Brain Hill said....

"My belief is in great ant and a good radio of any kind that has nice audio
will
bring great results and less fatique. It's a start."

Amen to what you said about the antenna Brian...




"Brian Hill" wrote in message
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"Tempest" wrote in message
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Hello all.

I've been using scanners for years and now I want to check-out
shortwave.

I've been looking at the Satellit 800 and the Icom R-75. What other
ones should I be considering? I have about $500 or so to spend.

Thanks for any help!



Those seem to be great radios from some qualified people in this group. I
myself run the older gear like the R-5000 Kenwood and NRD-525, Hammarlund
SP-600, Hallicrafters SX-28 etc... I think sensitivity is important but
the
more I do this I find that the radios I hold on to are the ones that also
have great audio. I listen for long periods and it makes a differance. My
beleif is in great ant and a good radio of any kind that has nice audio
will
bring great results and less fatique. It's a start.


--
73 and good DXing.
Brian
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A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire!
Zumbrota, Southern MN
Brian's Radio Universe
http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/

"Dale" wrote in message
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Brain Hill said....

"My belief is in great ant and a good radio of any kind that has nice
audio
will
bring great results and less fatique. It's a start."

Amen to what you said about the antenna Brian...




I always say: Give me an average radio with a great ant. and I'll beat your
$1,000,000 radio with a poor ant.


--
73 and good DXing.
Brian
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire!
Zumbrota, Southern MN
Brian's Radio Universe
http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/

Brian Hill wrote:

I always say: Give me an average radio with a great ant. and I'll beat your
$1,000,000 radio with a poor ant.


That reminded me of some green thumb sorts talking on a gardening show a
while back. The topic was tree planting.

One gentleman said something like:

"A one dollar tree in a ten dollar hole is a lot better than a ten
dollar tree in one dollar hole"

They were discussing the great importance of soil preparation.


at least I *think* they were discussing soil preparation. I haven't had
much to do with things chlorophyll since my DNA experimentation went
horribly awry. My sister has now found the skin make up needed to cover
the green tinge.



mike