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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 07:36 pm -0600 UTC, Johnny Lipps
posted: %MM On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 18:46:03 -0600, uncle arnie wrote: The navy of which country? Sorry, should have remembered that I'm dealing with an international group: United States Navy. What equipment do you listen with? That's one of the reasons I'm reading the group: I don't currently have any equipment. It's been over a decade since I've been an active listener and back then I was using a no-name portable received from my father. Recently I've been finding recordings of tapes of broadcasts from Indonesia and was hoping to tune in on my own. The matter of which equipment to use is being cleared up somewhat from posts here and the Shortwave Radio Reviews at http://www.vectorbd.com/sw_review.html. I guess the main question I need to answer for myself is what level of listener I want to be, casual or hardcore hobbyist. I sense it's somewhere in between: I want a receiver that is tunable in smaller increments than the standard portable, but I want to spend less time tweaking than listening. When I have a setup working I'm sure you'll see plenty of questions from me. Thanks to everybody for the welcomes! I moved up the R-75 after using a Sangean ATS-909, Grundig YB-400. I also have an ATS-606 and YB-300. My second fav radio is the 909, but the YB-400 is usually for sale new for round about 100 US $. An excellent radio. I got the 909 to listen to the side bands, for which it is superior to the YB400 (hams and utilities). I travel with the 606 and cart around the YB300 everyday with me, just in case. Wanting to listen to signals more clearly from farther away made me jump for the R-75. In hindsight, I should have bought a better radio at the start of my restarted listening. I listened in the late 1960's and into the 70's before. I would really like a Drake but lots more money. The very great leap in signal clarity with the R-75 convinces me that a radio with all features of the drake must be pretty sweet sounding. It is well worth checking out mail order and used. I have ordered locally and from the US. Arnie -- - |
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