, Pro-2010, Pro-76
(remove "nojunk" to reply)

On 11 Apr 2004 22:12:21 GMT, ocom (Michael Bryant)
wrote:

From: krackula

hummmmmmmmm .......... I must have missed something ! I drove
through Louisville , on my way to Covington , Ky last september
and it seemed deshelved , poor ( people didn't have avery high
standard of living ) ...and rather smallish. where are all those
people, prosperity and growth located at ?

Sounds like you drove through the old city's West End. You need to visit
Louisville's east end. All cities have good and bad sides.

Just had a beautiful drive across town today on Louisville's Gene Snyder
Freeway out on the edge of Jefferson Co. Nothing like what you describe.

Still laughing about being dissed by someone from Covington, KY! ;-)I can't
even find Louisville on this
list of top 48 cities / metros of population

http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa122099c.htm

this site says that Louisville is the largest city
IN KENTUCKY ... and 16th in the USA .......
( course it is the CC site ah ahaha , possibly stating that from
some measurement technicality )

Yes, the technicality of total population.

http://www.gotolouisville.com/

hummmmmmmmmmm ......... must be something amiss
somewhere.

Yep. You hit the nail on the tip of your pointy head.

Louisville seemed quite tiny to me ... and rather
poor .... ( low cost houses average price of a house in
my little town is about $387,000 beat cars most old cars
are illegal polluters , out here ...and ... undeveloped metro
spaces , lots of oldish urban decay ) ......... I kinda felt sorry
for many of the towns I went through and Louisville was
definitely one of them. hey what do I know ..??? ...maybe
I misjudged the place !!! haaah ah ahaha ha

The part you saw on your trip through to Covington could fit that description.
But that's nowhere near most of Louisville.

k.....................

btw: I was born in Ky in Covington and lived in harlin county
when " they shot the sheriff " , got my first radio license there
too. the " entire " town of Covington has turned into slums
nowadays .... only about a 3rd of it , was slums when I lived
there. sad to visit my old blue collar neighborhood now ........
everyone probably moved to Louisville

No, just into the other slums of Cincinnati, one of America's most quickly
deteriorating cities.

Louisville's no Nirvana. Good and bad sides. But it does have the 16th highest
population in the US. It's the city's official PR line.

Michael Bryant, WA4009SWL
Louisville, KY
R75, S800, RX320, SW77, ICF2010K,
DX398, 7600G, 6800W, RF2200, 7600A
GE SRll, Pro-2006, Pro-2010, Pro-76
(remove "nojunk" to reply)

Of coures they count cows, pigs, and chickens there too!

Tracy

For some reason, Louisville has always been a good radio town. Back in the
60s and 70s, no medium market town in the US had better radio stations than
Louisville. WAKY (790) and WKLO (1080) were two of the best anywhere.

I know, it wasn't about the Satellit 800, but at least I got radio back into
the discussion.