Icefish wrote:
Hi,
I'm still trying my new Xmas gift - can't pick up anything except
static - can get AM & FM very well, unplugged everything around me --
but nada on SW & LW, can it be a bad radio?
Unplugged the power cord, unplugged the laptop, scanned and scanned
again...I hear static but no stations,,,

icefish..

- You don't mention going over to a window at night, sticking the whip
outside and tuning around..

Try at 5.000 Mhz and SLOWLY start tuning towards 7.000Mhz


Thanks in advance
Icefish

Icefish . .

- WHat are you fishing for ? where are you??

Take your radio outside when you go.. go to a small park..

attach 20 feet of wire to the whip and tune around

You'l catch somehting..

]Icefish wrote:
Hi,
I'm still trying my new Xmas gift - can't pick up anything except
static - can get AM & FM very well, unplugged everything around me --
but nada on SW & LW, can it be a bad radio?
Unplugged the power cord, unplugged the laptop, scanned and scanned
again...I hear static but no stations,,,

icefish..

take the radio to a friends house
at least a mile or so away from where you live and try it agn
just to make sure you don't have such a high noise level
where you live that you can not pick up any weak signals

if you still can not hear anything but static on any short wave band
then you do have a bum receiver

good luck
Mac w8znx

Well. tried all above tonight..still nothing. Like I said AM (from
Montreal to Ohio) & FM work great but I'm getting nothing on SW. Will
return the radio for another one. THanks for the pointers and help
everyone. I'll let you know what happens with the replacement. I'm
surprised I can get the AM & FM but not SW... oh well - back to the
factory. THanks again for all the pointers, very helpful.
Icefish
Fish On!