I live in the North East of England and I have dabbled a bit with a poor
20GBP receiver ( it was a gift! ).

When on Holiday in Portugal I got good reception of the BBC WS on various SW
frequencies.

I have now bought a Roberts R9969. Actually this is the second as the first
had a fault ( the sound switched on and off whenever I touched the case! )
I took it back to the shop and replaced it but I am not impressed with the
SW reception on the second set.

I have programmed the following frequencies into it for the WS but I do not
get any signal at all despite trying it at various times of the day and
evening;

6195
9410
12095
15485
13855

I thought I would try the American Forces Network and again got no reception
at all on these frequencies;

7590
4319
5765
6350
7812
10320
12579

Is my area a black hole for SW or is it likely that this is another duff
radio?


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All the best,

Henry
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