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Need help finding a shortwave radio receiver for my grandpa
Hi. I know very little about shortwave radios, but my grandpa's
shortwave radio receiver went out on him and he's wanting to get a new one. He doesn't have the Internet, so he wanted me to try and locate a store online where he could call and purchase a receiver with the following specifications and hopefully for the following price: * Coverage: 100kHz to 30MHz (continuous) * Single Side Band * CW (Don't know what this means. Same as "continuous"?) * RF Gain Control * Desktop style * Price: $350 or less I did as much research as I could online to find models and brands (Grudig, Sangean, Sony), but it seems that a lot of articles and pages and posts speak of older receivers that were good, but are no longer made. Seems strange, but I guess that happens all the time with everything. Out with the "old", in with the "new". Right. Anyway, I hope that you guys (and girls) will be able to help me find a model that suits his needs. I really appreciate it. Thanks. Ryan Cabanas |
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wrote in message oups.com... Hi. I know very little about shortwave radios, but my grandpa's shortwave radio receiver went out on him and he's wanting to get a new one. He doesn't have the Internet, so he wanted me to try and locate a store online where he could call and purchase a receiver with the following specifications and hopefully for the following price: * Coverage: 100kHz to 30MHz (continuous) * Single Side Band * CW (Don't know what this means. Same as "continuous"?) * RF Gain Control * Desktop style * Price: $350 or less I did as much research as I could online to find models and brands (Grudig, Sangean, Sony), but it seems that a lot of articles and pages and posts speak of older receivers that were good, but are no longer made. Seems strange, but I guess that happens all the time with everything. Out with the "old", in with the "new". Right. Anyway, I hope that you guys (and girls) will be able to help me find a model that suits his needs. I really appreciate it. Thanks. Ryan Cabanas Hiya... I dont know of any new out of the box desk tops for $350.00 and under Your lest espensive choices would be the Grundig Satellite 800 for about $400 to $450. You can find it selling even lower then that at times. See below. http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/0800.html And the Icom R-75 for about $500 to 550. This radio is discontinued from Icom but you can still get it. I have one of these and I love it. See below. http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0175.html If you want to spend less money, you'll need to buy a used radio. Hope that helps !!! Michael |
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Thanks everyone for your help.
I was able to find a Yaesu FRG-100 and a Grundig Satellit 800 on E-Bay for about the price my grandpa wants to spend, if no one else bids. =) Anyway, I just wanted to ask, do both of these models I've just mentioned have all of the features that I listed in the original post? I know that they meet the frequency requirements, are Single Side Band, CW, are Desktop-style, ... but are they "Continuous" frequency tuning and do they have "RF Gain Control"? I couldn't find these exact phrases from their descriptions on www.universal-radio.com. Thanks for the help again. Ryan Cabanas |
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I don't know about the FRG-100 but the Sat-800 (an XLNT choice) does NOT
have an RF gain knob... wrote in message oups.com... Thanks everyone for your help. I was able to find a Yaesu FRG-100 and a Grundig Satellit 800 on E-Bay for about the price my grandpa wants to spend, if no one else bids. =) Anyway, I just wanted to ask, do both of these models I've just mentioned have all of the features that I listed in the original post? I know that they meet the frequency requirements, are Single Side Band, CW, are Desktop-style, ... but are they "Continuous" frequency tuning and do they have "RF Gain Control"? I couldn't find these exact phrases from their descriptions on www.universal-radio.com. Thanks for the help again. Ryan Cabanas |
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Well, that takes care of the Grundig then. I guess I'll just have to
focus on the specs of the Yaesu then. Thanks for the help Jim. I appreciate it. Ryan Cabanas Jim Hackett wrote: I don't know about the FRG-100 but the Sat-800 (an XLNT choice) does NOT have an RF gain knob... wrote in message oups.com... Thanks everyone for your help. I was able to find a Yaesu FRG-100 and a Grundig Satellit 800 on E-Bay for about the price my grandpa wants to spend, if no one else bids. =) Anyway, I just wanted to ask, do both of these models I've just mentioned have all of the features that I listed in the original post? I know that they meet the frequency requirements, are Single Side Band, CW, are Desktop-style, ... but are they "Continuous" frequency tuning and do they have "RF Gain Control"? I couldn't find these exact phrases from their descriptions on www.universal-radio.com. Thanks for the help again. Ryan Cabanas |
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The Icom R-75, which I also own, is an XLNT receiver having every feature
you wanted and then some. Unfortunately, it has just been discontinued but new ones are probably still available somewhere. They, unfortunately, are closer to $500 when purchased new. wrote in message ups.com... Well, that takes care of the Grundig then. I guess I'll just have to focus on the specs of the Yaesu then. Thanks for the help Jim. I appreciate it. Ryan Cabanas Jim Hackett wrote: I don't know about the FRG-100 but the Sat-800 (an XLNT choice) does NOT have an RF gain knob... wrote in message oups.com... Thanks everyone for your help. I was able to find a Yaesu FRG-100 and a Grundig Satellit 800 on E-Bay for about the price my grandpa wants to spend, if no one else bids. =) Anyway, I just wanted to ask, do both of these models I've just mentioned have all of the features that I listed in the original post? I know that they meet the frequency requirements, are Single Side Band, CW, are Desktop-style, ... but are they "Continuous" frequency tuning and do they have "RF Gain Control"? I couldn't find these exact phrases from their descriptions on www.universal-radio.com. Thanks for the help again. Ryan Cabanas |
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....Coverage: 100kHz to 30MHz (continuous) ....
Some radios may go down only as low as 150kHz, or omit some coverage between 150 kHz and 540 kHz, or wherever it is that the MW band begins these days. That may not be a big problem. |
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Thanks Jim. Yeah, I'm going to give him a call tomorrow and let him
know that prices have changed since the last time he bought a shortwave (25 years ago). I'll let him know that the Grundig has everything but the RF Gain Control knob and see what he wants to do. Don't think they can afford $500 right now, though, so don't know about the Icom. Thanks again Jim. Ryan Cabanas Jim Hackett wrote: The Icom R-75, which I also own, is an XLNT receiver having every feature you wanted and then some. Unfortunately, it has just been discontinued but new ones are probably still available somewhere. They, unfortunately, are closer to $500 when purchased new. wrote in message ups.com... Well, that takes care of the Grundig then. I guess I'll just have to focus on the specs of the Yaesu then. Thanks for the help Jim. I appreciate it. Ryan Cabanas Jim Hackett wrote: I don't know about the FRG-100 but the Sat-800 (an XLNT choice) does NOT have an RF gain knob... wrote in message oups.com... Thanks everyone for your help. I was able to find a Yaesu FRG-100 and a Grundig Satellit 800 on E-Bay for about the price my grandpa wants to spend, if no one else bids. =) Anyway, I just wanted to ask, do both of these models I've just mentioned have all of the features that I listed in the original post? I know that they meet the frequency requirements, are Single Side Band, CW, are Desktop-style, ... but are they "Continuous" frequency tuning and do they have "RF Gain Control"? I couldn't find these exact phrases from their descriptions on www.universal-radio.com. Thanks for the help again. Ryan Cabanas |
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Yes, the Yaesu as well as the Icom would meet all those requirements
and then some. And they would look the most like a tabletop receiver while taking up a minimum of space on the table. |
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