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David January 26th 06 02:11 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:03:11 GMT, HFguy wrote:

David wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:05:11 +0000, weatherall
wrote:


I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have portable
radios.


The R-390A is without a doubt the best SWL receiver I've ever had for
pulling in difficult signals. It costs a fortune to operate one,
however.


How does the sensitivity of the R-390A above 15-Mhz compare with modern
receivers?

During the killer 1990 solar max I was getting 26 MHz Auxilliary
Broadcast links from the upper Midwest reliably in Houston all day
long. I also remember listening to Iceland on 21 Mhz every Saturday,
coming in like a local.

A tube radio can be extremely quiet.


D Peter Maus January 26th 06 02:18 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
weatherall wrote:
I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have portable
radios.




Best Desktop: AOR 7030+

Also using: Ten-Tec RX-350
Drake SW-2
Yeasu FRG-7
Lowe HF-150
Hammarlund BC-794 (Super Pro)
National NC-88
Hallicrafters S53-A
and others

Best Portable: Panasonic RF-B65

Also using: Grundig Sat 500
Grundig Sat 650 Professional
Grundig Sat 700
Hallicrafters TW-1000
Zenith T/0 3000-1
Zenith T/O 7000-2
and others. Many others.
More than I have room to walkaround.
Please. Help me before I listen again....

Michael Lawson January 26th 06 02:48 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 

"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...
weatherall wrote:
I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as

their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My

best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have

portable
radios.




Best Desktop: AOR 7030+

Also using: Ten-Tec RX-350
Drake SW-2
Yeasu FRG-7
Lowe HF-150
Hammarlund BC-794 (Super Pro)
National NC-88
Hallicrafters S53-A
and others

Best Portable: Panasonic RF-B65

Also using: Grundig Sat 500
Grundig Sat 650 Professional
Grundig Sat 700
Hallicrafters TW-1000
Zenith T/0 3000-1
Zenith T/O 7000-2
and others. Many others.
More than I have room to walkaround.
Please. Help me before I listen again....


You must have a helluva shack, Peter. Can you post
or e-mail a pic sometime? I'm curious how yours looks
like compared to, say, Maghakian's.

--Mike L.



rkhalona January 26th 06 04:10 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 

D Peter Maus wrote:
weatherall wrote:
I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have portable
radios.




Best Desktop: AOR 7030+

Also using: Ten-Tec RX-350
Drake SW-2
Yeasu FRG-7
Lowe HF-150
Hammarlund BC-794 (Super Pro)
National NC-88
Hallicrafters S53-A
and others

Best Portable: Panasonic RF-B65

Also using: Grundig Sat 500
Grundig Sat 650 Professional
Grundig Sat 700
Hallicrafters TW-1000
Zenith T/0 3000-1
Zenith T/O 7000-2
and others. Many others.
More than I have room to walkaround.
Please. Help me before I listen again....


Always glad to help: how much do you want for the Sat 650? :-)

RK

P.S. Happy listening


[email protected] January 26th 06 04:57 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
Houston,Texas and Houston,Mississippi (www.555us.com Texas and
Mississippi) isn't in the upper Midwest. www.hometownfreepress.com
Texas and Mississippi,crank up your puter bolume [[volume]]
cuhulin


Eric F. Richards January 26th 06 05:23 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
weatherall wrote:


I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have portable
radios.



Best: Ten-Tec RX-340

Others: ICOM IC-R8500
WinRadio G303i (early adopter)
Collins R-392


Now, which I *prefer* to use depends on exactly what I'm doing. The
'8500s are within easy reach of my computer, so if I hear about an
event going on, they're a quick setup. With the exception of poor
dynamic range and poor rejection, the '303i is a fun radio with
surprisingly good performance and audio.

If it's hard to pick up or being interfered with, the TT is the way to
go.

The '392 is an amazing machine but gets exercised least.

--
Eric F. Richards

"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940

[email protected] January 26th 06 05:33 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
Ahhh,y'all dont want any Ten-Tecs,they are made down South in
Tennessee.y'all dont want any MFJ products either,they are made right
here in Mississippi,and everybody hates Mississippi because they believe
that junk hollyweird puts out,,, y'all dont want any made in Mississippi
Nissan vehicles either.Hmmm,I wonder if the new USS New York Ship,being
built in Pascagoula,Mississippi right now will ever set Sail next year?
cuhulin


David January 26th 06 08:44 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:33:22 -0600, wrote:

Ahhh,y'all dont want any Ten-Tecs,they are made down South in
Tennessee.y'all dont want any MFJ products either,they are made right
here in Mississippi,and everybody hates Mississippi because they believe
that junk hollyweird puts out,,, y'all dont want any made in Mississippi
Nissan vehicles either.Hmmm,I wonder if the new USS New York Ship,being
built in Pascagoula,Mississippi right now will ever set Sail next year?
cuhulin

http://www.reelmoviecritic.com/Movies20031Q/id1935.htm


D Peter Maus January 26th 06 11:37 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
Michael Lawson wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...
weatherall wrote:
I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as

their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My

best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have

portable
radios.



Best Desktop: AOR 7030+

Also using: Ten-Tec RX-350
Drake SW-2
Yeasu FRG-7
Lowe HF-150
Hammarlund BC-794 (Super Pro)
National NC-88
Hallicrafters S53-A
and others

Best Portable: Panasonic RF-B65

Also using: Grundig Sat 500
Grundig Sat 650 Professional
Grundig Sat 700
Hallicrafters TW-1000
Zenith T/0 3000-1
Zenith T/O 7000-2
and others. Many others.
More than I have room to walkaround.
Please. Help me before I listen again....


You must have a helluva shack, Peter. Can you post
or e-mail a pic sometime? I'm curious how yours looks
like compared to, say, Maghakian's.

--Mike L.


It's not that impressive. Lots of radios. Crap stacked floor to
ceiling. I lost the dog in here.

If I ever make sense of it, I'll take a few shots.

But I'll tell you now, that Maghakian's is far more impressive.






D Peter Maus January 26th 06 11:38 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
rkhalona wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:
weatherall wrote:
I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have portable
radios.



Best Desktop: AOR 7030+

Also using: Ten-Tec RX-350
Drake SW-2
Yeasu FRG-7
Lowe HF-150
Hammarlund BC-794 (Super Pro)
National NC-88
Hallicrafters S53-A
and others

Best Portable: Panasonic RF-B65

Also using: Grundig Sat 500
Grundig Sat 650 Professional
Grundig Sat 700
Hallicrafters TW-1000
Zenith T/0 3000-1
Zenith T/O 7000-2
and others. Many others.
More than I have room to walkaround.
Please. Help me before I listen again....


Always glad to help: how much do you want for the Sat 650? :-)

RK



That one, my friend, is not for sale.

But thanks for the helping hand.


p




P.S. Happy listening


m II January 27th 06 02:27 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
D Peter Maus wrote:

I lost the dog in here.


I did that once. After a few months of open windows I can't even tell it
ever happened. I believe little Spike's now mummified remains may be
behind or under the DX-160 and the Lifelong World Band Radio.

Once I receive Radio-Mart's 'cleansing' instructions I'll get to work on
the extrication.





mike

m II January 27th 06 02:31 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
David wrote:

http://www.reelmoviecritic.com/Movies20031Q/id1935.htm




Weird...it says:


Otis (Courtney B. Vance) is a defective from Jackson, Mississippi, who
has come to assist the local police in the murder investigation.


Is that anyway to advertise the State?





mike

Eric F. Richards January 27th 06 03:35 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
Don't you have a pig to screw, or a cross to burn?

wrote:

Ahhh,y'all dont want any Ten-Tecs,they are made down South in
Tennessee.y'all dont want any MFJ products either,they are made right
here in Mississippi,and everybody hates Mississippi because they believe
that junk hollyweird puts out,,, y'all dont want any made in Mississippi
Nissan vehicles either.Hmmm,I wonder if the new USS New York Ship,being
built in Pascagoula,Mississippi right now will ever set Sail next year?
cuhulin



[email protected] January 27th 06 04:31 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
reelmoviecritic.com? ok,I sent that website to my Alice (pretend name,if
Johnny Cash could have a name like Sue,I can have me a pretend name like
Alice) (Alice,thanks for letting me store some overloaded websites
there) [Dont mention it,you old buzzard]
cuhulin,aka Alice


[email protected] January 27th 06 04:35 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
I know a guy in New England.He is my age,Hitler sent him and his family
to Germany in World War Two.(he was born in Croatia,German by Ancestry)
He is a tough guy too.Recently,his faithfull companion Cat of fifteen
years passed away.He blubbered up and cried like a baby.
cuhulin


[email protected] January 27th 06 04:40 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
Like there aren't any murders and Detectives on the Job in your State?
cuhulin


[email protected] January 27th 06 04:45 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:27:11 GMT, m II wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:

I lost the dog in here.


I did that once. After a few months of open windows I can't even tell it
ever happened. I believe little Spike's now mummified remains may be
behind or under the DX-160 and the Lifelong World Band Radio.

Once I receive Radio-Mart's 'cleansing' instructions I'll get to work on
the extrication.





mike

Might I suggest that you also send him the desiccated dog as an
appropriate thank you for his isntructions.

[email protected] January 27th 06 04:49 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
Eric F.Richards,I am not inbred,I dont know of any inbred folks here in
Mississippi.I have no idea of why you and some folks around the World
think Mississippians are inbred.Perhaps y'all have been watching too
much hollyweird fiction? Why do some folks cast stones at Mississippi
and they dont know much about their own State of Confusion? I dont think
Mississippians are inbred.I dont think you are inbred or the folks in
your State are inbred.I dont know how to use a computer? I own some
computers,but there are some sites I never go to with my computers,it is
a matter of choice with me.
cuhulin


Telamon January 27th 06 04:57 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
In article ,
wrote:

Favorite Desktop .. Icom R71A
Favorite Portable .. Sangean 818


Favorite desktop = Drake R8B
Favorite portable = ICF-SW7600G

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

[email protected] January 27th 06 05:50 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
I wish I was rich enough to afford a Watkins Johnson Radio and smart
enough to operate a Watkins Johnson Radio.About nine or ten something
years ago, www.universal-radio.com was selling some Watkins Johnson
Radios (I still have that old Universal Radio catalog here) for between
three thousand to four thousnd dollars.
google.com Watkins Johnson Radios
cuhulin


Mark S. Holden January 27th 06 01:32 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
junius wrote:
Mark S. Holden wrote:


Transportable AOR ar7030+ (custom case/power/antenna system)



I'm guessing that this is *quite* a nice set-up indeed! do you do a
lot of dxpeditioning?

junius


Nothing so formal as that -

I take it on camping trips and vacations, and I'll often use it close to
home when I'm going to be imaging with my telescope.





David January 27th 06 01:43 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:40:58 -0600, wrote:

Like there aren't any murders and Detectives on the Job in your State?
cuhulin

It's a wonderful movie. Lyle Lovett plays a pervert.


[email protected] January 27th 06 02:04 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
Best tabletop: Drake R8B

Coming in a close second: AOR 7030+

Honorable mention: Lowe HF-150


m II January 28th 06 03:52 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
wrote:
Like there aren't any murders and Detectives on the Job in your State?
cuhulin



missed it, Eh? Let's do a rerun....

=====================================
a defective from Jackson, Mississippi
=====================================




mike

m II January 28th 06 03:56 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
wrote:

Might I suggest that you also send him the desiccated dog as an
appropriate thank you for his isntructions.



I can see him turning a dollar on it.

"Recently purchased at an Estate Sale...the FINEST example of Dried
Doggie I have ever seen. Walked once by the owners then kenneled to stop
wear and tear.."





mike.

[email protected] January 29th 06 07:37 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
An elderly guy who lives down the street from me was in the 149th Signal
Company (U.S.Army) in World War Two in Europe.Another guy in
Hattiesburg,he is about 74 years old,was at Kagnew Station in Africa.
www.kagnewstation.com He worked in radio at Kagnew
Station,decyphering radio signals.
cuhulin


[email protected] January 29th 06 07:40 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
Every once in a while,when I am watching old,old War Movies,I see some
Hallicrafters Radios with the big H on them,sometimes there is a
seperate speaker with the big H on the speaker.
cuhulin


Carter, K8VT January 29th 06 08:01 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
rpbc wrote:

Carter.. My uncle was in the signal corps during WWII. I acquired
his Hallicrafters which had 13 tubes, I believe, and did have two
6V6s in the push/pull audio output....


SX-28 and its variants had 15 tubes I believe but I don't know the
Hallicrafters line well enough to know if there was a 13 tube set or
not. Do a web search on SX-28s and it will bring up some hits that have
pictures so you can see if the 28 was your uncle's set.

and the 12inch speaker in the separater metal cabinet with a big H
across the grill.


Yup, the PM-23 speaker---some had the "h", some did not; presumably the
one "with" is more valuable.

Had crystal phasing, bfo, great bandspread tuning, an 'S' meter...
all kinds of stuff to increase selectivity. It received weak signals
and more importantly, could select them from strong adjacent
stations.


Definitely a nice set, the top dog in its day. However, only a single
conversion radio--images get to be a bit of a problem above 14 Mc/s.

I've aften wanted to compare it side by side with a modern digital
set. Maybe my memory of it is better than it actually was, but I
don't know.


Well, my credo is "I've used old and I've used new, and believe me, new
is better". grin Technology *has* improved in the last 50 or 60
years. However, for styling, romance, nostalgia and just plain fun, you
can't beat some of the old timers.

It was really versatile at receiving and selecting a station from a
crowded location on a band. It sure was heavy.


75 pounds (!) *plus* maybe another 20 or so for the speaker.


Wish I still had it, great looking piece of hardware from time gone
by. I'd rebuild now that I appreciate it, and have the know how.


Good luck...the 28 can be a pretty tough rebuild to do it right. Again,
look on the web for the trials and tribulations of a guy that documented
his 28 rebuild.


dxAce January 29th 06 09:01 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 


rpbc wrote:

[snip]

Set the clock in your puter...

dxAce
Michigan
USA



m II January 30th 06 01:30 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
dxAce wrote:

rpbc wrote:

[snip]

Set the clock in your puter...

dxAce
Michigan
USA




Set the politeness in your manners...





mike

m II January 30th 06 01:32 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
wrote:

Every once in a while,when I am watching old,old War Movies,I see some
Hallicrafters Radios with the big H on them,sometimes there is a
seperate speaker with the big H on the speaker.
cuhulin


I'd be very interested in seeing that, Which movies had the big 'H' in
them? I'd be happy with even one name...

Heck..even the famous Gilligan's Island radio didn't have an 'H' on it.




mike

[email protected] January 30th 06 02:15 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
They Were Expendable movie is one of them.Next time I watch some old,old
War movies,whenever I see a Hallicrafters radio (or whatever other brand
names of radios) in the movies,I will try to remember to write down the
titles of the old,old War movies.
cuhulin


dxAce January 30th 06 12:31 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 


m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:

rpbc wrote:

[snip]

Set the clock in your puter...


Set the politeness in your manners...


Stuff a sock in it, dumbass Canuck!

dxAce
Michigan
USA



rpbc January 30th 06 01:10 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
Carter.. My uncle was in the signal corps during WWII. I acquired his
Hallicrafters which had 13 tubes, I believe, and did have two 6V6s in the
push/pull audio output.... and the 12inch speaker in the separater metal
cabinet with a big H across the grill. Had crystal phasing, bfo, great
bandspread tuning, an 'S' meter... all kinds of stuff to increase
selectivity. It received weak signals and more importantly, could select
them from strong adjacent stations. I've aften wanted to compare it side
by side with a modern digital set. Maybe my memory of it is better than it
actually was, but I don't know. It was really versatile at receiving and
selecting a station from a crowded location on a band. It sure was heavy.
Wish I still had it, great looking piece of hardware from time gone by.
I'd rebuild now that I appreciate it, and have the know how.


rpbc January 30th 06 02:12 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
Carter... Thank you for your reply. I acquired the set in 1961, my father
paid my uncle thirty dollars for it because of my interest. The set might
have had 15 tubes, I remember counting but don't remember the number.

I'm sure the new stuff is much better, just my sentiment talking.... has
to be. It sure was exciting though for a twelve year old kid to turn on
that radio and spend hours listening to stations far and near. That kind
of excitment will color one's memory.

If I had the old set, I would rebuild it. Mine was in perfect shape, had
never been worked on, but begin to lose sensitivity a few years after I
had it. I was the kind of kid that had the RCA tube manuel memorized, so
when real schooling in electronics began, I was ready. By that time
though, the Hallicrafters had left the ranch. Wish I had it now though.
Thanks for the tip and encouragement to look it up on the Internet. I'm
on my way to Google this minute.


m II January 31st 06 02:28 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
dxAce wrote:

m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:
rpbc wrote:

[snip]

Set the clock in your puter...

Set the politeness in your manners...


Stuff a sock in it, dumbass Canuck!

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Why..that's just downright rude. Are you an American?




mike

dxAce January 31st 06 01:10 PM

what's your best sw receiver?
 


m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:

m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:
rpbc wrote:

[snip]

Set the clock in your puter...

Set the politeness in your manners...


Stuff a sock in it, dumbass Canuck!

dxAce
Michigan
USA


Why..that's just downright rude. Are you an American?


I'm not a dumbass Canuck!

dxAce
Michigan
USA



m II February 1st 06 01:04 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
dxAce wrote:

m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:
m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:
rpbc wrote:

[snip]

Set the clock in your puter...

Set the politeness in your manners...
Stuff a sock in it, dumbass Canuck!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Why..that's just downright rude. Are you an American?


I'm not a dumbass Canuck!

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Well, you are certainly half right...



mike

dxAce February 1st 06 01:06 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 


m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:

m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:
m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:
rpbc wrote:

[snip]

Set the clock in your puter...

Set the politeness in your manners...
Stuff a sock in it, dumbass Canuck!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Why..that's just downright rude. Are you an American?


I'm not a dumbass Canuck!

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Well, you are certainly half right...


Meanwhile... you're still totally 'tard.

LMFAO at the stem.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



m II February 1st 06 01:48 AM

what's your best sw receiver?
 
dxAce wrote:

Why..that's just downright rude. Are you an American?
I'm not a dumbass Canuck!

dxAce
Michigan
USA


Well, you are certainly half right...


Meanwhile... you're still totally 'tard.

LMFAO at the stem.




When did you first notice your inability to learn new words? You must
have noticed it by now..it's been pointed out to you by everyone here
having over a grade nine education.

Those military chemical experiments have certainly taken their toll on
your cranium. That in itself is amazing, as it's so shielded from the
outside world.



mike


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