Brent schrieb:

I have retired and am interested in buying a good shortwave radio, I need
some suggestion or what I should look for in a radio.

At first: ANY (used) tabletop of the 500U$ price range (and up to open
end) runs circles around every portable receiver.
Be sure you can get an antenna outside the building. A asymmetric dipole
(FD-antenna) or a active (magnetic)loop should do a fine job.

Volker Tonn wrote:

Brent schrieb:

I have retired and am interested in buying a good shortwave radio, I need
some suggestion or what I should look for in a radio.

At first: ANY (used) tabletop of the 500U$ price range (and up to open
end) runs circles around every portable receiver.
Be sure you can get an antenna outside the building. A asymmetric dipole
(FD-antenna) or a active (magnetic)loop should do a fine job.

That type of antenna (dipole) might be fine if you are listening to one
particular band or using an antenna tuner with it.

Let's not complicate things for the guy. His best bet at first, if he is new to
the hobby would be a simple wire antenna.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

I have a Police scanner and I am using the Diamond Discone antenna with it.
How would that work with a shortwave radio?


"dxAce" wrote in message
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Volker Tonn wrote:

Brent schrieb:

I have retired and am interested in buying a good shortwave radio, I
need
some suggestion or what I should look for in a radio.

At first: ANY (used) tabletop of the 500U$ price range (and up to open
end) runs circles around every portable receiver.
Be sure you can get an antenna outside the building. A asymmetric dipole
(FD-antenna) or a active (magnetic)loop should do a fine job.

That type of antenna (dipole) might be fine if you are listening to one
particular band or using an antenna tuner with it.

Let's not complicate things for the guy. His best bet at first, if he is
new to
the hobby would be a simple wire antenna.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

Brent schrieb:

I have a Police scanner and I am using the Diamond Discone antenna with it.
How would that work with a shortwave radio?


bad, Bad, BAD :-(
Every simple peace of wire length of 10ft and up will work better.
An array of spread wires (feeding the same point/ inner braid of a coax
cable) of different lengths coming close to the quarter wavelengths of
prefered frequncies will work very fine. This is about 30ft for the
40mtr-band or 60ft for the 80mtr-band for example. Connecting the
shielding of the coax cable to an electrical grounding (rod) will
improve your results remarkabley.
Be aware that very most of portable receivers are not designed to handle
strong signals and will overload on wires of more than 20ft or so.

It wouldn't

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:49:26 -0400, "Brent"
wrote:

I have a Police scanner and I am using the Diamond Discone antenna with it.
How would that work with a shortwave radio?

If you'r retired you may want to consider a transceiver and the possibility of
getting your amateur radio license..It's now easier than ever..

You can pick up a good used transceiver, or even some new transceivers for
right around $500. Most of the transceivers made in the last 10 years have a
general coverage receiver.

You can buy wire fairly cheap at Lowe's or D.I.Y. and put a respectable antenna
up fairly easily and cheaply..

I'm sure there are people in this group that would be glad to help you design
an antenna that would work great for you..

Anyway, good luck and I think you'll enjoy shortwave whichever route you decide
to go.

Steve
knwd ts4fity
full wave 80 meter loop



I have retired and am interested in buying a good shortwave radio, I need
some suggestion or what I should look for in a radio.