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"Teddy Bear" wrote: Hi There, I was curious to try the short wave radio listening so I went for my old and very cheapo Sony CFM-140L casette-recorder unit (16m; 19m; 21m; 25m; 31m; 41m; 49m). I don't remember how much it cost, but sure it was well below $30.00 I got a 1.5mm diameter coated wire "plugged" atop of the radio antenna, it was around 30 feet long (it, somehow, improved a wee bit the radio reception. No wonders though). Later I switched to the SW dial and I started to tune stations using the main manual dial and the fine dial knobs, reaching to listen to the following stations, not without big efforts using those analogic knobs: #1 RFI - French - France #2 BBC World Service - English - United Kingdom #3 DOA News - English - USA #4 Radio Canada Internacional - Spanish - Canada #5 World Wide Christian Radio - English - USA #6 Radio Bulgaria - Spanish - Bulgaria #7 kilo - papa - alpha - two - What was that? #8 Radio Internacional de China - Spanish - Vhina #9 Radio Exterieur d'Espagne - French - Spain #10 Radio Exterior de España - English - Spain #11 CBC News - English - Canada #12 Radio Rumania Internacional - Spanish - Rumania #13 Radio Netherlands - Spanish - The Netherlands #14 Canada International - English - Canda #15 Radio Japan - English - Japan #16 Radio Slovakia International - English - Slovakia The above list was collected after four hours of discontinued listening; besides those, I was able to listen to a few more stations from Moldova, Colombia, ... a station which appeared to broadcast a "repetitive nanny song" in clock intervals of around 15 seconds and 5 mute. Other stations which broadcasted "noise" and a plethora of stations bradcasting in German and Arabic (many many stations!). Almost all the radio programs were radiating news, all stations seemed to bradcast the same news despite being all from different countries. That's globalization! Although I find amusing to being able to listen to all those stations I must confess that listening only to news is really bothersome! The exception being, perhaps, Radio Internacional de China which had a varied grill. Therefore, as a naive short wave listener I would like to know whether using this dial all I will find will be news, always the same all over again the same day, or whether there are wider program grills. Moreover, from the list of stations I heard can sombody advise me on whether buying new equipment (receiver plus antena?) I will be able to pick up more stations? Something below $100.00, even if it is second hand. Eventually, as I am a completely novice in SW I would like to listen to all your advices concerning radio equipment (cheapo!), stations to listen to (English; French; Spanish), prime times, ... You did a good job in a few hours time with a cheap portable. Imagine what you could do with a good table top radio and an out door antenna. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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"Telamon" wrote in message ... In article , "Teddy Bear" wrote: Hi There, I was curious to try the short wave radio listening so I went for my old and very cheapo Sony CFM-140L casette-recorder unit (16m; 19m; 21m; 25m; 31m; 41m; 49m). I don't remember how much it cost, but sure it was well below $30.00 I got a 1.5mm diameter coated wire "plugged" atop of the radio antenna, it was around 30 feet long (it, somehow, improved a wee bit the radio reception. No wonders though). Later I switched to the SW dial and I started to tune stations using the main manual dial and the fine dial knobs, reaching to listen to the following stations, not without big efforts using those analogic knobs: #1 RFI - French - France #2 BBC World Service - English - United Kingdom #3 DOA News - English - USA #4 Radio Canada Internacional - Spanish - Canada #5 World Wide Christian Radio - English - USA #6 Radio Bulgaria - Spanish - Bulgaria #7 kilo - papa - alpha - two - What was that? #8 Radio Internacional de China - Spanish - Vhina #9 Radio Exterieur d'Espagne - French - Spain #10 Radio Exterior de España - English - Spain #11 CBC News - English - Canada #12 Radio Rumania Internacional - Spanish - Rumania #13 Radio Netherlands - Spanish - The Netherlands #14 Canada International - English - Canda #15 Radio Japan - English - Japan #16 Radio Slovakia International - English - Slovakia The above list was collected after four hours of discontinued listening; besides those, I was able to listen to a few more stations from Moldova, Colombia, ... a station which appeared to broadcast a "repetitive nanny song" in clock intervals of around 15 seconds and 5 mute. Other stations which broadcasted "noise" and a plethora of stations bradcasting in German and Arabic (many many stations!). Almost all the radio programs were radiating news, all stations seemed to bradcast the same news despite being all from different countries. That's globalization! Although I find amusing to being able to listen to all those stations I must confess that listening only to news is really bothersome! The exception being, perhaps, Radio Internacional de China which had a varied grill. Therefore, as a naive short wave listener I would like to know whether using this dial all I will find will be news, always the same all over again the same day, or whether there are wider program grills. Moreover, from the list of stations I heard can sombody advise me on whether buying new equipment (receiver plus antena?) I will be able to pick up more stations? Something below $100.00, even if it is second hand. Eventually, as I am a completely novice in SW I would like to listen to all your advices concerning radio equipment (cheapo!), stations to listen to (English; French; Spanish), prime times, ... You did a good job in a few hours time with a cheap portable. Imagine what you could do with a good table top radio and an out door antenna. You know what this means, don't you?? Teddy's going to have to have a lot of shelf space to handle a lot of radios in a quest for the "perfect" radio... ;-) --Mike L. |
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You know what this means, don't you?? Teddy's
going to have to have a lot of shelf space to handle a lot of radios in a quest for the "perfect" radio... ;-) Ouch! That's gonna be expensive! I'll start looking for something cheap on eBay, the better |
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And go to a building supply store and buy lots of shelf brackets and
boards for shelves and to a Goodwill store and buy some book cases. cuhulin |
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gently used Sony ICF-SW7600G. Be careful, Sony has made a variety of
I assume (being unliterate in the SW stuff) the Sony ICF-SW7600G will be the one to look for (used). Up to now I found some (not on the inexpensive side though...) Sony ICF-SW7600G and Sony ICF-SW7600GR for sale. Is there any special requirement for an antena (if I need one)? |
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And go to a building supply store and buy lots of shelf brackets
and boards for shelves it's also a good source for antennae projects. I built a great little 10m dipole from conduit, worked the world with that and 5 and 25 watts, with a tuner it doubled as a decent enough SWL ant. as well Cost? $5 if that... |
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gently used Sony ICF-SW7600G. Be careful, Sony has made a variety of
Just one more beginner question, it is a GRUNDIG S350 model any comparable to that Sony ICF-SW7600G? |
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"Teddy Bear" wrote in message ... gently used Sony ICF-SW7600G. Be careful, Sony has made a variety of Just one more beginner question, it is a GRUNDIG S350 model any comparable to that Sony ICF-SW7600G? No. I use my BCL 2000 (Tecsun OEM S350) only for MW. If you are interested in Shortwave go with the Sony 7600 or a Degen/Kaito 1103. |
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in Shortwave go with the Sony 7600 or a Degen/Kaito 1103.
Is the Sony 7600 comparable "feature by feature" to the Degen / Kaito 1103 (or 1102)? The Degen / Kaito seems to be better priced, maybe I could even afford it new in the box. |
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"Teddy Bear" wrote in message ... in Shortwave go with the Sony 7600 or a Degen/Kaito 1103. Is the Sony 7600 comparable "feature by feature" to the Degen / Kaito 1103 (or 1102)? The Degen / Kaito seems to be better priced, maybe I could even afford it new in the box. Performance for dollar spent = Degen 1103. |
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