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New User - New Receiver - Reception Questions
The previously mentioned suggestion of taking the radio outside for a
walk is an excellent tip. This is how I achieve the best reception. Thanks for the tip. I did indeed take it outdoors - out on a pier into the lake - and the change in reception was hardly noticeable. Then for safe keeping I drove quite a distance outside of town to the middle-of-nowhere VT - no mountians, no woods, just a big open field - with the same results. What exactly are you hearing when you step through the 49m or 31m bands at night? Any faint voices? What kind of noise? 31m - nothing. 49m - occasional extremely static-filled voices. Absolutely nothing that would be considered intelligible. A good test signal for you since you're in the USA is the WWV (http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwv.html) broadcasts on 2.5 mhz, 5 mhz, 10 mhz, 15 mhz, and 20 mhz. 5 mhz is the most reliable for me in the evening (over here in northern California). Historically I don't receive any of them, though this afternoon I just barely received the 20mhz broadcast - but again, completely filled with static and almost unable to be heard. I do get the 3330 time broadcast from Canada, but it too is not exactly well received. One of my favorite broadcasts is Radio Havana Cuba: 0500-0700 UTC: 6 mhz, 6.06 mhz, 9.55 mhz, 9.82 mhz, 11.76 mhz I suspect that would be one of my favorites as well. ;-) Unfortunately I have tried and tried - those seem to be common hours for me to be trying - and have not been able to get it. Spoke with Grundig tech support today and they didn't have too much too offer. Very nice people, to their credit, but because of all the variables involved they were unable to say if it sounds more like a receiver hardware problem or just general reception issues. I'm going to continue testing this evening. Due to the return policy of the company it was ordered from (universal radio) I need to decide quickly if I'll be returning/exchanging it. The question that comes up is that, if I do exchange it, would I be better off upgrading to a different radio? Aesthetic appeal aside, the Eton E1 seems to have good reviews everywhere. But is the difference in sensitivity enough to justify the extra money? I'm also interested in, eventually, tracking down some of the SSB traffic around my area. I have an international airport down the road, coast guard virtually next door and a city full of people. The YB isn't picking up anything there either when in SSB mode, but then, it got poor reviews on that aspect. Would the E1 be any better? -P |
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