I also forgot to mention I own a Blaupunkt Derby 691
FM/Shortwave/LW/MW/EU radio.I bought it from Brian Hill between two to
three months ago.It is a nice radio and works great too.
cuhulin

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.



Why the high cost, sorry maybe a dumb question, breaking down or
electricity? I used these back in the day in the navy and someday
I am going to find one that has been rebuilt get it my
computer/electronics/guitar/graphic design/in the doghouse/radio
shack room! I actually found a place about a year ago that made those
babies shine, in and out completly rebuilt, covers, don't recall about
the manuals but they were located in England, here is TX which was
a ton to just ship!

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

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:41:30 -0600, James Douglas
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.



Why the high cost, sorry maybe a dumb question, breaking down or
electricity? I used these back in the day in the navy and someday
I am going to find one that has been rebuilt get it my
computer/electronics/guitar/graphic design/in the doghouse/radio
shack room! I actually found a place about a year ago that made those
babies shine, in and out completly rebuilt, covers, don't recall about
the manuals but they were located in England, here is TX which was
a ton to just ship!


Electricity, mainly. They aren't that difficult to maintain if you're
thermionic electronically inclined.

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:43:11 -0600, wrote:

I dont own a digital camera or a digital camcorder.Someday,I will buy
one and post some pictures of my radios,I will never post any pictures
of meself on the internet though,it's not that I am ugly looking because
I am not ugly looking.The only radio I saw for sale at the Goodwill
store this afternoon was an Emerson cheapo AM/FM little table model
radio,so I didn't bother with that radio because it is too new looking.I
did buy a SUNN beta lead C-MOS Technology speaker rig thingy though for
eight dollars at the Goodwill store today.Actually the speaker
case/cabinet has two large heavy speakers mounted in the case.There are
13 knobs on the front of the case,one of the knobs is for Master Contol
and there are 3 jacks on the front of the case and a ON/OFF switch.On
the back of the case it says SUNN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT Made in U.S.A.by
SUNN Musical Equipment Co.A Hartzell Corporation Company.And on the back
there are two jacks each for Speakers 4 Ohms 100 Watt Max and Master
Accessory Channel A and Master Accessory Channel B and there is a jack
for Foot Switch.Only guessing,but I would say the whole rig weighs about
fifty pounds or more and there is a slip over viny dust cover for the
rig too.The rig looks to me like it is in very good to excellent
condition.It is oviously a serious professional piece of equipment for a
band or audiophile or whatever.I really dont need the rig,but for only
eight dollars,I sure wasen't just going to leave it sitting at the
Goodwill store.
cuhulin

It's a guitar amp,.

http://www.dangpow.com/~sunn/

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:43:11 -0600, wrote:

I dont own a digital camera or a digital camcorder.Someday,I will buy
one and post some pictures of my radios,I will never post any pictures
of meself on the internet though,it's not that I am ugly looking because
I am not ugly looking.The only radio I saw for sale at the Goodwill
store this afternoon was an Emerson cheapo AM/FM little table model
radio,so I didn't bother with that radio because it is too new looking.I
did buy a SUNN beta lead C-MOS Technology speaker rig thingy though for
eight dollars at the Goodwill store today.Actually the speaker
case/cabinet has two large heavy speakers mounted in the case.There are
13 knobs on the front of the case,one of the knobs is for Master Contol
and there are 3 jacks on the front of the case and a ON/OFF switch.On
the back of the case it says SUNN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT Made in U.S.A.by
SUNN Musical Equipment Co.A Hartzell Corporation Company.And on the back
there are two jacks each for Speakers 4 Ohms 100 Watt Max and Master
Accessory Channel A and Master Accessory Channel B and there is a jack
for Foot Switch.Only guessing,but I would say the whole rig weighs about
fifty pounds or more and there is a slip over viny dust cover for the
rig too.The rig looks to me like it is in very good to excellent
condition.It is oviously a serious professional piece of equipment for a
band or audiophile or whatever.I really dont need the rig,but for only
eight dollars,I sure wasen't just going to leave it sitting at the
Goodwill store.
cuhulin

http://www.dangpow.com/~sunn/betalead/betaleadf.jpg

Guitar amp or whatever it is,(I dont know much about those things) it
looks just like that beta lead in that dangpow.com website.It has a sort
of a black leatherette leather (whatever) vinyl covering on the
cabinet.I know a guy by the name of Paul Steele who lives in Madison
(suburb city, north side of Jackson) and he works at Morrison Music
company,where they sell and service all kinds of fancy high priced music
thingys.I might ask him about my Guitar amp.He also collects antique
tools,he can talk all day long about antique toos.
cuhulin

I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver.

Best portable Sony 7600gr

Best Tabletop Icome R75

Michael

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?

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:43:11 -0600, wrote:

I dont own a digital camera or a digital camcorder.Someday,I will buy
one and post some pictures of my radios,I will never post any pictures
of meself on the internet though,it's not that I am ugly looking because
I am not ugly looking.The only radio I saw for sale at the Goodwill
store this afternoon was an Emerson cheapo AM/FM little table model
radio,so I didn't bother with that radio because it is too new looking.I
did buy a SUNN beta lead C-MOS Technology speaker rig thingy though for
eight dollars at the Goodwill store today.Actually the speaker
case/cabinet has two large heavy speakers mounted in the case.There are
13 knobs on the front of the case,one of the knobs is for Master Contol
and there are 3 jacks on the front of the case and a ON/OFF switch.On
the back of the case it says SUNN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT Made in U.S.A.by
SUNN Musical Equipment Co.A Hartzell Corporation Company.And on the back
there are two jacks each for Speakers 4 Ohms 100 Watt Max and Master
Accessory Channel A and Master Accessory Channel B and there is a jack
for Foot Switch.Only guessing,but I would say the whole rig weighs about
fifty pounds or more and there is a slip over viny dust cover for the
rig too.The rig looks to me like it is in very good to excellent
condition.It is oviously a serious professional piece of equipment for a
band or audiophile or whatever.I really dont need the rig,but for only
eight dollars,I sure wasen't just going to leave it sitting at the
Goodwill store.
cuhulin

http://www.harmony-central.com/Guita...ta_Lead-1.html