My stock stereo in my '92 Subaru does a fine job on AM.


yes. car radios seem to do good on AM, even the modern ones.

"Mediaguy500" wrote in message
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My stock stereo in my '92 Subaru does a fine job on AM.


yes. car radios seem to do good on AM, even the modern ones.

I was able to pull in WCBS 880 in New York City (clear channel, 880 KHZ) all
the way out in Winnemucca, Nevada, on the am radio in my 1971 Toyota
Corolla. On the flip side, I was able to get KNX 1070 out of LA as far east
as Buffalo NY.....




Craig, WPE1HNS
Meredith, NH USA

Drake R8B/Alpha Delta DX Sloper
Sony SW-77
Sony ICF-2010
2 x Phillips/Magnavox D2935
Uniden CR-2021
Knight Kit Star Roamer (permanently tuned to Turkey on 9460)
GE Superadio II/Select-A-Tenna
Delphi Ski-Fi XM/3" Antennae

Tuning since 1963

All HF ham transceivers I've had in my cars double as very good SWL
receivers.

Phil

King Pineapple wrote:

"Mediaguy500" wrote in message
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My stock stereo in my '92 Subaru does a fine job on AM.


yes. car radios seem to do good on AM, even the modern ones.


I was able to pull in WCBS 880 in New York City (clear channel, 880 KHZ) all
the way out in Winnemucca, Nevada, on the am radio in my 1971 Toyota
Corolla. On the flip side, I was able to get KNX 1070 out of LA as far east
as Buffalo NY.....




Craig, WPE1HNS
Meredith, NH USA

Drake R8B/Alpha Delta DX Sloper
Sony SW-77
Sony ICF-2010
2 x Phillips/Magnavox D2935
Uniden CR-2021
Knight Kit Star Roamer (permanently tuned to Turkey on 9460)
GE Superadio II/Select-A-Tenna
Delphi Ski-Fi XM/3" Antennae

Tuning since 1963

J999w wrote:

Use Google to research this topic, there have been several threads on it and I
think the Delco car radios were usually rated highly.

My stock stereo in my '92 Subaru does a fine job on AM.

jw
K9RZZ
Milwaukee



The AM car radios of yesteryear were terrific DX machines. Boyhood
friend of mine (this was mid-sixties) had one salvaged from a 56 Buick
that he rigged up to a 120AC to 12V DC power supply, and added a wire
antenna. Fabulous DX radio!

The Old Guy

SNIP
What modern (new or used) AM radio can I buy that can pull in distant
stations?

Hiya...

I can hear most of the 50 kilowatt AM stations here in NJ with the exception
of the ones that go directional and transmit in a direction that nulls
towards my location. The three that really come in great here are 1100 WTAM
Cleveland, 1110 WBT Charlotte and 1090 WBAL Baltimore. Those three
stations always sound great here.

The radio I almost always use for medium wave is my GE Superadio III. If
the conditions are good enough for me to be able to heard them with my GE
Superadio III, I can also hear them with most any other AM radio. The
difference being, how well the radio handles the noise that is typical of
occurring on a weak signal while down low on the medium wave part of the
band.
My GE Superadio III does great with noise but the draw back is that it is
does not have digital tuning for rock solid stability.

I also have a small portable digital tuned SW receiver that I use for MW
sometimes; the Kaito KA-1102. I have found that little radio does very good
with MW DX'ing too. Very little noise on weak AM signals and it is stable
too. The draw back for this is that it doesn't have the tremendous rich
audio quality of the GE Superadio III.

I also use my tabletop R-75 from time to time when I want to use ecss ssb
tuning for DX'ing medium wave when images are an issue, but I have found the
R-75 to be very noisy. So, even a relatively expensive tabletop is not the
answer for ideal AM DX'ing.

A close friend of mine has the CC Radio Plus and the GE Superadio II. He
tells me the GE Superadio II has better audio definition, but the CC Radio
Plus being a digital tuned receiver is better for AM DX'ing in general.
From what he tells me, the two radios are about equal in sensitivity, but,
he still prefers the CC Radio just for the stability of digital tuning.

As far as making or using a new antenna to improve the reception of a
current radio.... Once again... If the radio that you have tends to be
noisy, adding an external antenna will also magnify the noise as well as the
usable signal. If your current radio is unstable, you'll still have to
fiddle with the tuner regularly regardless of what kind of antenna you hook
up to it. I've seen this antenna system advertised many times, but I have
no idea of how effective it is. I'd love to hear from anyone that has used
it.
http://www.ccrane.com/am-antenna.asp

So... My best advice... If you want to spend in the area of $50.00, I'd
recommend the GE Superadio III. If you can spend up to $160.00, get the CC
Radio Plus.

--

Respectfully,

Michael

Location: Northern NJ
Primary Radio: R-75 with full Kiwa mods.
Antennas: 200ft "Frankenstein" roof wire, G5RV
Additional Radios:GE Super Radio III, PL-550,
KA-1101, KA-1102, Kaiwa KA-989, Info-Mate 837,
Westinghouse H-104 (seven tube)
Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/

On Tue, 11 May 2004 00:32:47 GMT, "King Pineapple"
wrote:

"Mediaguy500" wrote in message
...
My stock stereo in my '92 Subaru does a fine job on AM.


yes. car radios seem to do good on AM, even the modern ones.

I was able to pull in WCBS 880 in New York City (clear channel, 880 KHZ) all
the way out in Winnemucca, Nevada, on the am radio in my 1971 Toyota
Corolla. On the flip side, I was able to get KNX 1070 out of LA as far east
as Buffalo NY.....

DAMN! KNX in Buffalo is impressive!





Craig, WPE1HNS
Meredith, NH USA

Drake R8B/Alpha Delta DX Sloper
Sony SW-77
Sony ICF-2010
2 x Phillips/Magnavox D2935
Uniden CR-2021
Knight Kit Star Roamer (permanently tuned to Turkey on 9460)
GE Superadio II/Select-A-Tenna
Delphi Ski-Fi XM/3" Antennae

Tuning since 1963

(Grumpus) wrote in message om...
(Diverd4777) wrote in message ...


Some older models people on this newsgroup swear by are the GE 780, a
monster portable AM radio with a huge chrome grill like a 50's Caddy,
the legendary Panasonic 2200, the Sony 2010, the Panasonic 1150, and
the GE Superadio(s) I and II. Radios which are still available which
people like for broadcast band DXing are the GE Superadio III, the
Palstar R30, the Drake R8B which people go into raptures over, and for
quasi-DXing, the surprisingly good pocket radio, the Sangean DT-200V.

Regards,

Grumpus

A while back I did a side-by-side comparison of my Panasonic RF-2200,
GE Superadio III, and my CCRadio and found the CCRadio had better
sensitivity than the other two. I could get strong, clear programming
on the CCRadio that I could hardly hear on the other two radios.

Some older models people on this newsgroup swear by are the GE 780, a
monster portable AM radio with a huge chrome grill like a 50's Caddy,

LOL......you know it baby, make that a GE P-780. ;-) You own one, you'll know
why.

For the newer ones in here. Get you one of them (I can't believe how cheap they
go for) and get you a loop and lazt susan turntable and you have a *SERIOUS*
BCB setup.

BIGGER the loop, the better. I have a nice 30X30 mounted on the back of my
table with mine and it's sweet. Here's a few links to take a look at.
http://www.transistor.org/collection/ge/ge14.html

http://www.transistor.org/feature/jutson/details.html

~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Sloper
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop*

Some older models people on this newsgroup swear by are the GE 780, a
monster portable AM radio with a huge chrome grill like a 50's Caddy,
the legendary Panasonic 2200, the Sony 2010, the Panasonic 1150, and

************rest of good ones snipped*******

You forgot the dynamic duo of the Hammarlund HQ129X coupled with the Heathkit Q
Multiplier, that's a BCB duo to be reckoned with,

I'm not saying that because I own it either, I read numerous times that phrase
and heard it did just as well on the shortwave bands especially with the
*Q*.....that's why I made sure I was gonna win that auction no matter. ;-)

~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Sloper
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop*

I could get strong, clear programming
on the CCRadio that I could hardly hear on the other two radios.

Compare it with a GE P-780 ;-)

~^Monitoring The Spectrum^~
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/394/*SUPER*398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
500ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Sloper
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop*