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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:46 1996
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From: [e-mail] (SBirmin640)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: !!!!!!!!
Date: 2 Sep 1996 11:57:49 -0400
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In article <[e-mail]>, Aron Felix Gurski <[e-mail]>
writes:

>
>Dear:
>  [ ] Clueless newbie       [ ] Lamer       [ ] AOL'er
>  [ ] Me too'er             [ ] Pervert     [ ] Geek
>  [ ] Spammer               [ ] Nerd        [ ] Bigot
>  [ ] Fed                   [ ] Freak       [x] Christian
>
>

as both a clueless newbie,and an AOL'er
1)  thanks for the somewhat humerous form
2)  THANKS for insulting me without knowing me.(insulting me after
corresponding is ok)
3)  didnt you aquire your knowledge somewhere? or did you wake up one day
and know all about newsgroups?
4)lighten up already!

                                                Steve Birmingham
                                                [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:47 1996
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From: John Berenyi <[e-mail]>
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Subject: 19" rack rails question
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 15:01:27 -0500
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Just bought a rack mounting cabinet for all my Collins and acc. gear.
However, the R390's weigh a ton.  Where can I get rails to help assist
load these boatanchors?

John


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:48 1996
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From: [e-mail]
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Subject: Re: Re: 7600G adapter plug intermittency &c
Date: 5 Sep 96 20:54:13 EST
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You could try to put the Radio Shack power socket into the
Sony 7600G. But you'll have to completely rewire the radio
and the power socket place on the board.

Sony's proprietary power hose uses positive center with
the negative normalized. The RS part is set up for a
negative center and the center normalized. That and the
simple fact that the pin out on the RS part is 180 degrees
from the SOny make the prospect of rehosing the Sony for
a more common power connector pretty bleak.

I haven't had much trouble with power plugs on the 7600G
yet. I have resoldered many such a plug on many other
boxes of stuff. But there comes a time when the board is
so screwed up that replacing the part becomes one of those
deals where the wood has a hole in it about 1 inch across
and all you've got is a 1/4-20x3 screw. Fillister head.
Phillips fillister head.

Truth be told, I just found a source for 1.5vDC tubes to
resurrect the R174. I think I'll order two complete
sets. The R174 ain't pretty (military surplus) and it ain't
got cosmic regurgitative interplexed bi-polar quasi log
synchronic analysis AM. And it's about 12 kHz broad on
the IF. But it's a nice radio for easy listening. And it's
got great audio. Really great audio.

For what I paid for the 7600G, I'm a little reluctant
about going off on a modifying binge. My temper isn't
that damn controllable and my patience is not much better
than the patients in the ward across the hall. And them's
on heavy medication.

I guess that if I really needed to set the 7600G up on a
power supply with any serious permanence, the prospect of
an intermittent power connecter will be about as high as
finding hen's milk in the local convenience store.

73

Nils
WB8IJN &c



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:49 1996
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From: "David W. Knisely" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: 7600G adapter plug intermittent connection?
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 06:05:55 -0700
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To: Ron Hardin <[e-mail]>

Ron Hardin wrote: trouble with power plug.

Yes, there are two solutions.  1.  Send the radio to Grove (or another
Sony repair place), or (if you are brave and competent with a soldering
iron) 2: open up the darn thing, and wire in an external plug and jack
with standard Radio Shack parts (that is what I would do).  I hate the
"SONY ONLY" type of power plug anyway (Icom does the same thing, so I
hate them too).  Good luck!

--
David W. Knisely KA0CZC   email: [e-mail]
1616 North 14th St., Beatrice, Nebr.  68310

Prairie Astronomy Club, Inc.  http://www.infoanalytic.com/pac/

BABYLON 5: Our last best hope for QUALITY science fiction.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:50 1996
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From: John Berenyi <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: <<<< Sony 2010 owners..read this !!! >>>>>
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 08:07:42 -0500
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To: CASchwark <[e-mail]>

CASchwark wrote:
>
> Have you checked for loose pc board or sub-assy screws?
> Maybe there's a cracked plastic cabinet or mounting stud
> in that area.
>
> Chuck
>
> Chuck Schwark, Chicago, IL
> Antique Radio Club of Illinois (Elgin)
> Antique Radio Resource Page:
> http://members.aol.com/caschwark/index.htm


After spending an enumerable time on this problem I finally located the
problem.  If I loosened one of the speaker mounting screws, the buzzing
went away.  For some reason everytime it was tightened it put a load on
the cabinet and it began to buzz.  I never could find the microscopic
crack so I left the screw out and in its place squirted some hot glue by
the mount area.  I figured three screws are plenty sturdy.  All I care
is that that annoying buzz is gone.


John


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:50 1996
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From: [e-mail] (GerryB4991)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: A MESSAGE FROM GLENN HAUSER
Date: 4 Sep 1996 04:58:37 -0400
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Al Lemas said:

> As long as Hauser's info comes "free",like through this UseNet
group,it'll be
>ok.Just don't ever send him money for his so called swl/dx info.He's a
real
>nutcase.Besides most of it is old news anyway.

"Nutcase"?  How do you make this character determination?  Do you know gh?


Gerry


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:52 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Len Anderson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: afn/afrts
Date: Tue,  3 Sep 1996 06:35:00 GMT
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DAK>From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
DAK>Subject: Re: afn/afrts

DAK>P.J.M.Boon wrote the quoted material below:
DAK>" Hi, i'm looking for frequencies of AFN/AFRTS radio, that i can receive i
n
DAK>" Amsterdam, Holland.

DAK>AFRTS hasn't been on shortwave in over a decade.  They're distributed by
DAK>satellite.  You might wish to contact AFRTS locally (or the last contact
DAK>address/phone you have for them) and ask if they have recommendations.

AFRTS has FM broadcasts from Belgium and Germany for U.S. forces there
according to the '96 WRTH.  The mailing addresses for 'overseas'
stations of AFRTS usually have an APO number which could mean surface
mail would go to the USA and then back out again (?), rather slow.  The
public affairs officer at the AFRTS Hq might mail out a list and
schedule if mailed directly to:

   AFRTS-BC
   10888 Las Tunas Canyon Road
   Sun Valley, California 91352-2098
   USA

[that's a part of the city of Los Angeles, the eastern end of the San
Fernando Valley...and the gate is on Glenoaks Boulevard...yes, there's a
bunch of sat dishes on the premises...:) ]

---
 * OLX 2.1 * Flattery may get you everywhere.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:54 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Len Anderson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: AFRTS Address Correction
Date: Tue,  3 Sep 1996 22:15:00 GMT
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Made an error in the U.S. AFRTS address posted a couple days ago.  The
correct one is:

   Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
   1363 Z Street
   Building 2730
   March Air Force Base
   Riverside, California 92518
   USA

voice telephone: [phone]

Information courtesy of U.S. federal telephone information.
Sigh...drove a mile out of my way today to see if I could pick up a list
of stations and frequencies and they weren't where I thought they were!

---
 * OLX 2.1 * You and your damned Theatre tickets...       -A. Lincoln


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:54 1996
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From: Michael Love <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Anyone have Scanstar or Scancat Hurricane/wefax frq's ??
Date: 5 Sep 1996 08:29:43 GMT
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Please mail me if you do.

Michael



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:55 1996
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Subject: australia and new zealand reception
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When does it usually start to deteriorate? I know the summer is
the best time but Im just wondering for how long I will be able
to listen to RNZI on 15115 in the mid evening, and similarly,
15365 of Radio Aust. Does it last to Christmas, or are they
not long for good reception in E N America.



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:56 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
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Subject: Re: australia and new zealand reception
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 17:15:43 +0100
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In article <50j39d$s4l$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:

> When does it usually start to deteriorate? I know the summer is
> the best time but Im just wondering for how long I will be able
> to listen to RNZI on 15115 in the mid evening, and similarly,
> 15365 of Radio Aust. Does it last to Christmas, or are they
> not long for good reception in E N America.

You'll still be able to hear them, in general, all things being equal,
etc. blah, blah, blah. It's just that they will change to freqs that
propagate better in the winter.

Check out Radio Australia's WWW site for detailed info. If its not there
then they have an e-mail address you can use to ask your questions.

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:57 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Gerard Foley)
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Subject: BBC Waveguide Sept.15
Date: 4 Sep 1996 11:53:21 -0400
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It seems Waveguide will return to the BBC World Service in September.  The
Americas stream shows it first on Sunday, 15th September at 2005 UT(GMT).
Thereafter it is scheduled weekly on Sundays 2005UT, Tuesday 1515UT and
Wednesday 0720UT.  It is scheduled for 10 minutes duration.  I assume the
Tuesday and Wednesday broadcasts will be repeats of the Sunday
transmission.

K8EF


--
Gerry


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From: [e-mail] (SUMM1)
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Subject: Re: Brother Scott & Mexican tea commercial fl
Date: 3 Sep 1996 21:54:23 -0400
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Bro. Scott is founder of the Church of the Constant Cash Flow. He owns a
station in the Carib. and buys time on SW stations all over the world.
Years ago he owned  a UHF tv Station in CT but FCC withdrew his Lic.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:48:59 1996
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[e-mail] (SUMM1) wrote:

>Bro. Scott is founder of the Church of the Constant Cash Flow. He owns a
>station in the Carib. and buys time on SW stations all over the world.
>Years ago he owned  a UHF tv Station in CT but FCC withdrew his Lic.
Are you talking about  Dr. Gene Scott?  Of Glendale, California?  He
used to own channel 30?  One of the very few honest media preachers?
Is that the guy?  The man is Mr. Charisma.
dr
Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



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My Panasonic RF2200 just bit the dust!!! What's a good replacement these days?
?

And also...whatever happened to Tom Valentine's Show on WWCR?? Is it the
propogation or my radio??? I can't seem to get him!


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From: [e-mail] (Curt Phillips)
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Subject: Re: Couple of SW Questions...
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 22:08:00 GMT
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Alan James <[e-mail]> wrote:
>My Panasonic RF2200 just bit the dust!!! What's a good replacement these days
??

In the $160-$190 range, either the Sony 7600G or the Grundig Yachtboy 400.
Which?  Many electrons have been toasted on this newsgroup debating the
differences and advantanges of each.  Contact Deja News on the WWW for a
replay.  I'd pick the 7600G, but I'm a Sony kind of guy.

In the $250 range, the Sony 2010 is great (and I *do* have one of these).

If you're willing to drop 19 bucks or so for a book, Passport to Worldband
Radio has some good reviews on these and many other receivers.

>And also...whatever happened to Tom Valentine's Show on WWCR?? Is it the
>propogation or my radio??? I can't seem to get him!

  Since radio is not free in America, evidently Valentine's Radio Free
America has fallen victim to funding or some other malady and is off the
air.  I think he'll be back in a weekly format REAL SOON NOW.

  The Arizona fireball, Bill Cooper, has also dropped WWCR, supposedly
because WWCR wouldn't give him an earlier time slot.  Look for him REAL
SOON NOW on thousands of FM microbroadcasters from sea to shining sea, just
prior to these thousands of microbroadcasters being fined tens of thousands
of dollars for unlicensed operation, therefore solving the problem of the
national debt, and thus ending the need for his warnings to us.  (Except
for the aliens, we will still need to be warned about the aliens.)

=========== Opinions expressed are solely those of the author ==========
Curt Phillips, CEM KD4YU (ex-WB4LHI)  | They that can give up essential
Engineer/Writer/Adventurer/Raconteur  | liberty to obtain a little
Chairman, Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group  | temporary safety deserve neither
ARRL Life; QCWA; Raleigh ARS; NRA; AEE|liberty nor safety. -Ben Franklin
==== [e-mail] ====== [Copyright 1996 All rights reserved]====

* BTW, "REAL SOON NOW" is a phrase popularized by science fiction author
and computer columnist Jerry Pournelle.  It pretty much means, "believe it
when you see (or hear) it."



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Subject: Drake R8 $575
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 09:08:43 -0400
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Just bought a Drake R8a so I am selling my R8 for $575. add UPS. Brian
K3USC-Erie,PA 814-866-2585 or email




From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:04 1996
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From: [e-mail] (K1EL)
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Subject: Drake SPR4 Receiver
Date: 5 Sep 1996 08:15:49 -0400
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Drake SPR 4 General Coverage Receiver in Excellent Condition.

For Sale $195, I'll pay shiping. E-mail me for details

Steve K1EL

[e-mail]


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From: wickies@
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Subject: Excellent DX!!
Date: 3 Sep 1996 08:45:50 GMT
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Hi
   had an excellent DX session on Monday the 3rd of September here in the UK.
However in the regions of the aircraft band on SSB, I got a voice but some sor
t of
digital bleeping that was in sync with the voice so I could not here what they

were saying.  2 things... 1) Is there a way to get to hear the pilots without
that
digital overlay.  2) What freq's can I pick up  air band on SW/AM where they s
peak
English??

Thanks in advance.

Chris Wickland
All things are possible to him who beleives
CSO TECH SUPPORT SPECIALIST
IBM
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:06 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Damon Z Cassell)
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Subject: Re: FCC Issues NAL
Date: 5 Sep 1996 20:04:37 GMT
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Eric Oyen ([e-mail]) wrote:

: PHOENIX. AZ.  Issued a further notice of apparent liability in the
: amount of $6,000 against Timothy Harold Hoffman, Phoenix, Arizonia,
: for violations of various amateur radio rules.  Action by Chief,
: Compliance Division, Compliance and Information Bureau.  Adopted:
: August 30, 1996 by FNAL.  DA No. 96-1478.  CIB  Internet URL:
: index.html
:

What'd the guy do?

--
- Damon Cassell ----------
  Northeastern University.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:07 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Curt Phillips)
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Subject: Re: FIDEL will soon be 71.  Who cares!
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 08:28:44 GMT
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[e-mail] (David A. Kaye) wrote:
>RDsmyrna wrote the quoted material below:
>" Not me!
>The fact that Cuba has managed to survive even with a blockade by its
>largest trading partner is testimony to the resiliance of the Cuban
>people and their ability to overcome adversity.  It's also testimony to

  The admirable qualities of the enslaved Cuban people are not in
question.  The comments speak to the despicable qualities of that tin-horn
dictator who can only stay in power at the point of a gun, Fidel Castro.

>Castro.  While Cuba is no paradise, Cubans get free medical care of a
>high quality that would bankrupt most Americans.

  Bwhahahahaha.  Obviously, you know nothing about what you are talking
about.  I know people who have escaped from this place that you describe as
having such great health care, and their FIRST HAND reports totally
contradict your statement.  Fidel may get great health care, but the
average Cuban has the same quality of health care that they have in all
other areas of life... poor.

  Perhaps when the iron-fisted dictator Castro is dead and residing in hell
with his fellow socialist enslavers Stalin, Hitler, etc., a representative
government will be established in Cuba and the announcers at Radio Havana
will be allowed freedom of speech.  Then their programming will be even
more interesting, for they will be allowed to tell the truth about Cuba,
rather than parroting the "party line".

=========== Opinions expressed are solely those of the author ==========
Curt Phillips, CEM KD4YU (ex-WB4LHI)  | They that can give up essential
Engineer/Writer/Adventurer/Raconteur  | liberty to obtain a little
Chairman, Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group  | temporary safety deserve neither
ARRL Life; QCWA; Raleigh ARS; NRA; AEE|liberty nor safety. -Ben Franklin
==== [e-mail] ====== [Copyright 1996 All rights reserved]====



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:08 1996
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From: [e-mail] (William J. Fox)
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Subject: For Sale R-8
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R-8, with vhf board. $625.00 plus shipping


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:08 1996
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--
jpaquin
I have a frg-7 for sale with manual,.100Khz to 30 Mhz
ssb/lsb/cw/am.am narrow/att./in new condition (no scratches) ac/dc/batt./
145.00 or trade for scanner
vo2apl 709-944-5268



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:09 1996
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From: Buehler Martin <[e-mail]>
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 12:28:52 +0200
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----------------
 VLF Converter
----------------

Converts the VLF frequency range (up to 500kHz)
into the SW range.

$42

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:10 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Earle Beach)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Grundig 900
Date: 3 Sep 1996 20:43:10 GMT
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>The Radio Netherland's Receiver Test Lab web page still says Grundig's new
>target date for the 900 is "in the course of 1997."  It is supposedly a
>"software" problem that is holding it up.  Possibly not good news is the
>900 has been re-styled by the same design company that did the Yacht Boy
>500.

Grundig had a picture of it in the press release section of their web pages.
It looked pretty sharp.  I just checked and they've removed the page.  More
modern looking than the 500/700 and a bit bigger too.

The text talked of 115 pre-programmed settings for the major broadcasters and
70 x 5 settable memories.  This totals a bit less than what came with the
700 but might be  more useable layout.  No mention of any expansion chips.



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:11 1996
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From: Orrin Edwards <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Grundig Yacht Boy 400
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 09:02:56 -0400
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On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Henrik Falkentorp wrote:
> I am interested in comments on Grundig 400 Yacht Boy from new and old
> owners as I am thinking of buying the radio.

I've had mine since they came out.... a good all around radio!

----
Orrin - Long Island, New York
[e-mail]
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http://hoflink.com/~oedwards/syocc.html  (Camera Club)



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:12 1996
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Subject: Re: Grundig Yacht Boy 400
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Henrik Falkentorp wrote:
>
> I am interested in comments on Grundig 400 Yacht Boy from new and old
> owners as I am thinking of buying the radio.


I have had my 400 for several months now and I am totally pleased with
it.  From its sensitivity, selectivity all the way to its size, and
alarm volumn.  I personally think it is a great radio.  I purchased it
to replace a 7600G (Sony) which I returned due to very, very shoddy
workmanship. (Power switch broken, battery cover not fitting etc.)  Good
luck!



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:13 1996
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From: Emerson Schwartzkopf <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Grundig Yacht Boy 400
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Henrik Falkentorp <[e-mail]> writes:
> I am interested in comments on Grundig 400 Yacht Boy from new and old
> owners as I am thinking of buying the radio.

I've found it to be a good shortwave radio and an excellent road warrior for a
ll-around
(shortwave/AM-FM/alarm clock) use.

The whip and reel antennae do good work, but a longwire (50') does provide at
least
75-percent gain (as measured with the small LCD display gauge on the YB400).

There's probably better value in the market if you're in a real shopping mood,
 but my
experience with a YB 400 makes it a good solid choice.




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Subject: Re: HELP: Antenna Tuner Design Needed
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 18:19:50 GMT
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Michael Neidich <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Need a schematic/parts list to build a receiving antenna
>tuner/preselector 10-25 MHz, mostly to reject interfering out of band
>signals.  Point me in the right direction if there is a good commercial
>unit, please.
>Mike
MFJ-956 is $39.99.  One year unconditional money back warranty.  Comes
with a schematic.  By the time you add up the cost of the box, the
knobs, the switch, the fixed inductors, the variable capacitor, and
the 2 ea. SO-239 connectors, you may decide to keep it.
dr
Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:16 1996
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From: Donald Desaulniers <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Help: Frequency listing for 2.533 MHz
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 21:21:41 -0400
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Hello,

I am trying to calibrate a device to monitor naturally occurring EM in
the VLF range and I seem to be picking up a weak background signal
(noise) at 2.533 MHz which also appears on my shortwave radio.


Can anyone tell me if there is a transmitter operating in N. America at
this frequency ?
Can this be some RF associated with a television or some other
electronic device ?

By the way, I am located near Montreal Quebec, Canada.

Please reply to me directly as not to clutter this usenet.

Thanks

=========================================================================
Donald E. Desaulniers, Ph.D.
Bio Geo Environment inc.
814 boul. Guimond, suite 201      EMail:[e-mail]
Longueuil, Quebec J4G 1T5
Canada
========================================================================


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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:17 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Patty Winter)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Hurricane hunter plane freqs?
Date: 4 Sep 1996 12:32:01 -0700
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I have an old list of HF frequencies used by those modified P-3s
that go inside of hurricanes to get information on them. I've tried
listening to the frequencies mentioned on that list in recent days,
but haven't heard anything. In past years, I've found them easily.

I presume these folks are still using HF; does anyone have an up-
to-date frequency list for them?


Thanks!

Patty

========================= [e-mail] ==========================
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        troubles *we've* had."  --Clark Kent on "Lois & Clark"
=============== N6BIS ================= Sunnyvale, Calif. ===============



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:19 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Damon Z Cassell)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: I would like to hear number stations  HELP
Date: 4 Sep 1996 19:43:47 GMT
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Michael Weiskopf ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Diback ([e-mail]) wrote:

:       Well, first of all, what time zone are you in? Something to keep
:       in mind is that they usually start between Midnight UTC and 4AM
:       UTC. So, if you're in CST, you'd start around 6 PM instead of 10,
:       or at least at 8.  For whatever reason, they operate "late at
:       night" in UTC, as if the FCC "goes to sleep."  There are a number
:       of great numbers-station Web pages on the Net ... the best idea
:       is to run a Lycos/Inktomi/whatever search of the WWW. Chris
:       Smolinski runs a great one, and I know of at least two others.
:       (There are links on my homepage at http://execpc.com/~jerk/links.html)

:       The frequencies constantly change, but there are a few that are
:       pretty reliable.  The one that sticks in my mind is 6840, but there
:       is one in the lower 9000 MHz region as well.  I haven't DXed them
:       in a while, but it always seems that I find them when I don't want
:       to-- listening to SW while sleeping, for example. I keep hearing the
:       British Man broadcast and it wakes me up. Then I'm all paranoid and
:       feeling creepy for the rest of the night.

First of all, it would be wrong to assume that numbers stations operate
in defiance of FCC rules and regulations.  This would be silly because
our own government is the source of many of these transmissions.
Suffice to say, FCC activity has little to do with the time and place of
numbers transmissions.  Second, numbers transmissions do not "operate"
only at "night".  It may seem that way, since they are very audibly
during non-daylight hours, but this has much more to do with
propogation.  Many transmissions originate from and to Europe and Asia
and would not normally be audible during daylight hours in areas where
they are not targeted.  Lastly, numbers transmissions can be heard on
just about any frequency in the HF spectrum.  As low as 2 MHz and as
high as 26 Mhz.  It's like finding a needle in a haystack, and is
totally non-predictable; however, certain stations have been known to
have informal "schedules".

Just my  2 cents.

--
- Damon Cassell ----------
  Northeastern University.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:19 1996
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From: [e-mail](barry felstein)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ICOM R71 Interference Problem
Date: 4 Sep 1996 12:27:02 GMT
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Just use coax for the lead in!You are picking up everything using the
wire,including all the garbage leaked by the wires in the wall,TV raster
buzz.computer RFI,light dimmers(they should be outlawed),flourescent lights
and on and on.Just leave the shield unconnected at the antenna,but solder
it to the 259 at the radio.It should help tremendously..Good luck...Barry
N8PVX...


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:20 1996
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Subject: Re: ICOM R71 Interference Problem
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 16:06:02 GMT
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[e-mail] (James Poulin) wrote:




>Could this be caused from NOT having a ground wire (ring) going in the
>opposite direction of the "tip" wire ?

Tip, ring?  Is this some kind of plastic portable radio?  I'd try
grounding the booger.  Better still, for MW, would be an active loop
antenna.
dr

Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:23 1996
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From: [e-mail] (James Poulin)
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Subject: Re: ICOM R71 Interference Problem
Date: 4 Sep 1996 18:15:17 GMT
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On 4 Sep 1996 12:27:02 GMT, [e-mail](barry
felstein) wrote:

>Just use coax for the lead in!You are picking up everything using the
>wire,including all the garbage leaked by the wires in the wall,TV raster
>buzz.computer RFI,light dimmers(they should be outlawed),flourescent lights
>and on and on.Just leave the shield unconnected at the antenna,but solder
>it to the 259 at the radio.It should help tremendously..Good luck...Barry
>N8PVX...

So, you suddgest I run coax instead of the wire, but "do not" connect
it to an antenna (i dont have one), and let the coax work as an
antenna ?

James Poulin
Ottawa Ontario
Canada



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:24 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Jim Gyer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Is there really no SW to hear in Seattle?
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 23:49:42 GMT
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The Sangean 818 is reviewed on the Dutch radio internet page.
http://www.rnw.nl/en/pub/testlab/index.html#index will
take you right to an index of receivers.  I looked up one of mine and
their comments were right on the money.  They have a good tutorial on
antennas too.

I think the concern over reception in a *metropolitan* area is the
presence of many local noise sources - not the lack of signals.  You
won't do as well as in a rural location, but there are plenty of
strong signals.  I have the Radio Shack DX390 which is the same as the
Sangean.  I live in a suburb of Phoenix, Aridzona.  It works OK (but
not super) with its whip antenna and with a short wire antenna.  I
have never found any signal on the Long Wave band (150-500 KHz).  When
I hooked it to a long wire antenna I was overjoyed to see the band
come alive - then I got suspisious (never could spell).  All signals
were two stations I couldn't separate and a few were familiar.  Turned
out the *signals* were all stations around 7 MHz and I was tuning both
together at their difference frequency.  INTERMODULATION IS BAD.  The
RF gain control has no effect.  (Secret tip - what the RF gain *is*
good for is setting the signal strength required to stop the scan).

I think the moral is that when you have enough signal, improving the
antenna won't help on a simple radio.  The high price models have
extra tuning circuits that improve this but that's what makes them
high priced.  Pays you money and takes your choice.  Still the radio
is worth the sale price I paid for it.

Good luck
Jim Gyer ([e-mail])
=====================================================================
>Ric Dube <[e-mail]> wrote in article
><4ve74m$[e-mail]>...
>>
>> I have been told not to waste my money on a shortwave radio, because
>> reception in Seattle, Washington would be terrible, and I'd just get
>> frustrated.  This is supposedly because it is an urban/metropolitan area,
>> and because it is on the West coast.  Is this actually true?
>> Further, if I were to buy, I've been thinking about about the Sangean
>> 818.
>> Anyone out there with an opinion on this radio?
>> --
>> _____________________________
>> Ric Dube
>> [e-mail]
>>




From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:25 1996
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From: "Eugene A. LeDuc" <[e-mail]>
Subject: looking for FAQ
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Is there an FAQ I can DL?  I'm a new SWL looking for some guidance
Being the impetuous type I have already bought a Radio Shack DX392
I hope it is a good choice.  I am interested in tuning in on some real
news about what is really going on in the world around me.
        Any constructive input will greatly appreciated.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:26 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Stichting SC-MAC)
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Subject: Re: Military Aircraft Radio Monitoring
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 20:51:04 GMT
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[e-mail](BRENT CLARK ) wrote:

>In one of Steve Douglass last "Intercept Newsletters" there was mention
>of a possible new web-site for the military monitor. Does anyone have
>any information on this? Also are there any newsgroups or resources on
>Military aircraft monitoring? Thanks for any help!

Intercept has a WEB-site but it hasn't much freqs on it.
For HF mil coms you can also subscribe to WUN.

Fot VHF/UHF mil coms you can subscribe to SC-MAC E-maillist.
Covering VHF/UHF mil coms in NW-Europe including the UK.

Adress: [e-mail]

Greetings

Gerbrand Diebels
SC-MAC (Holland)



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From: [e-mail] (Eric Oyen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: military frequencies in shortwave.
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 08:54:08 GMT
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Does anyone have the current list of military frequencies in the
shortwave spectrum? If so, e-mail me with the info.

Thanks.




From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:27 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Steve Blackmore)
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Subject: Re: military frequencies in shortwave.
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On Wed, 04 Sep 1996 08:54:08 GMT, [e-mail] (Eric Oyen) wrote:

>Does anyone have the current list of military frequencies in the
>shortwave spectrum? If so, e-mail me with the info.

Far TOO BIG!

Try looking at http://www.leonardo.net/berri/wun/

and subscribe to WUN.

--
Steve Blackmore

SAB Computers - On-site Archiving Service & Data Storage
--------------- PC Sales and Maintenance----------------
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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:29 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Jim Gyer)
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Subject: Re: Need Receiver Recommendations
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 23:15:31 GMT
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The three receivers you mention are reviewed on the Dutch radio
internet page.  http://www.rnw.nl/en/pub/testlab/index.html#index will
take you right to an index of receivers.  I looked up one of mine and
their comments were right on the money.  They have a good tutorial on
antennas too.

Jim Gyer ([e-mail])
=====================================================================
[e-mail] (Tom Bredemus) wrote:

>I am looking at buying a new SW receiver to upgrade from my DX440. My interes
ts are broadcast and utility listening with a special interest in MW DXing. Th
e models I have
>the greatest interest in are the R8A, AOR7030, R5000, and the R71A. I am in a

>suburban location approx. 4 miles from a major TV/FM antenna site which many
of the
>stations here use, so I have some concern for intermod. rejection. There also
 are a couple of MW stations approx. 5 miles away.

>I would appreciate any comments on these receivers and comparisons. I have re
ad all
>of the published reviews and would like comments from actual users of these r
eceivers.

>Thanks in advance.

>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------
>The above views do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, but they are
 mine,
>nor should they be construed as an endorsement of any type!




From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:30 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
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Subject: New Radio Website: MEGALIST + HAM RADIO + HOCKEY = Bry's Page!
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Set your browser to:

http://www.mnsinc.com/bry/index.html

LOTS of great radio information, lists, files.
Where to buy parts, kits, radios, electronics, surplus etc.
Totally free.

E-mail ONLY to - [e-mail] for now!
E-mail: [e-mail]
http://www.mnsinc.com/bry/index.html
TRY MY WEB-SITE please!
See if I look as ugly as you would expect!



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:31 1996
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From: [e-mail](J. LeQuesne)
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Subject: Re: New to Shortwave
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In <50de64$[e-mail]> BBC <[e-mail]> writes:
>
>
>Hi.  Can someone briefly tell me about shortwave radio?  I want to
talk
>to people and maybe broadcaste music (non-commercial) and information.

Hi, Brent--SW listening is just that...listening.  What you're
describing, I believe, is a low-powered radio operation.  That requires
a licence and passing a test.

As for broadcasting music and/or information originated by somebody
else--be wary.  You might be infringing on a copyright...and that's
serious business (lawsuits or jail time).

j. lequesne


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:33 1996
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From: [e-mail] (TIMOTHY GUEGUEN)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: New to Shortwave
Date: 2 Sep 1996 05:05:40 GMT
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BBC ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Hi.  Can someone briefly tell me about shortwave radio?  I want to talk
: to people and maybe broadcaste music (non-commercial) and information.
: is this possible?  How far does the signal reach.  Thanks to anyone who
: can tell me little bit about this.

: Brent
If you wish to have a conversation with people, you can always pick up
some cheap CB equipment and talk to the local CBers about whatever it is
they like to talk about.  If you want to talk to people further away
you'll have to get an amateur radio (ham) licence.  Hams talk about a lot
of things to each other, altho' a lot of it has to do, not surprisingly,
with the hobby itself.

If you want your own radio station, you can get a FCC licence ( I assume
you're an American) for a commercial station.  However, you'll need lots
and lots and lots of money to purchase and run such a setup. From what
you say I dont think that this is what you'd be interested in doing.  The
other option is to build, or have someone build for you, a low power FM
transmitter, or perhaps modify some high frequency (shortwave) ham gear,
and transmit without a licence.  Of course, doing this is ILLEGAL.  If
you are caught you'll face hefty fines.  I DO NOT recommend this option,
you'll just be asking for trouble.

You would be better off to check if your area has a community radio
station.  Get involved with them, and hopefully you can get some time for
a program of your own.

tim gueguen [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:34 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Scott Saloway)
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Subject: Re: New to Shortwave
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TIMOTHY GUEGUEN ([e-mail]) wrote:
<snip>
: If you want your own radio station, you can get a FCC licence ( I assume
: you're an American) for a commercial station.  However, you'll need lots
: and lots and lots of money to purchase and run such a setup. From what
: you say I dont think that this is what you'd be interested in doing.  The
: other option is to build, or have someone build for you, a low power FM
: transmitter, or perhaps modify some high frequency (shortwave) ham gear,
: and transmit without a licence.  Of course, doing this is ILLEGAL.  If
: you are caught you'll face hefty fines.  I DO NOT recommend this option,
: you'll just be asking for trouble.

        Well, not entirely. If you broadcast with very very low power,
this is perfectly legal. (I forget the specific numbers, but the range of
the station would be under a mile). You can buy low power transmitting
kits from a number of companies, and all are legal as sold. That is,
unless you decide to muck around with it and up it's power to illegal levels.

                                        --Scott--


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From: [e-mail] (TIMOTHY GUEGUEN)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: New to Shortwave
Date: 2 Sep 1996 16:50:21 GMT
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Scott Saloway ([e-mail]) wrote:
: TIMOTHY GUEGUEN ([e-mail]) wrote:
: <snip>
: : If you want your own radio station, you can get a FCC licence ( I assume
: : you're an American) for a commercial station.  However, you'll need lots
: : and lots and lots of money to purchase and run such a setup. From what
: : you say I dont think that this is what you'd be interested in doing.  The
: : other option is to build, or have someone build for you, a low power FM
: : transmitter, or perhaps modify some high frequency (shortwave) ham gear,
: : and transmit without a licence.  Of course, doing this is ILLEGAL.  If
: : you are caught you'll face hefty fines.  I DO NOT recommend this option,
: : you'll just be asking for trouble.

:       Well, not entirely. If you broadcast with very very low power,
: this is perfectly legal. (I forget the specific numbers, but the range of
: the station would be under a mile). You can buy low power transmitting
: kits from a number of companies, and all are legal as sold. That is,
: unless you decide to muck around with it and up it's power to illegal levels
.

:                                       --Scott--
You're right of course.  My excuse is that it was late at night, when I'm
a bit forgetful. :-)  Still, I suspect he might be interested in
transmitting more than a block or two, and to use equipment to do that is
just asking for trouble.

tim gueguen [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:37 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Armadillo)
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Subject: Re: Outboard spkr for Drake R8
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On Sat, 24 Aug 1996 20:02:02 -0700, charles andrade
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>Travelin' Man wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've received a couple bad reviews on the Drake MS-8 speaker.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions for a great quality outboard
>> speaker that would work well with the Drake R8?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Wayne M.
>> [e-mail]
>
>
>Try the Radio Shack Minimus-7 speaker. It works really well on both my R8 and
 my
>RR7030.
>
>Charlie...


For the record, I have 2 of the MS-8's and like them... you must take
the reviews with a liberal dose of salt. :)

Ken


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:38 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Caress)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Q: is there a AM/FM/SW *car* radio out there?
Date: 3 Sep 1996 14:00:57 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>if not, i once heard of a box that you would plug into your
>car radio
>that would allow you to receive SW.  has anybody heard of th
>at?
>

Heck yes!  Keep in mind that SW and LW are used for "local" broadcasts
outside the Western Hemisphere.... and car radios are popular everywhere!

I have seen (and heard) models from both Phillips and Sony.  The Phillips
model is available from Grove Radio Enterprises in Brasstown, NC, U.S.A. via
mailorder for less than (I think!) $300.00.  It also includes a stereo
cassette player.  A friend of mine bought one from Grove to install in a 1964
Volvo P-1800A coupe, and he LOVES it!  I don't know who carries the Sony, but
I'm sure it's widely available.

The trouble with SW in cars is noise (from ignition etc.) and finding a
decent antenna.  Grove can help you out with the latter.  In fact, finding a
good antenna will reduce your noise problem.

Let me know what you find!

Paul N0YPS




From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:39 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Mike Witkowski)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Qsl Info File for avid swl on the Ham Bands Available Free!!
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 23:07:05 -0500
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If you dx the ham bands our Bi-Weekly Qsl Info File may be of interest.
The latest file contains over 43,354 qsl managers or direct addresses.
The file runs with most logging software and is available free at the
following site http://www.coredcs.com/~mtw Take care and the very best of
DX. 73's Mike


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:40 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Morris the Cat)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: R-70/71 Display noise was Re: GE Super Radio/RS Clone?
Date: 4 Sep 1996 15:01:38 GMT
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|In article <50hn5a$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
|(Morris the Cat) wrote:
|>
|> I noticed something interesting as well in the R-70's DC-DC convertor -10V
|> output filter; the two electrolytic capacitors, the 100 and 47mfd caps are
|> both rated at 10WVDC! Like no derating for reliability was done; could thes
e
|> caps have possibly degraded with use (It's been reported a certain tantalum
|> capacitor on the display board of the flourescent display Icom R-7000 fails
|> causing all sorts of receiver maladies...)?

[Note: I made a boo-boo reporting that the -10V from the DC-DC convertor is
later regulated down to 8V; the 8V used in the R-70 is from the normal 12V
power buss fed into a regulator...]

|I recall hearing (on Compuserve's HAMNET forum) that it is indeed these
|caps that should be replaced to reduce the display noise. My R71A has this
|problem, I've never gotten around to fixing it. It seems most severe
|around 2 MHz or so, but is often swamped by "real" noise...

Thanks!!!! I've asked about this problem before and never received ANY answer;
maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel for these EMI problems.

I was looking at the R-70's schematic yesterday and noticed there's an error
in the schematic (the single long page that was included with the receiver's
operation manual). In comparing the filtering for the 12V input and -10V outpu
t,
the inductor that is used in the LC pi-network on the -10V output of the DC-DC
convertor has become transposed with the resistor in the RC pi-network filter
for the 12V input. The schematic diagram of the DISPLAY board in the R-70
service manual is correct, as it matches up to the physical layout PC board
sheet (The large sheet that has green diagrams of the various PC boards in
the set.); just a friendly warning if you start looking for these parts in
the circuitry...

|Chris
||Finger me ([e-mail]) for my PGP Public Key
|


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:41 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Gerard Foley)
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Subject: Re: Radio Beacon times???
Date: 4 Sep 1996 09:43:15 -0400
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wickies@ wrote:
: Hello,
:         on certain freq's such as 5000khz and 10000khz, there is a beacon or
 station
: that transmits radio propagation information at 18 minutes past the hour.
: I have tuned into these freqs and get nothing but a regular beep.  What is t
he UTC
: time which these beacons transmit at??

   National Institute of Standards and Technology station WWV at Boulder
Colorado USA transmits ionosphere information in the period following 18
minutes after each hour on 5, 10, 15 and 20 MHz.  They also transmit on
2.5 MHz, but I am not sure this is for 24 hours of the day.
  NITS station WWVH transmits the same information following 45 minutes
after each hour on at least 5, 10 and 15MHz - I am not certain about
20MHz
  Many other standard time and frequency stations around the world also
transmit on these frequencies, so that it is necessary to choose the
best time to hear the NIST broadcasts from any particular location.
  From Zurich, Switzerland, I would expect 5MHz would be best around
0200 to 1000 UTC, and 2.5 MHz might be audible sometime during this
period.  10MHz might come in earlier in the evening in Central Europe,
and 15 or 20 MHz might be audible sometime during the period 1200-1800
UTC.  These are all guesses, since I am in Ohio USA and have not listened
in Europe recently.  Good Luck

K8EF

--
Gerry


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:42 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Jim Gyer)
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Subject: Radio Reviews on Duch radio
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 00:07:06 GMT
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The Dutch shortwave radio service has an internet page with a lot of
good information.  They have reviews of most shortwave lister models
including some that are no longer made but you may find used.

I looked up one of mine and their comments were right on the money.
They have a good tutorial on antennas too.

http://www.rnw.nl/en/pub/testlab/index.html#index will take you right
to an index of receivers.



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:43 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)
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Subject: Re: Random wire/balun/coax/ATU question
Date: 1 Sep 1996 01:38:27 GMT
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 ([e-mail]) writes:
> Tom C <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>>Bruce Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>> Let's say a random wire is connected to a balun (like the MLB),
>>> and then the coax from the balun connects to an antenna tuner
>>> then to the radio.  What is tuned when the ATU knobs are
>>> adjusted?  The wire or the coax?  In other words, does the
>>> ATU match the coax impeadance to the receiver input impeadance,
>>> or is the entire system, from wire to the ATU, tuned to match
>>> the receiver?  I've looked theough many books and can't find
>>> an answer.  Maybe experimental evidence will answer the question.
>>> --

> How does an ATU fix a mismatch between the antenna feed point and the
> far end of the transmission line?  It is my understanding that an ATU
> presents an acceptable load to a transmitter but cannot "cure" an
> improperly configured antenna/xmission line system.

Your're right.  The academically-correct answer is to have an ATU between the
antenna and the transmission line in addition to the tuner between the
transmitter and the transmission line.  Such a scheme is shown in a 1950s
transmission-line textbook I have (it's at my office, so no title and no
author to cite.)  This is not usual for hams because of the problem of
tuning the remote ATU, and because the big ham problem is reflected power
at the transmitter.  The transmitter mismatch is considered to be well
enough controlled when the SWR is 2:1 or less, and one ATU generally is
enough to do that.  SWL use of an ATU generally is as a tunable bandpass
filter, and the single unit at the receiver does that well enough.

Nevertheless, the ATU at the receiver (or transmitter) is used to attempt
to make a complex conjugate match to the impedance of the antenna as it is
mathematically transformed by the transmission line.  Therefore, from the
POINT OF VIEW OF THE RECEIVER, the transmission line and the antenna are
being compensated for, as well as the single ATU can.

--
Daniel A. Grunberg              Kensington, Maryland  USA


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:44 1996
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From: [e-mail] (KvE)
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Subject: RCOM program RX-control software
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 02:51:02 GMT
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Hi All!

Anyone any experience with the Receiver Control program RCOM?


If yes, please tell your impressions.....


Tnx
Kees




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From: [e-mail] (Sonya Lyles)
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Subject: Ready to Purchase Sony 7600G ... but where?
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 96 16:00:48 GMT
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  After 4 months of research, reading and soul searching I have
FINALLY decided to purchase a Sony 7600G over the YB400. Problem is I
don't seem to find them locally in any stores. EEB mail-order seems to
have the best mail order price -- but as always I would prefer to
walk into a store somewhere to make my purchase.

Can anyone reccomend any retailers who stock the Sony 7600G so I
don't have to risk the mail-order route?

 Thanks in adance.

 WDX3ILT



            _
           (_`
           ._)onya


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Subject: Re: Ready to Purchase Sony 7600G ... but where?
Date: 2 Sep 1996 16:27:07 GMT
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Drive up to Vienna.. to EEB, so you could do it in the store..

That's what I have done.. it was a 2x160 miles drive for me.
Enjoy the store..

P>S: Your Call-Sign looks strange..

--

Denes S. Varady,  N3NV




From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:46 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Curt Phillips)
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Subject: Re: RF Systems T2FD DX Antenna
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 09:03:00 GMT
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trucco@cybernw. com (Victor L. Trucco) wrote:
>I was wondering if any DX'ers out there have used this antenna.  I am
>considering purchasing it, but due to the high dollar amount I'd first
>like to get some input from those using it currently.  The other

  Although I have not used this or any other T2FD style antenna, an antenna
test reported in QST (the amateur radio) magazine a couple of years ago
said that a simple dipole the same length as the T2FD worked better than
the T2FD, even over a wide range of frequencies.

========= Opinions expressed are solely those of the author ============
Curt Phillips, KD4YU (ex-WB4LHI)      | "I think that marriage is a
Engineer/Writer/Adventurer/Raconteur  | great institution.  But who
Chairman, Tarheel Scanner/SWL Group   | wants to be in an institution?"
ARRL Life; QCWA; Raleigh ARS; NRA; AEE|     --- Groucho Marx
===== [e-mail] ===== Copyright 1996 All Rights Reserved =====



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:47 1996
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From: Jonathan Marks <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: RF Systems T2FD DX Antenna
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 22:21:55 +0100
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I use one and disagree that a dipole is better. If you mount the
antenna properly (sloping) I find that the signals on 3-6 MHz are
much better than on a control dipole I use for comparison. The RF
Systems is a ready-to-hang version of the tried and tested designs
published in many magazines. I prefere passive antennas, but then I
have the space at my listening location


Jonathan Marks
Radio Netherlands


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:48 1996
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From: Chris Leach <[e-mail]>
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Subject: RFI broadcast schedule
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 17:38:38 -0400
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Could someone please post the RFI broadcast schedule (all languages, not
just English).

Thanks in advance.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:49 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Ron Schoedel)
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Subject: Re: rock on SW?
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 22:56:47 -0500
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In article <502mr9$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Lucerne  Van KESTEREN) wrote:


> Ron,
>
> Actually, "The Rock of the World" was WRNO's slogan.   KUSW used to refer
> to themself as "Super Power KUSW".
>
> Nancy

Silly me...I stand corrected.  THANK YOU! :)  SuperPower KUSW it was indeed.

Ron


- -

'Country Ron' Schoedel                         ) ) * ( (
                                                  /x\
Host of "Country Ron's Radio Extravaganza" on     |X|
Y-101 FM.  From the shores of Lake Superior       |X|
on the Western U.P.'s #1 Radio station!           |X|


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:50 1996
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Subject: Re: rock on SW?
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 22:57:29 -0500
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In article <502mr9$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Lucerne  Van KESTEREN) wrote:


> Ron,
>
> Actually, "The Rock of the World" was WRNO's slogan.   KUSW used to refer
> to themself as "Super Power KUSW".
>
> Nancy

Silly me...I stand corrected.  THANK YOU! :)  SuperPower KUSW it was
indeed...I remember now because KTBN stole that slogan, and they now call
themselves SuperPower KTBN!

Ron


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                                                  /x\
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on the Western U.P.'s #1 Radio station!           |X|


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:51 1996
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From: [e-mail] (philippe bertrand)
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Subject: rwi next broadcast
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listen to RWI on set 7th  & 8th
http://www.imaginet.fr/Θrwaves/index.htm


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:52 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Rob Pugliese)
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Subject: Sangean 803a for sale!!
Date: 4 Sep 1996 06:15:01 GMT
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I am selling my 803a.  It is about 5 years old, but still in excellent
condition.  To go with it I have the nice padded vinyl case that Universal
Radio sells.  This is a really good radio, and I'm sure there's a beginner or
someone out there who could give it a good home.  I have moved on to a Sony
7600G because I wanted something a little more compact.

Price:  $125 Plus Shipping

Rob Pugliese
Tangent, Or

Operators are standing by!



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:53 1996
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From: "Denes S. Varady" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Sick and Tired of Christian Radio!!
Date: 2 Sep 1996 00:26:35 GMT
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I grew up under Communism... I am SICK and tired of anti-Christian derogatory
statements..
[I USED to be a Christian, but I am NOT anymore.]
At least the Christians [and the Moslems] HAVE missionaries..

Please do not pick on anti-communist patriots, either..
The ULTIMATE holocaust IS the commie holocaust - with 135 million dead.
By the way, my left-wing LIBERAL friends were John Birchers..
--

Denes S. Varady,  N3NV




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From: [e-mail] (TIMOTHY GUEGUEN)
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Subject: Re: Sick and Tired of Christian Radio!!
Date: 5 Sep 1996 16:58:30 GMT
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Denes S. Varady ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I grew up under Communism... I am SICK and tired of anti-Christian derogator
y
: statements..
: [I USED to be a Christian, but I am NOT anymore.]
: At least the Christians [and the Moslems] HAVE missionaries..

: Please do not pick on anti-communist patriots, either..
: The ULTIMATE holocaust IS the commie holocaust - with 135 million dead.
: By the way, my left-wing LIBERAL friends were John Birchers..
: --

: Denes S. Varady,  N3NV
Interesting figure you quote there.  135 million?   Where does it come
from?  And how can a left-winger be a John Bircher?

tim gueguen [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:54 1996
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From: [e-mail] (TIMOTHY GUEGUEN)
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Subject: Re: Sick and Tired of Christian Radio!!
Date: 5 Sep 1996 17:03:18 GMT
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Lester John Ness ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Ron Schoedel ([e-mail]) wrote:
: : Yes indeed.  If black labor-union-member homosexual vegetarian whales who
: : cross-dress and are married to spotted owls are your kind of thing, RFPI
: : is for you!
: :
: : On the other hand, if you are in the slightest above an IQ of say 70, you
: : may well be very offended at their programming, which talks down in a very
: : condescending way to anyone who is not a card-carrying member of the
: : Communist Party USA.

:       A bit of exaggeration here.  They broadcast Jim Hightower, "New
: Dimensions" and the like.  One unusual program : "Far Right Radio Review."

: --
: Lester Ness   [e-mail]
But Lester, you're both living in the US, where Bill Clinton is
considered a lefty.  In most other democracies, including the one I live
in, he would probably be leader of a Conservative party.  The moderate
left wingers found in most countries would be considered to be basically
Communists by most Americans.

tim gueguen [e-mail]



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TIMOTHY GUEGUEN ([e-mail]) wrote:

: : Lester Ness [e-mail]

: But Lester, you're both living in the US, where Bill Clinton is
: considered a lefty.  In most other democracies, including the one I live
: in, he would probably be leader of a Conservative party.  The moderate
: left wingers found in most countries would be considered to be basically
: Communists by most Americans.
:
: tim gueguen [e-mail]
:

        Tim, there's only one of me.  I agree with you about US politics,
over all.  RFPI isn't terribly left-wing at all, by world standards.

--
Lester Ness     [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:56 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Michael Weiskopf)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 2010 Repair Info Needed
Date: 4 Sep 1996 15:36:58 GMT
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DPortw8840 ([e-mail]) wrote:

: I recently dropped my Sony 2010, and broke the contact support for the AA
: batteries.

        This happened to me about three years ago in Heathrow Airport
        but I've never really been able to find that specific part. If
        anyone has any suggestions (I guess calling Sony would be
        easiest...), I'd like them too. It's my favorite portable
        radio.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:57 1996
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From: John Berenyi <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 2010 Repair Info Needed
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 08:05:38 -0500
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Michael Weiskopf wrote:
>
> DPortw8840 ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
> : I recently dropped my Sony 2010, and broke the contact support for the AA
> : batteries.
>
>         This happened to me about three years ago in Heathrow Airport
>         but I've never really been able to find that specific part. If
>         anyone has any suggestions (I guess calling Sony would be
>         easiest...), I'd like them too. It's my favorite portable
>         radio.


Super Glue with an accelerator works wonders.

John


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:49:58 1996
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From: [e-mail] (James Rosenzweig)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SW-100 vs. 7600G
Date: 4 Sep 1996 17:59:07 -0400
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If you check the reviews on Radio Netherlands (Jonathan Marks of WRTH
fame) you'll find that he concludes that the 7600 G and the SW 100 are on
par as far as performance.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:00 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Lynn Stolz)
Newsgroups: rec.antiques.radio+phono,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap
Subject: Trade: T-O
Date: 4 Sep 1996 11:38:40 -0400
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Xref: news2.epix.net rec.antiques.radio+phono:21798 rec.radio.shortwave:78251 rec.radio.swap:72238


I have an extremely rare military receiver for trade.  It is
the model R-520A/URR made by Zenith for the US Army in 1955.

Zenith built less than 3000 of these.  The serial number of this
receiver is 1477.  The receiver is in complete, original condition.
The knobs have all their metal inserts.  The plastic face is
unscratched and clean.  Internally, the tube shields are shiny,
the whip antenna is complete and includes the A/C adaptor.

This receiver works on all bands and plays well.  The original
documentation-Army Tech Manual and supplement-is included.

The receiver is an 8.5 to 9 on the ten scale.

I do not necessarilly want to sell it outright, I'd rather trade
for a more common but nice communications receiver.

What I have in mind is something in the following catagories that
is in like condition (near mint, 100% electrically and cosmetcally:

Collins: 75S3B, 75S3C, KWM2, KWM-2A
Drake:   R4B with MS4 speaker, R8 or R8A.
Hammarlund:  HQ-180, HQ-180A, SP-600
Zenith :  D7000Y

I will also consider other receivers/transceivers of like value
and vintage.  Let me know what you have.

I can be reached via email at:    [e-mail]
                               or [e-mail]
                               or telephone (evenings Eastern Time)
                                  at 614.369.9777

--
Lynn Stolz  N8AJ [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:01 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Peter Garner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Was: Right newsgroup for RTTY questions ?
Date: Wed,  4 Sep 1996 07:37:03 GMT
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A big THANK YOU to all those readers that pointed me in the right direction
for RTTY setup .. the info was most useful and I will be inverstigating
further.

Regds
    /\      Peter Garner, Mildew Hall Online Services/2
   /  \/\   Call now .. [phone] All speeds, 24 hrs
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PGP Key fingerprint = D23D507BC3B70ED0 2EA58B85BB0EFEE4


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:02 1996
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From: [e-mail] ([yr{s, Pertti Olavi)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: What is the best FM 88-108 MHz receiver?
Date: 3 Sep 1996 06:59:52 GMT
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Hello

I live at a very difficult location for FM DX. I have tested
several stereo receivers for FM DX and there are differences
between them. Many of these have been sensitive enough but none
 of the types I have tested have been able to handle with
the strong signals originating from a nearby mast with 6x60 kw
FM transmitters. I have heard some 450 stations in about 30 countries
from my QTH. I would like to hear more (and I will) but the changes
would be better without those intermodulation products covering
otherwise empty frequencies.

What is your opinion regarding the best FM receiver?

Best wishes from Finland!

Pertti




From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:03 1996
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From: "Bruce Wilson" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: What's up with VOA?
Date: 5 Sep 1996 04:47:02 GMT
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Have I missed something?  VOA ain't where it ought to be,
and the only transmission of theirs I could find was suddenly
Portugese, not English like it's always been (6035).
--
Bruce Wilson
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:04 1996
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From: Guido Schotmans <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 96 22:28:05 +0200
Subject: When Closes Bbc Hong Kong
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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Hello,

Has anybody already exact information about a closing date of BBC
Hong Kong ?

73 de Guido

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                     Guido Schotmans,
       DX-ANTWERP, P.O.Box 16, B-2660 Hoboken, BELGIUM
                     Fido : 2:292/878
                   e-mail :  [e-mail]
                            [e-mail]
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 -- SPEED 1.40 #2160:



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:04 1996
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Subject: When Closes Bbc Hong Kong ?
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Has anybody already exact information about a closing date of BBC
Hong Kong ?



73 de Guido

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                     Guido Schotmans,
       DX-ANTWERP, P.O.Box 16, B-2660 Hoboken, BELGIUM
                     Fido : 2:292/878
                   e-mail :  [e-mail]
                            [e-mail]
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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:06 1996
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From: "Mark Thompson" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WHICH WOULD YOU BUY?  Drake R-8, NRD-535D or ?????  HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 20:40:01 -0500
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Paul,
If you can buy a 535D for $650.00 US you are foolish not to do it.
I paid $1000.00 for a mint 535D about 8 months ago and felt I got a good
buy.
Nice Radio. Decent ergonomics.
Sound not pretty as a Drake for music listening but I use it to hunt
signal.
Mark

> [e-mail] (Caress) wrote in .
 > I am presented with a rather delightful but confusing dilemma.  I can
buy
> either a used (early serial #) Drake R-8 OR a (later serial #) NRD-635D.
 I
> have the "White Papers" on both radios...now I'm looking for comparisons
from
> real life.
>
> Both radios are priced in the $550-650 (U.S.) price range.  Given the
choice,
> which would YOU rather have for BOTH DX-chasing AND extended programme
> listening (the White Papers suggest that one should make a choice, the
R-8
> being the better for long- term programme listening, the NRD being more
of a
> pleasure to use for "chasing DX")
>
> Whaddaya think?
>
> Paul N0YPS
>
>


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:07 1996
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From: [e-mail](barry felstein)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WHICH WOULD YOU BUY?  Drake R-8, NRD-535D or ?????  HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 4 Sep 1996 12:18:03 GMT
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IMO,the Drake's ergonomics are horrible,but you can get used to it,I
guess.$600 for a 535 is a decent price!It's probably an early one,the later
ones are better,but it's still a great radio.I'm not that impressed with
the drake,I think it looks cheap,and I hate the tuning knob.I own a 515 and
a 525,so I guess I can't be objective....Barry N8PVX


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:08 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Douglas A. Griffiths)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WRNO -- What Happened?
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 00:35:15 GMT
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What has happend to WRNO? I have not heard any programming for several
days now. Does anyone know the story?



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:08 1996
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Subject: Re: WRNO -- What Happened?
Date: 4 Sep 1996 11:54:33 GMT
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SUMM1 ([e-mail]) wrote:
: The Bro' went into a tirade on the "Hairy One" on Sun AM on WWCR in
: response to a call in.

        Is "the Hairy One" Dr. Scott?  Or the prophet of Holy Toledo,
Ohio?  From time to time, I've hear Stair refer to "the dog" and I thought
this might be Yuvel ben-David, Holy Toledo, Ohio.

--
Lester Ness     [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:09 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Jim Overstreet)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WRNO -- What Happened?
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 23:27:59 GMT
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[e-mail] (Douglas A. Griffiths) wrote:

>What has happend to WRNO? I have not heard any programming for several
>days now. Does anyone know the story?

I just called the site and was told they are back on the air.  The
tuning section of the final amplifier arc'ed over, burning up several
components which were no longer available.  So, they had to use some
creative engineering to restore things.






From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:10 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Guido Schotmans)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WRTH Web Site
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 17:30:12 GMT
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[e-mail] (Andy Sennitt) wrote on 11/3/96:

>Despite what you may have heard or read elsewhere, the WRTH Web site
>is *not* on line yet. I am currently estimating around May 1st as the
>date when we will be able to go 'live'. At this moment I am also not
>sure what the URL is going to be. As soon as these details are known,
>I will post a message here in rec.radio.shortwave.

Hello Andy,

Is there any progress into this project ?

73 de Guido

**********************************************************
                     Guido Schotmans,
       DX-ANTWERP, P.O.Box 16, B-2660 Hoboken, BELGIUM
                     Fido : 2:292/878
                   e-mail :  [e-mail]
                            [e-mail]
**********************************************************



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:11 1996
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From: Veniamin Medvedev <[e-mail]>
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Subject: WRTV Hand Book web page?
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 09:57:48 -0700
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Some time ago I have heard that World Radio TV Handbook iwas planning its
own web page. Does this page (with address) exist??


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:12 1996
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From: [e-mail] (GILO2000)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: ACTIVE ANTENNA
Date: 4 Sep 1996 13:18:20 -0400
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Folks,

I am considering buying a used active antenna for my Grundig Satellit 700.
The antenna must be in *mint* condition w. box and manuals. So if you no
longer need your Sony AN-1 or ARA-40 or ARA-60 drop me a line at
[e-mail] (I check my AOL mail only once in a while). Thanks.

--Gil


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:13 1996
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From: [e-mail] (GILO2000)
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Subject: WTB: USED ACTIVE ANTENNA
Date: 5 Sep 1996 17:16:34 -0400
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Folks, I  re-posting this, so here it goes

I am considering buying a used active antenna for my Grundig Satellit 700.
The antenna must be in *mint* condition w. box and manuals. So if you no
longer need your Sony AN-1 or ARA-40 or ARA-60 (others too) drop me a line
at
[e-mail] (I check my AOL mail only once in a while). Thanks.

--Gil


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 05 21:50:14 1996
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From: Giovanni D'Amico <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: XERMX-OC pictures
Date: 2 Sep 1996 16:37:27 GMT
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Hello

I have received some pictures from Radio Mexico Internacional (XERMX-OC)
which I would like to share with you. If you are interested, visit my Web page
at the following address:

       http://www.srg-ssr.ch/PRV

A pennant picture and a sound file (digitalized Studio tape recording)
will be available soon.

Best 73's

Giovanni D'Amico




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From: [e-mail] (Dick James)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: 'Passport  to World Band Radio' where in  UK? (was Re: What are the best sw radios to buy?
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 11:29:27
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In article <51d4ka$[e-mail]> [e-mail](J. LeQuesne)
 writes:

>Lastly, buy/borrow the current "Passport to World Band Radio."  It uses
>simple English to explain this pastime.

I'm new to SW radio & have seen this publication favourably mentioned several
times. Please can someone let me know if it's a book, a magazine or what.
Also where could I get hold of it in the UK.

Thanks for any help.



Dick James



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>> >Lastly, buy/borrow the current "Passport to World Band Radio."  It uses
>> >simple English to explain this pastime.

Some people have a weird concept of "simple English".
dr

Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:05 1996
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unsubscribe me, please.  [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:06 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Terry Fugate)
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Subject: Re: 120 Minute Tapes for Recording?
Date: 13 Sep 1996 12:17:44 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (David Bernazzani)
 says:
>
>Well, I have been recording a few SW programs later in the evening
>with an inexpensive Radio Shack VOX cassette recorder.  I read the
>manual and it doesn't say anything about using 120 minute tapes.  I
>know my stereo cassette deck recommends *against* them because the
>extra length can cause extra wear and tear on the cassette motor and
>the tape can be rather thin (I don't see how the latter would matter
>as long as I don't care if the tape eventually breaks and won't be
>crushed if the contents are lost).
>
>Anyone know if it's fairly safe to use 120 minute tapes and what
>results they have had?  It would be nice to auto-record 60 minutes at
>a time.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Dave Bernazzani
>
The "extra wear" due to the longer length is not the problem.  The problem
with 120 (or VHS 180s) is the extreme thiness of the tape.  The thinner
tape is prone to strectching.  Tape decks (audio and video) are designed
to put a certain amount of tension on the tape to get the tape to
"snug up" to the head.  The thinner tapes are a let less reliable than a
standard tape.  Cheaper decks may handle the longer/thiner tapes better
than a "good hi-fi" unit because the cheaper unit may not exert as much
tension as the "good" unit.  Porfessional tape decks actually used reel
table motors to control the tension and the cheap decks use brake bands
to set the tension.
In the back of the SW magazines there is a company that sells modified
casstte dck that give up to (I think) 8hrs on a "standard" cassette.
I suspect that the audio quaility would suffer from the slow speed.
I have used a VHS vcr to record audio.  I tune in a clean, strong local
TV station, plug the rec out from the SW into the line in and either
set up the timer mode or just let it roll.  Works pretty good, and you can
get an older VHS unit at yard and garage sales for next to nothing. For
voice the 6hr mode works quite well.  For data (rtty WEFAx etc) the 2hr
mode is better.
Good luck.



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:07 1996
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From: Kevin Alfred Strom <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: 120 Minute Tapes for Recording?
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 11:16:17 -0700
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I have never had a single problem with TDK 120 minute cassettes, and
I've been using them for many years. They are no more vulnerable to the
attacks of our three-year-old than C15s, and the audio quality is pretty
good -- far better than is needed for shortwave.

I tried their C180 model once (I am not sure if it is still in
production) but the audio quality was very inferior.

Happy equinox wishes,

--


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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:08 1996
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[e-mail] wrote:
>
> I HAVE 1 2510 10 METER RADIO FOR SALE
> RADIO NEED NEW FINALS FULLY MOD WITH CHIP SWITCH MOD
> WILL SELL FOR 50 DOLLARS OR BEST OFFER
  Hi,
     I am interseted in your rig, What's the outside look like?
  Drop me a line and give me your Phone No and I will give you
  a call.
    Thanks,
            Boyd


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:09 1996
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From: [e-mail]
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Subject: Re: 7600G adapter plug intermittency &c
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>For what I paid for the 7600G, I'm a little reluctant
>about going off on a modifying binge. My temper isn't
>that damn controllable and my patience is not much better
>than the patients in the ward across the hall. And them's
>on heavy medication.

>I guess that if I really needed to set the 7600G up on a
>power supply with any serious permanence, the prospect of
>an intermittent power connecter will be about as high as
>finding hen's milk in the local convenience store.

>73

>Nils
>WB8IJN &c

Gee, What does the Sony service center charge to fix the radio?
$40 or $50 plus parts.  Might be worth it to protect your investment.
Get em to check the alignment while they have it.  Make sure they do
it right and your radio might work better than ever.
dr
Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:10 1996
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From: Terry Bauch <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: A 'Simple' Question re DX-440?
Date: 14 Sep 1996 03:27:18 GMT
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I think the execute button is used to enter the frequency after
you punch it in on the keypad......

--
Terry Bauch MD


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:11 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Bry)
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Subject: Re: Allied Knight-Kit
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 20:41:37 GMT
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Good luck! You will need SOMETHING!

Seriously though - I would recommend you try loking in the Antique radio
Publications and I have some of them listed in megalist.txt at my Web Page.

"Carroll Senn" <[e-mail]> whistled a happy tune like:

|Desperately seeking shortwave.

|I am searching for a Allied Radio knight-Kit "StarRoamer" shortwave radio
|which was a four tube, four band superhet radio sold in kit form in the
|mid 60's. I hope someone out there has one.     thanks


Brian Carling, AF4K / G3XLQ
[e-mail]
http://www.mnsinc.com/bry = MEGALIST + HOCKEY + HAM RADIO = Bry's Page!



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:12 1996
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From: Steve Simpson <[e-mail]>
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The ARRL handbook is a great source of information for
Radio Amateurs and would be's. on all subjects.
Bit expensive for the young novice but I believe you'll
find it in the library.




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"I'm alive, the man with the second face"


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:13 1996
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From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
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Subject: Re: Antenna/Realistic DX-440
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Boyd Roberson II wrote the quoted material below:
" I've been wanting to get an outside antenna without getting more antenna
" than the little radio's capable of using..<grin>

The RF gain control on the DX-440 will turn down the "volume" on any
external antenna you connect, so you shouldn't have any fear of
overloading it.  Just crank it down if it starts overloading.  As to
antenna designs, I recommend experimenting with a broomstick, wrapping a
bunch of wire around it (#22 should work just fine).  Strip off a little
insulation every few feet and twist it into a little stub.  Get a
cliplead to add to the external antenna jack and try connecting it to
different stubs on this antenna.  It works wonders because it's extremely
frequency sensitive, thus cancelling out noise problems.

--
Copyright 1996                                  Ashamed to be an American
David Kaye                               Senate vote 84-15, Sept 10, 1996


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:14 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Tim Gerchmez)
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Subject: Re: Anyone own DX 350?
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On Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:03:32 GMT, [e-mail] (kEN Colburn)
wrote:

>RadShack has the DX-350 on sale for $40. analog SW radio. Any good or
>piece of junk? yah i know, what do u want for $40 but like to have
>something portable. tia

I own one.  For a $40 radio it's quite good (sensitive and stable).
It does suffer rather severely at times from noise and interference
from the FM bands, but for $40 what do you expect.


--
Check out my home page at http://www.blarg.net/~future/index.html


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:15 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
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Subject: Re: AOR-7030 Versus NRD535D !! Guess who wins ?
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Ahhh...the 7600G.  A worthy receiver!

I have much respect for Nick Hall-Patch and have enjoyed his papers in
Fine Tuning's "Proceedings".  If he is involved, I am quite
comfortable with accepting the outcome of the test session at face
value.

I will be most interested in checking out your web site when the whole
story is posted.  Thanks!

Steve



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Subject: Re: AOR-7030 Versus NRD535D !! Guess who wins ?
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For price comparison, the AR7030 is sold in the U.S. by Universal Radio
Inc. for $1149.

Guy



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:17 1996
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From: "Thomas R. Sundstrom" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: AOR-7030 Versus NRD535D !! Guess who wins ?
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Greg R. Broderick wrote:
>
>
> IOW, quit the teasing, and give us the beef! :-)
>
> I've already got the NRD-535D, spent about $1600.00 on mine, and I've found
it
> to be great on some types of signals, but less than perfect at hands-off
> listening to broadcasters -- the fidelity of the receiver, IMO, leaves
> something to be desired, so I'm not averse to picking myself up another
> receiver if I can find one that complements well my existing receiver -- is
> strong where the NRD is weak.

Greg, I've been using the NRD-series receivers for years for all kinds
of listening. It is one of the best utility receivers with the 1 kHz
filter, RTTY and FAX modes for the money. (I'm excluding the very
expensive W-J HF-1000 here.) But IMHO nothing can beat the coppertop
Lowe HF-150 audio... and it is what I use for the bulk of my program
listening. The -535D can dig the tough stuff out. An alternative to
spending $600 for the HF-150 might be to explore the mods that Gilfer
Shortwave and others can do on the NRD-535D.

I had an R8A here too, better audio than the -535, but the HF-150 was/is
the king of the hill here. I use the same speakers on all receivers
(c.f. ../what_rx.htm and ../intro.htm).

Tom Sundstrom
--

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Subject: Art Blair
Date: 17 Sep 1996 21:33:09 GMT
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Does anyone have an address or telephone number for Art Blair.  When I
last talked to him a few years ago, he lived in San Francisco, CA.

Please Email me as I would like to get in touch with him again.


Thank you very much,

China


--
[e-mail]  Public Access User --- Not affiliated with Teleport
Public Access UNIX and Internet at [phone] (2400-14400, N81)


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:18 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Pat Durkin)
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Subject: Re: australia and new zealand reception
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 11:17:11 -0500
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[e-mail] wrote:
>
> When does it usually start to deteriorate? I know the summer is
> the best time but Im just wondering for how long I will be able
> to listen to RNZI on 15115 in the mid evening, and similarly,
> 15365 of Radio Aust. Does it last to Christmas, or are they
> not long for good reception in E N America.

Here in Minnesota it's already deteriorated quite a bit. I can
sometimes hear RNZI on 15115 until 0200 UTC, but I can no longer
pick them up at 0400 for the island dedication programs, my
favorite. They're still audible at 0500 UTC on 9570 or later on
6100, but 9570 is marginal, and also I'm usually sleeping by 0500.
Sometimes I catch their sign-off on 6100 at 1206 UTC when I get
up in the morning. Their signal on 15115 in the evening wasn't
listenable until late March/early April this year.

Pat

Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employe
r.


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John Figliozzi <[e-mail]> wrote in article
<[e-mail]>...
> edward e robbs wrote:
> >
> > I am a geologist and will be doing field work in the rain forest of
Ecuador during the baseball post season series. I would like to listen to
the games in the
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Ed Robbs


You might want to try the Real Audio and/or Streamworks home pages. I would
not  be surprised to find at least a few of the games broadcast on the net



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:20 1996
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From: Jeff CHILTON <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Best DC to daylight radio ?
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 12:45:53 -0400
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Applied to a radio, it's sort of a joke, an exageration.  DC is zero
Hertz--not really radio, what you get from a flashlight battery.  And
(day)light is around 600,000 Gigahertz (did I get that right?), plenty
higher than a wide-coverage receiver tunes, which might be 100KHz to
2GHz.

/jwc

Sonya Lyles wrote:

> Just exactly what does the tem "DC to Daylight" radio mean? I have
> never hear it used until this thread.


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David M. Hitchner wrote:
>
> I've been searching for a long time for an offer like this!  This is
> exacting why I came to this new group.
>
> --
> David M. Hitchner   <[e-mail]>
>       Living on an information dirt road,
>        just off the information highway.
>
> [e-mail] wrote in article <[e-mail]>...
> > I HAVE WATER BOTTLES FOR BIKES CHEAP ALSO GOOD FOR OTHER THINGS YOU NEED
> > TO PROTECT
> >
 GOOD HOW MANY THOUSAND DO YOU NEED?


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:22 1996
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COLORADO TAPE BACKUP FOR SALE 250MB BEST OFFER
WITH 6 TAPES


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:23 1996
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Subject: Comments on DX 392 ??????
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 12:46:20 GMT
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Hello:
Recently I posted an article on the DX 382 asking for comments on this
radio. I made a mistake on the model. It should have been the DX 392
that I wanted comments on. So if anyone like I would appreciate
hearing comments about this radio. I am considering buy some type of
radio and have this one on mind. Thanks in advande for any comments.
Please reply by email.

N. Bussey



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I HAVE CONNECTORS FOR SALE
BNC UHF F JUST LEAVE E-MAIL WITH REQUESTS MANY OTHERS


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:24 1996
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1 DBX TYPE 2 ENCODER/DECODER FOR SALE MODEL NX-4025 DOLLARS OR BEST
OFFER


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:25 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Scannaman)
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Subject: DX 394 FOR SALE
Date: 14 Sep 1996 20:43:26 -0400
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Have a DX 394 for sale with an amplified antenna and headphones. Will sell
for best offer and can deliver most anywhere in the eastern Mass/S.NH/E.RI
area...email if interested!


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358 MEG ESDI HARD DRIVE FOR SALE BEST OFFER


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:27 1996
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From: jmarvin <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: For Those Who Have Had Enough!
Date: 14 Sep 1996 19:17:24 GMT
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>> Thanks but no thanks.To much of Big Brother already.
>> I employ my own form of censorship,I turn the channel.
>> lemas

That's one way to deal with it. The other way is let your
feelings be known. This station's licence is up for renewal in
97. I'm going to make my feelings known. It's to bad what this
station has turned the bands into. It should be a place of
understanding and information. Not 800 numbers and right-wing
QRM.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:28 1996
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From: "Charles P. Hobbs" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: For Those Who Have Had Enough!
Date: 12 Sep 1996 21:45:03 -0700
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[e-mail] wrote:

>BTW, anybody else notice the far right and the far left seem to meet
>in some paranoid common ground (with the concertina wire on the inside
>and heavily patrolled by black helicopters)?

Yes, I've noticed too. In fact, the following demonstration may
prove to be enlightening . . .

1. Draw a "V" on a piece of paper.

2. Now take a small, square mirror, and place it so that it is
perpendicular to the paper, and that its egde is just at the top of
the "V". Like this . . .

              mirror ===========
                       \    /
                        \  /
                         \/

3. Notice the reflection in the mirror.

4. What does all of this mean?
a. The left and right halves of the "V" represent the political left and
right wings , respectively. (The vertex of the "V" represents centrists
and moderates.

b. Areas along the actual (on paper) "V" represent the wide range of
rational, practical political viewpoints, becoming more left- or right-
leaning as one moves away from the center.

c. Areas along the imaginary (reflected) "V" represent the wide
range of irrational, ultra-radical thought, becoming more left- or
right leaning as one moves toward the center

d. In the mirror image (once again representing various types of
whackos on both sides of the political spectrum), both "wings" once
again come to the center. This shows how both the ultra extreme left
and right can sometimes end up having the same ideas.

Now for a little shortwave content: is WWCR still playing around
with the tropical bands?






From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:29 1996
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From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: For Those Who Have Had Enough!
Date: 15 Sep 1996 23:32:01 -0700
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jmarvin wrote the quoted material below:
" Here's a little info for those of you who are sick and tired of
" WWCR misuse of the shortwave bands!

Excellent idea, Jay!  The FCC specifically prohibits the shortwave
broadcasting bands to be used for domestic broadcasting, since that agenda
is already covered by the AM, FM, and TV bands.  The FCC in prior years
had acted to fine or shut down U.S. stations which insist on broadcasting
to the U.S.  Radio historians will be well familiar with WINB in Red Lion
Pennsylvania in the 1960s and the series of fines meted out to the owner.
However, today the FCC does not have the staffing power to pursue actions
against stations which violate this law.  This is where the listener comes
in.  When a listener complains about violation of a federal law, the
agency involved is required to take action and investigate.  Stations
such as WWCR are clearly violationg this law, but unless a formal
complaint is filed the FCC probably won't take any action.

--
Copyright 1996                                  Ashamed to be an American
David Kaye                               Senate vote 84-15, Sept 10, 1996


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:30 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Larry Ingram)
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Subject: Re: For Those Who Have Had Enough!
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 21:50:01 GMT
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jmarvin <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Here's a little info for those of you who are sick and tired of
>WWCR misuse of the shortwave bands!
>The pertinent Commission rule is Section 73.788(a) which reads as
>follows:  A licensee of an international broadcast station shall
>render
>only an international broadcast service which will reflect the
>culture of
>this country and which will promote international goodwill,
>understanding, and cooperation.  Any program solely intended for

   I'd had enough!!!! Of weasely, ultra-left-wing Commie sympathizing
pinkos like you who want to censor WWCR because you don't like the content
of their programs.  I don't like the content of many programs on WWCR and
many other stations, but I do not seek to censor them.

  If these programs IN ANY WAY are of interest to those outside of the USA,
they meet the broadest test of the rules, so YOU HAVE NO CASE.

  WWCR's programs certainly reflect an aspect of "the culture of this
country", therefore aiding international "understanding" of the USA.  To
champions of freedom of speech and diversity of opinion outside of the USA,
this will enhance their "goodwill" towards the USA, and those that agree
with the opinions expressed on WWCR will perhaps want to "cooperate" with
those who sponsor the programs.
  WWCR's programs MEET THE TEST, which is no doubt why the FCC has taken no
action against them.  Of course, you have an ultra-left-wing agenda of
censoring those who disagree with you, but the FCC won't buy it.

  So go ahead and write the FCC.  Winter's coming, and I'm sure your paper
will be put to good use in their woodstoves.

/////// Death to Fidel Castro, the Communist enslaver of Cuba. \\\\\\\\\\
>>>>>>>            Larry Ingram, Design Enginner               <<<<<<<<<<
\\\\\\\      Older wine, faster motorcycles, younger women.    //////////



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:31 1996
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From: Ricky L. Ponder
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: Zenith TransOceanics
Date: 16 Sep 1996 18:42:15 -0700
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Hi, name here is Ricky. I have a couple Zenith Trans Oceanics for sale.
They are as follows.


1. Zenith TransOceanic 600L. This is the Brown Leather Model. This Model
   needs Restoration. I already have it Disassebled and the Case partially
   stripped for recovering. The Case is Dated Feb. 22 1954. The Chasis is
   super Clean and in working order. Most of the Parts are real Good also.
   Will Sell all for $85.00

2. Zenith TransOceanic 8G005. This unit is complete. But needs Restoration.
   Will take $65 for it.


If you are interested in either of these Radios you can give me a call Between
9:00am and 9:00pm Eastern Time at 704-645-6879 if you need more info. you can
E-Mail me at [e-mail]

Thanks
Ricky L. Ponder
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/7680



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:32 1996
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From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: G Gordon Liddy
Date: 15 Sep 1996 23:34:37 -0700
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Gregory Baker wrote the quoted material below:
" I'm waiting for other stations to carry him on SW; after all, he is
" articulate and educated, and is able to explain the American political
" system accruately.

Do you *really* wish to have a convicted felon representing America to
the world?  Surely there are better mouthpieces from the wacko right than
GGGGordon Liddy.


--
Copyright 1996                                  Ashamed to be an American
David Kaye                               Senate vote 84-15, Sept 10, 1996


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:33 1996
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From: [e-mail] (kEN Colburn)
Subject: Re: garage/punk programs on SW?
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Carlo Virtucio ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I was wondering if there are any SW stations that have any garage/punk
: music programs?  If there are such programs what are the frequencies and
: times?

: Thanks!

: tomato
Haven't heard of them yet, but closest is heavy metal Christian music.
Can look up whre i saw if u want.
--

My Mom's Net rules:
No running on the Net with scissors!
Don't read emale from strangers.
Let your sister get online for awhile, dammit!
Shut up, I'm on the modem!    [e-mail]
http://www.mainelink.net/~writer/poster/Poster.html




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Subject: Re: garage/punk programs on SW?
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 17:36:24 GMT
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>Carlo Virtucio ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: I was wondering if there are any SW stations that have any garage/punk
>: music programs?  If there are such programs what are the frequencies and
>: times?

I remember catching some very cool stuff on R. Prague when Havel
ruled.  The good stuff is always hard to find.
dr
Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:34 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Morris the Cat)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Super Radio: Chicago stores?
Date: 13 Sep 1996 18:50:29 GMT
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|Some time ago on this newsgroup, somebody mentioned a store in Chicago that
|has a low (permanent) price for the G. E. Super Radio III.  As I'm going to
|Chicago Saturday, I'd like to get the name of that store.  Thanks!

Bennett Brothers on 30 East Adams... BUT, they aren't open on Saturdays
except between Nov. 18 through Dec. 21. [phone].


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Subject: Re: GE Super Radio: Chicago stores?
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 20:29:57 -0700
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Rick Kissell wrote:
>
> Some time ago on this newsgroup, somebody mentioned a store in Chicago that
> has a low (permanent) price for the G. E. Super Radio III.  As I'm going to
> Chicago Saturday, I'd like to get the name of that store.  Thanks!
Whats a low price?  I saw one yesterday in Sears, here on Long Island
for $49.95.  Is that a good price?

Thanks,
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:36 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Dan Pike)
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Subject: Re: Grundig Sat 700
Date: 13 Sep 1996 22:13:28 GMT
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John, perhaps you could try C. Crane Co. at 1-800-522-8863.



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:37 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)
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Subject: Re: Grundig Sat 700
Date: 15 Sep 1996 17:24:57 GMT
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Glen Quarnstrom ([e-mail]) writes:
> Thomas Minder <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>>I have have tried Gilfer and EEB both and neither had the Sat 700 in
>>stock..
>>Plus they said that they don't know if they would be getting any. Seems
>>there
>>waiting for the new model to come out.....
>>Anyone know of any other places I could Try?
>
> C. Crane at 1-800-522-8863.  Current cataloge price is $549.95.  Ask
> abut returns or refurbished.  You may find a better price at Ham Radio
> Outlet or Amateur Electronic Supply.  All of these have Web Sites.
>
> --
> [e-mail]
>


For that kind of money, you can get a Lowe HF-150.  No FM, but GREAT
SW/MW.  And a GREAT sync det4ector.


--
Daniel A. Grunberg              Kensington, Maryland  USA


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:39 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Glen Quarnstrom)
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Subject: Re: Grundig Sat 700
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:58:06 GMT
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[e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg) wrote:

>Glen Quarnstrom ([e-mail]) writes:
>> Thomas Minder <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>>>I have have tried Gilfer and EEB both and neither had the Sat 700 in
>>>stock..
>>>Plus they said that they don't know if they would be getting any. Seems
>>>there
>>>waiting for the new model to come out.....
>>>Anyone know of any other places I could Try?
>>
>> C. Crane at 1-800-522-8863.  Current cataloge price is $549.95.  Ask
>> abut returns or refurbished.  You may find a better price at Ham Radio
>> Outlet or Amateur Electronic Supply.  All of these have Web Sites.

>For that kind of money, you can get a Lowe HF-150.  No FM, but GREAT
>SW/MW.  And a GREAT sync det4ector.

Perhaps, but that wasn't the question the gentleman asked.  He wanted
to know where to buy a Grundig, not a Lowe.

HTH.


--
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:40 1996
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From: [e-mail] (BRENT REYNOLDS)
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Subject: Grundig Sat 700
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 96 00:51:00 -0500
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Hello All!
While following pieces of the most recent thread on the Grundig Satellite 700
radio I found a few things to comment on.

Where to get it?  Try Universal Radio in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA.  They have
new ones for $445 or so, and factory refurbished ones for $349; shipping for
either is $8.  Call them toll-free in US at 800-431-3939.  Catch them in the
Web at http://www.universal-radio.com.  I have no finnancial interest or
connection to Grundig or Universal Radio.  Their service is good, their techs
are courteous and helpfull, and anything you order from them will probably
arrive to you in North America quickly.  I ordered a refurbed Sat 700 from the
m
and was trying to figure that sucker out in less than a week.

When I contacted a guy at the Electronic Equipment Bank, he allowed that the
Grundig was a piece of junk and I should get the Sony which he sells.  He also
falsely asserted that the factory in Portugal where the Sat 700 is made had
closed and that inferrior units were now coming in from China.  A check with
Grundig proved that to be a false assertion.  You won't get that kind of
nonsense from the folk at C. Crane or Universal Radio.

Regarding the Lowe 150 for "a little more", bear a couple things in mind.  The
Lowe is a tabletop set, not a "portable" even though it's small and light
enough to carry around.  With the Lowe, you not only don't get FM, but you hav
e
to add in another $125 or so to the price for the external, optional keypad if
you want direct-entry frequency tuning--Yuck!  Yes, it's a fine radio, but to
get everything that really makes it a fine radio, the HF-150 is closer to a
$750 unit, not a $350-$500 unit.  C. Crane also sells the Lowe line.
73's!
Brent


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:41 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Burr)
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Subject: Re: Grundig Sat 700
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 04:44:42 -0800
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>
>For that kind of money, you can get a Lowe HF-150.  No FM, but GREAT
>SW/MW.  And a GREAT sync det4ector.
>
>
>--
>Daniel A. Grunberg              Kensington, Maryland  USA

          Yes but, it won't be a Grundig!

With best wishes
for peace profound

Burr


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:42 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Terryp320)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Grundig Satellit 500
Date: 15 Sep 1996 21:13:59 -0400
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Jon,

    Hi! I've had 3  500's (in 2 vers) since 89. I was very dissapointed @
first because its lower half of the LCD went out. This was in Mpls.,MN;
during the time I sent it back and received the new one, I had moved out
here to Seattle. They (Lextronix) sent a new one to me, which I had traded
for something or another, and it worked fine. The person (salesperson?)
that I had talked to at the time actually told me I was basically a fool
for buying the 500 until they had the 'bugs' worked out. The 500 I have
now (S/N: 731162) is by far superior to the earlier versions that started
w/8's. Much more sensitive on MW & the lower SW bands. As a matter of
fact, I logged & QSLed Caribbean Christian R. on 1024 kHz sitting in my
bedroom because the 525 could'nt hack it. Believe it!
     The only bitch I have about the 500 is the fact that the dial lights
keep burning out. They're out now (again!) and when I have the time I plan
to replace them w/ LED's; I have the power, I have the technology & I got
the service manuals (2)!
     I've taken the 500 to Hawaii & Tahiti; in Tahiti I also took my 2 M
HT (FO0PAM) & the NRD-525. Tahiti does'nt have a particularly clean
220VAC, so I had to remove myself from any electrical garbage. When I did,
things came alive!
     VOA Bangkok on 1575 kHz boomed in, as well as various Pacific
islands. Not to mention EVERY AIR station on 60 meters! This was in May of
this year.
     If you need any help on the 500, please E-mail me.

     See Ya! & 73's

     Terry Palmersheim


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:43 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Headphones
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 23:49:25 +0100
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:
 My ears seem to work better in hearing buried DX when the audio
> is more 'treble' than 'bass'. Can anyone recommend a brand and model
> number that might fit my requirements?
>    Thanks    Jim   ...K8CXM...

Jim, I know these aren't terribly expensive or high tech, but I use a
cheap pair of Radio Shack Nova 42. I use them for exactly what you want
them for. They come with about a 10 foot cord, miniplug, and a stereo/mono
switch built in. If you don't like them it should be easy to return them,
since you won't have to mail them somewhere.

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:43 1996
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From: JoMamma@your_house.com (Sid)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help on building longwire antenna needed
Date: 18 Sep 1996 04:44:51 GMT
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Good Radio!!! Now, DO NOT run the antenna wire through the antenna plug
on the side of the radio. This radio is famous for blowing out the front
ends by static electricity. (I blew two out). I was told by the Sony
Service center to wrap the longwire antenna around the whip antenna a
few turns as this part of the radio IS protected. I haven't had any
problems in 10 years now. GREAT RADIO!!!



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:44 1996
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From: [e-mail] (WildcatMcC)
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Subject: Re: Help! Grundig on QVC. Worth it?
Date: 12 Sep 1996 15:17:04 -0400
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I second that opinion.  You can do a lot better getting a real radio thru
one of the mail order outfits (EEB, Universal, Grove, etc.).  Good luck!

Marc McClenahan


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:45 1996
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Subject: Re: Help! Grundig on QVC. Worth it?
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Run as fast as you can...the mass marketers are after your soul.
Seriously, the price is too high, the radio is a throwaway.  For $20
more you can get a fairly decent set locally.
dr

Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:46 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Bill Whitacre)
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Subject: Here's an interesting idea...
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 08:52:01 -0400
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From: Jeff Pulver <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 23:25:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [VON]: What Net Broadcasting Needs...Pirate Radio Stations

Hi There,

While I'm still recovering from the Talking Net Conference - I've been
thinking about some of the ways which one could help the net-radio industry
grow.

AM/FM and Shortwave radio has had their share of Pirate Radio stations,
but when was the last time you heard a pirate radio station live on the net?

While it is true that some of the pirate radio stations have a certain
political message in mind - there are many other pirate radio stations
which come and go with the specific goal of producing 'quality' original
programming which reflects the specific interests of the owner/operator of
pirate radio station.  Self expression seems to be the key in the
popularity of some of the better known non-political pirate radio stations.

Not that I'm planning on funding a pirate radio station...but rather I've
decided to produce my own net-only 80's AOR station.  Once I get all of the
equipment I need,- I plan on having my station up and running within
45-60 days.

This way - wherever I travel around the world - there will be at least
one radio station which I will be able to tune into at anytime of the
day or night and know that I will enjoy the music which is being played.


Regards,


Jeff Pulver
Publisher
Pulver Reports


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:47 1996
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From: [e-mail] (SPARC Radio Museum)
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Subject: Re: How to get Canadian License?
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 22:27:58 GMT
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[e-mail] (TIMOTHY GUEGUEN) wrote:

>John Yu ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: Dear OMs,

>: I'm a new immagrant to Canada. I would like to know how can I get the infor
mation of
>: the amateur radio operator's license exam in Canada? Your assistance to obt
ain the
>: necessary material will be appreciated!!

>: 73

>: John Yu
>: [e-mail]
>: Vancouver, B.C.
>Why not phone up the local amateur radio clubs in Vancouver?  That would
>be the easiest thing to do.  If you have an amateur licence from another
>jurisdiction it might turn out to be real easy to get a Canadian
>licence.  Radio Amateurs of Canada have a really nice web sight.  I don't
>have the URL handy, but if you have access to a search engine it
>shouldn't be too hard to find.

>tim gueguen [e-mail]

*** Try http://www.rac.com

All the info is there!

- Fred (VE7FYO)



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From: [e-mail] (Austin Kelly)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: HUB CAPS FOR SALE (HUh???? BOy is this in the wrong group!)
Date: 14 Sep 1996 16:17:02 -0400
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In article <51eui5$[e-mail]>, Don Putnick <[e-mail]> wrote:
>In article <[e-mail]>,
>[e-mail]. says...
>>
>>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:
>>
>>> BUICK 1941-1950 HUBCAPS MUST SELL BEST OFFER
>>
>>Oy!
>>
>
>Sounds like a great capacitance hat for my new helically-wound vertical!
>
Nah, 1940's Buick hubcaps are perfect replacement parts for the tuner
knobs on Bleene diesel-powered radios.




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From: [e-mail] (William R. Barner)
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[e-mail] ([e-mail].) wrote:
: In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:

: > BUICK 1941-1950 HUBCAPS MUST SELL BEST OFFER

: Oy!

: --
: okey dokey!

And they make an excellent dish antenna!

Bill Barner


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                            <<<< Free Radio Service Holland info >>>>



Sunday October 20th you, the listener, are at the centre of FRS-Holland's 16th

anniversary!
At least, if you'd like to....

During our special birthday celebration party  we'd like to air your FRS
memory, an anecdote
or whatever you prefer. There's only one simple condition:  your story must be

related to FRS-Holland. What comes to your mind when thinking of FRS-Holland's

past 16 years? Perhaps a specific broadcast, your first qsl, one of the
deejays, a particular record or hearing your first FRS letter read out on air.

Or more general: FRS' programmes, the 3rd Sundays in the 1980s, the FRS music
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FRS-Holland.Don't make it long but original !!

We guarantee your contribution will be read out during the birthday shows 20th

 October.
What you have to do? Send your very personal FRS memory written on a seperate
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the
Netherlands. You can also email us at: [e-mail]
or: [e-mail]

A third possibility is to tape your contribution on cassette. Enclose one IRC
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<< The Free Radio Service Holland is an European based non-commercial
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For info: FRSH, PO box 2727, 6049ZG Herten, The Netherlands or
E-mail: [e-mail]. or E-mail: [e-mail] page FRSH
:
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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:52 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Alec Lemas)
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Subject: Re: JPS ANC-4... Will it work?
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 96 16:10:21 GMT
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In article <513stp$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Fabrizio Micale) w
rote:
>Hello,
>
>maybe some of you remembers one of my messages regarding interferences
>received by my Icom R-71 receiver from my DX2/66 PC.
>To make it brief, I tried anything I could try, with very poor results,
>so that I still can't decode RTTY and FAX transmission on most cases.
>Then somebody suggested me to try (which means to buy) the ANC-4 noise
>reduction unit from JPS, that seems to be a good device.
>Now I need to hear from somebody using this unit, to know a bit more of
>results obtained, and/or any detail which could be useful for me. I
>already read the article about it somewhere.
>An e-mail reply to this article would be much better !
>Thanks a lot!!
>
>Fabrizio Micale - Italy
>[e-mail]

  I bought one around a month ago to help with interference problems from my
 p/c,amoung others.
 The ANC-4 is one of the few devices I've come across that truly does what
it's purported to do.It does take alot of fine tuning to get it's full
potential,but once you get the hang of it,you'll love it.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:53 1996
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Subject: Re: JPS ANC-4... Will it work?
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:42:31 -0700
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> maybe some of you remembers one of my messages regarding interferences
> received by my Icom R-71 receiver from my DX2/66 PC.<snip>
> Now I need to hear from somebody using this unit, to know a bit more of
> results obtained, and/or any detail which could be useful for me. I
> Fabrizio Micale - Italy
> [e-mail]

My wife bought an ANC-4 for me as a Christmas gift last year. I love it! It's
one
accessory that really does what it should in my shack. I have a lot of powerli
ne noise
on 160 meters, and computer noise on 10 and 6 meters. The ANC-4 will completel
y
eliminate the interference and I can hear signals that I didn't know were ther
e. When
my 160 meter powerline noise disappears (which does happen, though rarely!), I
 can
null weak interfering signals from my television set, too.

I've found, by connecting another of my dipoles to it's noise antenna input, I
 can use
it as a null steering unit as well. The ANC-4 gets my vote as a useful accesso
ry.

73
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:54 1996
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From: Scott Ryan <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Low cost balun for random wire
Date: 12 Sep 1996 22:43:05 GMT
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Is there a low cost balun for a random longwire.  I the $60.00+ "MLB"
type seems excessive (cost wise) for my needs.



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:55 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Michael Keane x204)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Low cost balun for random wire
Date: 13 Sep 1996 16:01:40 -0400
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In article <51a8ld$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Tom Bruhns) writes
:

|>
|> Scott Ryan ([e-mail]) wrote:
|> : Is there a low cost balun for a random longwire.  I the $60.00+ "MLB"
|> : type seems excessive (cost wise) for my needs.
|>
|> Hmm.  Maybe I'm missing something here, but I'm failing to see the need.
|> Certainly you need a (hopefully good) ground or counterpoise to feed the
|> random longwire against, but what exactly is the balun for?

You're right, there's no need to use a balun for such an antenna. And
in actuality the "MLB" is not even a balun: it's really a broadband RF
transformer.

The nominal impedance of a random, end-fed wire is typically 400-800
ohms except at frequencies in the immediate vicinity of resonances at
which the wire is an odd-multiple of a quarter wavelength. Using a
transformer with an impedance ratio in the range of 8:1 to 12:1 will
reduce the magnitude of the mismatch when feeding such an antenna with
50/75 ohm coaxial cable.

Both Palomar and ICE make equivalent products that are somewhat less
expensive than RF Systems' version.  Of course, you can always wind
your own transformer for under $10 worth of parts, less if you're even
slightly resourceful at scrounging.

A little impedance matching won't hurt, but it's not going to help
very much either. For receiving systems, the figure of merit is the
delivered signal-to-noise ratio. With modern, low-noise receivers,
which includes most every receiver built in the past 50 years, the
signal-to-noise ratio is almost always set externally by the ambient
noise level, even when using a moderately inefficient antenna.

High efficiency antennas are wonderful things, no transmitter should
ever be without one. However, for a receiving antenna at HF, high
antenna efficiency simply delivers high signal and high external noise
levels simultaneously. As long as an antenna picks up more noise from
the environment than the receiver generates internally, there is no
net increase in the signal-to-noise ratio to be gotten from improving
antenna efficiency via impedance matching or any other means.

If one can hear a noticeable drop in the background noise level (with
AGC turned off) when disconnecting the antenna, then no significant
increase in the detectability of faint signals or the listenability of
strong signals will result from using a more efficient antenna for
receiving.

For a typical random length, end-fed receiving antenna, the
improvements that would actually be realized by using an RF
transformer are quite modest.  With the transformer, the signal and
noise levels could increase by +7 dB at frequencies where the antenna
length is a multiple of a half wave.  This might yield a 3 dB
improvement in the net signal-to-noise ratio at these same frequencies
if the external noise level was extremely low. For a typical urban or
suburban ambient noise levels however, the signal-to-noise improvement
would be expected to be smaller, typically less than 1 dB.
--
Michael Keane           CE2/K1MK        Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory
                                        Casilla 603
[e-mail]                         La Serena, CHILE


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:56 1996
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From: [e-mail] (John Doty)
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Subject: Re: Low cost balun for random wire
Date: 13 Sep 1996 19:10:37 GMT
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In article <51a8ld$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Tom Bruhns)
writes:
> Scott Ryan ([e-mail]) wrote:
> : Is there a low cost balun for a random longwire.  I the $60.00+ "MLB"
> : type seems excessive (cost wise) for my needs.
>
> Hmm.  Maybe I'm missing something here, but I'm failing to see the need.
> Certainly you need a (hopefully good) ground or counterpoise to feed the
> random longwire against, but what exactly is the balun for?  The antenna
> is inherently unbalanced, and I assume you aren't trying to feed it from
> a balanced line.  And random longwires aren't exactly know for their
> well-controlled radiation patterns, so I assume it isn't like you are
> real worried about keeping antenna currents off other things, so long
> as you're not getting RF burns from your rig when it tries to make you
> a part of the antenna system.

The MLB is a receive-only gadget, not designed to handle significant
power. Although RF Systems call it a "balun", it is really an
unbalanced-to-unbalanced matching transformer. There is a better built
lower cost device of this sort made by ICE, and it is also pretty easy to
make your own: look in "http://www.grove.net/~badx/" under "Low Noise
Antennas".

A fixed matching transformer of this sort allows you to use coaxial cable
to feed signals from your antenna, supressing near field and conducted
interference (be sure to do a good job of grounding the coaxial shield for
best results). A coax-fed long wire without such a transformer has
mismatch losses ranging from 0 dB at resonances to about 15 dB at
antiresonances. With a matching transformer of this type, losses are
nearly constant at 4-6 dB if the antenna is longer than 1/4 wavelength. A
loss of 15 dB can have a detrimental effect, but 6 dB is rarely a problem
at frequencies below 30 MHz since it reduces both noise and signal. The
sensitivity of most receivers is enough below the natural noise floor that
6 dB of loss has no practical effect on the received signal to noise
ratio.

--
John Doty               "You can't confuse me, that's my job."
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:57 1996
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From: Scott Ryan <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Low cost balun for random wire
Date: 14 Sep 1996 12:41:58 GMT
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Michael,

Thanks for the advice.  I guess the main reason for using an MLB was to
"adapt" the random wire to a coax feed, so I can install an air gap
lightning arrestor.

Is there a effective way to use a lightning arrestor without an MLB?  Can
I connect the center conductor of the coax and leave the shield
un-connected without losing lightning protection?



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:58 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Hugh Stegman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Luxemburg Effect Measurements in Iran
Date: 13 Sep 1996 10:46:03 -0700
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In article <5178nm$[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (J. Fred Riley) wrote:


>HAARP doesn't operate at MW

No, it operates around 4-10 MHz, depending on ionospheric conditions.  This
is to exploit the "gyro-frequency," which is the freq at which electrons
spiralling around magnetic lines resonate.  It's usually up and down from
about 6 MHz.  More bang for the buck.  IMHO, i suspect the MW transmitters
achieved the Luxembourg Effect via brute force.  They're typically the most
powerful things on, in sheer output, to gain coverage without turning most
of the desired coverage area into an antenna.  Nor do the electrically
short antennas always beam as well as flamethrowers on 41, etc. meters.

-hugh



[e-mail]
finger for PGP public key - update obsolete key files
"Panic is the punk of the 90s."



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:00:59 1996
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From: Roger Cousineau <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Manual Needed RS DX-400
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 13:24:28 -0700
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Need a copy of the manual or at least someone with answers to a few
questions about this receiver.

Regards,

Roger


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:00 1996
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From: ron cain <[e-mail]>
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Zommbee wrote:
>
> I guess I am naive, but it sure seems as though there alot of little
> scirmishes (sp?) in this group, and others like it, that seem to have
> almost NOTHING to do with radio.
>
> Why is this necessary?  Am I missing something relevant?  How is this
> constructive?
>
> It just seems as though some of these 'debates' get pretty nasty, and I
> have to wonder why they aren't conducted by email, rather than through
> the newsgroups?  I know I don't need to read them, but sometimes I don't
> know what the discussion is about until I read it, and it always seems
> kind of immature or at least not relevant.  The way I understand it,
> doesn't each ISP news server only allocate so much space to newsgroups, and
> new articles supercede old ones?  Wouldn't this then mean that these
> seemingly 'useless and rude' postings just tend to 'bump' out the
> otherwise legitimate (not that these aren't!) postings?
>
> If I am off base, sorry.  Like I said in the header, I am an 'newbie' to the
> group and maybe this kind of conduct is normal and accepted.  Guess I'm
> a bit old fashioned, maybe.  Sorry if so.
>
> Anyway, good listening to all.
>
> Dave WB7AWK
> [e-mail]

Dave, if you think it's bad here, wander on over to rec.radio.scanner
and check out the ongoing flamewar between a certain "person" and the
rest of the newsgroup. What was once a peaceful oasis of information
about scanners has been turned into a battlefield of words.

I agree with your statement about conducting flamewars by email. Why
subject the rest of us to all the grief by posting flames on the
newsgroups over and over?

Cheers, Ron Cain


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"Tom C. Brown, Jr." <[e-mail]> wrote:


>try to hear.  Of all those possibilities, the only ones that are liable
>to be hifi would be local broadcasts, which you wouldn't normally buy a
>"communications receiver" to listen to.

>Of course, another critical issue in this is "what are you going to
>listen to?"

>If you are going to listen to international broadcasts, then you might
>want a more "hifi" type speaker, even though selective fading is going
>to clobber most of the "fi" before it ever gets to the speaker.

>But, if you are interested in other aspects, such as CW (my favorite) or
>SSB, then a speaker with a little less range on the low and high end,
>but flat response in the 300 - 2500 cycle range, with low distortion in
>that range, might be better.

>I guess "the sound of a speaker" is really a tremendously subjective
>thing, and I was too quick to say that my view was correct for anyone
>besides me, but I really do like the MS8 and I don't put any stock in
>the objections that the reviewers have mentioned, unless, of course, the
>object is indeed the pursuit of quasi-hifi.

>73 and good listening!

>Tom KJ5IE
If one is going to use just one speaker it doesn't hurt to have
something with a nice sound available when you can use it.  I like to
listen to utes a lot in the evening (ssb 2.3 kHz) but in the morning I
wake to the BBC on 9740 in the hifi synchronous mode (dsb 7 kHz).
Speakers and their relation to the listener via the room are the most
complicated  part of this whole radio biz.  For AM radio listening I
prefer a widerange single transducer with a stiff cone and high
efficiency, mounted in a simple box (e.g. Auratone) that will sound
very pleasant on 1 Watt or less in an otherwise quiet room.  For
strictly utility type listening a Motorola Mocom type 4" transmission
hump speaker is pretty cool.  Contrary to L. Magne I do not think that
low efficiency minature bookshelf (Minimus) speakers are particularly
suited for these purposes.
dr
Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



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                           <<<< Free Radio Service Holland info >>>>



Sunday October 20th you, the listener, are at the centre of FRS-Holland's 16th

anniversary!
At least, if you'd like to....

During our special birthday celebration party  we'd like to air your FRS
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or whatever you prefer. There's only one simple condition:  your story must be

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years?
Perhaps a specific broadcast, your first qsl, one of the deejays, a particular

record or hearing
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We guarantee your contribution will be read out during the birthday shows 20th

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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:03 1996
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Subject: Patriot Shortwave Prgm.'s???
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 96 15:29:12 PDT
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Could someone please tell me where I might find a listing of shortwave
programs aimed at the Patriot/Militia movement?  I've tried a Web Page I found

during a search, but it must not be active any longer.
                        TNX in advance!  Michael



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From: [e-mail] (Mr Hogan)
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Subject: Q: Are there shortwave schedules online?
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Are there shortwave schedules online?

Peace

,\\ichael



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:05 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Daniel Say)
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Subject: R Canada gets web ReadAudio, Chinese
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   From the "Real Dan  Ferguson" of R. Canada International at the
CBC/SRC/RCI open house today 15 September 1996, comes word of
RCI's real home page

        http://205.205.237.30

        with RealAudio at

        http://205.205.237.30/fr/multi/chin.htm

   They'll have a registered address later this month.

   This web page will last until the end of funding for RCI in March 1997.



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Daniel Say wrote:
>
>    From the "Real Dan  Ferguson" of R. Canada International at the
> CBC/SRC/RCI open house today 15 September 1996, comes word of
> RCI's real home page
>
>         http://205.205.237.30
>
>         with RealAudio at
>
>         http://205.205.237.30/fr/multi/chin.htm
>
>    They'll have a registered address later this month.
>
>    This web page will last until the end of funding for RCI in March 1997.

If you mean http://www.rcinet.ca that top page lets one choose English
or French. Larry Nebron tipped me to the URL. On the English side one
option is to listen to the current live program with a RealAudio stream.
There are a few things that don't work, like the send button on the
e-mail page, and some typos.

Tom Sundstrom
--

 Thomas R. Sundstrom                         [e-mail]
 TRS Consultants                             http://www.trsc.com
 PO Box 2275                                 [e-mail]
 Vincentown, NJ 08088-2275, USA
 [phone] | Fax [phone]
 < Contributing Editor, "Radio and Communications", ACP Symes Magazines
>


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:08 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Alan Nutley)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: R-70/71 Display noise was Re: GE Super Radio/RS Clone?
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 08:00:42 GMT
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On Tue, 10 Sep 1996 21:30:37 GMT, I wrote:

{SNIP}

>COMMENT:  Significant heat is dissipated by the aluminium heat sink
>onto which the 78M08 (and the audio amp IC) is mounted.  The
>temperature rise depends on the DC voltage into the regulator - this
>might rise as high as 15.5 volts DC depending on AC line voltage and
>the particular AC line transformer in a given R-70.  (In Australia,
>the transformer is a 110/220VAC unit - the resulting DC output, using
>our 240VAC line voltage, is nominally 9% 'high'!!)

WRONG!!!!  When using AC line voltage, the output of the power supply
is regulated.  The comment above was written without stopping to
think!!!  Sorry!!
>
>At 15.5VDC input, the 78M08 heatsink runs too hot to touch.
>
>Similarly, if using the DC lead to power the receiver from a (nominal)
>12 volt DC source, the same result occurs at battery voltages
>approaching 15 volts (the 'end' voltage when boost charging a
>lead-acid battery bank - particularly from solar cells).  At 13.5VDC,
>the heatsink is only moderately warm.

The above IS valid.

{SNIP}

Apologies for the in-appropriate comment concerning AC line operation
of my R-70.

Cheerio, Alan.  1735AEST/15 September 1996.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:09 1996
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From: [e-mail] (bob puharic)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.equipment
Subject: Re: R-8A for SWL DX and HAM work?
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 12:53:55 GMT
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[e-mail] (Eric F. Richards) wrote:

>Greetings, all...

>I have a question:  I'm considering purchasing a Drake R-8A receiver for
>both SWL DX chasing and to be used as a ham radio receiver.  As a ham
>receiver I'd be using it mostly (at least initially) for CW.

>Question:  Is it a good choice?  SWLers seem to like it but what do
>hams think of it?

>Thanks in advance for any comments!

>Regards,
>--
>Eric F. Richards
>[e-mail]
>KB0YDN
>"The weird part is that I can feel productive even when I know I'm doomed."
>- Dilbert

I see a guy here on the net has an icom 71a for sale for 700
bux...that'd be my choice...is a ham rig knock off, missing only the
transmitter section...very nice rig.



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:10 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Eric F. Richards)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.equipment
Subject: Re: R-8A for SWL DX and HAM work?
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Date: 17 Sep 1996 14:02:24 GMT
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[e-mail] wrote:
: Quoting Tom<tntelec from a message in rec.radio.shortwave
:  To[ A Drake R-8A is a outstanding receiver,but I would consider a Drake
:  To[ SW8,which is not only cheeper but a better outstanding receiver and
:  To[ newer to the R-8A.The Sw8 has been modified and an extremly sensitive
:  To[ reeiver.I own one and quite pleased with it.
:  To[ TNT...

: AMEN! Avoid the R8A and get a NEW SW-8!

In my original message, I had pointed out that its ham usage would focus
on CW.  According to the Drake propo-, er, sales brochures, the SW8 isn't
designed for CW.  Certainly I'd want to use decent filters for CW...

Why do you not like the R8A?  Price?  Bad performace?

Regards,

Eric
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:11 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Daniel Say)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: R.Canada drops 75 percent
Date: 17 Sep 1996 07:07:58 GMT
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I see in the September OXDA (Ontario DX...) that Ian McFarland
is quoting BBC Audience research to say that RCI lost 75 percent
of their audience since the first cuts in 1991. McFarland blames
the loss of internal RCI programs, and a little bit to the
loss of a few language servies.

At the open house at CBC Vancouver, the RCI contingent didn't
sound hopeful beyond March 1997.

The House of Commons is in session.  Write now to Sheila Copps,
Minister of National Heritage about the loss to the world if
RCI isn't expanded.

RCI Web page (register address later

        http://205.205.237.30

        RealAudio at http://205.205.237.30/en/multi/chin.htm


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:12 1996
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From: [e-mail] (George Snyder)
Subject: Re: Radio Canada International: Still On Air?
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  > I know RCI was cutting back, but are they still on the air?
  > I couldn't find a web site for them, only for domestic CBC.
  > BTW, does VOA exist anymore?

RCI's web page is under the "International Radio" at the CBC site:

    http://www.radio.cbc.ca/radio/rci/rci.html

It is also mirrored at:

    http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/Mirrors/CBC/radio/rci/rci.html

VOA has a web site:

    http://www.voa.gov/         (includes a large image)
or
    http://www.voa.gov/text-only.html

--  George Snyder       Intermetrics, Inc.     Internet:  [e-mail]
--                      733 Concord Avenue        Voice:  [phone]
--                      Cambridge, MA 02138 USA


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:13 1996
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From: John Figliozzi <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio France International going all-news
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:08:23 -0400
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Hello, Mike:

I, too, am sorry to hear of this development.  While I don't speak
French I've always found the music on RFI unique and well-presented.
So much so that I have reserved some preset buttons for RFI in French
frequencies.  I will write to RFI as well, but I fear the decision is
set.  Another loss for SW  ;-(

John Figliozzi



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:14 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Thierry VIGNAUD)
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Subject: Re: Radio France International going all-news
Date: 18 Sep 1996 20:37:59 GMT
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In article <51i301$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>[e-mail] (Thierry VIGNAUD) wrote:
>
>>New programs will start the 16th of september at 04:00 UTC.
>>Times UTC for news : 04:00-0810, 10:30-13:10, 17:00-19:30,
>>21:00-22:10.
>
>>Every 30 minutes : a 10 minutes news bulletin
>
>So, what happens during the twenty minutes between the end of one news
>bulletin and the start of the next?

talks, magasins, and various shorts programs.

Attention today the 18th of september a journalist strike
disrupt the programs. Due to the project from the french
government to delete a fiscal deduction for journalists
which is existing since 60 years !

--
           Thierry VIGNAUD  -  [e-mail]
                    Boulogne-Billancourt (France)



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:15 1996
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From: "Thomas R. Sundstrom" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Israel Program Schedule Wanted
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 20:48:46 -0400
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P.Mohazzabi wrote:
>
> Wanted winter 96 schedule for the radio israel. Israel went to the Winter
> Time effective 09-16-96 , so all programs starts one hour later until
> 10-26-96 when US goes winter time.

Watch http://www.israel-embassy.org.uk/london/web/pages/press3.htm for
an update.

Tom Sundstrom
--

 Thomas R. Sundstrom                         [e-mail]
 TRS Consultants                             http://www.trsc.com
 PO Box 2275                                 [e-mail]
 Vincentown, NJ 08088-2275, USA
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 < Contributing Editor, "Radio and Communications", ACP Symes Magazines
>


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:16 1996
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From: [e-mail](Lewis Strassberg)
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Subject: Re: Radio Kuwait?
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DATE:   TIME:   FREQ:   COUNTRY:        SINPO:  DESCRIPTION:
 1/13/96        19:45   11900   KUWAIT                  44454
 1/20/96        19:10   11990   KUWAIT                  54454
 2/19/96        15:00   13620   KUWAIT                  55555
 8/17/96        18:05   11990   KUWAIT                  54544   ENG


    Here's my log of Kuwait receptions.   I don't know if they are still
broadcasting
at the same time, but I hope this helps.




From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:17 1996
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From: "TARIQ AL-OSAIMI" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Kuwait?
Date: 16 Sep 1996 22:01:20 GMT
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Jenhull <[e-mail]> wrote in article
<51cs0o$[e-mail]>...
> Anyone in the eastern US picking this up? I remember seeing freqs posted
> here last year, but I've misplaced them.
>
> Thanks.
>
Lately I've been hearing Radio Kuwait at 15505 with SINPO of 5555 starting
from 0000 UTC

yours

Tariq


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:17 1996
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From: [e-mail] (RICH HOWAR)
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Subject: radio mod.
Date: 17 Sep 1996 00:20:53 -0400
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Can any one help me obtain information on modifing a pro 43 radio shack
scanner
for 800MHZ operation.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:19 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Cary Oler)
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Subject: Radio Propagation Forecasting Course Enrollments Due Soon
Date: 12 Sep 1996 23:19:34 GMT
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This is a friendly reminder that the Internet Space Weather and Radio
Propagation Forecasting Course will begin on 27 September.  Those who are
interested in enrolling must do so within the next two weeks (by 27 September)
.

Briefly, the Internet Space Weather and Radio Propagation Course is the most
comprehensive course available to teach people about the Sun, the
disturbances that can affect the Earth, and how to accurately predict how they
can affect the Earth's environments.

This is an exhaustive and comprehensive course that should be taken by everyon
e
interested in radio communications, solar and space weather conditions,
satellite vulnerabilities, electrical hydro operations, navigation, etc.  The
course optionally includes some of the most powerful tools in the world for
probing the ionosphere and studying solar and geophysical data.

For a complete description of the course outline and course objectives, please
visit the WWW site: http://solar.uleth.ca/solar/www/course.html.

For those who don't have WWW access, send e-mail to: [e-mail]
to obtain a course outline via e-mail.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:21 1996
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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Random longwire/coax lead
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 17:48:25 GMT
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Scott Ryan <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Thank's for everyone's help on my last post (cheap balun for longwire).
>Sunday I connected my random longwire to my receiver with R58 coax from
>receiver to a lightning arrester, then another piece of coax from the
>arrester to the longwire.  Instead of a balun at the connection, I
>stripped the end of the coax & soldered it to the longwire.  The antenna
>end of the shield is left unconnected.

>Now my longwire is dead!  I get a much stronger signal with the attached
>whip on my SW8.  I tested all connecters for shorts, checked resistance
>from antenna through the arrester, etc.  Then I used a jumper wire
>(insulated wire) between antenna & the arrester & my signal came back
>stronger then ever.

>Any ideas on why I'm having this problem?  I should add that I'm not
>very technical.
Very simply, you cannot feed a HIGH impedance signal into a LOW
impedance input without losing 90 percent of your signal.   You mjust
either lose the coax or use a matching transformer where your random
wire (600 Ohms nominal) connects to your RG-58 (50 Ohms nominal).
There are commercially available units that perform this task.  See
MLB discussions in this newsgroup.
dr
Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:22 1996
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From: "Eugene A. LeDuc" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re stuff
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Just a quick question... I hope
Why do I get POSTS that are RE...something, when I didn't get the...
something in the first place?  I'm using Netscape newsreader and I read
the news daily.  So where do the re's come from?
--
Gene LeDuc
[e-mail]
Jesus Christ is LORD


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:23 1996
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>Why do I get POSTS that are RE...something, when I didn't get the...
>something in the first place?  I'm using Netscape newsreader and I read
>the news daily.  So where do the re's come from?
Go here and get FreeAgent:

                http://www.earthlink.net/nethelp/win_apps/newsapps.html

It's easier to customize.
dr

Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:24 1996
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From: [e-mail]
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r/s pro 43 for sale best offer or trade
must sell


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:24 1996
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From: "David W. Knisely" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Recording from Sony 7600G
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 05:12:59 -0700
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To: Sonya Lyles <[e-mail]>

Hi there.  As far as I know, using a standard patch cord to run audio
from the SW7600G to a tape recorder shouldn't cause any problems.  The
only "Sony" required plug is the DC power adapter plug, which has to be
Sony's (Radio Shack's will not fit it).  If you want to run the radio
from an outlet, you have to get Sony's power supply.  I hope this helps.


David W. Knisely KA0CZC   email: [e-mail]
1616 North 14th St., Beatrice, Nebr.  68310

Prairie Astronomy Club, Inc.  http://www.infoanalytic.com/pac/

BABYLON 5: Our last best hope for QUALITY science fiction.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:25 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Right Wing Cr_p vs. Left Wing Cr_p (was Sick and Tired of Christian Radio!!)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 19:35:26 +0100
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What's wrong with Right Wing Crop vs. Left Wing Crop that your can't put
it in the subject?

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:26 1996
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From: [e-mail] (charly)
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Subject: Re: Sangean 803A [Quirk?]
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 05:42:54 GMT
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On 8 Sep 1996 02:07:32 GMT, [e-mail](Ronald K. Goodenow)
wrote:

>I had a heck of a time with my 803A when I ran my batteries down. It
>simply locked up when I inserted new ones and only when I plugged it in
>would I get a full display and working radio. This is is ok I guess if
>one can get a radio with dead batteries to an outlet, but on a camping
>trip or during a long power outage a la Fran....
>
>And, what are the double A batteries for? When my D batteries died so
>did the display and memory.
>
>Anyone else have this problem? Solutions?
>
>Otherwise, fine radio.
>
>/ron


     My 803a whines so bad when the batt's are dying, I can't stand to
listen to it.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:27 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)
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Subject: Re: SHORTWAVE MEMORY QUESTION
Date: 19 Sep 1996 13:50:33 -0400
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Jackie Gleason, eh? Could be. Although I believe he didn't take up DXing
until recent years when he retired to Florida. I read he had 2 R-71s and 2
R-7000 Icoms.
Anyone else have ideas?


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:28 1996
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Subject: Re: Sick and Tired of Christian Radio!!
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WHAT is the Smith-Mundon Act??


I knew abt the SMITH-act - when Commie Party membship was to be a crime..[neve
r
enforced]
--

Denes S. Varady,  N3NV




From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:29 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Lester John Ness)
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Date: 14 Sep 1996 11:10:33 GMT
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Denes S. Varady ([e-mail]) wrote:
: WHAT is the Smith-Mundon Act??
: I knew abt the SMITH-act - when Commie Party membship was to be a crime..[ne
ver
: enforced]

        I think it's the law which requires US Shortwave broadcasters to
address foreign audiences.  This clause is an addition to the main part of
the Act, which created Voice of America.

        In the 30's and 40's it was not rare for commercial AM stations to
also broadcast in SW -- WLW in Cincinnati, for example.  The AM networks
did not like the competition, so they persuaded Congress to (in effect)
forbid commercial SW broadcasting.  In recent years, stations like
WWCR and WRNO have pushed the limits of the law.  It's hard to imagine
many outside the US are really interested in Limbaugh, Harter, etc. -- let
alone Bro. Stair.

--
Lester Ness     [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:30 1996
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From: [e-mail] (TIMOTHY GUEGUEN)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: So what REALLY happened with WWCR and William Cooper?
Date: 19 Sep 1996 06:48:52 GMT
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[e-mail] wrote:
: Michael Love <[e-mail]> wrote:

: >Anyone really know?

: >Michael

: JFK, Jesus and Elvis showed up and whisked him off to Jupiter.
: dr
: Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
: [e-mail]   there'd be nothing...
Cooper's bosses at the NSA have finally decided that whatever operation
he's the front for has served its purpose. :-)

tim gueguen [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:31 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Rob Janssen)
Subject: Re: Software decoding of FSK modulated signal
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In <[e-mail]> Daniel Ayers <[e-mail]> write
s:

>I am developing a program to decode FSK modulated signals using a
>SoundBlaster soundcard.  The plan is to digitize the signal from the
>radio's audio output and then analyse it in software to produce binary
>data for further analysis.

>I pretty much know how FSK works (this is not AFSK), I have hooked the
>radio up and digitised some test samples.

>My best guess at this stage is that once you have worked out how to
>divide the signal into bits (ie. time quantums depending on the baud
>rate) you need to work out how many cycles occurred in that period -
>which of course gives you the frequency.

I'm afraid you haven't quite understood how FSK works...  in combination
with an FM transceiver.

When you get the signal from the radio's audio output, assuming it is
an FM radio, you won't get "so many cycles in that period", you will
directly get voltage levels that correspond to the frequency of the
of the received signal.  So, the decoding of the FSK signal is simply
a matter of slicing it at the correct level and finding the correct
place to decide if it is a '0' or a '1'.

There are two things you will have to do: find the correct slicing level,
i.e. the zero axis in the signal.  That can be done by low-pass filtering
or by taking the peak value in positive and negative sense and calculating
the halfway point from that.

The other thing is re-generating the bit clock to find the correct sampling
points for the data (you don't want to sample near the bit edges).
That is done using a software DPLL.
Of course your first guess is to use a sample interval equal to the bit
rate, and then you PLL that to the actual received signal to overcome
tolerances in the bitrate and to lock at the correct phase relationship.

Rob
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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:32 1996
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From: Daniel Ayers <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Software decoding of FSK modulated signal
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 16:40:32 +1300
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Hello Everyone,

I am developing a program to decode FSK modulated signals using a
SoundBlaster soundcard.  The plan is to digitize the signal from the
radio's audio output and then analyse it in software to produce binary
data for further analysis.

I pretty much know how FSK works (this is not AFSK), I have hooked the
radio up and digitised some test samples.

My question is: What are the best techniques for decoding the FSK signal
into a binary stream?

I have seen this done using a data slicer circuit based on a 741 IC,
some resistors and capacitors ... however I want to do it entirely in
software using a soundcard.

I know it can be done, as I have a program that receives HF FAX
transmissions via a soundcard.  I have obtained a suitably fast PC for
this application, so the analysis can be performed in real time.

My best guess at this stage is that once you have worked out how to
divide the signal into bits (ie. time quantums depending on the baud
rate) you need to work out how many cycles occurred in that period -
which of course gives you the frequency.

Does anyone have any experience doing this?  Any sample code or other
technical information?

I'd appreciate any pointers.

Regards,
Daniel.
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:33 1996
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From: Dave Thorn <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Soldering Secrets?
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 13:02:27 -0400
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To: BMcnenly <[e-mail]>

BMcnenly wrote:

> Is it just me, or is soldering to a copper ground pipe a difficult thing.
> longwire antenna, but it seems nothing "sticks" when I try to solder a
> ground connection to copper pipe I sunk about 12 feet for an earth ground.

Try using a propane torch and heat the pipe until the solders flows on
the pipe. Then attach the pretinned wire to the pipe while the solder is
still molten.  It make take a couple of trys until you get the hang of
it.  You need to be quick about it.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:34 1996
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From: [e-mail]
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Subject: sony 2010 vs sw55 for utility listening and travel
Date: 18 Sep 1996 03:29:13 GMT
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sony2010 vs sw55 for traveling and ssb utilities

I presently have an r8 and a satellit 700. (which receives ssb as well as my d
rake r8). Unfortunately its ma bit heavy and big for travel. I've read that al
though
the sw55 doesn't have synchronous,it doesn't matter anyway for ssb. I understa
nd the stock filters of the sw55 are better selected than those of the 2010 an
d I
understand the sw55 is rock solid in ssb( Iread of a guy who uses it for wefax
). It's also a lot smaller and lighter than a 2010. Any comments?


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:35 1996
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From: MClune <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 21:20:59 -0700
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G.D. Rose wrote:
>
> Thank you to all the rec.radio.shortwave readers who sent their advice
> and experience my way during my recent decision making process.  In the
> battle between the Grundig Yacht Boy 400 and the Sony 7600G, the Sony
> won....

Hello Greg,

I just ordered the same from EEB today. Comes in a week, $179.95 + 6.95
shipping (wouldn't include shipping free). Skipped the power supply. I
know it is a special plug, but I've got a couple of 6 volt supplies around
that I hope to modify if needed.

What kind (description) of long wire did you put up around the den? I want
to be careful about input overload and damage to the circuitry. It comes
with a plug-in antenna--is that the one you used?

Any other tips would be helpful too.

Thanks,

Matthew
[e-mail]

Note: This message is also posted on rec.radio.shortwave


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:37 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Heiko Mayer)
Subject: Re: Sony SW-55 Features?
Date: 11 Sep 1996 21:30:00 +0200
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[e-mail] meinte am 09.09.96
zum Thema "Sony SW-55 Features?":


Hi Keith,
k> Several months ago I ask for information about the Sony SW-55 which I
k> have and really enjoy. Several of you responded with unique things you

Witch informations do you want ? I have here the ICF SW-55 .

             Gruss,
                Heiko

           FIDO  : 2:245/7005.2    E-Mail: [e-mail]


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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:38 1996
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From: [e-mail] (DSchopp)
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Subject: SW Radios For Sale
Date: 12 Sep 1996 22:58:22 GMT
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Sony 2010 -      Considered by many the best portable SW radio. Features
include
                 sync detector, selectable sideband, RF control, tone control,
                 local/dx switch, 32 programable memories, wide/narrow setting
,
                 clock, timer, signal strength indicator, and sleep timer. Rad
io
                 has Kiwa filters installed. Radio comes with AC adaptor, reel
                 antenna, carrying strap, ear plug, and owners manual. I will
                 also include the Sony service manual for the 2010.
                 Radio is in excellent shape, I'm selling it in orer to get th
e
                 money to step up to the Lowe 150, Drake SW 8 level. $300

Sony SW 40       Analog/digital radio. Radio has 20 memories, memories can be
                 set for any band, SW, AM, or FM. Radio has tone control, time
r,
                 sleep timer, and local/dx switch. Manual and SW guide include
d.
                 Nice small radio, great for carrying around the house. This
                 radio was reviwed in the July 1996 issue of "The Monitoring
                 Times."  $100

RShack DX-395    Digital AM/FM/SW radio. 5 memories per band. SW covers SW1 an
d
                 SW2. FM stereo with stereo headphones, clock, sleep timer,
                 local/dx switch, and manual.  $50

Prices include shipping.

Please email: [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:39 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Dan Pike)
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Subject: Re: The quality of HF/Shortwave signals
Date: 16 Sep 1996 23:19:45 GMT
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Yes, that is perfectly normal.  Distant radio signals get to you by
bouncing off the ionosphere, which is continually in motion.  This is
what creates the fading you have noticed.  Also, most SW broadcasters are
only on the air to a specific target area (like Europe or North America)
for a short period of time -- anywhere from 20 minutes in the case of
Vatican Radio, to an hour or two, then they go off and move to another
frequency or switch to an antenna aimed at another part of the world.
Don't expect to listen to Radio Australia 24 hours a day!

Glen Kippel
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:40 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Manuel Rodriguez Lanza)
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Subject: TROPICAL.HTML
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 17:58:38 GMT
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The file Tropical.html from Raimo Makela ([e-mail]) is very
good. VIsit the web and try yourself.

http://www.yle.fi/sataradio/tropical.html

Manuel.

A DXer from Caracas (South America) on the net.



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:41 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Phil Perkins)
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TS440 with automatic internal ATU amd VS1 speech synthesiser. Owned
from new also with home brew RS232 Interface and software, GC Tx and
spare front panel. 650 UK pounds
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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:42 1996
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From: "Howard Rothchild" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Us jews rule the world!!!!!
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  Us jews rule all you gentile fools. We all know jews run the banks, my
buddy Al Greenspan is a jew, we control the media, we own the gold. We also
got NAFTA and GAT passed so that we tighten our grip on you. We control the
Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Comission. And what can you
do about? Nothing. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:43 1996
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Howard Rothchild wrote:
>
>   Us jews rule all you gentile fools. We all know jews run the banks, my
> buddy Al Greenspan is a jew, we control the media, we own the gold. We also
> got NAFTA and GAT passed so that we tighten our grip on you. We control the
> Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Comission. And what can you
> do about? Nothing. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

This obviously was not written by a Jew
If it was he would have capitalized the proper noun Jew
Just another schmuck wanna be!!


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:44 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Thomas Banks)
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In article <01bba580$0b69ca60$6cd6c186@199.79.146.37>,
[e-mail] says...
>
>  Us jews rule all you gentile fools. We all know jews run the banks,
>my buddy Al Greenspan is a jew, we control the media, we own the gold.
>We also got NAFTA and GAT passed so that we tighten our grip on you. We
>control the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Comission.
>And what can you do about? Nothing. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Another articulate spokesman for a Jewish organized New World Order.

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Frank Hudson wrote:>
> And one day very soon every human being on this planet will have a
> choice to make. And that is whether to accept Sunday worship when it
> is legislated for by your government, or to buck the system and go
> with what God requires and worship on His true day of worship,
> The Sabbath,.....don't laugh,.....it really is coming.

                Been breathing too much volcanic dust?


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:46 1996
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From: [e-mail] (TIMOTHY GUEGUEN)
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Subject: Re: Walkman w/Short Wave
Date: 13 Sep 1996 05:13:34 GMT
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Ron Goodenow ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Does anyone sell a cassette walkman with short wave in the USA?
: Boom box?

: Thanks.
You can buy boom boxes or whatever you wish to call them with shortwave
coverage, but the performance is sure to be awful, the dial calibration
way off, and the frequency coverage limited.  The closest thing you'll
find to a walkman/shortwave combo is the Sony SW1000T.  Its basically the
circuitry of the 7600G combined with a tape recorder in a package about
the same size as the 7600G.  Unfortunately its quite expensive, $500
american if I remember correctly.  A shortwave walkman would pretty much
have to be digitally tuned, as the small bandspread on a analog walkman
would make shortwave tuning almost impossible.

tim gueguen [e-mail]


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From: [e-mail] (Nicholas Evancik)
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Subject: Re: Walkman w/Short Wave
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Ron Goodenow ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Does anyone sell a cassette walkman with short wave in the USA?
: Boom box?

: Thanks.


--
AIWA makes a walkman with s.w. analog tuning.
about 60.00 (saw in  J&R CATALOG)
Nicholas Evancik
[e-mail]



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<<There is a Shortwave walkabout style radio available with cassette. Its
about $70.  Maybe Sanyo (?) not sure, but its available thru Shoppers
Advantage on Compuserve (and probably AOL).  Without joining shoppers
advantage you can go on and search for it and find it quite easily.  ("GO SA"
in compuserve). >>



I've seen that item on Compuserve, too--I think Aiwa makes it.

RD



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:48 1996
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From: Aron Felix Gurski <[e-mail]>
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JACK ST. MARS wrote:
>
> I am 12 years old and I was wondering what short-wave radio is the best to
> buy.
> I Just recently got interested in sw's but I don't know much about them. So
> I came to this news group for help.
> If anybody here could give me some info on sw's that would be great.
>
>                                                                EVAN ST. MARS

Evan, if you have access to a browser (e.g. Netscape Navigator), point it at

        http://www.rnw.nl/en/pub/rxshop/rx_index.html

and you'll be able to get a lot of useful information from Radio Netherlands
(in English).

Good luck!

                                                -- Aron


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From: [e-mail](J. LeQuesne)
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In <01bba12c$5ac03700$[e-mail]> "JACK ST. MARS"
<[e-mail]> writes:
>
>I am 12 years old and I was wondering what short-wave radio is the
best to
>buy.
                                                               EVAN ST.
MARS

Hi Evan--First off, welcome to the hobby.  For about $80, you might
want to start off with a Radio Shack DX-375.  It's "nothing special"
but it will receive the shortwave "biggies" such as the BBC, Voice of
America, Deutche Welle.

If you're a lot richer than I was when I was 12, you might want to look
at the Yacht Boy 400 or Sony 7600.  Both are very good radios--but
they'll probably strain your budget (they each cost about $200).

Also, look at the used radios coming from established companies such as
Universal Radio.  They're a lot cheaper--often in great condition--and
they come with a warranty in case something breaks.  I have a used set
which I use all the time.  If you do buy a used radio, make sure it
comes with an AC adaptor and all manuals.

Lastly, buy/borrow the current "Passport to World Band Radio."  It uses
simple English to explain this pastime.

Good luck!

j. lequesne


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From: [e-mail] (JStek)
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Subject: Re: What to Buy, Sat 700 or ICF-2010
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In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (BRENT REYNOLDS) writes:

>Subject:       What to Buy, Sat 700 or ICF-2010
>From:  [e-mail] (BRENT REYNOLDS)
>Date:  Sat, 14 Sep 96 02:10:00 -0500
>
>On Sept. 8, Thomas Minder wrote wondering what to buy, Grundig Satellite
700
>or
>Sony ICF-2010.  I've owned both radios and think they are both very good
>sets.
>There are a number of reasons why I much prefer the Grundig over the
Sony.
>If
>you buy your Satellite 700 from Universal Radio in Reynoldsburg, Ohio,
and
>get
>one of the factory reconditioned sets they sell, it will cost you $349 or
so,
>the same price as a new Sony ICF-2010.  <snip......>>>
>>>>>>>

    There seems to be a considerable number of Grundig radios being sold
as reconditioned ("B" stock).  Is this an indication of production quality
overall?  Have you owners of Grundig receivers had a problem with
failures?
              Jon



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From: [e-mail] (BRENT REYNOLDS)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: What to Buy, Sat 700 or ICF-2010
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On Sept. 8, Thomas Minder wrote wondering what to buy, Grundig Satellite 700 o
r
Sony ICF-2010.  I've owned both radios and think they are both very good sets.
There are a number of reasons why I much prefer the Grundig over the Sony.  If
you buy your Satellite 700 from Universal Radio in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and get
one of the factory reconditioned sets they sell, it will cost you $349 or so,
the same price as a new Sony ICF-2010.  Universal sells the new one for $100
more, and other places sell the Sat 700 for $445 plus shipping to over $500,
and the Sony usually goes for around $350 plus shipping, give or take $10 or
$20.

The Grundig has large knobs for several or it functions, versus the Sony's
sliders--sliders seem to get dirty faster and don't hold up as well.  The
Grundig has a better keypad than the Sony, and is overall better constructed
and much sturdier.
The Sat 700 can do FM in stereo using headphones or external speakers for whic
h
it has RCA-type jacks; the Sony is only Mono.
Sound__The Sony is rather puny and tinny in sound; the Grundig, robust with
plenty of volume, partly because it has a stronger amplifier and considerably
larger speaker plus a tweeter.
The Grundig's power adapter is quite a bit larger than that of the Sony, but
gives you switchable US/Euro voltages, and you get one each AC plug!  Sony use
s
3 D and 3 AA bateries, which in U.S. you can only buy in pairs, or packs or
four or eight.  The Grundig takes four D batteries and can recharge NiCads.
The Grundig has separate upper and lower side-band switches and a "clarifier"
for side band tuning that works well.  The system on the Sony also works well,
but it's not as easy to select one specific side band ofver the other.
The Grundig has scads of memories, 128 or so in ROM and 512 programmable,
expandable in 512 memory amounts via 3 optional EPROM chips for a total of up
to 2,048 user-programmable memories!  If you need more, get a radio with a
computer interface!
The Sony has only 32 memories, but they are each assignable to a dedicated
push-button, a nice feature that I DO like.
The Grundig has a tunable MW and SW pre-selector which is fantastic.
The Grundig's performance on FM is superior to ANY!!! other radio I've ever
used, including my wonderful old $860 Yamaha stereo receiver.
The Sony covers more of the LW band than the Grundig and has 108-136 air-craft
band not found on the Sat 700.
Judging from the two examples I've owned, they were about neck and neck on
medium wave and short-wave, despite the 1994 review on the Radio Netherlands
web site.  There's no comparison on the FM, the Grundig absolutely blows away
every other portable I've ever seen.  This includes my old Panasonic RFB-600,
Nordmende Globe Traveller VIP, Grundig Satellite 6001, the Sony ICF-2010, and
any other portable I've ever seen, including Panasonic's RF-2900, RF-4900,
RF-2200; and the GE Super Radio--any version.
Everything on the Grundig is better made from the large, sturdy whip antenna
which drops completely in to the body of the radio instead of that hingue
set-up used by Sony and Sangean; as well as the battery cover, the push
buttons, knobs, carrying handle, and the prop on the back.

One guy I have communicated with told me that he once touched the whip antenna
on his Grundig Sat 700 and got a snap and a nasty shock to his finger, but the
radio never noticed anything had ever happened.  The Sony would have suffered
front-end FET suicide!

That should be enough for now, I could keep on going.  Note this is just my
opinion based on my very recent experiences with both units and others can,
may, and probably WILL disagree.
I bought the three EPROM memory chips and a carrying case and high-capacity
NiCad batteries for the Grundig, a refurb bought from Universal; and I traded
my Sony ICF-2010 that I bought used in mint condition for a wonderful old
Grundig Satellite 6001 Analog beastie from the early '70's.

Enjoy which ever one you choose to buy.  Who knows, you might just get both!
They are both about the same size, with the Grundig being a tad bigger, and a
pound or so heavier.
Hope this gives you some ideas and starts a thread at least as big and
enjoyable as the one comparing the Sony ICF-7600G and the Grundig YachtBoy 400
.
73's!
Brent


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Subject: What to Buy, Sat 700 or ICF-2010
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The Grundig has a noisy sync detector. This has been noted in several
sources/reviews.

My Grundig was unlistenable because of the noise. Returned it. Checked out
several units...all noisy.

You either

1. Have a atypical quiet set

2. You are not bothered by the noise.


Tom
Rainbow V 1.11 for Delphi - Test Drive



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:54 1996
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From: Ravi Ramachandran <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What to Buy, Sat 700 or ICF-2010
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 12:38:05 -0700
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[e-mail] wrote:
>
> The Grundig has a noisy sync detector. This has been noted in several
> sources/reviews.
> Rainbow V 1.11 for Delphi - Test DriveMy Sat 700 synch detector is noisy too
 but not unlistenable. By the way has
anyone seen any mods for the Sat 700 to fix this. I remember seeing a mod
for the Sat 500 somewhere. Also where can one find schematics for the Sat
700?


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:55 1996
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From: [e-mail] (BRENT REYNOLDS)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: What to buy, Sony 2010 or Grundig Sat 700
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as the Sangean
ATS-818 series, and the Grundig YachtBoy and Satellite series radios among
others.  They sell the tapes for $5 each, and is you ask would probably throw
in the one for the particular radio you buy atless or no extra charge.  Also o
f
interest to visually-impaired users, they have their catalog in ASCII text for
m
on a floppy disk, (specify disk size when ordering) at no cost.  Nobody else
does that.  People at Grove Enterprises told me it would not even be possible
to put their little catalog on disk and send it out!!!  That's strange, since
it Is on their web site.

As far as I know, Crane is not yet on the Internet.

One other thing I notice about C.Crane's technical staff is that they don't tr
y
to convince you to buy what they sell by trying to convince you that something
sold by the competition but not by Crane, is junk and garbage that you sould
avoid.  I've seen that happen recently from other mail-order dealers.
Crane also does good service and repair, even on units they don't sell, and ca
n
do certain modifications to SW receivers and scanners, such removing the mutin
g
from the tuning circuitry of digital units, among other things.
Their prices may be a little higher than some others for the same model, but
they do offer a level of service you don't get from some of the other dealers.

Check those guys out!

Let's complement dealers and sellers who do us well and let other people know
about them.  It's easy to bitch when a deal goes down bad, and we hear about
those all the time, but it's also important to reward sellers for good custome
r
service.  It just reinforces them in their conviction that they're doing
something right, even if it does cost them a little more to do it.
No, I don't have stock in C. Crane or any other radio seller, and I'm not
getting any cash, deals, breaks, or anything else I know of for writing this,
except the satisfaction of doing what I can to show appreciation and give
credit where credit is due.
Brent
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        *Please P- or E-mail the station where you hear WORLD OF RADIO,
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QSL cards, but the SW stations carrying it do. W.O.R. welcomes informal
reports on reception quality, interference problems.

        *Contacting WORLD OF RADIO: P.O. Box 1684-J, Enid, OK 73702 USA.
        Fax: [phone] attn Hauser [if necessary tho we now prefer
E-mail]. Hours: Mon-Thu 1400-0200 UT, Fri/Sat 1400-2300, Sun 1800-2300.
Closed legal holidays.
        Website: http://hudson.idt.net/~khecht19/radio/shortwave/wor.html
Now that WORSKED is on this website, E-mail distribution may be reduced.
        E-mail: <[e-mail]>  Please disregard and forget the
previously publicized address of <zollars...
        Deadline: normally, 1400 UT Wednesday before first airing next day.


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:56 1996
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From: "Thomas R. Sundstrom" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What's wrong with Voice of Russia?
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 15:52:17 -0400
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Edward Chaban wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a good set of times and frequencies for Voice of
> Russia?  I've been having problems finding them here near San Jose, CA.
> Was getting good hits on 9825, 9895, 9835 and 41M Band too.  Lately,
> nothing but dead air.
>
They made significant frequency changes from September 1 and are very
hard to hear during the daylight hours here in NJ. In comparing evening
reception with Larry Nebron in San Francisco, 12010 and 12050 from 01 UT
seem to provide the best reception for him. Those tx's are in the Far
East.

On our Web site you can look at the VoR page by Keven Hecht off our
"News You Use Page". The data is a bit better than on the VoR Web site.

Tom Sundstrom
--

 Thomas R. Sundstrom                      [e-mail]
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 PO Box 2275                              [e-mail]
 Vincentown, NJ 08088-2275, USA
 [phone] | Fax [phone]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:57 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Donald R. Putnick)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What's wrong with Voice of Russia?
Date: 19 Sep 1996 13:22:48 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>,
Thomas R. Sundstrom <[e-mail]> wrote:

>They made significant frequency changes from September 1 and are very
>hard to hear during the daylight hours here in NJ. In comparing evening
>reception with Larry Nebron in San Francisco, 12010 and 12050 from 01 UT
>seem to provide the best reception for him. Those tx's are in the Far
>East.

In So Cal last night the best frequencies for me during the 0500 and
0600 hours were 7270 kHz and 7345 kHz, both with excellent strength.
Also audible were 9895 kHz and and 7175 kHz.

--
Don Putnick
[e-mail]
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:58 1996
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From: "Mike" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Where do I find the shortwave irc?
Date: 14 Sep 1996 00:10:02 GMT
Organization: Camtech (SA) Pty Ltd
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Hi everyone,
I know an irc for shortwave exists.  Would someone please post an address
for it.
Thanks,
Mike


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:01:59 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Barry, WA2KLS)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WHICH WOULD YOU BUY?  Drake R-8, NRD-535D or ?????  HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 21:59:50 GMT
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No contest. . . NRD-535D wins hands down on both counts. If you don't
buy it, please let me know where it is, and I WILL. Regards, Barry
WA2KLS
[e-mail] (Kees) wrote:

>[e-mail] (Caress) wrote:

>>If you respond to this posting, would you also pleace Cc-by-mail to me at

>>[e-mail]

>>as my news server is not very reliable...and I might miss your followup post
.

>>I am presented with a rather delightful but confusing dilemma.  I can buy
>>either a used (early serial #) Drake R-8 OR a (later serial #) NRD-635D.  I
>>have the "White Papers" on both radios...now I'm looking for comparisons fro
m
>>real life.

>>Both radios are priced in the $550-650 (U.S.) price range.  Given the choice
,
>>which would YOU rather have for BOTH DX-chasing AND extended programme
>>listening (the White Papers suggest that one should make a choice, the R-8
>>being the better for long- term programme listening, the NRD being more of a

>>pleasure to use for "chasing DX")

>>Whaddaya think?

>>Paul N0YPS

>No doubt:
>The NRD535 for BOTH!

>(very very cheap!!!)

>Kees





From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:02:00 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Dan Morisseau)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Who is Tired of Christian Radio!!
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:29:51 PST
Organization: OSD, Inc.
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In article  [e-mail] writes:

>I am sick of these damned 'Christian' stations with a billion watts splatteri
ng
>all over my serious SWL bands.

Bill,

     Oh, Jesus! Their YOURS?! Oh no! I was using the buggers however I wanted
for the past 35 years or more. Christ! I'm sorry, man! I never knew you that
YOU owned the damn things. If I'd known I'd never have touched 'em man. I'm
sorry. I really don't think I used too much RF in my receivers, but if I did
I'll do what I can to make it up. In the meantime, grab the f***ing reins,
will you?

====================================================================
"I distrust a close-mouthed man. He generally picks the wrong time
to talk and says the wrong things. Talking is something you can't do
judiciously unless you keep in practice"
                               - Casper Gutman, The Maltese Falcon
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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:02:01 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Uncle Bob)
Subject: Re: Who is tired of the Christians
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rfhuds ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Sounds pretty good to me. BUT you forgot one important group, .....
: The True Biblical based Christians, this group is the only way to go!

: And one day very soon every human being on this planet will have a
: choice to make. And that is whether to accept Sunday worship when it
: is legislated for by your government, or to buck the system and go
: with what God requires and worship on His true day of worship,
: The Sabbath,.....don't laugh,.....it really is coming.

:         73's to U + URS,
:         Frank,   ZL3TFH.  ([e-mail])
:                  SigNet;  28:1200/100
:                  FidoNet: 3:774/500.3

Watch out for people who think they know all the answers.




From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:02:02 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: World of Radio --website moved
Date: 14 Sep 1996 20:06:08 GMT
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If I try http://hudson.idt.net/~khecht19/radio/shortwave/wor.html, I get:


[quote]
Document Moved

The new URL is:

http://hudson.idt.net/~khecht19/radio/shortwave/ghauser/

Please adjust your bookmarks accordingly.
[end-quote]

and clicking on that link works.



From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:02:03 1996
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From: Kevin Hecht <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: World of Radio --website moved
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 19:08:45 -0400
Organization: Villanova University
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Joel Rubin wrote:
>
> If I try http://hudson.idt.net/~khecht19/radio/shortwave/wor.html, I get:
>
> [quote]
> Document Moved
>
> The new URL is:
>
> http://hudson.idt.net/~khecht19/radio/shortwave/ghauser/
>
> Please adjust your bookmarks accordingly.
> [end-quote]
>
> and clicking on that link works.

The above URL should be the permanent one; sorry for the inconvenience
as I get the web pages up and running. I had to move some subdirectories
around so I wouldn't have to take everything offline in order to update
the site.
--
Kevin Hecht
College of Commerce and Finance, Villanova University
[e-mail]   [e-mail]
        http://hudson.idt.net/~khecht19/


From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:02:06 1996
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Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 09:46:58 -0700
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From: Glenn Hauser <[e-mail]>
Subject: World of Radio 862
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Greetings,
Here is this week's WOR 862 rundown. Look for separate message with WOR Sked
and other info, and check out new website, which may refer you to a slightly
different URL.  Regards, Glenn




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        WORLD OF RADIO #862, produced Sept. 11, 1996, by Glenn Hauser
        *Standard disclaimer.
        *Our new website, set up by Kevin Hecht (note no www in it):
http://hudson.idt.net/~khecht19/radio/shortwave
        *E-mail <[e-mail]> fax [phone] attn Hauser; P-mail
to P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA.
        *Chief of VOA Burmese service fired due to connections with Burmese
military government.
        *Tinian relay plans official: $13M contract let, total $20M+, will
move in three ex-Portugal transmitters. Target Dec. 98.
        *Sri Lanka relay slowly constructed, crooked foundations.
        *R. Marti started some broadcasts from Miami/Hialeah studios. See Los
Angeles Times, Aug. 20 for story on controversial move.
        *WRMI expects FCC approval soon for new Canada antenna.
        *Hurricane net from Mercury Ham Club.
        *VOA Communications World partially pre-empted for Bosnian elections,
so Sept. 14 is rerun; DXing with Cumbre at new time.
        *WEWN goes off when lightning approaches. 7395 and 6890 in Oct sked.
        *WSJ Sept. 6: Chuck Harder gone from UBN, and WHRI; Pat Choate bought
network; yes, that Pat Choate. [later: with VP choice, Choate left network]
        *Jim Hightower back weekdays for 2 hours, heard on some stations here
(recording).
        *Bernie Ward gone from Oklahoma stations.
        *Liberal talk host from WBT-1110 NC.
        *K'KOB 770 still heard at night, null gone.
        *60 Minutes also on radio in San Francisco.
        *Five FM pirates in South Florida.
        *Soundbyte computer show on WXXI-1370 Rochester NY.
        *Another computer show on WGAD-1350 Gadsden AL.
        *WOR 862, addresses.
        *Correction to last week: BBC in Sept, not Aug; Felix on Sat, not Sun
        *website and e-mail addresses repeated.
        *Oklahoma University stations format change, new shows.
        *KWSH-1260 Wewoka OK plans to add FM 104.7.
        *Tulsa TV stations finally add stereo.
        *Oklahoma City has new KMNZ ch. 62, limited sked.
        *Now the Details back on CBC and RCI for new season.
        *CBC Radio Ideas topics Sept. 17, 18, 19, 20.
        *Bahamas' new FM stations, including one on same fq as Florida pirate.
        *Guatemala, R. Coatan reported.
        *Honduras, R. Copan off again, waiting for big deal.
        *RFPI 9th anniversary Fiesta Sept. 16-17; Global Community Forum
resumes live broadcasts.
        *Peru, R. Soledad reported by Arrunategui; R. Peru vs. HCJB spur.
        *Bolivia 4777.7 is R. Andes.
        *African unID is Mali wanderer.
        *Sudan's new frequency.
        *V. of Broad Masses of Eritrea, V. of People of Kurdistan logs.
        *V. of Armenia English broadcast heard.
        *V. of Southern Azerbaijan, new frequency.
        *Georgian Radio, English with improved audio.
        *UAE Abu Dhabi absent from usual frequencies.
        *Turkiye Polis Radio not 24 hours, but limited sked.
        *V. of Tibet may go back to 15445 with jamming; new E-mail address.
        *Sikkim now regular on two frequencies.
        *Program sked from Solomon Islands, 5020, lineup at 1030-1100.
        *Portugal's new 49mb frequency to us.
        *Special from R. Noodle International on IRRS, WRMI.
        *V. of Russia harder to hear, but try these....
        *Propagation outlook from Boulder, Sept. 10.
        *WOR 862, gh inviting you back next week.
Note: these rundowns are not meant to be a substitute for listening to the
program, but to encourage listening, especially by DX editors, for complete
details and proper complete attribution when quoting.



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From [e-mail] Thu Sep 19 19:02:06 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Roger Wiseman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re:World of Radio Schedule
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 00:48:36 GMT
Organization: MountainNet, Inc. Morgantown WV 800.444.1458
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Thanks, Glenn!



--
[e-mail] (Crow(Roger Wiseman)) #(:)o]
Kenwood R-5000 | Inverted "V" dipole longwire
Grid square EM 99 | West Virginia, U.S.A.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:03 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 'Passport  to World Band Radio' where in  UK? (was Re: What are the best sw radios to buy?
Date: 21 Sep 1996 23:31:31 GMT
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Dick James ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In article <51d4ka$[e-mail]> [e-mail](J. LeQuesn
e) writes:

: >Lastly, buy/borrow the current "Passport to World Band Radio."  It uses
: >simple English to explain this pastime.

: I'm new to SW radio & have seen this publication favourably mentioned severa
l
: times. Please can someone let me know if it's a book, a magazine or what.
: Also where could I get hold of it in the UK.

: Thanks for any help.



: Dick James
:
You should be able to get it through the BBC World Service Shop in London,
through Lowe Electronics' stores, and I believe that you can also order it
through Shortwave Magazine.  The 1997 issue should be out soon in the
U.K., so watch for that one.

73--
Marie Lamb
Contributor, Passport to World Band Radio
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:03 1996
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From: Frank Darwish <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: **************DRAKE R8 FOR SALE WITH MS 8 SPEAKER************************
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 13:22:02 -0700
Organization: Ohio State University
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Frank Darwish wrote:

 Hi all.  I have a Drake R8 for sale in mint condition with original ox,
 also the MS8 speaker in mint condition with box, etc.....
 I am saking $850 or best offer
 Please e-mail me at: [e-mail]
 Regards, Frank
 --
 From poor old U2 to poor old Simple Minds
 no amnesty for murderers of poor old working class
 Rope or gas
 ( The Beautiful South:  I think the answer is yes)

--
From poor old U2 to poor old Simple Minds
no amnesty for murderers of poor old working class
Rope or gas
( The Beautiful South:  I think the answer is yes)


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:04 1996
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From: [e-mail](Camp)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: *Mint Drake SW-8 $459
Date: 22 Sep 1996 14:39:56 GMT
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Works like new.  With original box, AC adapter, and owner's manual.
First $459 takes it.
Matt.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:05 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Timothy Zamora)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: 1997 Passport to World Band Radio is out!
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 22:26:11 GMT
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Greetings fellow SW enthusiasts!

This afternoon, I received the latest issue of the 1997 Passport to
World Band Radio.  It was preordered through Grove Enterprises.

The ISSN is 0897-0157. ISBN is 0-914941-39-9.

On the cover is Gahan Wilson's space man surfing his radio on a sea of
various national flags.

Among the highlights to be found is:
- Ten of the Best: 1997's Top Shows
- Compleat Idiot's Guide to Getting Started
- Web Radio (what is it and seven pages of web sites to surf)
-What to Listen With (1997 update including 4 1/2 pages on the AOR
        AR7030 [***** Passport Choice in tabletop receiver division]
-When to Listen (hour-by-hour; country-by-country in English; Voices
        from Home; blue page listing of all channels used)
-the usual assortment of advertisements

List price is: US $19.95; Canadian S27.95; UK 14.99 pounds.

The book is available from the usual sources that advertise in
Monitoring Times, Popular Communication, et cetera.

Good reading and good hunting!

Timothy Zamora
from the gulf coast of Texas, USA
[e-mail]        [e-mail]
.... now let's get those sun spot numbers moving!





From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:06 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Paul Routenburg)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1997 Passport to World Band Radio is out!
Date: 24 Sep 1996 17:50:53 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, Porchnoy <[e-mail]> wr
ites:
> Timothy Zamora wrote:
> > This afternoon, I received the latest issue of the 1997 Passport to
> > World Band Radio.  It was preordered through Grove Enterprises.
>
>               I am so happy for you.
>
  But how much of it will be out of date when a number of stations change
schedules and frequencies this fall? And how useful will a "1997" edition
really be in 1997?
paul

--
Paul Routenburg                --------->  [e-mail]
Centre for Subatomic Research
University of Alberta                     Hmmm...free space...
Edmonton, Alberta                 Maybe I should put something deep &
CANADA   T6G 2N5                          profound here?


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:08 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Timothy Zamora)
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Subject: Re: 1997 Passport to World Band Radio is out!
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On 24 Sep 1996 17:50:53 GMT, [e-mail] (Paul Routenburg)
wrote:

>In article <[e-mail]>, Porchnoy <[e-mail]> w
rites:
>> Timothy Zamora wrote:
>> > This afternoon, I received the latest issue of the 1997 Passport to
>> > World Band Radio.  It was preordered through Grove Enterprises.
>>
>>              I am so happy for you.
>>
>  But how much of it will be out of date when a number of stations change
>schedules and frequencies this fall? And how useful will a "1997" edition
>really be in 1997?
>paul
>
>--
>Paul Routenburg                --------->  [e-mail]
>Centre for Subatomic Research
>University of Alberta                     Hmmm...free space...
>Edmonton, Alberta                 Maybe I should put something deep &
>CANADA   T6G 2N5                          profound here?

Greetings to you, Paul!

The book and its counterpart the WRTVH (due out in 3-4 months) are a
handy way to get at a bunch of information in one volume.  Like other
compendiums (encyclopedias come to mind ;> ), there will be some
dated-ness.  But it is a point that can be started from and then
embellished with other more current information such as Hauser's
program, Lamb's program, Mark's and Jensen's program, et cetera,
monthly periodicals like Monitoring Times and the UK Shortwave
magazines, club bulletins, irregular publications such as Hauser's,
various web sites that are noted in this group from time to time, and
.. . .

last but not least,

this newsgroup along with rec.radio.info.

It's just a case of another *fix* of updated info.  I seem to remember
a few requests in the past for old copies of Passport & WRTVH from
less developed areas. Hmmm...

In either case, it's here, available, and ready for immediate
consumption.

Bon appetit!

Timothy Zamora
from the gulf coast of Texas
[e-mail]        or      [e-mail]
magazine packrats of the world unite!


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:09 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Paul Routenburg)
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Subject: Re: 1997 Passport to World Band Radio is out!
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Timothy Zamo
ra) writes:
> On 24 Sep 1996 17:50:53 GMT, [e-mail] (Paul Routenburg)
> wrote:
>
> >  But how much of it will be out of date when a number of stations change
> >schedules and frequencies this fall? And how useful will a "1997" edition
> >really be in 1997?
>
> The book and its counterpart the WRTVH (due out in 3-4 months) are a
> handy way to get at a bunch of information in one volume.  Like other
> compendiums (encyclopedias come to mind ;> ), there will be some
> dated-ness.
 [more deleted]

  I agree completely with what you wrote. There are a number of sources of
timely information available. My point though is why put a date of 1997 on
something that comes out with information valid in mid-1996? I can only guess
its an attempt to keep up sales of the book for a longer period. Say its
May or June 1997, and someone not so familiar with shortwave (I refuse to use
asinine marketing hype terms like "World Band Radio") is browsing a bookstore
and sees the "1997 Passport to World Band Radio". Wouldn't they assume that
the information in it is for 1997, not many months old?
  At least the 1997 WRTVH will appear (I presume) in early 1997, which makes
sense to me. The WRTVH also used to publish an update several times a year
to cover the seasonal schedule changes a number of broadcasters regularly make
.
I don't know if this is still done as I haven't seen a copy for a few years.
Passport has made no attempt to produce any such updates as far as I know.
  To put out a book in fall 1996 with a "1997" date seems just a little
questionable to me. But if the date on it was 1996 then you could only sell
it as current information for another few months. Why not publish it earlier
and with the proper year? Just curious.
paul

--
Paul Routenburg                --------->  [e-mail]
Centre for Subatomic Research
University of Alberta                     Hmmm...free space...
Edmonton, Alberta                 Maybe I should put something deep &
CANADA   T6G 2N5                          profound here?


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:10 1996
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From: [e-mail] (CHRISTOPHER CARTWRIGHT)
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Subject: Re: 243 kHz Logging & Walt Disney World
Date: 20 Sep 1996 12:30:38 GMT
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Sonya Lyles ([e-mail]) wrote:
:  I am really confused now. Here's the deal last night (9/18/96) at
: 10:43 pm EST (5:43 UTC 9/19) I accidentally came across a talk radio
: call in show about financial management on 243 kHz!What the heck was
: this doing in the Long Wave Band?
:
: Incidentally the signal is loud, clear and strong -- sounded just like
: any LOCAL AM station. I am located in the state of Maryland.

Just wondering what part of MD you're in?  I get a local (very local, it's
4000' away) station at 250Khz plain as anything on my DX-390.  The station
is WMET 1150 and the IF in the 390 is "supposed" to be 455Khz.  It sounds
like you're getting an image from an AM station at 1140-1150 or somewhere
around 690-700.  Get an AM radio and tune around those two spots and see
if they zero beat.  I know in my case it's an image on the 390 since the
ICOM 735 doesn't see any of it.

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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:11 1996
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From: "Boyd Roberson" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: 243 kHz Logging & Walt Disney World
Date: 21 Sep 1996 05:49:05 GMT
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PS. Just what is there in the LW freqs? Like what are all the beacon-like
morse-code signals?
There anything used below 150khz?

--
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Sonya Lyles <[e-mail]> wrote in article
<51v8vq$c0s$[e-mail]>...
> >Sonya Lyles ([e-mail]) wrote:
> >I am really confused now. Here's the deal last night (9/18/96) at
> >10:43 pm EST (5:43 UTC 9/19) I accidentally came across a talk radio
> >call in show about financial management on 243 kHz!What the heck was
> >this doing in the Long Wave Band?



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:12 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Dan Pike)
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Subject: Re: 243 kHz Logging & Walt Disney World
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This sort of thing is common to all superheterodyne receivers.   When you
tune to 250 kHz, the local oscilaltor in your radio beats (heterodynes)
against the incoming signal with a frequency of 700 kHz, to produce an
output at the intermediate frequency of 450 kHz (700 - 250 = 450).
However, the math also works out as 1150 - 700 = 450.  The receiver
should have sufficient front-end selectivity to reduce this "image"
signal to an inaudble level.  But, it sems that, due to the strength of
your nearby station on 1150 kHz, you can hear it.  A tuner, either of a
variable-frequency band-pass type, to tune to the frequency of interest;
or a low-pass filter to reject stations above the LW band, should help
alleviate your problem.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:13 1996
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From: "David W. Knisely" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: 243 kHz Logging & Walt Disney World
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 05:21:46 -0700
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To: Sonya Lyles <[e-mail]>

Hi there.  Strong AM signals tend to have images 910kc above and below
their received frequency in superheterodyne receivers which have a 455kc
intermediate frequency (IF), especially when the signal is local.  Small
transistorized radios (including the ICF-7600G) can't cope with the
really strong local signals, but most other signals will not produce
these images.  The Sony radio actually has better image rejection than
many small shortwave radios I have seen, so it isn't too bad a radio (I
enjoy mine).  Also, don't worry too much about some of the less civil
posters you get replies from (they aren't worth the effort to reply to).

--
David W. Knisely, KA0CZC   email: [e-mail]
1616 North 14th St., Beatrice, Nebr.  68310

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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:14 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Jim McVein)
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Subject: Re: Active Antenna Designs
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[e-mail] (bjrehm) wrote:

>I am looking for design ideas, schematics, suggested sources, and
>performance reports for active antenna designs.  I would like to
>build my own for home and mobile SWL use.

>Thanks,

>Brian

A good article appeared in Ham Radio Magazine, May 1986 on
active antenna preamps using VMOS FET's. I built some when
i was in an urban apartment situation and they worked exceedingly
well.  Article author is R.W. Burhans, who seems to be an authority
on active antenna design, I have seen other articles by the author
in other more academic texts.

Jim McVein
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:15 1996
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From: [e-mail] (H. Caron)
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Subject: Re: Active Antenna Designs
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[e-mail] (Jim McVein) wrote:

>[e-mail] (bjrehm) wrote:

>>I am looking for design ideas, schematics, suggested sources, and
>>performance reports for active antenna designs.  I would like to
>>build my own for home and mobile SWL use.

>>Thanks,

>>Brian

>A good article appeared in Ham Radio Magazine, May 1986 on
>active antenna preamps using VMOS FET's. I built some when
>i was in an urban apartment situation and they worked exceedingly
>well.  Article author is R.W. Burhans, who seems to be an authority
>on active antenna design, I have seen other articles by the author
>in other more academic texts.

>Jim McVein
>[e-mail]

Brian,

Take a look at Radio Graffity's site  http://espresso.ts.uvic.ca/
under the antenna heading. Easy to find and inexpensive parts.

Hope it helps,
H.C.



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From: [e-mail] (H. Caron)
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[e-mail] (Jim McVein) wrote:

>[e-mail] (bjrehm) wrote:

>>I am looking for design ideas, schematics, suggested sources, and
>>performance reports for active antenna designs.  I would like to
>>build my own for home and mobile SWL use.

>>Thanks,

>>Brian

>A good article appeared in Ham Radio Magazine, May 1986 on
>active antenna preamps using VMOS FET's. I built some when
>i was in an urban apartment situation and they worked exceedingly
>well.  Article author is R.W. Burhans, who seems to be an authority
>on active antenna design, I have seen other articles by the author
>in other more academic texts.

>Jim McVein
>[e-mail]

Brian,

Take a look at Radio Graffity's site  http://espresso.ts.uvic.ca/
under the antenna heading. Easy to find and inexpensive parts.

Hope it helps,
H.C.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:18 1996
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From: [e-mail] (H. Caron)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Active Antenna Designs
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[e-mail] (Jim McVein) wrote:

>[e-mail] (bjrehm) wrote:

>>I am looking for design ideas, schematics, suggested sources, and
>>performance reports for active antenna designs.  I would like to
>>build my own for home and mobile SWL use.

>>Thanks,

>>Brian

>A good article appeared in Ham Radio Magazine, May 1986 on
>active antenna preamps using VMOS FET's. I built some when
>i was in an urban apartment situation and they worked exceedingly
>well.  Article author is R.W. Burhans, who seems to be an authority
>on active antenna design, I have seen other articles by the author
>in other more academic texts.

>Jim McVein
>[e-mail]

Brian,

Take a look at Radio Graffity's site  http://espresso.ts.uvic.ca/
under the antenna heading. Easy to find and inexpensive parts.

Hope it helps,
H.C.



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From: [e-mail] (H. Caron)
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[e-mail] (Jim McVein) wrote:

>[e-mail] (bjrehm) wrote:

>>I am looking for design ideas, schematics, suggested sources, and
>>performance reports for active antenna designs.  I would like to
>>build my own for home and mobile SWL use.

>>Thanks,

>>Brian

>A good article appeared in Ham Radio Magazine, May 1986 on
>active antenna preamps using VMOS FET's. I built some when
>i was in an urban apartment situation and they worked exceedingly
>well.  Article author is R.W. Burhans, who seems to be an authority
>on active antenna design, I have seen other articles by the author
>in other more academic texts.

>Jim McVein
>[e-mail]

Brian,

Take a look at Radio Graffity's site  http://espresso.ts.uvic.ca/
under the antenna heading. Easy to find and inexpensive parts.

Hope it helps,
H.C.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:20 1996
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From: Roy Keeley <[e-mail]>
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bjrehm wrote:
>
> In article <51um6u$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
> says...
> >
> >[e-mail] (bjrehm) wrote:
> >
> >>I am looking for design ideas, schematics, suggested sources,
> and
> >>performance reports for active antenna designs.  I would like
> to
> >>build my own for home and mobile SWL use.
> >
> >>Thanks,
> >
> >>Brian
> >
> >A good article appeared in Ham Radio Magazine, May 1986 on
> >active antenna preamps using VMOS FET's. I built some when
> >i was in an urban apartment situation and they worked
> exceedingly
> >well.  Article author is R.W. Burhans, who seems to be an
> authority
> >on active antenna design, I have seen other articles by the
> author
> >in other more academic texts.
> >
> >Jim McVein
> >[e-mail]
> >
> Thanks Jim, I have the article, but did not know that Burhans has
> published outside of the article.  Could you pass on the academic
> texts he has also written (the name sounds familiar, but I have
> not found were from yet).
>
> Brian
Mr. Burhans has retired. He wrote many articles for the "Lowdown" which
is the monthly paper put out by the Lowfering Group. He especialized in
preamp antennas designs. I can look up the address of Lowdown if there
is any interest. He also wrote many articles for the Ham Radio public,
but he has officially quit all business.

--
73's

Roy KC4IMC

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[e-mail]
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In article <51um6u$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
says...
>
>[e-mail] (bjrehm) wrote:
>
>>I am looking for design ideas, schematics, suggested sources,
and
>>performance reports for active antenna designs.  I would like
to
>>build my own for home and mobile SWL use.
>
>>Thanks,
>
>>Brian
>
>A good article appeared in Ham Radio Magazine, May 1986 on
>active antenna preamps using VMOS FET's. I built some when
>i was in an urban apartment situation and they worked
exceedingly
>well.  Article author is R.W. Burhans, who seems to be an
authority
>on active antenna design, I have seen other articles by the
author
>in other more academic texts.
>
>Jim McVein
>[e-mail]
>
Thanks Jim, I have the article, but did not know that Burhans has
published outside of the article.  Could you pass on the academic
texts he has also written (the name sounds familiar, but I have
not found were from yet).

Brian



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:21 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Gerard Foley)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Adding digital readout to analog radio: How?
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Date: 25 Sep 1996 10:57:56 -0400
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Tony White ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I'm considering adding a digital frequency readout to my old analog SWR.  I
: like the old beast (Hallicrafters SX-28A) and don't plan to give it up, sinc
e
: it does go up to 42MHz and I'm hard pressed to find a SWR that covers the
: freqs above 30MHz.  I'm wondering: a)would a standard digital frequency
: counter work; b)if so, where would I need to connect the input, and c)whethe
r
: or not I'd need to build an IF stage for the counter so I'd get the proper
: readout.  This is a rackmountable unit, and I'm considering putting this
: project in a 1U rack box.  If I can do it with a standard freq. counter, doe
s
: anyone have schematics for a homebrew unit?

: TIA

You can measure the variable local oscillator frequency with any counter
that covers the range and has sufficient sensitivity.  The number you
get will differ from the received frequency by the value of the
first intermediate frequency following the local oscillator.  The
counter frequency will usually be higher than the received frequency,
but in some receivers or bands it may be lower.

Around twenty years ago there were some counters made which had a
programmable offset so that the value of the intermediate frequency
was automatically added or subtracted from the local oscillator
frequency before it was displayed.  I don't know if any currently
available counters have this ability.

K8EF


--
Gerry


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:23 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Charles Flint)
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Subject: AIRPLOT SOFTWARE FEEDBACK
Date: 20 Sep 1996 01:53:51 GMT
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I have recently read a review of the Airplot software written by Douglas
John Standen.  I am looking for additional feedback from others who have
used it.  I'm curious about ease of installation, how easy is it to use,
speed, accuracy, etc.

This software originates from the U.K.  I'm not real fond of the idea of
mailing a Eurocheque to the U.K.; therefore, does anybody know of a
company within the U.S. that distributes this software?

Many thanks in advance to anybody who responds to this posting



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:24 1996
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From: Fred Porzelt <[e-mail]>
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Hello all. I received such great help from my last posts (they were also my
first posts) that I just HAD to ask another question. I have 2 Allied
Knight R55 receivers (one R55, one R55A). They both seem to work ok. Does
anyone know if
        a) when these were made?,
        b) if they were kits?, and
        c) if they are/were considered decent radios?
They both seem to work, more or less... Thanks in advance to all for
reading this and to anyone who can supply a "little history".
Regards,
Fred


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:25 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Steve Byan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Antenna direction question?
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 13:57:18 -0400
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>I have 2 homemade antennas, a 70' longwire and a 25' multiwire di-pole.
>Both are run in a north-south line, about 5' apart.
>(corner of house slopping to a tree).
>From what I've read, a longwire is directional off the ends, while a
>di-pole is directional off the sides.

True, except that your 70 foot "longwire" isn't truly a longwire over most
of the shortwave frequency range. A true longwire is several wavelengths
long; in that case, yes, it does become directional off the ends.

In your case, the 70 foot longwire probably behaves as an inverted-L. On
the lower frequencies, it behaves as a top-loaded vertical antenna, which
is mostly omnidirectional. At higer frequencies, it behaves as an end-fed
horizontal dipole.

How high is the dipole? If it is less than 1/2 wavelength above the
ground, it is mostly omnidirectional for signals arriving at a low angle
of elevation (i.e. DX signals).

Since it's only 25 feet long (or about 7.5 meters), the dipole is not
resonant below 15 meters. What are the multiple wires for? Is cut for
resonance on 10 and 15 meters? That hardly seems worthwhile. Perhaps you
actually have something other than a dipole; maybe something like an
Alpha-Delta sloper?

>So here's the question.
>Should I re-orient one of the antennas to east-west,
>or should I leave the setup the way it is?

I'd raise the dipole as high as I could get it, up to 1/2 wavelength at
your favored frequency. If you use it for listening to 31 meters (9 MHz)
and up, try to get it 15 meters high (about 50 feet up). That would take
priority over the orientation.

How high is the "longwire"? I'd try to get that up to 50 feet, too. On the
low bands, the vertical section of the inverted-L is what picks up most of
the signal, so you want that to be at high as possible.

Regards,
-Steve

--
Steve Byan                                  internet: [e-mail]
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
1601 Trapelo Road                           phone: [phone]
Waltham, MA 02154                           FAX: [phone]


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:27 1996
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From: [e-mail]
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Subject: Re: Antenna direction question?
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 96 23:57:22 GMT
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[e-mail] wrote:
> >. Dipoles are really oriented to the lengthwise
> >direction, but not all that directive.
> I respectfully disagree.   A properly matched dipole, parallel to,
> and at least a half wavelenght above, the ground will have a figure-8
> horizontal pattern with the lobes at right angles to the main axis of
> the antenna.

I knew that, I just meant it wan't the 'Optimal' design for directivity. The
figure 8 pattern is fairly wide and it takes a fair amount more work and math
to build a more directional unit. It's all a matter of perspective. I would
prefer a skinny 8 with one lobe much more extended than the other, as in good
front to back ratio. The problem is that once you build something like this,
you most likely will not be able to rotate it, so if you wanted to target more

than one area you would need to build multiple arrays and switch them.
 Is that better?
 Bill.
Most of us don't have unlimited yard space and poles, although a friend of min
e
acquired and planted a number of telephone poles in his back yard (3/4 acre).
He gets good reception in the direction he wants, on the band he wants, but th
e
birds have a lot of wires to dodge.

> An inverted V or a sloped dipole will tend to appear
> more omnidirectional.
> dr
>
>
> Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
> [e-mail]   there'd be nothing...
>




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>Most of us don't have unlimited yard space and poles, although a friend of mi
ne
>acquired and planted a number of telephone poles in his back yard (3/4 acre).
>He gets good reception in the direction he wants, on the band he wants, but t
he
>birds have a lot of wires to dodge.

IMHO it's more important to worry about your nulls than your lobes.
(I've left myself wide open with that one).
dr


Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:29 1996
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From: [e-mail] (TERENCE MURPHY)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Antenna's on a Grundig YB-400
Date: 26 Sep 1996 23:51:23 GMT
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Hi,

I have a YB-400, and I can only get really major stations, such as BBC,
Havana Cuba, Deutsche Welle, SRI, Netherlands, etc.  I can never get
things such as Voice of Russia, Voice of Greece, Radio Romania
International, Israel, etc.

Would some sort of antenna help the problem, or is the YB-400 not
capable of receiving anything below the biggest?  FWIW, I'm in
Midwestern USA.

Also, what kind of antenna might I consider?  I live in an apartment,
FWIW.  Would something like the foldable Kiwa antenna be a viable
solution?

Thanks, Terry Murphy


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:30 1996
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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Antenna's on a Grundig YB-400
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 09:12:39 -0700
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TERENCE MURPHY wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a YB-400, and I can only get really major stations, such as BBC,
> Havana Cuba, Deutsche Welle, SRI, Netherlands, etc.  I can never get
> things such as Voice of Russia, Voice of Greece, Radio Romania
> International, Israel, etc.
>
> Would some sort of antenna help the problem, or is the YB-400 not
> capable of receiving anything below the biggest?  FWIW, I'm in
> Midwestern USA.
>
> Also, what kind of antenna might I consider?  I live in an apartment,
> FWIW.  Would something like the foldable Kiwa antenna be a viable
> solution?
>
> Thanks, Terry Murphy

Terry,

I am using my YB400 with a 60 foot long wire (the Radio Shack version)
and I have been very successful picking up fairly good DX from the east
coast.

As an apartment dweller, I can only assume that one of the active
antenna's on the market will help you pull in some good DX.  Check
Passport to World Band Radio.  They review a couple of active antennas
(or is it antennae?).

Good Luck,
John


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:31 1996
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Does anyone know of any SWL clubs in Southern Maryland?  I am
particularly interested in St. Mary's County, as well as Charles and
Calvert.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:32 1996
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From: George Goldsmith
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AOR-7030 Versus NRD535D !! Guess who wins ?
Date: 19 Sep 1996 16:11:27 -0700
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In article <[e-mail]>, "Thomas says...
 . . .
>Greg, I've been using the NRD-series receivers for years for all kinds
>of listening. It is one of the best utility receivers with the 1 kHz
>filter, RTTY and FAX modes for the money. (I'm excluding the very
>expensive W-J HF-1000 here.) But IMHO nothing can beat the coppertop
>Lowe HF-150 audio... and it is what I use for the bulk of my program
>listening. The -535D can dig the tough stuff out. An alternative to
>spending $600 for the HF-150 might be to explore the mods that Gilfer
>Shortwave and others can do on the NRD-535D.
>
>I had an R8A here too, better audio than the -535, but the HF-150 was/is
>the king of the hill here. I use the same speakers on all receivers
>(c.f. ../what_rx.htm and ../intro.htm).
 . . .
Mr. Sundstrom,

Regarding the comments above (and a more recent posting regarding the superior
-
ity of the R8A over the SW8), I'd appreciate your personal opinion on the fol-
lowing matter.  I've been listening to short wave over the last two or three
years using a Sangean 803 which, from my Los Angeles area location and antenna
limitations, has gotten me only so far.  I've drooled over the AOR 7030, the
recent Lowe (250?), the Drake R8A, and the NRD535s.  But with one child in
college, a single family income, and some looming medical bills, I realize tha
t
these receivers are beyond my means.  I was considering the FRG100 and the SW8
as replacements for my 803, but hardly considered the Lowe HF150.  Perhaps I
should.  I enjoy the major international broadcasters for current news content
,
and I spend only a very small amount of time trying to identify stations using
the WRTH publication.  DX is of much less a priority, although I'd just love
to hear Radio Tirana before I leave this planet (a decade or two from now, I
hope).

For these needs does the Lowe seem like a good contender to the FRG and SW8?
Are there _substantial_ benefits to either of these that one should consider
up against the Lowe?

Thank you for whatever assistance you might provide.  I have appreciated your
comments in this newsgroup over the past few years.  They have given stability
to a lot of the flotsam that seems to wash over most all newsgroups.

George Goldsmith
Information Technology / Data Modeling
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Huntington Beach and Long Beach, CA


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:33 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AR 7030 whip antenna?
Date: 22 Sep 1996 17:41:40 -0400
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In article <01bba8bc$3f4f4be0$[e-mail]>,
FF <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I am thinking of purchasing an AOR 7030, but am curious if it comes with a
>whip antenna and if so is it amplified. The reason is that I live in a high
>rise and my only antenna is a piece of wire attached to my whip and run out
>on the balcony. I would be using the same set up on the 7030. Would this
>radio accomidate this?

It does not come with a whip antenna. However there is a switchable
antenna preamp switch in the back, for use with a whip.


--
Mike Schuster       |        [e-mail] | [e-mail]
------------------- |        [e-mail]|


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:35 1996
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From: [e-mail] (fallowsj)
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Subject: Re: AR 7030 whip antenna?
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In article <01bba8bc$3f4f4be0$[e-mail]>, "FF" <Fdclnr@worldne
t.att.net> says:
>
>I am thinking of purchasing an AOR 7030, but am curious if it comes with a
>whip antenna and if so is it amplified. The reason is that I live in a high
>rise and my only antenna is a piece of wire attached to my whip and run out
>on the balcony. I would be using the same set up on the 7030. Would this
>radio accomidate this?
>
There are 3 choices: normal coaxial connection, high impedance wire, and
"whip".  When you select "whip" this activates an impedance matching
amplifier.  Use a telescopic whip or very SHORT wire fitted into the
coaxial connector.  The receiver does not come with a whip.  However,
it does have an internal whip amplifier (an FET amp using a J310,
according to the block diagram).

I would recommend using an external long wire over an internal whip,
mainly for reduced local noise off the ac circuits.  Here is what AOR
recommends from the manual: "Whip aerials can give fair results for
casual listening.  For best results external aerials in clear space are
recommended.  For shortwave reception a random length of long wire
approximately 10 to 20 meters in length forms a good compromise.  The
wire should be connected to the WIRE input of the AR7030.  If possible
try to locate the receiver close to a window so that the wire has
the shortest and most direct run from the rear of the receiver to the
outside world."  [page 31]  Another preferred alternative would be a
long wire through a magnetic balun transformer.

Good luck.  I have been enjoying my AR7030 since July.  It's great!  73


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:36 1996
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From: K. Campbell <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Arvin Shortwave Radio
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 20:18:20
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I need a powertransformer for the Arvin upright
shortwave radio, 6 volt batter powered.  Also a
manual.
KC

email:  [e-mail]
K. Campbell



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:37 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Bry)
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Subject: Re: Arvin Shortwave Radio
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 00:23:45 GMT
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You can probably find the sources for BOTH of these items at my Web Page
See mauals.txt and megalist.txt at:
http://www.mnsinc.com/bry/

K. Campbell <[e-mail]> whistled a happy tune like:

|>I need a powertransformer for the Arvin upright
|>shortwave radio, 6 volt batter powered.  Also a
|>manual.
|>KC

|>email:  [e-mail]
|>K. Campbell


Brian Carling, AF4K / G3XLQ
[e-mail]
http://www.mnsinc.com/bry = MEGALIST + HOCKEY + HAM RADIO = Bry's Page!



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:38 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Don Putnick)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ASWLC
Date: 26 Sep 1996 21:02:07 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>Is the ASWLC (American Short Wave Listeners Club) still active?
>It used to be based out of Huntington Beach, CA.

Yep, you can reach them at [e-mail]

--
Don Putnick
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:39 1996
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From: [e-mail] (DARKLY BRIGHT)
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Subject: Re: Baseball Playoff Seri
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 -=> Quoting Scott Gillen to All <=-

 SG> : Maybe we could convince WWCR to give over one of their four (!?)
 SG> : transmitters to baseball World Series and playoff coverage.  What
 SG> does  : the rest of the group think of this (admittedly longshot) idea?
 SG> I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 SG> Scott

        "What's in it for us???" is likely to be WWCR's answer to that.

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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:40 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Wilmac291)
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Subject: Re: Baseball Playoff Series
Date: 22 Sep 1996 02:40:42 -0400
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>>>Maybe we could convince WWCR to give over one of their four (!?)
transmitters to baseball World Series and playoff coverage.  What does
the rest of the group think of this (admittedly longshot) idea?<<<

Your info is correct.  No chance for SW baseball.  Also no chance of WWCR
getting rights to retransmit without a boatload of cash to the rights
holders, since WWCR can be heard in the US....

73's,
Bill McClintock
Mpls


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:40 1996
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From: John Figliozzi <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Baseball Playoff Series
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Wilmac291 wrote:

> Your info is correct.  No chance for SW baseball.  Also no chance of WWCR
> getting rights to retransmit without a boatload of cash to the rights
> holders, since WWCR can be heard in the US....
>
> 73's,
> Bill McClintock
> Mpls

I know you're right, Bill, but it was nice to dream for a minute,
wasn't it?  :-)




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:41 1996
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From: "Steve Conway." <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: BBC Monitoring did NOT hear an offshore radio 30 Aug
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 16:22:18 +0100
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If you want news on the radio scene (including offshore) that
is based on fact, not rumour, drop a line to [e-mail]
and subscribe to our twice-weekly news updates.

We have been covering the story of 2 alleged new ships for some time,
but did NOT carry the report about the BBC Monitoring Service,
because it seemed too far fetched.

Personally, I think any station which does make it on air offshore
will NOT be political - such a station would not last very long.

Regards


Steve Conway
Managing Editor - Line 1 Radio News.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:42 1996
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>The ship had been mothballed for seven years in the US after the
original
>project fell through.  I believe it to be the old Marti project.

What "Marti project"?  There *never* was a shipboard broadcast facility
built for Radio Marti.  Perhaps the poster is confusing the old VOA
Courier vessel for Marti.  Radio Marti continues broadcasts from Marathon
key (1180khz 100kw/50kw DA) as well as shortwave from Greenville/ Delano
(250kw).
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Rick Seifert
Office of Cuba Broadcasting
Engineering Supervisor
Radio Marti Technical Operations
Washington, D.C.  20547
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:43 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Andy Sennitt)
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Subject: Re: BBC to drop 15070 ...
Date: 26 Sep 1996 13:48:43 GMT
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Ray Woodward <[e-mail]> wrote:

>*Some* of these frequencies date back many years - the pre-war "Empire
>Service" apparently used 15070 for example.

As far as I can recall, the OOB frequencies used by the BBC were
originally allocated to the British Post Office (the old GPO) for use
by the various radiotelephone stations around the UK. For those too
young to remember, we haven't always had satellites. In the "old days"
HF was used if you wanted to call Auntie Gladys 6000 miles away.

When the Post Office no longer needed all the frequencies, some were
reassigned to the BBC to be used on a non-interference basis. I always
thought that this had been cleared by the ITU, but apparently some
recent "protests" from certain countries in Europe have caused the BBC
to be forced to quit these frequencies.

I don't think writing to the BBC to complain, as some have suggested,
will do any good whatsoever because the BBC is just complying with a
request and did not make the decision unilaterally.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:44 1996
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From: [e-mail] (David Sieber)
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Subject: BBC World Services Home Page???
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 09:31:25 GMT
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I am new to the world of SW, so please pardon a basic question.
(Could not Find FAQ). Does BBC World Services have a home page
that links to their programme schedule and freq.

Many thanks?
    David  Sieber
    Lockheed Martin  -- Portsmouth Hampshire UK


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:46 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Morris the Cat)
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Subject: Re: BC-348 was Re: OLD  S.W. sets
Date: 24 Sep 1996 17:25:53 GMT
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|I like to use my BC-348.  It is a WWII, B-17 bomber, (and others,)
|receiver built in 1943.  General coverage 200kHz-500kHz and 1.5mHz-18mHz
|in six bands.  I just recently obtained a service manual for it through
|a usenet post and was able to fix an intermittant reception problem.
|The audio quality is "warm" and quite listenable.  My next task is to
|"ferret" out and replace any more leaky capacitors, then give it a good
|tune-up.  Logged Radio New Zealand last week using a 15foot length of
|wire tacked to the ceiling of my workroom.  Not bad for a 53 year old.

I had a BC-348(R) once but have since dumped it eons ago (traded it for
an AC Voltmeter)... I replaced ALL the infernal "MICAMOLD" .01mfd paper
caps because they are ALL crap; mylars are the way to go when replacing
them. Don't wait for your set to suddenly go dead with that burning
smell... I think some of the old Surplus Conversion manuals (and other
articles from the late-1940s, early-50s) recommend lifting the 1st RF
amplifier tube's cathode resistor (and also changing it's value) from the
line that connects to the RF Gain control and grounding it
(the Audio and RF pots are ganged together, I think)
so as to maintain an optimum Noise Figure
when manipulating the Gain control. Actually, you might be better off
replacing the 1st RF tube with something better i.e. more modern like a
6EH7 remote-cutoff pentode (or 6BZ6 or ...) to get some more gain and
a better NF.... I constructed an adapter to use the 9-pin minature 6EH7
in place of the octal base 6K7 myself... good lead dress and shielding
though I think would be the order of the day, unless one replaced the
octal socket with a minature tube's in the set itself...

I think it was CQ magazine that had an article in the early 1950s about
constructing a "Q-5er" selective IF strip for the BC-348 that fit into
the dynamotor position. This was a device that used two octal pentagrid
convertor tubes (6SA7s(?)) that shared a common tank circuit for the
oscillator circuit. The idea was that you took the 915khz IF, fed it
into a convertor tube that downconverted the signal down to 85Khz, where
the three IF transformers from a BC-453 Command Set receiver were used
to provide selectivity, and then upconvert 85Khz signal back to 915kHz.
The idea works with the 7-pin miniature tube 6BE6 convertor tube as
well...

One thing I never liked about the BC-348 was the use of a worm gear
that connects to the tuning knob shaft; motion in the Z-axis of the knob
causes the frequency to vary, but you could put a spring and bearing
washer beind the crankknob if it bothers you.

One thing you might try to see if you can get low-distortion high quality
audio to get one of those SONY AM Stereo Walkmans (SRF-42) from Rat
Shack, etc. and feed a bit of the IF output into the set; I bet you would
get some amazing sounding SW signals from that set up...

|--
|Dave Hills, P.E.
|DH Associates
|[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:47 1996
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From: Will Beachy <[e-mail]>
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 20:00:30 -0400
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I'm also a newbie to SW.  I'm in MD and would like to listen to
utilities but I can only seem to find radio programs.

Will


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:48 1996
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From: Robert Matter <[e-mail]>
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Hello,

I am new to SWL.  I have a Grundig YB-305 portable.  My English
basement apartment is about 5 feet below ground level, so indoor
listening with the built-in antenna is not too good.  It works very
well outside though.

Anyway, I stretched a wire to a tree outside my window about 10 feet
away and about 8 feet high, North-South.  My reception improved greatly,
but now when I am tuned in to a particular frequency, I can hear other
transmissions in the background at the same time which is annoying.
Some powerful staions broadcasting on nearby frequencies
sometimes totally drown out the frequency I am trying to listen too.

Is this a result of having a cheap radio, not having a properly measured
length of wire, too short a wire, or all of the above?  I was thinking
about extending my wire from the existing tree about 75 feet to another
tree parallel with the ground about 10 feet high East-West.

Thanks,

-Bob



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:49 1996
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From: [e-mail] (DSchopp)
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Subject: Re: Bought R.S. longwire antenna for my R.S. DX-390, HELP!!!!
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In article <523p11$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Highway) wrote:

> Hi,
> I recently bought a shortwave antenna from Radio Shack for my DX-390
> receiver, I know it's not great, but what the heck.
> Well, anyway, I put the wire antenna up across my yard, following the
> instructions, but now, all I get in the low freq's is these damn
> stations from cuba or puerto rico or wherever, drowning out everything
> else between 3.000 and 5.400, is there anything I can do to rectify
> this problem?

I currently own a Sangean ATS 818 which is the same radio as the Dx-390. I
also use the Radio Shack longwire antenna as my external antenna. I've
found that my 818 and I assume the Dx-390 are prone to overload, when
using a long wire antenna at night. This overload will be even worse at
the lower frequencies because lower frequency are very suceptible to
noise. I've found that with the antenna connected and the RF gain turned
down all the way the noise level, at night, is still to high to make
listening virtually impossible. But I've also found that the 818 is
sensitve enough, at night, with the telescopic antenna extended, to allow
me to listen to the major worldband broadcasts.

 I've found that if I just push the miniplug into the jack that I can
increase signal strengh without overloading the radio. Of course this
works best during daylight when the noise level is lower. This afternoon,
with the miniplug connected in this way, I was able to listen to Radio
Kuwait's 1800-2100 broadcast on 11990 kHz. With just the radio's
telescopic antenna extended the radio did not even register the Radio
Kuwait broadcast.

I don't know what can be done to rectify this problem short of buying a
radio less prone to overload.

Dan Schopp


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:50 1996
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From: Ronald Coursey <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Brand New 2006 Scanners $350
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 17:25:03 -0700
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I have 10 brand new sealed in the box Radio Shack scanners - these are
brand new not refurbs or serviced they are NEW!
Selling for $350 each firm.
General Device Instruments
408-241-7376

Fed-X shipping US $15 (2 Day Air) COD add $5
We take Visa and Master Card as long as shipment is to the same
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Please ask for Ron Coursey

Sorry we only have 10


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:52 1996
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From: [e-mail] (P.J.M.Boon)
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Subject: Bush House Flowers
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 08:33:30 GMT
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Hi,
Last week i was in London, and (offcourse) also visited Bush House (the home
of BBC World Service). And at the main gate there were flowers and petitions
to keep the world service a separate organisation.
So if you are going to be in London, near Strand, sign the petition and (if
possible) lay some flowers at the main gate.
It is worth visiting btw, because of the BBC Shop situated at the south side.
Piet.

If you're british write to your local MP.
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:53 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Roger Dobrick)
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Subject: Re: Bush House Flowers
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We visited Bush House on our vacation last summer.  Unfortunately, because
of security concerns, there are no guided tours.  But the BBC shop around
back *is* a great place to pick up books, CD's cassettes--even some videos
in the NTSC format.

Also picked up a Monty Python T-shirt with the lyrics to "The Lumberjack
Song" on the back!


Roger
Milwaukee, USA



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:54 1996
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From: Mark Gingrich <[e-mail]>
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Roger Dobrick ([e-mail]) wrote:

> We visited Bush House on our vacation last summer. [snip]

Coincidentally, I was just examining the photo of the Bush House facade,
shown on page 8 of my recently arrived _1997 Passport to World Band Radio_.
I've been trying to make out the complete inscription on the lintel:
[Words obscured by a tree] OF ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES.  Would someone
please fill in the blank?


> Also picked up a Monty Python T-shirt with the lyrics to "The Lumberjack
> Song" on the back!

Ah, but do they sell a Monty Python T-shirt with the complete dialogue
from "The Argument Clinic" skit?

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Mark Gingrich      [e-mail]      San Leandro, California
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:55 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Ken Wong)
Subject: Re: CBC Radio/Stereo on Internet
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:

> Hello, Friends:
>
> This announcement was contained within Wednesday's CBC Hotsheet this
> evening and I thought it might be of interest to some of you:
>
> ***CBC RADIO AND STEREO ON-LINE:
>
> This Thursday, CBC will become the first national public
> broadcaster in the world to offer continuous, real-time,
> on-line transmission of its radio services. This means that
> audio-equipped Internet users all around the world can get
> CBC Radio and Stereo broadcasts just by visiting CBC's
> website at : http://www.radio.cbc.ca and clicking on the
> "radio live" or "stereo live" buttons. The site will carry
> the Eastern time zone release of all network programming,
> plus local and regional programs produced in Toronto. Radio
> On-Line will be launched on As It Happens Thursday at 6:30
> p.m. (7:00 NT) and Stereo On-Line will be launched Friday
> September 27 on Radio Concert Hall at 9:00 a.m. (9:30 NT)

Radio Canada International beat them and is at http://205.205.237.30

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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:57 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Dan Senderowicz)
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Subject: composer of the month?
Date: 25 Sep 1996 16:50:19 GMT
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Hi,

I just missed the episode of "Composer of the Month", aired on
BBC, Wednesday 25, at 5:30 UTC. Does anybody know if and when
they repeat the same programme? Thanks a lot.

Dan


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:38:58 1996
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From: John Figliozzi <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Date on Old Zenith
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 22:35:56 -0400
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Hello, Greg:

According to Bunis "Collector's Guide to Antique Radio" 2nd edition,
the radio in question was manufactured in 1941.

Hope this helps.

John Figliozzi



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From: [e-mail] (Al Friedrich )
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Subject: Re: DC-777 and electrical noice
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 03:43:46 GMT
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[e-mail]       (Michael Matus) wrote:

>OK, I put my DC777 in another car. I get electrical noise
>from ignition whine and power windows. I may note that the
>unit pulled from this car had the same problem and the
>Philips was quiet in the car I pulled it from.

>This car does have a power amp in line if that makes any
>difference.

>Where do I start?

Check that there is a good ground to the radio.

You can try resistor spark plugs  or resistive spark plug wires.




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:00 1996
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From: RichardáTorrens <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Digital Volt & / or Amp Meter
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Jack L. Reed) wrote:
>
> Anyone know where I can get a kit for a digital volt meter and
> /or a ditigal amp meter for 12 Volt dc model train layout ???

You won't get a 'kit' but you can get a DMM module. What exactly do you
want?

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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:01 1996
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From: [e-mail] (WJoeW)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: DRAKE SW-8 Drawings
Date: 24 Sep 1996 22:03:12 -0400
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I have one set of PCB and schematic drawings for the Drake SW-8 which I
will ship to you (mailing tube) for $20.

Joe



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:02 1996
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From: [e-mail]
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Subject: drake sw8 vs 2010
Date: 21 Sep 1996 03:07:07 GMT
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drake sw8 vs 2010

I use an r8 for main listening. I would like like a second radio for the yard
which doesn't need an ext antenna. I listen a  lot to the aero band and l live
 only several miles
from jfk. they both have aero vhf. Do either have a squelch for listening to t
his band. I also listen to ssb trans-atlanticaero coms  How do they compare? I
f they are
about the same I'd rather buy the sony at half the price? Thank You for commen
ts


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:03 1996
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From: Fred Porzelt <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Eddystone Receivers
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Carroll Senn <[e-mail]> wrote:
A while back on this NG these was a posting about an Eddystone users group.
Maybe someone will repost, as I am interested too.

[e-mail] wrote in article <[e-mail]>...
> I am interested in the history and communications receivers produced by
the
> Eddystone Radio Company in England.

I saved this post from a while ago; hope it helps:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
In article <4vk6e2$[e-mail]> Peter Costello, [e-mail] writes:
>The Forts ([e-mail]) wrote: >: Are there any active groups, forums
or the like suporting these wonderful old receivers? I have acquired a 960
(solid state - ugh!!) circa 1964 and am looking  to get hold of more -
anybody know of any resources/sources especially in Australia?  Cheers -
Mark Fort

>    If you have WWW access, explore the classic radio links on the WWW
>Shortwave/Radio Catalog - Radio Topics page.  http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/
>There are a lot more links but those will lead you directly to them. Also
there
>is a news group where you can post your question: rec.antiques.radio+phono
>
By amazing co-incidence the following text will be in the next issue of
Medium Wave News;

"Eddystone Users Group
Most Circle members who have been around a while will have heard of the
range of shortwave receivers made by Eddystone. For many these receivers
were the "bees knees" in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Their receivers were
justly renowned for their robustness and for the famous dials and flywheel
tuning drives. Even so you may not realise that Eddystone are still in
business today (producing transmitters and receivers for the broadcast and
marine markets). On the other hand you may not be surprised to learn of the
Eddystone User Group since their are many proud owners of Eddystone
equipment.

Now in its sixth year, this is a society of collectors and users of
Eddystone equipment. The Eddystone User Group produces a bi-monthly
newsletter of hints, tips and features and provides access to the world's
largest collection of Eddystone documents and technical information. The
April 1996 newsletter (issue number 36) ran to 36 (A4) pages. Membership in
the UK costs #10 (overseas #11) and further details are available from
Graeme Wormald G3GGL, 15 Sabrina Drive, Bewdley, Worcs DY12 2RJ. The User
Group is actively supported by Eddystone Radio Ltd." If you contact Graeme
please  say I sent you. Steve Editor Medium Wave News
Steve Whitt <[e-mail]>     8/27/96 11:26 AM


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:04 1996
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From: [e-mail]
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Subject: Re: FM and MW bc-band freqs for Israel, Saudi Arabia,etc.
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 16:26:02 -0700
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[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Hello! Can anyone tell me what are the FM and MW bc-band frequencies for Isr
ael, Saudi Arabia and other Middle-Eastern
> countries? I am trying to modify some radios for use in these countries. Tha
nk you for your time.
> <CL Lim> [e-mail].

The publishers of WRTH puts out a book called something like "The
Travelers Guide to World Band Radio" which contains grids with English
language MW, FM and SW broadcasts which can be heard in about 50 major
cities.

I find it a good little traveling companion, But I'm not sure whether the
cities you are looking for are included.  You can check Borders Bookstore
where I got my copy.

Good Luck.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:06 1996
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> From: <cllim>[e-mail]
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> Subject: FM and MW bc-band freqs for Israel, Saudi Arabia,etc.
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> Hello! Can anyone tell me what are the FM and MW bc-band frequencies for
Israel, Saudi Arabia and other Middle-Eastern
> countries? I am trying to modify some radios for use in these countries.
Thank you for your time.
> <CL Lim> [e-mail].
>

Here are radio frequencies for Israel:

English news on AM (there is no English on FM)
Radio 1

576 khz (central region, Tel Aviv)
1458 khz (Jerusalem and Eilat)

7:00-7:15 news
13:00 news flash
17:00-17:30 current affairs magazine

the biggest stations are:

Radio 2 - 95.5 mhz for Tel Aviv and Jerusalem 657
657 khz Tel Aviv and 1080 mhz Jerusalem

Army Radio - 92.4 mhz Tel Aviv, 93.9 Jerusalem
1207 Tel Aviv and 1404 Jerusalem




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:07 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Dan Pike)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: FM and MW bc-band freqs for Israel, Saudi Arabia,etc.
Date: 25 Sep 1996 17:13:56 GMT
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Perhaps you might consider buying an old-fashioned BOOK.  It's the World
Radio-TV Handbook, and it's not much bigger or more expensive than a
videocassette.   It has everything in there you are asking about, plus a
lot more.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:08 1996
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From: [e-mail] (WildcatMcC)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: FREE SHORTWAVE RADIO
Date: 21 Sep 1996 11:43:49 -0400
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Whatis all this political junk doing in a radio hobby newsgroup?  Just an
honest question from a hobbyist who prefers to scan other groups for this
kind of stuff.  Can't we keep this for RADIO?


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:09 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS:  JRC NRD-525 Receiver
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 00:22:29 GMT
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I have too many receivers and just don't have the time the listen as
much as I once did, so it is with regret I must thin out my
"collection".

I am selling my "baby", my JRC NRD-525 "DX Weapon" Communications
Receiver.  Here are some basic specs (from memory, but close)..

 Basic Specifications

Tunes 100kHz to 34 Mhz (extremely stable, 10Hz resolution)

Modes:  AM/FM/CW/USB/LSB/RTTY

 200 Memories for storing favorite frequencies (which themselves can
be tuned.... very valuable feature)

Memory scan and Limit Searching Scans.

Audio Record out, Recorder Control Outpur, and clock/timer for
unattended operations to tape.

Computer controllable via the included (optional) computer control
interface and PC serial cable.  (Several software packages included as
well).

Comes with original box, Owner's Manual, Factory Service Manual and
optional computer control package (listed above).  Receiver is very
very clean and has a late serial number.

Asking $750 or would consider trade for multi-band all-mode ham
transceiver (2M/6M preferred) of recent vintage.

E-Mail if interested.

Steve
WB7PSD





From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:10 1996
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From: [e-mail] (WJoeW)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS:  Old SW Magazines
Date: 24 Sep 1996 21:25:52 -0400
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I have the following lot of 23 old SW magazines:

Radio News:  7/33, 9/33
Radio News and the Short-Wave: 5/34, 7/34, 8/34, 9/34, 11/34
Radio News and Shortwave Radio:  12/34, 1/35, 2/35, 3/35, 5/35, 6/35,
7/35, 10/35 (plus another one w/o cover), 11/35, 12/35, 1/36, 4/36, 11/36,
12/36, 1/37

They are in reasonably good condition.  I would like to sell as a lot for
$85 shipped to you in CONUS.

Joe


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From: [e-mail](NATHAN KEITH)
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Subject: FS: Digial Siginal Processor
Date: 24 Sep 1996 22:18:57 GMT
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DSP40 diginal siginal processor by radio shack. As new, mint, includes
manual, original box, cables, mounts.  Great performance on SW.  First
$40.00 takes.

Nathan


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From: John Kirby <[e-mail]>
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FS: Icom R71A general coverage HF receiver with optional I/R remote,
computer interface and DC cable kit. Unit recently shopped, has all new
trimmer caps., logic board and battery, in other words in tip-top shape
both internally and cosmetically. Recently received my Tech. license and
am selling to purchase VHF/UHF equipment.
Price: asking $650.00 + shipping/insurance.


   John Kirby                                      [e-mail]
 St. Charles, IL                        __________________________________
     60174                                A CITIZEN IN THE STATE OF YARAK


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:13 1996
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Subject: FS: Sony ICF-SW7600G
Date: 21 Sep 1996 14:15:08 -0400
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    Sony ICF-SW7600G with AN-71 reel antenna, earphone, original box,
manuals, etc.  Seldom used, absolutely mint condition: $120.  Will deliver
to Seattle area or UPS stateside.
       Jon


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From: David Hunt <[e-mail]>
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Subject: FS: Zenith Trans Oceanic
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 10:21:45 -0700
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FOR SALE: Price reduced! Zenith Trans-Oceanic Royal 3000 portable. 1960s
all transister radio. 9 bands, shortwave, AM, and FM. All manuals plus
detachable Wavemagnet antenna. Excellent condition, used on a regular
basis. Now $150. Dave [phone], [e-mail].


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:15 1996
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From: Michael Neidich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.antiques.radio+phono,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.equip
Subject: FS:==ZENITH TransOceanic Royal R7000-1
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 04:08:03 -0700
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Excellent condition 11 band (including weather VHF xtal-controlled). No
log book. Asking $195 plus shipping. This is the last of the US made
models.  Tuning meter, BFO, RF Gain, Tone, Volume, Bandwidth, AFC.
Mike, Santa Clara, CA 95050


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:16 1996
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From: Martin Doctor <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.antiques.radio+phono,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.equip
Subject: Re: FS:==ZENITH TransOceanic Royal R7000-1
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:27:35 -0400
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Colin Newell wrote:
>
> In <[e-mail]> Michael Neidich <[e-mail]> writes:
>
> >Excellent condition 11 band (including weather VHF xtal-controlled). No
> >log book. Asking $195 plus shipping. This is the last of the US made
> >models.  Tuning meter, BFO, RF Gain, Tone, Volume, Bandwidth, AFC.
> >Mike, Santa Clara, CA 95050
>
> A fellow enthusiast, Walt S. got two of them at a garage sale:
>
> One was free, the other 40$.
>
> I restored the dead one. ( A shorted cap in the I.F. stage )
>
> Nice audio. 195$ is a bit of the high side for a radio like this.
Actually, I've seen them for more than $195. I've already got a nice one
of these and they are nice radios.  (Walt S. stole them in my opinion)


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:16 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Scannaman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS:RS DX-394
Date: 23 Sep 1996 10:06:48 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
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I have a Radio Shack DX-394 for sale or trade. WIll include a RS amplified
antenna and a set of headphones. Looking to get 275 cash, or will trade
for scanner-2006, 2005, 2035, 2042, BC8500 or 9000  email me if
interested, will deliver in the N.Mass/S.NH area.....


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:17 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Ralph Brandi)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: garage/punk programs on SW?
Date: 21 Sep 1996 14:02:59 GMT
Organization: AT&T, no, Lucent Technologies Bell Labs, no, Network Systems, Tech Pubs, no, CTIP, oh, I give up....
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In article <51k2oj$[e-mail]>,  <[e-mail]> wrote:

>>Carlo Virtucio ([e-mail]) wrote:
>>: I was wondering if there are any SW stations that have any garage/punk
>>: music programs?  If there are such programs what are the frequencies and
>>: times?

>I remember catching some very cool stuff on R. Prague when Havel
>ruled.  The good stuff is always hard to find.

Vaclav Havel still rules the Czech Republic, and the staff at Radio
Prague is largely the same as it was a few years ago.  In fact, the
director of Radio Prague is a rock musician with a nice collection of
guitars.  :-)  But I don't think you'll find a regularly-scheduled
program of garage/punk music there, and I don't think you ever have.  :-)
They do occasionally air interesting rock music (my personal fave is
60s Vltava-beat longhairs The Matadors), but it's not exactly predictable
when, and it's usually done in the context of a report on one of their
cultural programs about the musicians in question.
--
Ralph Brandi     [e-mail]     http://www.mcs.com/~ralph/

Darn!  That's the end.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:19 1996
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: garage/punk programs on SW?
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 04:31:13 GMT
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>Vaclav Havel still rules the Czech Republic, and the staff at Radio
>Prague is largely the same as it was a few years ago.  In fact, the
>director of Radio Prague is a rock musician with a nice collection of
>guitars.  :-)  But I don't think you'll find a regularly-scheduled
>program of garage/punk music there, and I don't think you ever have.  :-)
>They do occasionally air interesting rock music (my personal fave is
>60s Vltava-beat longhairs The Matadors), but it's not exactly predictable
>when, and it's usually done in the context of a report on one of their
>cultural programs about the musicians in question.
>--
>Ralph Brandi     [e-mail]     http://www.mcs.com/~ralph/

>Darn!  That's the end.
I'm glad to hear he's still in charge.  I don't recall any regular
programs either, just an occasional cut here and there.  dr
Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:20 1996
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From: Ron Hardin <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superradio AM Impressions
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 16:22:06 -0400
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Ben Williams wrote:
> On AM, the radio leaves some things to be desired. I am a dedicated AM liste
ner.
> I am also located in an extremely rural area - it's 300 miles to the nearest
> real city (Billings, Montana) - so I've got a good situiation for no signifi
cant
> local interference.

Build a tuned loop antenna and put the radio inside, and your performance will
improve tenfold (18" wooden frame, 14 turns of wire separated a bit, and a bro
adcast
band variable capacitor with knob: I happen to like Ocean State Electronics BC
10140
10-140/12-420 pf because it has an extended range on the larger half, and orde
r a knob
for it; or you can use the cap. mounted in a Radio Shack crystal set kit).

It only helps in the day, though (the signals are all too present at night).

The tuning of the SRIII depends on the voltage, incidentally, so if it drifts
probably the voltage isn't stable.

Ocean State order line, 1-800-866-6626, no connection with me.
--
Ron Hardin
[e-mail]

On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:20 1996
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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Greek Radio Web Site?
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 15:07:38 GMT
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[e-mail] (Roger Dobrick) wrote:


>Can anyone provide a Web Site address for any external radio services coming
>out of Greece?


>Roger

Try out http://alpha.servicenet.ariadne-t.gr/Docs/Era5_1.html

I have gotten one QSL sending the reception report to:

[e-mail]

Good Lucky. ([e-mail])






From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:21 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Alec Lemas)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Greek Radio Web Site?
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 19:11:44 GMT
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[e-mail] wrote:

>[e-mail] (Roger Dobrick) wrote:


>>Can anyone provide a Web Site address for any external radio services coming
>>out of Greece?


>>Roger

>Try out http://alpha.servicenet.ariadne-t.gr/Docs/Era5_1.html

>I have gotten one QSL sending the reception report to:

>[e-mail]

>Good Lucky. ([e-mail])

 Excellent url.Thanks.

 lemas




********************************
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    Retired from "The Cold"  |
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:22 1996
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From: Aron Felix Gurski <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Grundig Satellit 700 instructions
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 19:44:56 +0200
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John Huebler wrote:
>
> Grundig's Satellit 700 comes with a small booklet called "Brief Operating In
structions" which is
> in English and one other language (can't remember which one). I am looking f
or a copy of this
> manual, if anyone would care to sell one to me please write to me directly.
Thank you.
>
> John Huebler
> [e-mail]

Why don't you just write to Grundig and ask for one or a photocopy of
one?

                                        -- Aron


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:23 1996
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From: Veggy Vinny <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Grundig YB500 for Sale
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 09:50:52 -0700
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        Brand New Grundig Yacht Boy 500 Radio for sale...  $200 or Best
Offer.

Vince




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:25 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Cocp)
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Subject: Re: Grundig YB500 for Sale
Date: 24 Sep 1996 11:12:43 -0400
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Why you selling the YB500?


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:26 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Mike Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Grundig YB700 Any Use At all?
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 96 22:15:30 +1200
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A friend has offered to sell me a Grundig YB700.

I know very little about radios.  Will this be any use to listen to SW?
Would it be better to buy a "New" radio? What price should I pay?
--
Mike Jones
Email: [e-mail]
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.  Woody Allen


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:27 1996
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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 17:55:51 CDT
From: Ron Russell <[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Hallicrafters tubes available?
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Does anyone know a source of tubes for a Hallicrafters shortwave
receiver?  I saw one at a resale shop, with a note claiming it
needed tubes.  Otherwise, it appeared to be in very good condition.
I don't know the model number of the set, so don't know which tubes
it takes, but the set was supposedly styled by Raymond Loewry (sp?)
with a crescent shaped dial, and other "modern" styling features.

Ron


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:29 1996
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From: [e-mail] (John Doty)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hallicrafters tubes available?
Date: 25 Sep 1996 13:48:05 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> Ron Russell <[e-mail]
u> writes:
> Does anyone know a source of tubes for a Hallicrafters shortwave
> receiver?  I saw one at a resale shop, with a note claiming it
> needed tubes.  Otherwise, it appeared to be in very good condition.
> I don't know the model number of the set, so don't know which tubes
> it takes, but the set was supposedly styled by Raymond Loewry (sp?)
> with a crescent shaped dial, and other "modern" styling features.

Check out the rec.antiques.radio+phono FAQ for info on restoration.
Tube sources are listed there. If it's not on your news server, it
may be obtained via ftp from rtfm.mit.edu.

Beware that if it isn't working, there are almost certainly more
problems than just missing or bad tubes. Tubes wear out with use,
but they withstand the rigors of sitting on the shelf unused far
better than other components. Since the tubes are socketed and
easily replaceable, there is a tendency to assume that they are
the culprit if there's a problem, while in fact the failure rates
of 40 year old capacitors and resistors are much higher than the
failure rates of 40 year old tubes.

--
John Doty               "You can't confuse me, that's my job."
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:30 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Thomas Jox)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
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To: ENGLISH_DEPARTMENT  <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] meinte am 17.09.96
zum Thema "HCJB's ANDEAN HERALD 96/73":

> ...or on the World Wide Web at: http:\\www.hcjb.org.ec
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                  http://www.hcjb.org.ec/      :-)

Cu

Tom

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To: ENGLISH_DEPARTMENT  <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] meinte am 17.09.96
zum Thema "HCJB's ANDEAN HERALD 96/73":

> ...or on the World Wide Web at: http:\\www.hcjb.org.ec
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                  http://www.hcjb.org.ec/   :-)


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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:31 1996
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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help ID 1190 kHz stn
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 05:35:28 GMT
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[e-mail] (Geralyn M. Hollerman) wrote:

>Does anyone have any ideas on who I might be listening to on 1190 kHz from
>oh, say 2000-0000 EDT? I've heard lots of AC music, a countdown ("Phase 5
>countdown"), and mentions of "B(or Z) 94 and K105" and "94.3". My antenna
>is looped NW/SE, and I have a pretty good null of WOWO. Any help is
>appreciated - email if you can!

This is where the World Radio TV Handbook comes in handy.   Mine's at
home.
dr



Dave Rickmers            he who lives by the
[e-mail]    crystal ball soon learns
Papoon for president     to eat ground glass



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:32 1996
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From: nstn2458Lloyd Mac Donald <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: HELP me buy the BEST..
Date: 23 Sep 1996 16:29:37 GMT
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AM radio. I have a great SW, a good FM  and a lousy AM.The AM on the SW
and FM are  whats lousy. There must be a great AM out there...somewhere.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:33 1996
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From: [e-mail] (David Barts)
Subject: Re: HELP me buy the BEST..
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In a previous article, [e-mail] (nstn2458Lloyd Mac Donald) says:

>AM radio. I have a great SW, a good FM  and a lousy AM.The AM on the SW
>and FM are  whats lousy. There must be a great AM out there...somewhere.

The "best" such radio is likely to be some sort of specialized
military or commercial gear costing thousands of dollars.  Somehow, I
don't think that's the answer you were looking for.

A good cheap way to get an AM radio is to buy an old analog automotive
radio at a flea market; one can often find these for $1 or less.
Connect an external antenna (buy an automotive antenna from Rat Shack,
connect it, and adjust the antenna trimmer screw), speaker, and power
supply.  Auto radios typically have a nice, powerful audio section and
much better sensitivity and selectivity than most consumer-grade
electronics.

You may have to experiment with antenna placement a little; car radios
seem to be _very_ sensitive to noise if the antenna is in a "bad"
location.

--
        David W. Barts ([e-mail]) / REAL radios glow in the dark.
                ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++
         ++++ if you agree copy these 3 sentences in your own sig ++++
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:34 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Paul Ormandy)
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Subject: Re: How do I subscribe to the AM FLASH newsletter ?
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>  I used to subscribe to an E-mail newsletter dealing with MW DX'ing only
>and it was called something like AM FLASH or something like that.
>Can anyone tell me how to subscribe to that E-mail newsletter
again.

Send an e-mail to Phil Bytheway at [e-mail]

73s Paul



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:35 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Massimo Balestra)
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Subject: Re: In defense of the Satellit 700
Date: 23 Sep 1996 12:12:06 GMT
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In article <01bba73a$a9d32730$54538ace@zfae0a>,
[e-mail] says...
>
>I have Sat700 and it has been well worth the money.
>

I have too and the reception is very good.

Ciao



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:36 1996
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From: David Gan <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Is a Panasonic RF-2200 any good?
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I'm using a 20 year old Panasonic RF-2200 portable 8 band SW.
It is a double superhet. type receiver.  It appears to work ok
but I get lots of noise with the built-in antenna.

1) Should I get into another unit? ,or,
2) Will a good external antenna help me, (or both).

What do you think?

Thanks.

D.Gan


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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:39 1996
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From: "Tom C. Brown, Jr." <[e-mail]>
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> Tom ...
>
>     You may be interested that Collins built one of these for
> their radios in the '30's.
>
> --
> Barry Anderson K3SUI
> Frederick, MD. 21702
> [e-mail]




Hi Barry-

Whoa!  I didn't know about that one.  I do have one Collins 75S-1 that
has the optional Collins noise blanker module that they made for it, but
the rig I spoke about is another 75S-1 that has the Waters Rejection
Tuning installed where the noise blanker goes, so there will be no
internal noise blanker in that one.  I never knew that they made
something external like that.

I sure appreciate the info!

73 and TKS again

Tom KJ5IE


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:41 1996
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From: [e-mail] (DAVID ALLAN   BOUCHER)
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Subject: Keeping track of it all!
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One of the frustrations of being a SWL....is keeping track of schedules
& frequencies & times.....

....when you finally think you've got them down....they go and change
them on you...!

What is the best way to keep track of all the SW stations, their
schedules and frequencies?

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
--
Dave in Boston  (E-Mail: [e-mail])


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:41 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Harold Screven)
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Does anyone have manuals for a Communications Electronics Inc.
Model 775-3 or a Watkins Johnson 977 Receivers.  I will pay
for an original or good quality copy.  Please resond by
Email to:

[e-mail]







From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:42 1996
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From: [e-mail] (alcue)
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In article <524o2t$[e-mail]>, [e-mail](Harve
y Brody) says:
>
>        MATT CAMP, THIEF WHO LIVES IN GLEN ROCK, N.J [phone]
>

That's too bad.

Now go away.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:43 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Bruce Markowitz)
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Next time pay attention

[e-mail](Harvey Brody) wrote:

>        MATT CAMP, THIEF WHO LIVES IN GLEN ROCK, N.J [phone]

>       After an exchange of e-mail messages using the Mac***portable
>      newsgroup, we agreed to trade a my pc notebook for the Camp's
>      Powerbook 170.  Prior tothe actual trade date Camp assured me
>      that his Powerbook worked per Apple specs, except for a "strange"
>      inability for the battery to recharge.

>       Well we made the trade on Sunday, Sept. 15, 1996 in Dutchess
>      County. Camp's father  produced a battery from a box, and then
>      demonstrated a working Powerbook.I returned home and found that
>      the Powerbook, claimed by Camp and his father  to work, except
>       for an inability to recharge the main battery was defective and
>      wouldn't start.

>       Camp was aware that I would never have agreed to any trade if he
>      disclosed the actual condition of his Powerbook.

>       Fortunately I have a Trade Agreement with Camp, that is
>      enforceable.. AOL has agreed to assist me, since Camp used their
>      mail server , and they take a rather dim view of interstate fraud
>      being  transmitted by AOL. In addition since some of Camps's
>      fraud occurred in  NYS the NY State Police will assist me in this
>      situation, along with the Dutchess County DA.

>       Now Matt Camp refuses to return the computer property that was
>      stolen from me,
>
>       It is interesting to note like father like son because Matt
>      Camp's father fully participated in this fraud and theft.

>       Matt Camp resides at 81 Concord Ave, in Glen Rock, NJ. 07452
>      Camp fled from AOL (wonder why?) and has a Netcom account
>      (for now).
>
>       This fraud hasn't dimmed my respect for the Net community. The
>      Camp garbage will be dealt with strongly. Of course the key point
>      here is to get it in writing, and know the Law.

>      Harvey


>

Reply here ([e-mail]) or:
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:44 1996
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>      Harvey


Harvey, Spammer With a Grudge....

Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:45 1996
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Harvey,

Keep us posted as to how this all plays out. Since most hams use and
deal with computers this is a very relevant concern. Not only that but
your deal could just as easily have involved trading radios. It's
important to see what the authorities are able to do.

Dave
N8YCJ


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:46 1996
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.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:47 1996
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From: Jonathan Marks <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Media Network Audio Files
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 19:42:06 +0100
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The auadio files for Media Network can be found at
http://www.wrn.org/stations/rnw.html. We're always interested in
response.

Cheers from Holland

Jonathan Marks & Diana Janssen


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I'm still trying to get hold of one of these, any help out there?


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:48 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Chris Mennie)
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        I'm looking for a program that'll take a source from my
soundblaster and translate the morse code into text...can anyone help me
here? thanks.

--
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:49 1996
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From: Will Beachy <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: morse code reader software
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 15:57:18 -0400
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To: Tony Calguire <[e-mail]>

Tony Calguire wrote:
>
> On 22 Sep 1996, Chris Mennie wrote:
>
> >
> >       I'm looking for a program that'll take a source from my
> > soundblaster and translate the morse code into text...can anyone help me
> > here? thanks.
> >
>
> There's an excellent, simple DOS program called FFT Morse.  It's
> downloadable from:
>
> ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/hamradio/fftmorse.zip
>
> --
>    _____________
>   /_____  _____/  Tony Calguire
>   _____/_/____
>  / __________/    [e-mail]
> ( (__/ /____
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>    / /
>   /_/
Anything for a Mac?

Will


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:50 1996
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Reuben King wrote:
>
> In article <[e-mail]>, "J. Heilig" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> > Yes, as a matter of fact, I do.  I'll send you my bills, you pay them,
> > okay?
> >
> > NOW PISS OFF!
>
> Add me too! :-)
>
> --
>
> Reuben King <[e-mail]>
>                                         \\||//
>                    Kilroy on crack -->  (0  o)
> =====================================ooO=(^/)=Ooo====
> "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for
>  the good of its victims may be the most oppressive."
>     -- C.S. Lewis
>
>         !!! HARRY BROWNE FOR PRESIDENT '96 !!!
>         !!! http://www.HarryBrowne96.org/  !!!


Me three!!!!!!!!!

JB


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:52 1996
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From: [e-mail] (kEN Colburn)
Subject: New mags come out?
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Anyone know what day of month the new PopComm, M Times, scanner mags come
out?  tia

--

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Don't read emale from strangers.
Let your sister get online for awhile, dammit!
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:53 1996
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From: [e-mail]
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Subject: Re: NRD-525 questions
Date: 24 Sep 1996 01:01:49 GMT
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In <[e-mail]>, Steve Higgins <[e-mail]> writes:
>
>I've just purchased a nice used NRD-525, which unfortunately
>came without the manual.  I was wondering if some kind soul could
>answer the following questions...
>
>1) How the heck do you store stations in memory?

Tune to the frequency of interest, set mode/AGC etc.
Press MEMO and ENT/KHZ at the same time.


>2) During my experimentation (see 1()) I noted that several keypad
>   commands did different things, like silence the keypad beeper,
>   bypass the preselector, and display 300-1200 (RS232 baud rate?)
>   Anyone have a list of all of them?

Lots.  MEMO and 0 changes the SSB offset mode -- one mode shifts
freq 1.5 KHz (military window standard), the other lets you shift
between USB and LSB with no freq change.

MEMO and 1 makes 10 Hz digit appear and disappear.

MEMO and 2 turns time blink of ":" character on/off

MEMO and 3 turns key beep on/off

MEMO and 4 inserts/removes the input RF filters.

Pressing RUN button switches between coarse/fine tuning steps.
Fine is 2 KHz per dial revolution, coarse is 20 KHz per rev.

>3) The only "wierd" thing I have noted with the radio is that when
>   AGC is switched out and RF Gain is turned up, the signal strength
>   immediately plummets to 0.  Turning down the RF Gain brings the
>   level up, until its maxed out when the RF Gain is at the *minimum*
>   position.  This seems backwards to me...is it normal behavior?

This is normal.  Leave the AGC on, turn down the RF gain, the
needle position becomes the "floor" for AGC action.

Nice receiver, eh?  Hope this helps,

P.J. "Josh" Rovero       email:  [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:54 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Ruth Lewart)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NRD-525 questions
Date: 25 Sep 1996 15:52:48 GMT
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Steve Higgins ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Hi all,

: I've just purchased a nice used NRD-525, which unfortunately
: came without the manual.  I was wondering if some kind soul could
: answer the following questions...

: 1) How the heck do you store stations in memory?  I've tried about
:    every possible combination of keystrokes I could think of, and
:    most of the time I only succeed in recalling stations that have
:    been previously stored.

: 2) During my experimentation (see 1()) I noted that several keypad
:    commands did different things, like silence the keypad beeper,
:    bypass the preselector, and display 300-1200 (RS232 baud rate?)
:    Anyone have a list of all of them?

: 3) The only "wierd" thing I have noted with the radio is that when
:    AGC is switched out and RF Gain is turned up, the signal strength
:    immediately plummets to 0.  Turning down the RF Gain brings the
:    level up, until its maxed out when the RF Gain is at the *minimum*
:    position.  This seems backwards to me...is it normal behavior?

: Thanks in Advance,

: Steve



: --
: Steve

: [e-mail]

I tried to e-mail to you but the message bounced.

#1. Hold MEMO down and press Ent/kHz

#2. If you send me $5 I will make a copy of the manual and send it to you.

#3. It is o.k.

NRD-525 is a great radio. Regards,

Cass Lewart--
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:55 1996
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Subject: Re: OLD  S.W. sets
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 22:22:35 GMT
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>If you really insist on using no more power, just turn off the light
>when listening to an old radio!  That will save around 100 watts
>(incandescent) right away.  And most of the old tube radios have lots
>of panel lights and look neat in a dark room anyhow.

>P.S. 14 cents/kWh -- ouch!  (I'll forgo mentioning what Seattle City
>Light charges so as to avoid inciting jealousy.)

>P.P.S. I agree, the smell of hot glass and singed dust from an old
>tube radio is one of the best things about them.

Before I got the Lowe my main radio was an R-390A which drew 170 Watts
(without the ovens which add another 100 Watts).  I have a National
which allows me to get a tungsten fix when I need it.  I've been using
little fluorescent lamps exclusively (except for in the oven and
fridge) for about ten years now.  I'm hoping to get "off the grid"
some day, and that pretty much means my vacuum tube days are numbered.
dr
P.S.:"Shhhh.....SoCal Edison might hear you.
Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:56 1996
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From: [e-mail] (David Barts)
Subject: Re: OLD  S.W. sets
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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[e-mail] writes:

> At 14 cents per kiloWatt hour for electricity I must forego that
> wonderful odor.  The nice sound people attribute to thermionic valves
> is even- order harmonic distortion.  Musicians who prefer tubes are
> more honest about it than audiophiles...musicians say they like the
> sound of tube "crunch".

I have the feeling that I've just been trolled, but I'll tempt fate
and respond anyhow.

Sure, a tube receiver draws significantly more current than a
solid-state one.  But consider your point of comparison -- a solid
state set that uses maybe eight or ten watts.  Even an order of
magnitude more current is still 80 or 100 watts; this is hardly the
stuff that bank-breaking power bills are made of.  And low-end sets
like the Hallicrafters S38 series only draw around 30 watts.  These
power differences only really matter if you're trying to operate one
off batteries; even the old "portable" sets with 1.4v 50ma filaments go
through large batteries like mad.

If you really insist on using no more power, just turn off the light
when listening to an old radio!  That will save around 100 watts
(incandescent) right away.  And most of the old tube radios have lots
of panel lights and look neat in a dark room anyhow.

P.S. 14 cents/kWh -- ouch!  (I'll forgo mentioning what Seattle City
Light charges so as to avoid inciting jealousy.)

P.P.S. I agree, the smell of hot glass and singed dust from an old
tube radio is one of the best things about them.

--
        David W. Barts ([e-mail]) / REAL radios glow in the dark.
                ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++
         ++++ if you agree copy these 3 sentences in your own sig ++++
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:57 1996
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From: [e-mail] (kEN Colburn)
Subject: Re: OLD  S.W. sets
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So far i only have tube sets- An old Heathkit GR 64 and a Knight Starroamer.
 i'll be so elitist to say that do others think it's almost like cheating
to just tune in with a digital radio and listen?
Altho there have been times the prg was on RIGHT NOW and i couldn't find
it til it was almost over! so i'm getting a digital.
Like to try a Transoceanic too.
What other old SW radios are there?
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:58 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Andy Sennitt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Old Soviet Union "woodpecker"
Date: 26 Sep 1996 13:48:42 GMT
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"c. thomas nolan" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I'm curious if anyone discovered after the Soviet Union break-up what
>the loud "woodpecker" noise was coming from somewhere in U.S.S.R.?

It was actually discovered long before the Soviet Union broke up. It
was an over-the-horizon radar system. The US also had one which made
audible sounds on SW, but it was very much less intrusive than the
woodpecker. I think the Soviets finally stopped it when everyone
started complaining that it was interfering with their reception of
Radio Moscow :-)


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:39:59 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Steve Alford)
Subject: PACIFIC CAMERA AND VIDEO?
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A couple of years ago a ordered a sony shortwave for an excellent price
from a company in Oregon.  The radio has since been stolen, and I would
like to get another.  At the time, someone was kind enough to suggest a
mail order place, whose name escapes me.  I think it was Pacific Camera
and Video.

Anyone know of this place?  Does it have a 800 number?

Thanks!

Reply to:
[e-mail]

Steve

--
Steve Alford
Professor, Liberal Arts
Nova Southeastern University
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:00 1996
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From: Ron Cain <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: PassPort to WBR
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 16:28:40 -0700
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Alec Lemas wrote:
>
>  Got the '97 issue of PassPort to WorldBand Radio today(9/23) from Grove's
> special(no shipping/handleing charge).
> It has some good things to say about the AOR 7030.
> Btw,my ISP's UseNet feed is acting up.Hope this & a same subject doesn't
> appear twice.
>
>  lemas
> ********************************
>  Alec Lemas

Thanks for posting this info on the newsgroup, Alec. I've been trying
to contact the publisher of "Passport" (Internat'l Broadcasting Services
Ltd.) but their phone was busy each time I tried.

Anyway, glad to hear the '97 Passport is out.

Cheers, Ron Cain


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:01 1996
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From: [e-mail] (DSchopp)
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Subject: Re: Phillips Magnavox D2999
Date: 25 Sep 1996 12:23:20 GMT
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In article <52a3id$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Barry,
WA2KLS) wrote:

> I picked up a really nice SW portable at a hamfest last weekend and
> was wondering if anyone has any experience, comments or information
> about it. There wasn't any owners manual available and I would love to
> obtain a copy.
>
> This radio is a medium wave DXer's dream. AM reception is outstanding
> and the audio (through  it's 3 1/2"  and 5 1/2" speakers)is
> incredible. It has a switchable bandwidth, BFO, Switchable AGC, ATT,
> scanning and many other features. SW listening is also very good, and
> the FM section is great, but it's the MW reception that really makes
> this radio a star.
>
> Needless to say,  I'm thrilled with the rig. And from what I
> understand, the originator of the Passport to World Band radio uses
> one of these and swears by it.
>
> If anyone can further enlighten me about this wonderful radio, please
> do. Regards, Barry WA2KLS

Barry,

What a deal, everyone raves about the D2999. There is a picture and small
article about it in the 1997 edition of Passport to Worldband Radio.

Dan

PS, Enjoy the 2010


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:02 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Barry, WA2KLS)
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Subject: Phillips Magnavox D2999
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 01:57:16 GMT
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I picked up a really nice SW portable at a hamfest last weekend and
was wondering if anyone has any experience, comments or information
about it. There wasn't any owners manual available and I would love to
obtain a copy.

This radio is a medium wave DXer's dream. AM reception is outstanding
and the audio (through  it's 3 1/2"  and 5 1/2" speakers)is
incredible. It has a switchable bandwidth, BFO, Switchable AGC, ATT,
scanning and many other features. SW listening is also very good, and
the FM section is great, but it's the MW reception that really makes
this radio a star.

Needless to say,  I'm thrilled with the rig. And from what I
understand, the originator of the Passport to World Band radio uses
one of these and swears by it.

If anyone can further enlighten me about this wonderful radio, please
do. Regards, Barry WA2KLS



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:03 1996
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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 10:43:54 -0500
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I wonder if there is a pirate e radio list that I could subscribe to ,
because the school here seems to have removed the newsgroup.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:04 1996
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From: "Lawrence E Klein" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Problems with Sony ICF-SW100
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Ragnar Nielsen <[e-mail]> wrote in article
<[e-mail]>...
> Hi there!
>
> This summer I bought a SW100 because of its compact size, and I've
> been satisfied with it so far.
> When showing it to a friend last week I discovered to my dismay that
> the frequency was 12 kHz off, BBC was found on 12107 instead of 12095
>
I have an old Sony ICF Pro 80 that has always been off 5 khz.  I'd like to
know if it could be reset, too.  I just mentally subtract 5 khz when using
this radio.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:05 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Bry)
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Subject: Re: Q: Are there shortwave schedules online?
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 21:06:01 GMT
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[e-mail] (JAMES C RUSSELL) whistled a happy tune like:

|>[e-mail] (Mr Hogan) wrote:

|>>Are there shortwave schedules online?

|>Yes, try the www.


WOW! You are SOOOO helpful!




Brian Carling, AF4K / G3XLQ
[e-mail]
http://www.mnsinc.com/bry = MEGALIST + HOCKEY + HAM RADIO = Bry's Page!



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:05 1996
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From: "John M. Bilek" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Q: is there a AM/FM/SW *car* radio out there?
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 03:23:30 -0700
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John Figliozzi wrote:
>
> In this case "pricey" is US$579.95 at C. Crane and Company.
>
> John Figliozzi

Whoa!  I guess I'm going to work a little harder on getting my Blaupunkt
working.  I almost considered one...

Johnny


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:06 1996
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 96 04:13:50 -0800
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Subject: Re: Q: is there a AM/FM/SW *car* radio out there?
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maby you shuld try m.f.j.
at one time they had one.
or you might try swap meets and swap shops for inexpencive ger.
contact somne of the hams in your earia they us ualy have some old ger
laying around.
73s charles.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:07 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Steven Healey)
Subject: Re: Q: is there a AM/FM/SW *car* radio out there?
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Hello,
The 1997 Passport to World Band Radio has a review of the Becker.
Steve

[e-mail] wrote:
: maby you shuld try m.f.j.
: at one time they had one.
: or you might try swap meets and swap shops for inexpencive ger.
: contact somne of the hams in your earia they us ualy have some old ger
: laying around.
: 73s charles.

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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:08 1996
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From: Clark Thompson <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.equipment
Subject: Re: R-8A for SWL DX and HAM work?
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:50:13 -0700
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Xref: news2.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:78632 rec.radio.amateur.equipment:32430

>   Sooooo... although the Drake R-8A is a great receiver, it's not
> necessarily the best choice for ham operation.  Many of the ham band
> transceivers feature "general coverage" receivers, and many of them work
> very well.  However, *none* of them have synchronous detection... and as
> one who loves sync detection, I think that is a grevious oversight.

Apparently, the Yaesu FT-1000MP has an AM sychronous detection mode
that's activated by pressing the AM mode key twice.  I heard this from a
friend who has one-- It's not even mentioned in the manual!

Also, Drake is considering development of an HF ham band transceiver (the
TR-8?)  I spoke with an employee in their service department who said
that the people in marketing aren't convinced it would fly.  He
encourages everyone who would like to see Drake re-enter the ham field to
write a letter to their marketing department!

73,

de Clark, KD9QI


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:09 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Eric F. Richards)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.equipment
Subject: Re: R-8A for SWL DX and HAM work?
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 05:46:03 GMT
Organization: What organization?
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[e-mail] (bob puharic) wrote:
> I see a guy here on the net has an icom 71a for sale for 700
> bux...that'd be my choice...is a ham rig knock off, missing only the
> transmitter section...very nice rig.
>

I just stumbled onto one of these; offered for $550, perhaps less.
Question:  How old are these beasts?  There seemed to be a LOT of
birdies at the low end while I was playing around -- I couldn't
check the entire freq range, but...

How about intermod/overload problems?

Any mods to look out for or even check for?

Any idea on filter availability for this thing?

Any info on this -- pro or con -- would be greatly appreciated!
I have to make a decision early next week.

Regards,
--
Eric F. Richards
[e-mail]
"The weird part is that I can feel productive even when I know I'm doomed."
 - Dilbert


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:11 1996
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From: "Boyd Roberson" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Exterior de Espana Schedule
Date: 19 Sep 1996 06:11:57 GMT
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Just tune to any spanish-language broadcast and pretend...
They're all the same!
--
DFW, Texas. USA
http://www.startext.net/homes/koogles


David J Santos <[e-mail]> wrote in article
<[e-mail]>...
>       Does anyone know how to obtain in the Internet Radio Exterior
> de Espana's schedule in Spanish for North America (East)? A posting of
> it will also be appreciated.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:12 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Charles Mikelson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Liberia address?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 18:02:10 GMT
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I wrote to Radio Liberia and my letter was also  returned with a
note ink stamped on the envelope.

The text was in french
"Your letter can not be delivered at the present time due to
political unrest in the country."

I did not have any success with the fax number the Telephone
Operator told me the number might have been disconnected, or maybe
the phone lines were down.
Charles
****************************************************************
 In article<[e-mail]>, Willi Passmann
([e-mail]) writes:
>
>In article <51ntvb$[e-mail]>, Andrew Yoder writes:
>
>|
>|Just wondering if anyone has the address for Radio Liberia (not ELBC or ELWA
), the
>clandestine
>|that is currently operating on 5100 kHz. I heard the station tonight with
>|a pretty good signal.
>|
>|Thanks much!
>|
>|Andrew Yoder     [e-mail]
>
>The address will not help you too much because there is no postal service to
Liberia at
>present time; my letter was returned.
>But you may want to try their fax number, which is ++231-226003. Mr Isaac P.
Davis is the
>Eng.-in-charge. I did not get any reply yet, though.
>Good luck!
>
>Willi Passmann
>



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From: Andrew Yoder
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Liberia address?
Date: 21 Sep 1996 05:57:57 -0700
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>I wrote to Radio Liberia and my letter was also  returned with a
>note ink stamped on the envelope.
>
>The text was in french
>"Your letter can not be delivered at the present time due to
>political unrest in the country."
>
>I did not have any success with the fax number the Telephone
>Operator told me the number might have been disconnected, or maybe
>the phone lines were down.
>Charles

>>The address will not help you too much because there is no postal service to
 Liberia at
>>present time; my letter was returned.
>>But you may want to try their fax number, which is ++231-226003. Mr Isaac P.
 Davis is the
>>Eng.-in-charge. I did not get any reply yet, though.
>>Good luck!
>>Willi Passmann

Thanks much for the info. I asked the postmaster at our local PO if mail
was going thru to Liberia & she said it was. So, I guess we'll see if/when
my letter comes bouncing back to me. Thanks again!

Andrew      [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:15 1996
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From: [e-mail] (DARKLY BRIGHT)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Rividavia log/i
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
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 -=> Quoting Andy Sennitt to All <=-

 AS> program feed. It's not a regular transmission, nor is it intended for
 AS> reception by the general public, so that's why it isn't listed in
 AS> WRTH.

        Although it might be listed in a utility guide like Confidential
        Frequency List or Klingenfuss.
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:17 1996
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From: Andrew Yoder
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Rividavia log/info?
Date: 20 Sep 1996 20:49:13 -0700
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Per Cumbre DX #104, I checked for R.Rividavia tonight on 8100 kHz LSB &
sure enough, they were on with a soccer match til about 0200*. This station
is evidently a service to folks in the Argentine Antarctic.

I checked this in WRTH & it's not listed. And Passport only lists the address
for it "when active." Has this station been around for long? Does the shortwav
e
transmitter have any connection to the programs? (i.e., is it run by the
R.Rividavia bunch or does some civil or military op get bored & occasionally
patch the local AM station into his big ute transmitter?

I'm just curious--thought it was a pretty interesting situation.

Andrew Yoder    [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:18 1996
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From: K. Campbell <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Shack DX-392
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 20:13:49
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Am considering buying this rcvr.  Reduced in proce
from $399 to now $299.  Want to use it with a long
wire antenna for split frequency ham operation on
40 and 80 meter bands, as my transceiver has only
one VFO.  Want to know about the sensitivity of
this radio, and who the manufacturer is.
KC
K. Campbell



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:18 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Francis Murphy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Shack Weather Station WX 200
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 03:37:13 GMT
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Radio Shack Weather Station WX 200

Has anyone seen the new weather station that Radio Shack is offering?
I guess they are trying to compete with the Davis Instruments.
The new catalog says that they developed with  Accu Weather a unit
that is affordable.
From what I see this deal sounds to good to be true ( but I hope it
is!)
So for 299.99 you get all these features:
temperature
relative humidity
dew point
barometric pressure
wind speed/direction
wind chill rainfall and rates
clock
Records highs and lows for all measurements also has alarms for highs
and lows.
Has all the cables, outdoor rain gauge, wind sensor, and temp/humidty
sensor.Needs 8 AA batteries for backup. Run on AC.

**PLUS it comes with the software to run on a IBM compatible! to keep
track of all readings!
And of course the software offers to link you with Accu Weather on
line (for a small fee).
Now this unit is not available until Oct 30 1996 ( yea right)

SO if anyone has the inside scoop on this please drop me some  e-mail.

[e-mail]
**The next time travlers meeting will be last week**



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:19 1996
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From: Lennart Deimert <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Radio St. Helena
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 17:35:37 -0700
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Listen to Radio St. Helena Oct. 27, 1996, 19-23 UTC at 11092.5 kHz USB.

Information about Radio St. Helena and Radio St. Helena Day, can be found
on http.//www.sthelena.se   This site will also have (hopefully)
additional information about Ham-activities from this island on the same
day.

Best Regards,
Lennart


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:20 1996
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From: Kevin Hecht <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Real Audio Problem
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 00:45:33 -0400
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To: "Scott A. Nelson" <[e-mail]>

Scott A. Nelson wrote:
>
> Anyone ever have this problem?  I get into RealAudio fine, it seems to
> work o.k.  Then when I close the RA Player and go to another webpage, I
> get a General Protection Error.  I have to close all windows and then
> open Netscape again.  Any clues???

Although this is probably better posted to a computer newsgroup, such as
comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows, I can say that under Windows
95 I have no RealAudio problems and we also have no problems with it on
our university computers, which are running Windows for Workgroups 3.11.
My first recommendation would be to try to reinstall RealAudio and see
if that helps. If you're getting a GPF error it's most likely a problem
with either the program, so reinstallation is the first thing to try.
What winsock are you using?
--
Kevin Hecht
College of Commerce and Finance, Villanova University
[e-mail]   [e-mail]
        http://hudson.idt.net/~khecht19/


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:21 1996
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From: "Scott A. Nelson" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Real Audio Problem
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 21:32:46 -0700
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Anyone ever have this problem?  I get into RealAudio fine, it seems to
work o.k.  Then when I close the RA Player and go to another webpage, I
get a General Protection Error.  I have to close all windows and then
open Netscape again.  Any clues???


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:22 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: REQ: Weather Fax Information
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 21:51:58 GMT
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Help, I've been tasked to setup a wefax system.  We have 486DX2, 16M
RAM, Win 3.XX OS computers.  I have no clue where to start.  Please
E-mail me, [e-mail], with info.  Specifically:
  Equipment/programs needed
  FAQ's
  Websites
  Etc.

Thanks,
<P>


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:23 1996
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From: howard <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 21:42:14 -0400
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TIMOTHY GUEGUEN wrote:
>
> [e-mail] wrote:
> : I don't know if the signal gets that far, but he's on 15420kHz
> : > @1600UTC.  I have trouble getting that station in Southern California,
> : > but I'm in an apartment using a portable (Grundig YB400).  If I want to
> : > listen to Rush, I just flip over to the 50kw flamethrower KFI 640.
> : >
> : > Johnny
> : I don't want to listen to him, but i would like to use a real flamethrower
 on
> : him. He should see a doctor for that swelling in his head! :)
> :  Bill
> Now, now, there's nothing wrong with Rush that several years of being
> locked in a library and made to read some actual books wouldn't cure.
>
> tim gueguen [e-mail]
So I assume you can adequately answer the legit questions he raises?  If
so, step forward and try a few - with your own name, of course, just
like him.  Please advise.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:25 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Roger Wiseman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 96 19:22:42 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, howard <[e-mail]> wrote:
>TIMOTHY GUEGUEN wrote:
>> [e-mail] wrote:
>> : I don't know if the signal gets that far, but he's on 15420kHz
>> : > @1600UTC.  I have trouble getting that station in Southern California,
>> : > but I'm in an apartment using a portable (Grundig YB400).  If I want to
>> : > listen to Rush, I just flip over to the 50kw flamethrower KFI 640.
>> : >
>> : > Johnny
>> : I don't want to listen to him, but i would like to use a real
flamethrower on
>> : him. He should see a doctor for that swelling in his head! :)
>> :  Bill
>> Now, now, there's nothing wrong with Rush that several years of being
>> locked in a library and made to read some actual books wouldn't cure.
>>
>> tim gueguen [e-mail]

>So I assume you can adequately answer the legit questions he raises?  If
>so, step forward and try a few - with your own name, of course, just
>like him.  Please advise.

Who cares what Rush WINDBAG thinks?


--
[e-mail] (Crow(Roger Wiseman)) #(:)o]
Kenwood R-5000 | Inverted "V" dipole longwire
Grid square EM 99 | West Virginia, U.S.A.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:26 1996
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From: [e-mail] (FUTURECON)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 01:55:17 GMT
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[e-mail] wrote:

>I don't know if the signal gets that far, but he's on 15420kHz
>> @1600UTC.  I have trouble getting that station in Southern California,
>> but I'm in an apartment using a portable (Grundig YB400).  If I want to
>> listen to Rush, I just flip over to the 50kw flamethrower KFI 640.
>>
>> Johnny
>I don't want to listen to him, but i would like to use a real flamethrower on

>him. He should see a doctor for that swelling in his head! :)
> Bill


WELL BILL.....IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT "ARE THE PROBLEM" IN THE US.
AFRAID OF THE "FACTS" I PRESUME?
PERHAPS YOU ARE "MENTALLY CHALLANGED"  AND DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON?
HOPE YOU AREN'T OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE - OR DON'T BOTHER TO........
ANYWAY - YOU NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR.....THE PSYCO TYPE





From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:27 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Ken Grubb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 02:50:57 GMT
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[e-mail] (TIMOTHY GUEGUEN) wrote:

>: I don't want to listen to him, but i would like to use a real flamethrower
on
>: him. He should see a doctor for that swelling in his head! :)
>:  Bill
>Now, now, there's nothing wrong with Rush that several years of being
>locked in a library and made to read some actual books wouldn't cure.

Nothing like a little emotional outburst, eh.  Please include some
rational thoughts next post.

Thanks,

----------------------------------------------
It's the law in Maryland. Buy one gun a month!
If I don't get a second job, I'm gonna go broke.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:28 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Roger Wiseman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 96 19:57:27 GMT
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Last time on "Fishers: Ignorant about killfiles",
In article <52bng7$[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (Steven and Megan Fisher) wrote:
>no doubt, but Mr. Wiseman, a fellow user of the same system as I, when
>sent email about an unrelated comment (on the grid number posted with
>his sig) just sent me an email back telling me "you have just been
>Killfiled, so blow me".  Seems our "hacker" friend set up his system
>to bounce messages from the newsgroups in reply to his comment 'bout
>Mr. Limbaugh.

Awww, poor lil' whiner...were you disappointed that your crap couldn't get
through?  You sent two messages, one was about the grid and the other was
about my r. Windbag comments. Can't be truthful, eh? Most mail systems allow
for a "killfile", if you researched it enough, (since you seem to like
Windbag, I doubt it).
I set my "system" hehe you mean software to bounce back *your* e-mails to me.
I have no control over the newsgroups, since they are on another server.
I could care less if you want to waste your time with Windbag. I'd rather post

about shortwave, but then again you just had to try and flame me on here,
didn't you?

>       A word to the wise Mr. "Wise"man-if you've gotta set up a bounce
>system to protect you from email bout something you wrote, perhaps you
>need to rewrite it, or maybe, just maybe, not say it at all.

Your schoolyard taunts fit the impression you transmit....
Perhaps you need to get a clue..the first amendment hasn't been repealed yet.
Don't like something I've written? There's a button and you know you can
actually skip over or delete anything you don't want to read....


--
[e-mail] (Crow(Roger Wiseman)) #(:)o]
Kenwood R-5000 | Inverted "V" dipole longwire
Grid square EM 99 | West Virginia, U.S.A.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:29 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Hugh Stegman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sangean  ATS803 Schematic
Date: 21 Sep 1996 11:40:06 -0700
Organization: Primenet
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In article <[e-mail]>,
   David Pearson <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I have a ATS 803 that will not power up.  All I have is the clock
>display with no control over the time.

Before you get too deeply into your 803, remove ALL batteries from the set
including the AAs and leave them out for a few minutes.  This resets the
microprocessor.  The power is under CPU control, and this is a common
lockup mode in these radios.  They just go away for no reason apparent to
the user, as you describe.

Mine once turned itself on and began screeching.  Of course, I *was*
transmitting on 2 meters about 3 feet away.

Oops.

-hugh




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:29 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Wayne Cronin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sangean ATS-909: who had questions?
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 23:26:31 GMT
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Somebody was asking about the 909. I've had one for about a month, and
I'd be happy to answer questions about it.


----
Wayne Cronin
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:30 1996
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From: Thomas Minder <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sat 700 Question
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 19:35:02 -0500
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Just got my Sat 700 a few days ago and was going through the manual and
checking
out all the options. In the MENU setup there is a BEEP on/off, what is
this for?
I tried both settings and it dosen't seem to make any difference. I
thought that
maybe it was for audio feedback for keypad entry.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:31 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Harel Shachar)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Seimens radio info please
Date: 24 Sep 1996 06:33:43 GMT
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An old timer gave me a Siemens Communication receivers 1.5-30 Mhz
It is a large (50*45*40 cm)tube receivers (17 tubes)and it's look like
it was built for army use. The set should be 35 years old.
On the front panel there is a label with the following details:
"Siemens, Rel 445e311a, F-Mr 5/376271"

Does anybody have some details about this receiver ?
I also need the electronics scheme because some of the functions are'nt
working
properly.

Please send any info to: [e-mail]

Many thanks & 73

Harel 4x4-3018



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:33 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Len Winkler)
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Subject: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Live
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Xref: news2.epix.net rec.radio.info:11723 rec.radio.shortwave:78723 rec.radio.amateur.misc:106902 rec.radio.amateur.policy:36633

"World famous" Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be the special guest
this sunday, 9-29-96, on the Ham Radio & More Show, 2200 utc. Sheriff
Joe is well known for his strong stance on crime, his tent jail (with
a vacancy sign always lit), his men and women chain gangs, the pink
shorts the inmates wear, no coffee and, of course, his possee. The
local ham community works very well with the Sheriff and has been very
helpful in many activities.Tune in to hear what he's up to next, and
we invite your participation, too, on our toll-free listener call-in
lines.
Below is further information.
Len Winkler, KB7LPW                        [e-mail]
P.O. Box 9219                                         [e-mail]
Phoenix, AZ. 85068-9219

Ham Radio & More Show (host); info at:
http://www.barc.org/barc/ham-more.html  (Home Page) (Thanks BARC)
http://www.tapr.org/hrm  (RealAudio site to hear past shows) (Thanks TAPR)

The Ham Radio & More Show airs LIVE each Sunday at 6:00pm ET,
(2200utc), on many local commercial stations throughout the country.
ALSO: LIVE on WWCR Shortwave, 7.435mhz. 100,000 watts.(Thanks WWCR)
ALSO: LIVE on RealAudio at: http://ww2.audionet.com/pub/kbnp/kbnp.htm (Thanks
KBNP)

Also available tape delayed via WWCR Shortwave on Mondays,
at 0900utc on 3.210mhz and on Sundays, at 0300utc on 3.215mhz.

Support "WOG", the Written Only General!



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:34 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Roger Wiseman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SHORTWAVE MEMORY QUESTION
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 96 18:36:48 GMT
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In article <51s9eg$[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (TIMOTHY GUEGUEN) wrote:
>Gee, thats who I was going to say!  I remember reading that Gleason was
>quite interested in things radio.  A longer shot might be Orson Welles,
>who seemed to interested in just about everything at some point.

Orson wouldn't listen to any DX that was before it's time...<vbg>

--
[e-mail] (Crow(Roger Wiseman)) #(:)o]
Kenwood R-5000 | Inverted "V" dipole longwire
Grid square EM 99 | West Virginia, U.S.A.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:35 1996
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From: Dave Morrison <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SoftWave question
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:44:17 -0400
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Can someone who has, or is familiar with, the ComFocus SoftWave PC
shortwave radio please email me? I corresponded with a fellow in New
Zealand who was familiar with this unit, but have lost his email
address. Specifically, I need to know how much I/O address range to
reserve in Win95 when I pick the I/O address for the radio. If I set the
I/O address to 0300, how much of that address is used before I hit the
next address of 0310. I don't know if I explained this correctly, but I
could use some help from anyone familiar with this radio. Thanks.

Dave Morrison
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:36 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Steve Byan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Soldering Secrets?
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 13:29:28 -0400
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In article <51nasm$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (BMcnenly)
writes:
>Is it just me, or is soldering to a copper ground pipe a difficult thing.

As another poster noted, a 30 watt iron isn't going to provide enough
heat. I recommend you buy a 1/2 inch ground clamp from your local
electrical supply house rather than attempting to solder to your ground
pipe. Around here, Home Depot has cast-zinc ground clamps for something
less than $2.00 each.

Regards,
-Steve

--
Steve Byan                                  internet: [e-mail]
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
1601 Trapelo Road                           phone: [phone]
Waltham, MA 02154                           FAX: [phone]


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:37 1996
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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Soldering Secrets?
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 96 06:48:37 GMT
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> Is it just me, or is soldering to a copper ground pipe a difficult thing.
> After
> a little trial and error I can get a decent connection between the coax
> and
> longwire antenna, but it seems nothing "sticks" when I try to solder a
> ground connection to copper pipe I sunk about 12 feet for an earth ground.
> I have a 30 watt soldering iron. Any suggestions?
> You won't get it hot enough.
30 watts? Not nearly enough. A blowtorch has the nasty tendency to mess up the

soldering flux though. Maybe you could heat the whole thing about 6 inches
below the desired contact. The only reason I know that blowtorches directly on

the work area is bad is because I have tried to do car radiators myself, and
the flame is detrimental to the bonding process. I don't know why, but it is.
Just get it hot enough somehow without the torch hitting the desired area and
it should work.
Bill



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:38 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Len Anderson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Soldering Secrets?
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 22:03:00 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: TGT Technologies / The MOG-UR'S EMS: 818-366-1238
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SD>From: "Steven D. Price" <[e-mail]>
SD>Subject: Re: Soldering Secrets?

SD>BMcnenly wrote:
SD>>
SD>> longwire antenna, but it seems nothing "sticks" when I try to solder a
SD>> ground connection to copper pipe I sunk about 12 feet for an earth ground
.
SD>> I have a 30 watt soldering iron. Any suggestions?

SD>30 watts won't do it. Use a small torch set to a low flame like a
SD>plumber would do.

SD>Clean the area to be soldered with a fine sand paper until a bright
SD>copper color.

SD>Apply heat in a controlled manner. Rosin flux applied correctly and
SD>carefully when the pipe is hot will result in good solder flow and
SD>connection.

SD>As a last resort acid flux can be used with a very good rinsing in water
SD>followed by rubbing alchol to displace the water. After soldering
SD>corrosion may set in if not cleaned out completely.  Could still work
SD>for several years.

Good suggestion!  As an add-on, I would mention that plumbers use a
solder that is neither rosin base nor acidic as with old-style
galvanized sheet steel soldering.  Most plumbers use a fine-mesh screen
as a 'sandpaper' to prep the copper pipe surface; takes any corrosion
off quickly.  There's no residue from the solder used in copper
repiping, only a slight taste in the water for a few days.  :)

SD>BETTER YET:  Just clamp your wire to the pipe. A simple hose clamp will
SD>work but there are clamps made specifically for that purpose available
SD>at any hardware store

I think that an aircraft hose clamp is best.  The screw-tightened all-
around band makes good contact over nearly the whole pipe circumferance
and the grounding wire can be held securely between strap and pipe.

Copper drills fairly easily.  A large wire-lug connection to heavy
grounding wire can be attached using a heavy sheet-metal screw.

---
 * OLX 2.1 * Live Faust, die Jung, leave it to Beaver.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:39 1996
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From: Nick Marsh <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sony 2010 FS or trade
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 22:09:48 -0300
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I have a Sony 2010 for sale includes box, manual, carrying strap, power
supply in good condition.....$275 shipped in cont. U.S.

Will consider trading on Grundig Sat 700, Tandy Pro-2006, PRO-2042 or AOR
8000, Scout 40 Version 3.1.

tia

Nick


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Just saw this radio in a store. It is very small (about 8" x 6" x 1.5")
and uses toylike switches and buttonettes rather than dials. I wondered
about its durability as a communications receiver meant to take many hours
of tuning and reprogramming. I also could not find a dial for fine tuning
BFO "pitch" as my Sangean 803 has. The 803 is a wonderful radio, but over
the years it has developed a noisy and erratic volume control. I want its
replacement (probably the 818) to be more rugged and traditionally sized,
not less. Recommendations welcome!



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:41 1996
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From: [e-mail] (DARKLY BRIGHT)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: sony 7600g
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 96 16:03:00 -0500
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 -=> Quoting Se127pp to All <=-

 Se> Just saw this radio in a store. It is very small (about 8" x 6" x
 Se> 1.5")  and uses toylike switches and buttonettes rather than dials. I
 Se> wondered about its durability as a communications receiver meant to
 Se> take many hours of tuning and reprogramming. I also could not find a
 Se> dial for fine tuning BFO "pitch" as my Sangean 803 has. The 803 is a
 Se> wonderful radio, but over the years it has developed a noisy and
 Se> erratic volume control. I want its replacement (probably the 818) to be
 Se> more rugged and traditionally sized, not less. Recommendations welcome!

        The size of the Sony 7600 fools a lot of people. But there has
        been much more praise than criticism of this radio in this
        newsgroup. The controls, including the BFO/Fine Tuning, are
        small, but its overall performance has been rated by some as
        comparable to a tabletop. For sure as a portable it's hard
        to beat.
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:42 1996
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From: Edward Chaban <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G High Pitch Noise Problem
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 21:53:13 -0700
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MClune wrote:
 (Stuff deleted
>
> Please note that I do not listen to AM stations in SSB mode. I am only
> pointing out that the tone I hear is at the same pitch in steps 3 and 5
(More stuff deleted)
>
> Matthew
> [e-mail]

Sorry for the confusion.

One question.  Does moving the BFO wheel change the pitch in Sync mode?

-Ed


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:43 1996
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From: MClune <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G Power Supply
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 16:57:22 -0700
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MClune wrote:

> I bought a 300mA Sectra M-300 power supply from Target for $7.95 that
> seems to work fine.

Correction:

I bought a 300mA Spectra M-300 power supply from Target for $7.95....
The correction is in the name: Spectra.

Matthew
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:44 1996
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From: "Denes S. Varady" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G, power supply.
Date: 21 Sep 1996 00:00:09 GMT
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Try to use the "4.5V" CD-ROM power supply, [if you have one].

Type: AC-E455A. It WILL give abt 6.3V DC and run the radio OK!
--

Denes S. Varady,  N3NV




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:45 1996
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From: [e-mail] (PTOlsen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony SW100 problem
Date: 24 Sep 1996 20:10:15 -0400
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[e-mail] (Brad) writes:

>>Back when they came out, I remember some folks mentioning problems they
>>had with their SW100...  Searches don't seem to retrieve those old posts

>>so here's my problem.

>>The buttons on my unit don't always work (they used to, this is a new
>>problem).  Interestingly, it seems to be related to the lid!  By moving
>>the lid all the way back, buttons that didn't work start up again.
>>Somehow there seems to be an interlock?

>>Anyhow, this is annoying and I suspect the unit is failing.

>>Has anybody suffered this problem?  Fixed it (by themselves or Sony)?
Etc.

>>Thanks in advance for any help...

Yup, sorry. My unit did the same. I'm pretty sure it's the flat cable. I
"retired" that unit to desktop operation, and got a new one for carrying
around. The new ones don't seem to suffer from the problem of the cable
wearing out. (The old one still works; you just have to wiggle the lid
after you press a button to get that keypress to "take". Sony wouldn't say
how much it was going to cost to replace, but that it would cost money
just to get an estimate, so I've been waiting for it to die completely
first.)


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:46 1996
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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.dx
Subject: Re: SSB Sqlch Needed
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 04:28:15 GMT
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Jay MacNEILL <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Is there anyone out there on the net that can provide me with a
>ssb "Squelch circut diagram" that I can use on a RadioShack dx400 radio
>So I can listen to utility stations without having to listen to static
>for hours and hours
I don't know about the particular set you're talking about but with a
decent radio w/ RF gain control and/or an attenuator you can usually
reduce the noise by backing off on the RF and turning the audio up.
dr
Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:48 1996
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From: [e-mail] (DARKLY BRIGHT)
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Subject: Re: subscribe radio-internet
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        subscribe radio-internet
        end
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:49 1996
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From: Steve Carter <[e-mail]>
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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 07:17:50 -0500
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I've been using my SR3 for a few months now, and last night, really
played with the FM side for a bit.  I noticed that when I turn the AFC
on, I give up some frequency response on the high and low ends.  Kind of
like the Wide vs. Narrow on the AM side, only not nearly so pronounced.
Anyone else notice this?  Maybe it has to do with the AFC circuit
running closed loop on the freq or something.

Steve


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:50 1996
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From: "John M. Bilek" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: SW radio for the Car
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 03:42:43 -0700
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Speaking of SW and German autos, My '62 Beetle has a Blaupunkt AM/FM/SW
in it...Well, I'm trying to repair it now, but it got the powerhouses in
OK.  Not bad for a 6 volt elecrical system too!  I did get a lot of
noise while driving though.  Funny thing is, it always got the German
broadcasts of Deutsche Welle in real clear.  Hmmmmmm...

Johnny


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:51 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Charles Mikelson)
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Subject: Re: Swiss Radio International????
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In article <52cchm$[e-mail]>, mr boombastic ([e-mail]
.com) writes:
>Hello
>
>does anyone have the email address for SRI?
>
I have there web address http://www.srg-ssr.ch/SRI
but I have not been able to find an email address either.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:51 1996
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From: John Figliozzi <[e-mail]>
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mr boombastic wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> does anyone have the email address for SRI?

As far as I know, there isn't one.

John Figliozzi




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:52 1996
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From: Paul Lusardi <[e-mail]>
Subject: SWL Listening guide
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Is there such a thing as an SWL listening guide (on the net)?  I am new
to SWL and I listen to WEWN and VOA.  I have not found any other CLEAR
signals yet.  I would like to find a listing of english speaking
programs, what their content is and when they are on the air.

Does a listing like this exist?

Scanning the bands,

Paul
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:53 1996
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From: Monty and/or Vicki <[e-mail]>
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If thier release date has not changed from the past few years, "Passport"
should be out in just a few weeks.

Monty


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Paul--

There are frequently postings on this newsgroup with schedules,
freqs, and other info for most of the big SW broadcasters.  In
addition, there is a monthly posting of SW broadcasts in English.
 Set your newsgroup reader back a few weeks and search for them.
If you have a web browseer, you can also set your browser to
http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio - lots of good info there.

Carol

--
I feel much better now that I've given up hope.


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Monty and/or Vicki ([e-mail]) wrote:
: If thier release date has not changed from the past few years, "Passport"
: should be out in just a few weeks.

: Monty

Somebody told me they just bought the 1997 Passport.
--

My Mom's Net rules:
No running on the Net with scissors!
Don't read emale from strangers.
Let your sister get online for awhile, dammit!
Shut up, I'm on the modem!    [e-mail]
http://www.mainelink.net/~writer/poster/Poster.html




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:55 1996
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From: jpaquin <[e-mail]>
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Subject: trade a pro-23 and ctcss tone board with bfo
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--
jpaquin
I have a pro-23 50ch.with 800Mhz (receive cellular by image)in mint
condition and also I have a ctcss tone board with s-meter and a bfo
who can be connected to any scanners
trade for sw
709-944-5268



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:57 1996
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From: [e-mail] (John Moran)
Newsgroups: rec.travel.air,alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.aviation.piloting
Subject: Travel with toys (electronics)
Date: 22 Sep 1996 13:51:05 GMT
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has anyone traveled domestically (US) or Internationally with electronic
equipement and experienced any security delays related to the toys you
were traveling with.

I usually travel with a shortwave radio (SONY-2010), I also take along a
hand held scanner (either Regency HX-1000 or AOR-1000) to listen to the
action in the air and around where I'm going.

I have been able to give everyone a heads up on glight delays based on
what I was hearing on my scanner..either weather, mechanical, or ATC flow
control delays.

also, when I am driving, the scanner gives me real-time road information.
If I hear a police or fire dispatch or a chase on the scanner, I know to
plan for an altenate route. Beside police and fire, I can scan all the
radio traffic reports they commonly use frequencies in the 450-451mhz area
Airline operations frequencies are usually in the 128.0-132.0 mhz(AM) and
460.6-461 mhz (NFM) area. At some airports, a trunked 800mhz system
operated by ARINC may also be in use.

In Germany, I did have a brief delay..they wanted to know how the
SONY-2010 worked. I explained...they also used a sniffer to check for
anyh traces of nitrates (explosives) I did have aproblem with the scanner
that I had in a pouch on my belt...Airport security (Police) wanted to
know what i was doing with the scanner. I showed them my frequency
lists..all were for Police, fire, and aviation frequencies in either
Arizona or Southern California.....Finally, I was able to get the
scannerhome by letting the plane's captian agree to carry it in a special
pouch.

JOHN


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:40:58 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Terry Keyowski)
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Subject: Re: Travel with toys (electronics)
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In article <523g89$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (John Moran)
says:
>
>has anyone traveled domestically (US) or Internationally with electronic
>In Germany, I did have a brief delay..they wanted to know how the
>SONY-2010 worked. I explained...they also used a sniffer to check for
>anyh traces of nitrates (explosives) I did have aproblem with the scanner
>that I had in a pouch on my belt...Airport security (Police) wanted to
>know what i was doing with the scanner. I showed them my frequency
>lists..all were for Police, fire, and aviation frequencies in either
>Arizona or Southern California.....Finally, I was able to get the
>scannerhome by letting the plane's captian agree to carry it in a special
>pouch.

I've been through security in Chicago and  Minneapolis many times and not once
 did I have a
problem with my toys.  Once I had an alarm clock in my carry-on and they wante
d to look at
it, but no big deal.  However, at airports here in Canada, I've almost had to
be strip-searched
each time I bring  a toy through security.  Had to show the shortwave radio wo
rked, had
to dial up ATIS on the scanner, had to make a cellular phone call, play a tape
, all to the amusement
of passing passengers!  And this is at a very small airport.  Grrrr.  But not
as serious as
your encounter in Germany.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:00 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Jim Lowman)
Subject: Re: Travel with toys (electronics)
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John Moran ([e-mail]) wrote:
: has anyone traveled domestically (US) or Internationally with electronic
: equipement and experienced any security delays related to the toys you
: were traveling with.

Last month I traveled to Colorado Springs and St. Petersburg with my 2m and
440 HTs.  No problem going out of Ontario or LAX, and the security guy asked
me to show that they worked as I left Florida.

Leaving LAX, I did have to open my suitcase when they spotted the coiled
cord for my shaver on the x-ray machine.  Not a word about the HTs.  :-)

A lot of the hams on the QRP-L mailing list take their small HF gear on
trips, and I haven't heard any real horror stories.

73 de Jim - KF6CR



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:01 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Steve Kropla)
Newsgroups: rec.travel.air,alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.aviation.piloting
Subject: Re: Travel with toys (electronics)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 13:30:16 GMT
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[e-mail] (John Moran) wrote:

>has anyone traveled domestically (US) or Internationally with electronic
>equipement and experienced any security delays related to the toys you
>were traveling with.

I can't say I've undergone any extensive delays.  Anymore, most places
do want me to fire up my laptop and show that it can do something.

Leaving Aberdeen, Scotland a couple of weeks ago I was subjected to
the most intensive scrutiny I've ever seen.  Though quite cordial, the
security officer asked me to light up every little item in my
briefcase:  pocket calculator, battery-operated shaver, mini-maglight,
and of course the computer.  The he found my "hushers" (Noisebuster
head cancelling headsets.)  He asked how those worked and I explained
that if we wanted me to show him he would need to put them on.  He
did, and I fired them up.  When they went into operation, he responded
"Brilliant!" and sent me on my way.


___________________________________________________________
Steve Kropla
Kingwood, Texas USA
[e-mail]
Help for World Travelers: http://www.cris.com/~kropla/


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:02 1996
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From: [e-mail] (James Garner)
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Subject: Re: Travel with toys (electronics)
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Date: 24 Sep 1996 00:19:05 GMT
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Jim Wolper ([e-mail]) wrote:

: DO NOT listen to your scanner in flight.  A recent report documented
: 33 cases of consumer electronics interfering with flight or navigation
: instruments; you can read about it in recent issues of IEEE Spectrum
: and Aviation Week.

        Correct.

        Even if you don't care about a plane crashing, or the slight
chance (no matter how slight) of interference, remember that YOU ARE ON
THAT PLANE, and wouldn't you feel really silly knowing that you are
responsible for a crash (even for a millisecond, just before impact)?



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:02 1996
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From: RF BURNS <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Travel with toys (electronics)
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OK here my great but not exciting story
I had a camera bag padded
took the divisons out put mobile scanner on bottom of bag
put division padding on top of the scanner creating false bottom
(this was a small bag 8inX12in) it was a bearcat 760xlt
they looked at my Icom 2sra and camera passed it on I was dumbfounded
and walked past.

Key thing dont lettem send it through the Xray tell them its a camera

this was a Newark NJ

Doug




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From: Jean-Francois Mezei <[e-mail]>
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Sometimes I wonder if those security agents stop to examine your
electronic toys are just curious and want to see what you've got :-)

I once had one start to ask me what kind of laptop he should buy :-)


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:04 1996
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A few times I traveled on business (construction) and my associates and I
carried portables.  Security just looked at them (remember that they had to
manually carry them around the metal detector gate) and didn't even ask,
ever, not even once, for us to demonstrate their functionality.

I would have certainly felt better if they at least told us to make sure to
not
use them on the plane!

RF BURNS <[e-mail]> wrote in article
<5279f2$[e-mail]>...
> OK here my great but not exciting story
> I had a camera bag padded
> took the divisons out put mobile scanner on bottom of bag
> put division padding on top of the scanner creating false bottom
> (this was a small bag 8inX12in) it was a bearcat 760xlt
> they looked at my Icom 2sra and camera passed it on I was dumbfounded
> and walked past.
>
> Key thing dont lettem send it through the Xray tell them its a camera
>
> this was a Newark NJ
>
> Doug
>
>
>


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:05 1996
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From: [e-mail] ()
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Subject: Unidentified African Station
Date: 23 Sep 1996 01:01:27 GMT
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Yesterday at 1500 UTC, I picked up a station on 15150 kHz playing
African Congo music.  When the music finally stopped, both a male and a
female announcer spoke for awhile, each speaking in a very strange
language with lots of glottal stops and click sounds.  Then there was more
drum beating and Congo music.  Then at exactly 1600 UTC, there was a brief
announcement in the strange language, and then the station went dead.

I spent about an hour looking in the WRTH to try to identify this
station, but none of the tables in the WRTH listed any station on 15150
at 1500-1600 UTC.

I'm sure it was coming from Africa, not only because of the Congo music
and strange language, but also because at that time, I also picked up
several Middle Eastern stations on the same band, so the skip was to that
distance.  For example, Radio Kuwait was very strong on 15110 at that
time.

Can anyone help me identify this mysterious station?

Thanks in advance.

Mark Nagel


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From: [e-mail] (Tony)
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Subject: Re: Unidentified African Station
Date: 24 Sep 1996 01:55:21 GMT
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Some educated guesses, based on my years of SWL-DXing in the past:

1) "Afrique No. 1" (a station on African soil sponsored by the French
 govt.)

2) Conakry, Guinea



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:08 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Robert E. Garland)
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[e-mail] (Roger Wiseman) writes:

>In article <[e-mail]>, Michael Rivkin <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>Howard Rothchild wrote:
>>>
>>>   Us jews rule all you gentile fools. We all know jews run the banks, my

English must be your second language.  That should be "We" and not "Us"

>>> buddy Al Greenspan is a jew, we control the media, we own the gold. We als
o
>>> got NAFTA and GAT passed so that we tighten our grip on you. We control th
e
>>> Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Comission. And what can yo
u
>>> do about? Nothing. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
>>
>>This obviously was not written by a Jew
>>If it was he would have capitalized the proper noun Jew
>>Just another schmuck wanna be!!

>I wonder if he could get me some land wholesale so I can put up a larger
>antenna??? <vbg>

>--
>[e-mail] (Crow(Roger Wiseman)) #(:)o]
>Kenwood R-5000 | Inverted "V" dipole longwire
>Grid square EM 99 | West Virginia, U.S.A.

--
     Robert Garland                            NX3S @ N3ACL.PA.USA.NOAM
     Hilltown Township Bucks County               [e-mail]
     Pennsylvania USA                                       Grid FN20ii
                         "Ham Radio is a calling"


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From: [e-mail] (Ken Grubb)
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Michael Rivkin <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Howard Rothchild wrote:
>>
>>   Us jews rule all you gentile fools. We all know jews run the banks, my
>> buddy Al Greenspan is a jew, we control the media, we own the gold. We also
>> got NAFTA and GAT passed so that we tighten our grip on you. We control the
>> Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Comission. And what can you
>> do about? Nothing. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

>This obviously was not written by a Jew
>If it was he would have capitalized the proper noun Jew
>Just another schmuck wanna be!!

Oh I don't know.
He seems rather qualified to be a Licensed Practicing Schmuck.

----------------------------------------------
It's the law in Maryland. Buy one gun a month!
If I don't get a second job, I'm gonna go broke.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:09 1996
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From: [e-mail] (George F.)
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Subject: Re: Utility company interference
Date: 25 Sep 1996 19:39:03 GMT
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Hi Tony,
In requards to your electrical interference.  Yes, call  you local power
company, by law they must correct the problem (if it really is their problem)
and from what you are saying it does sound like their problem.

I had the same problem and I wrote Email to the FCC from their home page
(http://www.fcc.gov) and the very next day I received a call at work (I left
both my home and work numbers) from an agent from the Philly office and he
said that I should call the power co and that he would all call.  The problem
was fixed about 3 days later.

Then several months later I had the same thing (different pole) that time I
called the power company directly and again about 3-4days later the problem
was fixed.

I'm sure all power companies are not created equally.  But the FCC did tell
me that by law they must correct any and all RF noise problem generated by
their equimpent.

If you cant get the power company to help, just send some Email to the FCC
and they will help.  I was shocked when I answered the phone the next day and
it was the FCC on the other end...  Try it ...it works...

Hope this helps
George



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:11 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Don Putnick)
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Tony, the noise pattern is too regular to be a power line problem.  More
likely the power line is acting as an antenna for a close neighbor's
electrical appliance.  Considering the change in seasons, one likely candidate

is a thermostat.  If you're on good terms with your neighbors, explain the
problem and ask them if you can walk around inside their houses with a
portable.  You will have to negotiate a neighborly solution.  Electrical
appliances weren't designed assuming a sensitive shortwave receiver next
door.  Good hunting!

--
Don Putnick
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:12 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Roger Wiseman)
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Subject: Re: Utility company interference
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In article <Pine.SGI.3.91r.960923020215.21087A-100000@freenet>,
   Tony Calguire <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I just started receiving a new station on my shortwave.  Its frequency
>is... well, it's everywhere, right up and down the shortwave band, from
>the top of the AM band up to around 25 MHz.  It is the sound of some kind
>of electrical interference, consisting of approximately 1.5 second pulses
>of noise every 1.5 seconds.  The noise is almost certainly some sort of
>electrical short or arcing.
>I wandered through the house with the radio looking for the source of the
>interference, but couldn't localize it.  I took the radio outside and
>wandered around the house, and I found some strong spots and some weak
>spots.  The strongest spot was right under the utility pole; a pole that
>carries electricity, phone and cable TV.  I have not taken the radio for
>a walk around the neighborhood yet, but I fully intend to, in order to
>find out how pervasive the interference is.
>I guess my questions are:
>
>Is this something I have to live with?  Do the utility companies have any
>responsibility for making sure their equipment doesn't cause RF interference?

No, Tony, you don't have to live with it. I suppose your sw radio is a
portable. Are you just using the whip antenna or an outside one. Is it
grounded? There was an article on power line noise in MT's Oct. 1995 issue. It

could be a loose bolt on the transformer or loose hardware. Call the power co.

, explain the problem, and they can send someone out to check the line. Or it
could be arcing, just a small amount will cause havoc to your listening
pleasure. Those happen because of the change in outside temperatures and the
hardware expands and contracts. But I'd call the power co. to let them check
the lines in your neighborhood.
Or perhaps it could be a loose phone line connection..or cable..there's too
many sources of interference.



--
[e-mail] (Crow(Roger Wiseman)) #(:)o]
Kenwood R-5000 | Inverted "V" dipole longwire
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Subject: Re: Utility company interference
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 01:25:55 GMT
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On Mon, 23 Sep 1996 02:22:11 -0500, Tony Calguire
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>I just started receiving a new station on my shortwave.  Its frequency
>is... well, it's everywhere, right up and down the shortwave band, from
>the top of the AM band up to around 25 MHz.  It is the sound of some kind
>of electrical interference, consisting of approximately 1.5 second pulses
>of noise every 1.5 seconds.  The noise is almost certainly some sort of
>electrical short or arcing.
>
As an investigator for the local power company, I have to say that
Craig's reply to your post is quite accurate. I even agree with the
remark about the abilities of some of the "technicians" from the power
companies!
The trouble you are having is too regular to be a power company
problem although I have found defective lightning arrestors make this
type of noise. More than likely, it will be in a nearby house. Usually
caused by a device running off some type of thermostat. Look for
heating pads, aquarium heaters, etc. I once found a guy who had 3
heating pads tucked under a glass box that was a home for his pet
snakes. (I did not ask the snakes to shut off the heat!)
Craig's remarks about going up in freq are also true and the basis I
use to locate trouble. The higher in freq you hear the noise, the
closer you are to the problem. Using that thought with a directional
antenna, you will get results. Stay away from poles with ground wires,
customer meter bases, guy wires, etc as these help couple the noise to
your receiving device. Isolation is the key here. I can't emphasize
this one point enough...don't try to "outguess" your test
equipment...it doesn't lie! Use common sense and consider all the
clues you have (time of day, weather, etc).
The FCC (in my opinion) is totally useless for these problems. In all
the cases I had when customers called the FCC and they came out to
investigate, they were wrong EVERY time. Some of those clowns are very
obnoxious too.

Good luck...no you don't have to live with it...

Take care...John in PA....


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Used to live nr Baltimore, off US1 NE, on Old Forge Lane... abt 3m N of the Be
ltway,
in 1986. The RF noise was horrible.. Went out to investigate with a SW portabl
e.
The water-spouts were radiating, the GUARDRAILS and the STOP-sign[!!] also!!
Signals were coupled from the NW side of US1 where there is a high-voltage lin
e..
--Arcing - humidity dependent. Only on VERY dry days was the reception OK.

Utility Co. guy came out, but the problem has never been fixed. The FCC sent m
e out
a booklet.. it was abt TV interference.. Did not help me at all. Wish you luck
.
--
73's

Denes S. Varady,  N3NV




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:15 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Piran Mohazzabi)
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Subject: Re: Walkman w/Short Wave
Date: 21 Sep 1996 23:53:08 GMT
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In article <521lsp$5me$[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] says...
>
>J&R Music has an Aiwa walkman-type AM/FM/SW radio in their
>catalog.  Model HS-TS500, they want $59.95 for it.  It has two
>SWbands, but the catalog doesn't say what freqs they cover.
>
>Carol
>
>--
>I feel much better now that I've given up hope.
Normally these type radios only cover 49-19 Meterbands, if really you are
in shortwave listrening it is waste of money, normally they are good for
some strong signals like BBC, etc.



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>The military R-390, -391, -392 are, from memory of lifting, carrying
>many of them for an R&D project in the 60s, _less_than_50_pounds_ in
>weight.
R-390A=90+ lbs w/out top and bottom covers
> Their mechanical design is very robust since this late 40s
>design was used in AN/GRC-26 radio huts on the bed of a deuce-and-a-half
>military truck.  Designed by Collins Radio, the local oscillator had
>linear tuning and the tuning could be coupled to a mechanical digital
>indicator.
The R-390A has three local oscillators (+BFO) two of which are crsytal
controlled.  The last oscillator (called VFO) is a precision
hermetically sealed PTO with an oven for stability
>  Manual specification for input sensitivity was 3 microvolts
>for 10 db S+N/N using 30% amplitude modulation.
My manual says 4.0 uv below 14 mc (mHz), 5.0 uv above 14 mc (AM)
1.0 uv (CW)
>  Audio output impedance
>was 600 ohms, not the usual 4 ohms for a common speaker; trying to
>connect a speaker direct to audio output results in distortion of the
>audio.
easily fixed with a cheap transformer.

dr


Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
[e-mail]   there'd be nothing...



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:18 1996
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From: Mark Glusker <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What 2 get: Boatanchor sought
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:05:13 -0700
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Jeff Segawa wrote:
>
> I'm eager to get my first vacuum tube "boat anchor".
> In particular, the Collins R390A and Hammarlund HQ180 have been
> recommended as being very good performers.

The R390A and HQ180 are perhaps two of the finest boatanchors.  Both are
excellent performers.  The HQ180 is more collectible and thus more
expensive (~$300).  The R390A is more common and can often be found for
half the price of an HQ180, but can be a riskier buy because it is a
very complex radio mechanically.  Despite its complexity, the R390A can
be easier to maintain and restore due to the excellent military service
manuals, readily available spare parts and great number of articles that
have been written about it over the years.


> What else might I be
> looking out for, should I not see these two sets? And are there
> common problems/missing parts that I should be aware of before I
> put down any money?

I would recommend finding a copy of Moore's book _Communications
Receivers: The Vacuum Tube Era_.  It has information about most all of
the boatanchors you are likely to run across at a swap, and lots that
you will never see in a lifetime of swaps.  The book is available from
Antique Radio Classified, among other sources, at:

http://www.antiqueradio.com/collbooks.html

I would also review the FAQ for rec.antiques.radio+phono, which can be
found at:

http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/antiques/radio+phono/faq/.html


> Looking for top-notch audio quality for my SW program listening!

Some of the best sounding boatanchors I've run across are the RCA AR-88,
Hallicrafters SX-28, SX-42 or 62, and National NC-2-40D.  There are many
others, but there are also many that are merely average in terms of
audio quality.  The relatively broad filtering of older sets means that
there is usually a persistent heterodyne whistle in the background of
most stations, but there is also a lot more bass resulting in a fuller
sound.  Neither the R390A nor the HQ-180 are known for their excellent
audio quality, although they aren't nearly as bad as a modern JRC for
example.


> And though it might seem silly, just how much DO these sets weigh,
> and how feasible is it to carry one for a few blocks, unaided??

Any decent boatanchor weighs at least 70 pounds.  How far you can carry
it often depends on how good a deal you got on it.

Good luck,

Mark Glusker, [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:19 1996
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>
>Jeff Segawa wrote:
>>
>> I'm eager to get my first vacuum tube "boat anchor".
>> In particular, the Collins R390A and Hammarlund HQ180 have been
>> recommended as being very good performers.

   The Hammarlund HQ-180A was my favorite 'boat anchor' radio I ever did
have. They are still in demand by some people, and there are people out
there who fixes them, modifies them and re-sells them. It certainly did
work well, very well on the MW band for DX'ing.
  I also beleive that the Hallicrafters SX-122 was a decent radio, though
I never owned one.
  From what I have heard the R390 weighs about 1 ton.

Craig


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>Try to
>find an R-390A with a MOD 1, Order 363-Phila-54 or Order 14-Phila 56
>i.f. subchassis.  They are superior to the original i.f.  I couldn't
>use mine in the summer 'cause of the heat load from the 27 tubes.

Many, many thanks for that specific advice; it'll certainly be valuble
should I run into a number of these receivers. I know all too well about
matters of heat and can see myself (1) fan cooling it and (2) using
solid-state gear during the hot months of the year. It'll be swell in
February though :-)

90 lbs? I may barely be able to manage, and only if I can get a good grip
on it. I might have to get some help here, else get a small luggage cart
for the occasion!


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Jeff Segawa ([e-mail])
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Specialist in interesting, quality junk.
Seeking Kiev 60 and Horizont-202 related items.
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> Neither the R390A nor the HQ-180 are known for their excellent
>audio quality, although they aren't nearly as bad as a modern JRC for
>example.

Thanks for the tips: If I haul something home, I'm certainly going to
want those books. Come to think of it, I think that Antique
Electronics has those, and I had been thinking of placing an order for
some literature for my TV7B/U tube tester, so I'll probably add these
to the list.

I know the NRD535D well-lovely receiver, but the audio is sort of
sleep-inducing, and it doesn't really drive other speakers so well.
Sometimes, I think my dream portable would be a lot like a Grundig
Satellit 700 with bigger amp chips and maybe not so much EQ'd audio!


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Jeff Segawa ([e-mail])
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Specialist in interesting, quality junk.
Seeking Kiev 60 and Horizont-202 related items.
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Neither the R390A nor the HQ-180 are known for their excellent

>audio quality, although they aren't nearly as bad as a modern JRC for

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Thanks for the tips: If I haul something home, I'm certainly going to
want those books. Come to think of it, I think that Antique
Electronics has those, and I had been thinking of placing an order for
some literature for my TV7B/U tube tester, so I'll probably add these
to the list.


I know the NRD535D well-lovely receiver, but the audio is sort of
sleep-inducing, and it doesn't really drive other speakers so well.
Sometimes, I think my dream portable would be a lot like a Grundig
Satellit 700 with bigger amp chips and maybe not so much EQ'd audio!



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Jeff Segawa ([e-mail])

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Specialist in interesting, quality junk.

Seeking Kiev 60 and Horizont-202 related items.

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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:23 1996
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"Jeff Segawa" <[e-mail]> wrote:
> In particular, the Collins
>R390A and Hammarlund HQ180 have been recommended ...
>And though it might seem silly, just how much DO these sets weigh, and >how f
easible is it to carry one for a few blocks, unaided??

Any of the true boatanchors deserve the name, a R-390 is close to 100 lbs
and just about all except the backpacks and bricks are "two man lift".

The Hammarlund/Hallicrafters/Nationals are more "tabletop communications
receivers" than mil-spec, have far fewer tubes, and weigh in the 20 pound
range. They are also easier to tune if jumping bands (R-390 has a digital
readout, just not a modern digital readout). These are the consumer grade
and may be lacking things such as BFO, RF Gain, or crystal calibration.
(some will have, some will not).

If you must have an R-390A, try for a "Helena Rubenstein" model.

                      A. Padgett Peterson, P.E.
                Totally Obsessed with TransOceanics
               Who Cares About Lawyers, I Own A Judge
                   KW-26s Make Good Room Heaters
                         We Also Walk Dogs




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:24 1996
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Subject: Re: What 2 get: Boatanchor sought
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 96 23:57:29 GMT
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> >Looking for top-notch audio quality for my SW program listening! That's
> >about 99% of what I want to do, though once in awhile, I'll scan the ham
> >bands or try to flush out a really weak signal. I do already have a Lowe
> >HF150 and like it a lot, but a friend tells me I gotta try a "boat anchor"
>
> >And though it might seem silly, just how much DO these sets weigh, and how
> >feasible is it to carry one for a few blocks, unaided??
>
> The R-390A is the clear winner for audio quality.  It weighs 90
> pounds.  It is totally permeability tuned.  When you turn the knobs a
> very complicated gear train rotates cams which cause slugs to move in
> dozens of coils.   Make sure the gears are clean.  Do not buy one with
> grease on the gears.  They are really quite easy to work on, except
> for the gears.  Fair Radio Sales (Lima, Ohio) has the Army service
> manual, along with the RF deck (the one with all the gears).  Try to
> find an R-390A with a MOD 1, Order 363-Phila-54 or Order 14-Phila 56
> i.f. subchassis.  They are superior to the original i.f.  I couldn't
> use mine in the summer 'cause of the heat load from the 27 tubes.  I
> have an HF-150,  which;  except for the lack of razor sharp filters;
> I feel is every bit as good, and a lot easier to transport.  Everyone
> should have the pleasure of using the Collins 4kHz Mechanical Filter
> at least once in their lives.
> dr
> Dave Rickmers            I'd wake up and
> [e-mail]   there'd be nothing...

OK, you like your R-390, and it is a good radio. I have half a dozen boat
anchors and my favorite is a Hammarlund HQ-129X. In spite of needing a minor
alignment it will receive just about anything. It may not have a 4kHz
Mechanical Filter (although I wish it did), but the built in antenna tuner and

multiple crystal filter bandwidth selections along with the phasing make it
great for digging signals out of the mud. And yes, it is built like a tank and

weighs too much to move around very much. About 60 or 70 pounds, a bunch of
vacuum state FETs, old (late forties?), and I love it. I just wish it had
coverage below .530 MHz, but I suspect I could build a receiver for that with
spare op-amps and a 25KHz custom I.F.

 I think boat anchors were the flagship of American Radio quality until we got

Japan-ized and Rat-Shack put all the real electronics hobby shops out of
business.
 My long 2 cents.
 Bill Baka





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The Hammarlund/Hallicrafters/Nationals are more "tabletop communications
                                                 ^^^^^^^^??????
 Where do you get your information? I am looking at my Hammarlund HQ-129-X and

it would crush most tabletops. It weighs at least 60 pounds and has crysal
filters, super fine tuning, BFO, and lots of tubes. This thing is no toy,
although it outweighs my Hallicrafters S-108 by about 2 to 1. My Hallicrafters

S-77 is over 40 pounds though. I also have an Eico Space Ranger (tubes) and a
Heathkit which are toys by comparison.
 I think favorite radios are a personal experience thing.
 Bill

> receivers" than mil-spec, have far fewer tubes, and weigh in the 20 pound
> range. They are also easier to tune if jumping bands (R-390 has a digital
> readout, just not a modern digital readout). These are the consumer grade
> and may be lacking things such as BFO, RF Gain, or crystal calibration.
> (some will have, some will not).
>
> If you must have an R-390A, try for a "Helena Rubenstein" model.
>
>                       A. Padgett Peterson, P.E.
>                 Totally Obsessed with TransOceanics
>                Who Cares About Lawyers, I Own A Judge
>                    KW-26s Make Good Room Heaters
>                          We Also Walk Dogs
>
>




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:27 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Bry)
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You've obviously never used a 51J3, or an R-390A or a 75A4 then I take it !!

There were some awfully nice Admiralty receivers in England and Canada too,
like the R-109 or the AR-88

I don't own ANY of these but would LOVE to some day!

[e-mail] whistled a happy tune like:

|>The Hammarlund/Hallicrafters/Nationals are more "tabletop communications
|>                                                 ^^^^^^^^??????
|> Where do you get your information? I am looking at my Hammarlund HQ-129-X
and
|>it would crush most tabletops. It weighs at least 60 pounds and has crysal

|>filters, super fine tuning, BFO, and lots of tubes. This thing is no toy,
|>although it outweighs my Hallicrafters S-108 by about 2 to 1. My
Hallicrafters
|>S-77 is over 40 pounds though. I also have an Eico Space Ranger (tubes)
and a
|>Heathkit which are toys by comparison.
|> I think favorite radios are a personal experience thing.
|> Bill

|>> receivers" than mil-spec, have far fewer tubes, and weigh in the 20
pound
|>> range. They are also easier to tune if jumping bands (R-390 has a
digital
|>> readout, just not a modern digital readout). These are the consumer
grade
|>> and may be lacking things such as BFO, RF Gain, or crystal calibration.
|>> (some will have, some will not).
|>>
|>> If you must have an R-390A, try for a "Helena Rubenstein" model.
|>>
|>>                       A. Padgett Peterson, P.E.
|>>                 Totally Obsessed with TransOceanics
|>>                Who Cares About Lawyers, I Own A Judge
|>>                    KW-26s Make Good Room Heaters
|>>                          We Also Walk Dogs
|>>
|>>



Brian Carling, AF4K / G3XLQ
[e-mail]
http://www.mnsinc.com/bry = MEGALIST + HOCKEY + HAM RADIO = Bry's Page!



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:28 1996
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[e-mail] wrote:
>
> The R-390A is the clear winner for audio quality.  It weighs 90
> pounds.  It is totally permeability tuned.  When you turn the knobs a
> very complicated gear train rotates cams which cause slugs to move in
> dozens of coils.   Make sure the gears are clean.  Do not buy one with
> grease on the gears.

This guy has to be kidding...an R390 without grease on the gears!!  Fat
chance.

John


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From: [e-mail] (JAMES C RUSSELL)
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"JACK ST. MARS" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I am 12 years old and I was wondering what short-wave radio is the best to
>buy.
>I Just recently got interested in sw's but I don't know much about them. So
>I came to this news group for help.
>If anybody here could give me some info on sw's that would be great.


>                                                               EVAN ST. MARS


       Consider a Zenith Transoceanic or somethin comperable at a Flea
Market  for $50.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:30 1996
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From: Robert Matter <[e-mail]>
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Hi Evan,

I am a new shortwave listener and here is what just I bought for a
starter system:

* Grundig YB-305 radio. $130 at Service Merchandise.  For $10 you can
get an extended warranty that will give you a brand new radio if
ANYTHING happens to it within two years (except theft).  I thought that
was important because I just dropped a portable CD player and broke it
and did not have such a warranty.  It has AM/FM and SW from 2300-21850
kHz.  It takes two "C" batteries, Duracells INCLUDED!  AM,FM, and SW
each have 10 memory pre-sets.  It also comes with a nice case.  It's
about the size of a VHS tape.

* Radio Shack 3 Volt AC Adaptor #273-1661. About $10.  Unfortunately the
YB-305 does not come with an AC adaptor but it has a jack for one.  Make
sure you align the tip for NEGATIVE polarity.

* Radio Shack long-wire shortwave antenna kit #278-758.  About $11.

* Radio Shack 1/8" phone plug #274-286A (2 per pack). About $2.  You
need to solder one of these plugs to your external antenna lead-in wire
to plug into the external antenna jack on the radio.

My total investment was about $170 with sales tax and I am very pleased
with the reception quality.  When I take the radio outside the reception
is also very good with the built-in whip antenna.

Good luck to you,

-Bob

JAMES C RUSSELL wrote:
>
> "JACK ST. MARS" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> >I am 12 years old and I was wondering what short-wave radio is the best to
> >buy.
> >I Just recently got interested in sw's but I don't know much about them. So
> >I came to this news group for help.
> >If anybody here could give me some info on sw's that would be great.
>
> >                                                               EVAN ST. MAR
S
>
>        Consider a Zenith Transoceanic or somethin comperable at a Flea
> Market  for $50.



From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:31 1996
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From: [e-mail] (JBerszoner)
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Subject: When Asking For Help.........
Date: 26 Sep 1996 18:34:52 -0400
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Today I noticed quite a lot of requests for help ID'ing stations. I think
it help us all if we knew what your station's QTH (location) was. This way
all of us could narrow the possibilities. I think we all tend to forget to
a certain degree, that we're posting notices world-wide, not just around
the corner.

I like to help whenever I can, but if you're on the west coast asking for
help and I'm in the midwest (like I'm near Chicago), I may not be able to
lead you in the right direction. This is not intended to be a slam on
anyone, just a friendly tip from someone who wants to help.

john


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Yeeeeeeeeeaaah, Boyz, they're a new rap group jivin' to da soundz of
the Big Man, that's the REV and his trusty side-kick wit' da
flava-iscious rhymes, y'know what I'm sayin'?

Chill wit' us, homeboyz and homegirlz, every Thursday morning G. to da
M. to da T. in our short-wave "hood", Radio Unify-da-Hood, 11.636
megacycles of Power comin' atcha from the L.B.C.   Even that whitey
cracka boy gh from Tennessee (now stayin' in Okie, we think...) lissens
to us!    Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaah, Boyz!!!  Less' REPRESENT!!

An' see just how hip Da Rev can be!   KEEP IT REAL!

As-Salaam Aleikum.   Peace, we're out!

Prince Eddie &
Dartagnan (Da Z-Funkk Wizz!)




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From: [e-mail] (Roger Wiseman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Who is Tired of Christian Radio!!
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 96 23:09:08 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (Dan Morisseau) wrote:
>In article  [e-mail] writes:
>>>I am sick of these damned 'Christian' stations with a billion watts
splattering
>>all over my serious SWL bands.
>
>Bill,
>
>     Oh, Jesus! Their YOURS?! Oh no! I was using the buggers however I wanted

>for the past 35 years or more. Christ! I'm sorry, man! I never knew you that
>YOU owned the damn things. If I'd known I'd never have touched 'em man. I'm
>sorry. I really don't think I used too much RF in my receivers, but if I did
>I'll do what I can to make it up. In the meantime, grab the f***ing reins,
>will you?

Well, you can always go to the bands below 500 Khz.....<vbg>

--
[e-mail] (Crow(Roger Wiseman)) #(:)o]
Kenwood R-5000 | Inverted "V" dipole longwire
Grid square EM 99 | West Virginia, U.S.A.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:35 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Roger Wiseman)
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Subject: Re: Who is Tired of Christian Radio!!
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 96 17:36:13 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:
>Can the wise ass, huh!
> When I am wearing a headset and working S-2 signals I DON'T appreciate
almost
>having my eardrums blasted out by an off-scale (S-15+) signal hitting me. My
>AGC doesn't work that fast. And just why is it the bleeding heart Christians
>always target the U.S.? There are more chumps with money here, and most of
them
>have cheeseball sets that only pick up the Megawatt/directional Christian
>stations.
> My solution.. put all the Christian crusaders on a leaky boat in the middle
of
>the ocean and see how fast the can 'save' themselves. In my book Christianity

>has proven to be one of the worst evils that humanity has seen. Religious
>persecution, the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Dark ages, and now
>overpopulation due to an antiquated church policy, not to mention screwing up

>the shortwave bands and broadcasting on non-designated frequencies.
> The meek shall ruin the Earth, then inherit the leftovers.

touchy, touchy.........


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[e-mail] (Crow(Roger Wiseman)) #(:)o]
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From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:37 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Roger Wiseman)
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:
>Can the wise ass, huh!
> When I am wearing a headset and working S-2 signals I DON'T appreciate
almost
>having my eardrums blasted out by an off-scale (S-15+) signal hitting me. My
>AGC doesn't work that fast. And just why is it the bleeding heart Christians
>always target the U.S.? There are more chumps with money here, and most of
them
>have cheeseball sets that only pick up the Megawatt/directional Christian
>stations.
> My solution.. put all the Christian crusaders on a leaky boat in the middle
of
>the ocean and see how fast the can 'save' themselves. In my book Christianity

>has proven to be one of the worst evils that humanity has seen. Religious
>persecution, the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Dark ages, and now
>overpopulation due to an antiquated church policy, not to mention screwing up

>the shortwave bands and broadcasting on non-designated frequencies.
> The meek shall ruin the Earth, then inherit the leftovers.

touchy, touchy.........


--
[e-mail] (Crow(Roger Wiseman)) #(:)o]
Kenwood R-5000 | Inverted "V" dipole longwire
Grid square EM 99 | West Virginia, U.S.A.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:38 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Doug Roussel)
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Ron Hardin ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Bro. Stair is a little hard to take, I don't know why.  I guess he doesn't
: seem to be a believer, more of a huckster.

Haven't heard ol' Brother Stair in several months.  Is he still on WWCR
mornings?  A little hard to take is an understatement.

: But what's his name, Channing? Hanning?, had a nice show a year or so ago,
: when the date of the predicted end of the world came up, and it didn't
: end.  He seemed a little disappointed that night, if I may say so.

Harold Camping, I think you mean.  He still has his nightly call-in show,
as far as I know, on the Family Radio Network (???).  Pretty good show,
for the most part.  Some callers still give him grief about the erroneous
prediction, though. :-)  Read portions of one of his books, and as far
as biblical prophetic commentary goes, it was well thought out, though
obviously wrong.  Date-setting is the surest way to destroy your
credibility in that line of work.  But who knows, maybe he just forgot to
carry a 1 somewhere.


From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:39 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)
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Subject: Re: Why do I need a ground on my NRD-515?
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Because the ground wire in your house wiring is not necessarily the
SHORTEST path to ground.
If lightning hits, it'll look for the shortest electrical path (lowest
resistance); if you do not ground your set, the bolt will travel through
the house wiring, probably setting everything near it on fire as the
wiring melts from the 10,000 amps of current trying to get through.
Imagine your radio is in the basement, and your fusebox on the other side
of the house; without a ground near your set, the current will travel
across the house to the fusebox which will have a ground rod right outside
the service entrance.
BTW, a direct strike will result in your radio being fried anyway; what
you're trying to cut down is the risk to other parts of the house.
BTWagain, a tube radio is more immune to such strikes than a solid state
set.


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Subject: Re: Why do I need a ground on my NRD-515?
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>John
> But I should think that a ground through the electrical system has to be
> have quite a bit of electrical noise.
>

I tried it and it does, plenty. The whole neighborhood I live in has
underground utilities, but all the houses have those damned SCR based light
dimmers. Just think of a few hundred of those in use within a quarter mile
radius of your house and sharing the same lines. It's a nightmare here until
after midnight when people go to bed. Too bad the contractor was too cheap to
even consider filters, and likewise too bad the F.C.C. doesn't mandate it.
 Also watch out for anybody in the area using an arc welder. A neighbor of min
e
is restoring an old car and when he starts welding, my ears get quite a blast.
 Bill Baka




From [e-mail] Fri Sep 27 22:41:41 1996
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From: Michael Neidich <[e-mail]>
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Nostalgia strikes!  Will pay mint dollars for a mint condition NC-183D.
Must have matching speaker and manual, and lean toward a recently aligned
unit.
Mike, Santa Clara, CA.


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Nostalgia strikes!  Will pay mint dollars for a mint condition NC-183D.
Must have matching speaker and manual, and lean toward a recently aligned
unit.
Mike, Santa Clara, CA.


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From: [e-mail] (Gregory K Doerschler)
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Subject: Receiver IF images (was Re: 243 kHz Logging & Walt Disney World)
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In article <520n3u$[e-mail]>,
Sonya Lyles <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>Chris you were aboslutely right. I *WaS* getting an image of WMET 1150
>(MW) in the LW band. Checked it out last night!
>Can you or anyone else tell me (in laywoman's terms) why this happens?
>Do I have a bad radio? Or is it something that happens frequently that
>just never happened to me before?

Image reception is a common occurrence in portable shortwave receivers.
Even though the 7600G is a double conversion receiver (which makes it much
less susceptible to image problems than cheaper, single conversion
receivers), images of very strong signals can still appear on the dial 910
KHz below their actual frequency.  910 KHz is twice the 455 KHz 2nd IF
frequency, and the condition occurs because of imperfect filtering in the
1st IF (intermediate frequency) stage.

That's the short answer.  If you're not afraid of some simple mathematics
and want a more technical description of what's happening, read on...

The SW-7600G uses a double conversion superheterodyne circuit with a 1st
IF (intermediate frequency) of 55.845 MHz and a 2nd IF of 455 KHz (0.455
MHz).  This means that the receiver's circuitry first converts the receive
frequency to 55.845 MHz and then converts the 55.845 MHz signal to 455 KHz
before finally extracting the audio.

When tuned to 0.240 MHz (240 KHz), the receiver's 1st local oscillator is
oscillating on a frequency of 56.085 MHz (0.240 MHz + 55.845 MHz).  This
frequency mixes with the incoming signal to produce the 1st IF frequency
as follows:

                  mixer
       0.240-------X------> 55.845   (56.085 - 0.240 MHz)
                   |
                 56.085

Any other signals which enter the first mixer will also mix with the local
oscillator.  1.150 MHz (1150 KHz) will be converted to 54.935 MHz:

       1.150-------X------> 54.935  (56.085 - 1.150 MHz)
                   |
                 56.085

Since the 1st IF filter is designed to pass only the 55.845 MHz IF
frequency, these other mixing product would theoretically be prevented
from reaching the second mixer.  In the second mixer, 55.845 MHz is
converted to 0.455 MHz (455 KHz) by mixing with the fixed 55.390 MHz
output of the second local oscillator:

      55.845-------X------> 0.455  (55.845 - 55.390 MHz)
                   |
                 55.390

The 0.455 MHz 2nd IF frequency then passes through the 2nd IF filter
(which blocks all other frequencies) and subsequently gets converted to
audio.

The image problem stems from the fact that the 1st IF filter is not
perfect.  In this instance, it allows some of the 54.935 MHz signal (the
1150 KHz image) to "bleed through" and reach the second mixer; whereupon
it too gets converted to the 0.455 MHz 2nd IF frequency:


      54.935-------X------> 0.455  (55.390 - 54.935 MHz)
                   |
                 55.390

Once it gets converted to the 2nd IF frequency, there is nothing left to
stop if from passing through the 2nd IF filter and being detected as
audio.  Note that while other frequencies may also "bleed through" the
1st IF filter, they will not produce the 0.455 MHz output in the 2nd mixer;
and hence will be stopped by the 2nd IF filter.

Summarizing the results, we can see why a signal 910 KHz above the frequency
to which the receiver is tuned is heard as an image:

               1st                2nd
               mixer              mixer
      0.240------X-----> 55.845-----X-----> 0.455
                 |                  |
      1.150------X-----> 54.935-----X-----> 0.455
                 |                  |
               56.085             55.390


For the record, I have made a few minor simplifications in order to make
this example easier to follow, and have ignored all other means by which
images can creep into a receiver.  It is also useful to know that images
of SSB signals falling 910 KHz below the actual frequency will be
inverted, meaning that USB signals will be heard in the LSB mode and vise
versa.


                                                     Greg





From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:42:07 1996
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Subject: Q on WCNN Modulation
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I have noticed for the past two years now that WCNN 680 AM (10 kW, Night)
from Atlanta, GA has been using the Kahn power side AM modulation system
in their nightime operations.  WCNN is currently emphasizing its LOWER
sideband as monitored with my Sony ICF-2010 radio with synchronous
detector. I guess the main reason they are doing this is to avoid some of
the interference at night from WPTF 680 AM (50 kW, Night) Raleigh, NC.  I
have also noticed that WPTF is still using standard AM in their nighttime
operations.  Which brings up some questions I have on this subject which
maybe somebody can answer or give an opinion on:

1. How much benefit does a station gain in reducing interference by using
the Kahn power side system?  I can hear WCNN better here in the northern
Atlanta suburbs since they switched to the power side system but I am
using a receiver with a synchronous detector.  When I turn off the sync.
detector, there still is alot of interference between WCNN and WPTF.  It
would seem to me that if WPTF used the power side system and emphasized
its UPPER sideband (opposite to WCNN) that there would be a much greater
benefit in reducing interference between these two stations at night in
conventional AM receivers.

2. Is there any technical information available on this Kahn power side
modulation system?  Does Kahn have a site on the web or any information
available otherwise on the internet?

3. Why haven't more AM/Mediumwave stations adopted this power side
approach to reducing nighttime skywave interference?  If properly
coordinated, both co-channel and/or adjacent channel interference can be
reduced in some areas.  It would seem to me that stations would also
benefit in their power bills as well since you only have full modulation
on one sideband.

4. I have heard this system may not be compatable with C-QUAM AM stereo,
is this true?  Since almost all U.S. AM stations are broadcasting
non-music, monophonic, talk-orientated programming at night, why don't
more stations switch?

What are your thoughts?


Regards,

Harry Sarkas

[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:42:08 1996
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From: "John M. Bilek" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 03:43:54 -0700
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OK, OK...I don't think the original poster asked for people's opinions
on Mr. Limbaugh.  He just asked where he is on shortwave.  I don't think
we need a flame war here.  That really isn't in the spirit of DXing nor
is it in the spirit of this newsgroup.

Johnny


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From: [e-mail] (Donald R. Putnick)
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Subject: Re: 1997 Passport to World Band Radio is out!
Date: 25 Sep 1996 13:06:37 GMT
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Alec Lemas <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Porchnoy <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>Timothy Zamora wrote:

>>> This afternoon, I received the latest issue of the 1997 Passport to
>>> World Band Radio.  It was preordered through Grove Enterprises.
>
>>              I am so happy for you.
>
> Do I detect envy here?

Either envy or misunderstanding of a r.r.s semi-annual ritual.
Maybe the ritual is passing away.  I didn't see any "is it
out yet" posts this season.  But for the record, this year's
glossy blue page count: only two.

(proudly wearing his KPIG t-shirt - see page 72)

--
Don Putnick
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From: [e-mail] (Tony White)
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Subject: Adding digital readout to analog radio: How?
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I'm considering adding a digital frequency readout to my old analog SWR.  I
like the old beast (Hallicrafters SX-28A) and don't plan to give it up, since
it does go up to 42MHz and I'm hard pressed to find a SWR that covers the
freqs above 30MHz.  I'm wondering: a)would a standard digital frequency
counter work; b)if so, where would I need to connect the input, and c)whether
or not I'd need to build an IF stage for the counter so I'd get the proper
readout.  This is a rackmountable unit, and I'm considering putting this
project in a 1U rack box.  If I can do it with a standard freq. counter, does
anyone have schematics for a homebrew unit?

TIA



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From: "c. thomas nolan" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Old Soviet Union "woodpecker"
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:47:19 -0400
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I'm curious if anyone discovered after the Soviet Union break-up what
the loud "woodpecker" noise was coming from somewhere in U.S.S.R.?

I remember reading something about long ago.

A laymans answer please...I'm not shortwave literate.


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Tony White wrote:

> I'm considering adding a digital frequency readout to my SX-28A

> anyone have schematics for a homebrew unit?

Try the  January 1980 issue of QST.  As I recall, there were about five
errors in the schematic which became obvious when comparing components
to their data sheets.

Also, Robert Foxworth wrote a number of articles for the National
Radio Club about building digital displays and hooking them up to
vacuum tube based receivers.  They have a website at:

http://alpha.wcoil.com:80/~gnbc/

Good luck!

Mark Glusker, [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:42:34 1996
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From: Charles Bolland <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: NRD-525 questions
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 12:58:48 -0400
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Steve Higgins wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've just purchased a nice used NRD-525, which unfortunately
> came without the manual.  I was wondering if some kind soul could
> answer the following questions...
>
> 1) How the heck do you store stations in memory?  I've tried about
>    every possible combination of keystrokes I could think of, and
>    most of the time I only succeed in recalling stations that have
>    been previously stored.
>
> 2) During my experimentation (see 1()) I noted that several keypad
>    commands did different things, like silence the keypad beeper,
>    bypass the preselector, and display 300-1200 (RS232 baud rate?)
>    Anyone have a list of all of them?
>
> 3) The only "wierd" thing I have noted with the radio is that when
>    AGC is switched out and RF Gain is turned up, the signal strength
>    immediately plummets to 0.  Turning down the RF Gain brings the
>    level up, until its maxed out when the RF Gain is at the *minimum*
>    position.  This seems backwards to me...is it normal behavior?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Steve
>
> --
> Steve
>
> [e-mail]
Steve,

Here's your information for storing a frequency from the manual:

Storing

Data are stored by any of the follwoing methods accoring to the order of
setting of the frequency and channel number:
*  To store the frequency first -
1.  Turn on the FREQ switch and set the frequency, mode, bandwidth,
on-off of ATT, and AGC status which you want to store.
2.  Turn on the CHANNEL and set the desired channel number. For example,
the keys are used  in the following manner to set the channel NO 199
 Press the keys as: 1 9 9

Do not press the ENT/khz key at the moment.  If it is pressed, what is
stored in the channel No. 199 is indicated on the vacuum fluorescent
display and the newly set frequency, mode, bandwidth, on-off of ATT, and
status of AGC are deleted.
3. Press the ENT/khz switch with the MEMO switch depressed.  Then the
beep sounds and what has been set is stored in the channel no 199.

To set the channel number first:

1.  Turn on the CHANNEL switch and set the desired channel number.
2  Turn on the FREQ switch and set the frequency mode, bandwidth, on-off
of ATT and AGC status wiich you want to store.
3.  Press the ENT/Khz switch with the MEMO switch depressed.  Then, the
beep sounds and what has been set is stored in the desired channel.


Finally, when the AGC is turned off:  In this position, hte S meter does
not read at all. This position is used to received relatively weak
signal.  Because the voice signal is distorted if strong signal is
received, turn the RF GAIN control counterclockwise to eliminate
distortion.

The above is directly from the operating manual for the NRD 525.  WHEW!


Check out my web page for a free database to go with your new radio.  It
is at the end of the page....   http://www.flient.com/~chuck/

See ya

Chuck Bolland
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:42:35 1996
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From: jmarvin <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: For Those Who Have Had Enough!
Date: 26 Sep 1996 03:53:33 GMT
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>>I don't think for a moment that Jay would be quite as strident
>>with his views if this was a left-wing station.

Wrong. I would be just as strident maybe more so. And there is a
way to prove my charge about WWCR. It's called a tape machine.
Thanks for the nice words. I have been into this (SWLing) since I
was 13 and I'm now 44. I love world band radio and always have
and always will. Yes, I'm left wing, but Stalin I'm not anymore
Than Rush is Hitler.

73

Jay

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jay marvin
[e-mail]
KHOW Denver


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:42:36 1996
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From: jmarvin <[e-mail]>
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Date: 26 Sep 1996 03:54:49 GMT
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>>Their response will be to flame you, not responsibly respond.
>>Bet I'm right.

Bet your wrong! :)

jay

--
jay marvin
[e-mail]
KHOW Denver


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:42:37 1996
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From: jmarvin <[e-mail]>
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Date: 26 Sep 1996 03:57:09 GMT
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I wonder what the hell the thinking is on RFI? No North American
service in English at night now this. How sad!

jay

--
jay marvin
[e-mail]
KHOW Denver


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Date: 26 Sep 1996 04:04:32 GMT
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Once again I'll jump in here and say who hasn't been in a hurry
to get something down that they mad mistakes???? To argue over
spelling or grammar is to wage a weak argument instead of
confronting the facts  of the thread.

Jay

--
jay marvin
[e-mail]
KHOW Denver


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:42:39 1996
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Melanie wrote:
>
> I have a short-wave radio, but I can't ever figure out how to find
> programs -- it's hit and miss.  How do I find BBC World Service,
> for example.
>
> I know this is a really basic question, so please don't flame me!
> Email me instead!

Melanie,

Just remember that everyone here was a beginner once!

Here are a couple of online sites that have schedules for BBC and
others:

http://net-connect.net/~bbower/swave1.htm

http://ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au/~pbd/SW/index.html

There are lots of others too. If you have a browser with search
capabilities, just type in "shortwave schedules".

Have fun!

Lynn Holden
Wichita, Ks.


--
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http://www2.southwind.net\~lynnh


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From: [e-mail] (Dan Pike)
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Subject: Re: Help Identify Beacon HT on 225 khz
Date: 26 Sep 1996 15:18:03 GMT
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Nick, you might try going to the general aviation terminal at your local
airport and purchasing the FAA Aeronautical Sectional map for your area.
It will list all beacons, etc. on it.



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From: "Peter Gottlieb" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Scope for tuning Fax, RTTY
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Usually for RTTY you use a scope with X and Y inputs (ie, a direct
horizontal
voltage input) that have the same deflection factor (1 volt should cause
the
same size whether it is put into the X or the Y inputs).

This is hooked up to the outputs of the mark and space tone filters, so
that
when the received signal is perfectly tuned you get either a pure vertical
line
or a pure horizontal line (rapidly flipping during data).

For fax I usually tune by ear as a small tuning error only results in a
very slight
contrast degradation.

I am not familiar with your receiver...  does it have an integral FSK
decoder?

While almost any old scope (you need very little bandwidth) will do, how
you
set up your decoder will be more important than the scope...


CatDaddy <[e-mail]> wrote in article
<[e-mail]>...
>
> Anyone got an idea of what kind of used scope I need to pick up for
> tuning RTTY, etc.  Want to hook into my NRD535d
>
> Thanks
>
> CatDaddy
>


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From: [e-mail] (JStek)
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Subject: Re: Problems with Sony ICF-SW100
Date: 27 Sep 1996 11:23:03 -0400
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In article <01bbaa83$2b41f080$[e-mail]>, "Lawrence E
Klein" <[e-mail]> writes:

>Subject:       Re: Problems with Sony ICF-SW100
>From:  "Lawrence E Klein" <[e-mail]>
>Date:  25 Sep 1996 01:51:06 GMT
>
>
>
>Ragnar Nielsen <[e-mail]> wrote in article
><[e-mail]>...
>> Hi there!
>>
>> This summer I bought a SW100 because of its compact size, and I've
>> been satisfied with it so far.
>> When showing it to a friend last week I discovered to my dismay that
>> the frequency was 12 kHz off, BBC was found on 12107 instead of 12095
>>
>I have an old Sony ICF Pro 80 that has always been off 5 khz.  I'd like
to
>know if it could be reset, too.  I just mentally subtract 5 khz when
using
>this radio.
>
>
>

Doesn't the standard Sony reset/calibration procedure involve a 30 foot
toss? ;-)


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 [e-mail] wrote:

 j> 8.  Made a list of all of Art's sponsor's products and
 j>     became willing to buy at least one item from them
 j>     all...

 j> 11. Sought through our 911CS with that erect antenna C Crap Co
 j>      sells to improve our reception of Art's show hoping only
 j>      for a few moments of hearing Art talk on and on about another
 j>      sponsor.

Well, I dunno about you, but I don't know if I can _live_ without one of
those South-African wind-up radios!  'Course, you can probably get them
for $52.98 in some ad in _Popular Communications_ rather than C. Crane's
$99.95, but still...what a cool product.

Apropos of this, has anyone ever heard of the Soviet fuel driven
shortwave receivers produced in the 'fifties or 'sixties?  I have been
trying to track down more on these for several years.



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Radio Liberia International:
there is no mail delivery in Liberia due to the civil war. Radio
Liberia Internationak accepts reports by fax to (231) 226-003, marked
to the attention of Mr. Isaac P. Davis, QSL Coordinator, mr. Davis
actually works with a FM station in monoriva that belongs to the same
company as RLI, which apparently is located about 70 kilometres from
Monrovia.

I actually received a faxed QSL from them yesterday ("QSL Certificate
no. RLI-0001"!).




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Does anyone have any opinions on the 651S1 Reciever?
--
W. Charles Alexander
[e-mail]


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Icom R-7000 $750 firm
Mint box and book

Icom R-71a vgc box and book hf rcvr
$525 shipped firm

yeasu ft-40
uhf ham ht box and book $225 firm shipped
hi power 99chdtmf with dvr

ADI 2 meter ht extended rx tx
140-163mhz approx
20 ch
mint in box charger manual.






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<<NOTICE: By sending unsolicited commercial advertising/solicitations
(or otherwise on or as part of a mailing list) to the above e-mail
address or URL you will be indicating your consent to paying Ken L.
Wong $1,000.000.oo U.S.D./hour for a minimum of 1 hour for my time
spent dealing with it. Payment due in 30 days upon receipt of an
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Good for you!  Hope you can collect!  Now if we can just do something about
telemarketers...

Roger



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From: Ray Woodward <[e-mail]>
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In article <52i0a4$[e-mail]>, bob puharic <[e-mail]>
comments :

>now if we can just get 'em the hell out of the 40M ham band, we'll be
>ok...

Exactly which channels in "the 40M ham band" do the BBC use ..?


==

Ray



   E-mail : [e-mail]
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From: [e-mail] (bob puharic)
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[e-mail] (John Moran) wrote:

>has anyone traveled domestically (US) or Internationally with electronic
>equipement and experienced any security delays related to the toys you
>were traveling with.

scanners are illegal in some states so check the laws before you go.
On overseas stuff, i once carried a brief case full of semiconductor
lasers thru customs....they were searching the guy ahead of me, and
just asked what i was carrying. when i told them, they let me thru!



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[e-mail] (Dave Hayes) wrote:

>[e-mail] () wrote:

>>No, the woodpecker wasn't a radar.  It was a jamming station, and the
>>only purpose of the woodpecker was to jam all shortwave stations.  I
>>don't know what kind of tranmitter it was because it's signal
>>simultaneously blocked all frequencies from about 4000 kHz all the way to
>>about 20000 kHz with an extremely strong pulsating signal, 2 pulses per
>>second.


>Not quite right. The woodpecker was a high frequency, over the horizon radar.
>While it effectively jammed many frequencies, this was caused by the sharp
>rise and fall times of the signal. In other words, a side effect of the
>radar. My recollection is that up to several hundred KHz of spectrum at a
>time was affected. However, it was not the whole HF spectrum.

>Somewhere out in the garage I have an old Wireless World (English) magazine
>from the late 1960s that completely describes the psuedo-random code used by
>the woodpecker, and therefore some estimation of its resolution. Apparently
>interference was quite severe in Europe. The article went on to postulate a
>suitable tapped delay line that would sum the woodpeckers individual pulses
>into a single pulse. The woodpecker was an early form of spread spectrum, or
>HF chirp radar.

Got to agree here!
Joe Conroy    [e-mail]
If the Postal Service is privatized--------
It will cost a LOT more to mail a letter!!!!!!



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:42:58 1996
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MFJ sells them .800-647-1800 for cat $10 and $20
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From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:42:59 1996
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From: [e-mail] (George Graham)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Christian Radio--The Good, The Bad, The ? ...
Date: 28 Sep 1996 11:16:01 GMT
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Although a person that works faithfully in two churches, United Church
and the Baptist Church here in Canada, I too find myself hastening to
hit the scan button on my Sony 2010 when it pauses on "Christian"
stations.

So called "Christian radio" covers a wide spectrum of religousity. We
all have our preferences.  At the top of my personal pyramid (and well
up the Andian Mountains) is HCJB.  Although I might quibble with their
theology on the nature of God (aka,"The Trinity), yet I cannot complain
about where their heart is.  They broadcast Christianity with elegance
and true good intent.

Down at the bottom of my personal rating system--not that it means
much--are the boys on WWCR, and Pontificating Pontus, otherwise known
as DR (DID YOU HEAR ME, I'M A DR) Gene Scott.

Nevertheless, as bad as the bad stuff may seem to us, it does put
valuable money in the coffers of shortwave stations, keeping them on
the air to broadcast more noble offerings.  Moreover, this activity
boosts shortwave generally, helping to make the media more viable in
these days where radio stations have sound links in their web
pages from which people can listen to selected programs with the click
of a mouse button.  Should you reach CBC's Toronto web page, you can
click on buttons to hear the latest "World at Six" news program or
other popular offerings like "As It Happens."

Such web pages give world wide computer users faultless renditions of
their favorite
broadcast programs, providing said computers have sound cards and
speakers.
Thus a Canuck tripping to Alice Springs could connect to Canadian news
at any time
of the Aussie day.

This technology, in conjunction with satellite feed, makes shortwave
less attractive to
people buying radio time.

Thus Christian radio helps keep our hobby alive.

And, if it disappeared, we might find ourselves actually missing some
of it.  As much
as Radio Moscow's political ravings may have annoyed me back in the
cold war
days, I kind of miss them now.

gg
George Graham
Hiding under a home-made TTFD
Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:00 1996
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Subject: Re: BBC to drop 15070 ...
Date: 28 Sep 1996 13:06:34 GMT
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The INTERNATIONAL 40m ham-band is from 7.0 to 7.1 MHz....

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Denes S. Varady,  N3NV




From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:01 1996
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From: "The Frankel Family!" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Motorola Compact Palm Microphone [HMN1056D] Wiring Diagram Needed
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 08:13:00 -0700
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I would like to use a Motorola Compact Palm Microphone [HMN1056D] on one
of my radios.  Does anyone have a wiring (red=, black=, yellow=, etc.)
diagram?

Please email you response to [e-mail]

Thanks!

*Nevins*


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From: [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson)
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Wolf359 <[e-mail]> wrote:

>
>             The New World Order

- - - - snipped to save bandwidth and to avoid repropagation - - - -

Please keep this stuff where it belongs - not in rec.radio.shortwave.

Merry Christmas!

df


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Dan Ferguson                                    [e-mail]





From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:03 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Dale Thomas)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC on 12095
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 00:14:44 GMT
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[e-mail] (DSchopp) wrote:

>This afternoon, 1800 to 2000 UTC, the BBC is coming in loud and clear on
>12095 kHz The 1997 PPWBR shows 12095 kHz as a European frequency for the
>BBC. Is the BBC also using this frequency for Africa? Would a European
>frequency be this well received here in the midwestern US during the day
>local time?

>Dan Schopp

I listen to the BBC on that freq regularly during daylight east coast
time (Detroit Mi.).

  Dale...




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From: Brian McDonald <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: Radio Shack Pro-39 Hyperscan Scanner
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 17:50:24 -0700
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Looking to sell Radio Shack Pro-39 scanner, less than a year old, BARELY
even used, looks brand new.. Covers various frquencies VHF-Lo,
Ham,Aircraft, Government, Ham (144Mhz-148) VHF-Hi, Ham/Govt, UHF-Lo,
UHF-TV, UHF Hi 800 Mhz bands and 900 bands.. Hyperscan, 200 channels
memory, (10 banks of 20 channels each), good scanner model, near top of
the line.. Has instruction booklet, AC adapter, Retractable enchanced
antenna.. Bought for $300, looking to get $175-$200 + shipping.

Please leave your replies/offers to my email address:
[e-mail]

Thank you,
Brian McDonald


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:04 1996
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From: Tony Calguire <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Utility company interfere/My homepage
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 23:59:41 -0500
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On Sat, 28 Sep 1996, Gary wrote:

> Len Anderson wrote:
> ?  Is the utility company likely to give me a hard time?
>

Actually, no, he didn't.  That was me, not Len.  But thanks for the info,
anyway.


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From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:05 1996
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From: John Figliozzi <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC on 12095
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 01:53:12 -0400
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To: DSchopp <[e-mail]>

DSchopp wrote:
>
> This afternoon, 1800 to 2000 UTC, the BBC is coming in loud and clear on
> 12095 kHz The 1997 PPWBR shows 12095 kHz as a European frequency for the
> BBC. Is the BBC also using this frequency for Africa? Would a European
> frequency be this well received here in the midwestern US during the day
> local time?
>
> Dan Schopp

Hi Dan!

15070 (soon to be gone, I understand), 12095 and 9410 are the main BBC
frequencies for Europe.  All of them are quite listenable here on the
east coast during the afternoons (especially around the equinoxes).
The best frequency for the African stream here is 15400, which is the
Ascension Island relay.  17830 is a close second for some of the time;
both frequencies in the afternoons here on the east coast.  The three
European frequencies above, BTW, are direct from the UK.

Hope this helps!

John Figliozzi



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:06 1996
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From: Warren Lambing <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Yesterday USA on shortwave
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 23:50:02 -0700
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Yesterday USA on there home page on audio net is advertising that they
are broadcasting old radio programs on shortwave, but they don't give
any frequencies. Has anyone heard it? And if so on what frequencies?




From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:07 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Gus)
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[e-mail] (Craig Welch) wrote:


>Which ng? You have posted to:
actually I have possted to a lot more than that but I don't think that
I said that I posted it.  If that is what i wrote it is wrong.
someone else posted it.  I only read it


>I haven't seen any such list, and *every* airline with which I fly my
>300,000+ per year *specifically* excludes such toys.
have you flown with every airline?

>I can't argue with that. But again, I make the point that if it's
>against the airline's rules, you shouldn't be using them.

can't argue there.  I am not saying use them.  I simply stated that I
saw a list that showed airline that WOULD let you use them





From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:10 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Andy Sennitt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Old Soviet Union "woodpecker
Date: 29 Sep 1996 10:19:42 GMT
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howard <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Why don't you guys try asking the Russians??

Obviously you have never tried asking the Russians, otherwise you
would know why it's a complete waste of time asking the Russians :-)


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:11 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Major Fred Mooney)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Remote tuning for the R-70??
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 96 10:59:40 GMT
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Greetings:

I have an ICOM R-70 receiver, and want to hook it into some remote tuning PC
software.  Does anyone know how to make it CI-V compatible so it will work
with SCANCAT software?


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:12 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Michael Weiskopf)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: ID on 8571.5 USB?
Date: 29 Sep 1996 15:51:04 GMT
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I've been listening to this Morse ID on that freq since 4:30 AM and all I can
make out is CQ CQ CQ DE ... can someone tell me what it is?  I don't really
know Morse code. It just repeats the ID over and over again, followed by a
long tone, and then the ID again...


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:25 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Guy Houle)
Date: 29 Sep 96 13:23:00
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help Identify Beacon
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization:  STAT! Medical BBS - [phone] HST/V.34+
Lines: 41



TC:On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Nick Marsh wrote:

TC> I was tuning the low frequency band the other night and ran across
TC> a beacon that identified as HT on/about 225 khz.   I thought  this
TC> strange as most beacons have 3 letter identifiers.  Also,  this is
TC> my first beacon logging as I have never ventured below 500khz
TC> before.


     Nick,

       The station that you'd heard can be one of the following:

              Freq: 224 Khz
              Id  : YHT
              QTH : Haines Junction, YT, Canada
              PWR : 50 watts

              -OR more likely-

              Freq: 226 Khz
              Id  : HT
              QTH : Huntingdon, WV (Tri State - Huntt)
              PWR : 25 watts
              Operated by the FAA at 38 24 N 82 39 W.
              Elevation is 758 feet ASL.

     Regards.

     Guy Houle, VE2VGA
     Boucherville, QC, Canada

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From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:26 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Randyc3)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh
Date: 29 Sep 1996 14:02:36 -0400
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I find it a indication of the state of "thinking" in America that people
will debate the logic of Ayn Rand, and Rush Limbaugh without *actually*
reading or listening to them.

Most of my liberal friends will trash Ayn Rand, and call Rush Limbaugh
rude names, but NONE of them have actually read "Atlas Shrugged" or
listened to Rush.




From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:27 1996
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From: [e-mail] (JStek)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sangean ATS-909
Date: 29 Sep 1996 14:17:37 -0400
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In article <52jqer$[e-mail]>,
103446,[e-mail] writes:

>Subject:       Re: Sangean ATS-909: who had questions?
>From:  103446,[e-mail]
>Date:  Sat, 28 Sep 96 14:23:35
>
>How is the SSB reception in terms of stability and distortion level? My
old
>SW-55 had a "grungy"
>BFO and was not stable either. Hope the '909 is better.
>
>

    The Sangean ATS-909 does a superb job on SSB.  It tunes USB/LSB as
well, or better than the 2010; it's very stable.  My side-by-side tests
with a Sony SW7600G and IC-2010 also proved it to have much better audio
than both of the Sony units on SSB and broadcast frequencies.  The 909 is
a very fine little receiver; definitely worth owning.


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:28 1996
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From: Charles Bolland <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Irish Radio
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 14:55:53 -0400
Organization: Florida Internet Corp
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I am presently listening to an Irish station on 15630 kHz which I
understand is RELAYED by Germany - Duetsche Welle?  Anyone have the
specifics like Irish Stations Name and where DW is relaying from?  The
station is really strong here in Florida, so I am wondering if it
is being relayed from Antigue??

Chuck
[e-mail]
http://www.flinet.com/~chuck/


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:29 1996
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From: [e-mail] (John Doty)
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Subject: Re: Low cost balun for ra
Date: 29 Sep 1996 19:37:52 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Len Anderson)
writes:
>    A longwire may be unbalanced, but a ground ground (for a
>    counterpoise) is not absolutely needed for reception; the outer
>    conductor of a coaxial cable feed becomes the "counterpoise."

Using the cable shield as a counterpoise removes much or all of
the point of using coax in the first place. The coax shield works
by carrying a current on its outer surface that cancels external
interference inside the cable. If you're using the shield as part
of the antenna you lose much of the shielding effect.

How much you lose depends on the installation details. One common
situation is an H-field dominated interference source (a computer,
for example) near the receiver: in this case both theory and
experience predict that the coax shield is nearly useless unless
it is grounded.

My present practice is to ground the shield in two or three places:

1. I ground to the protective ground of the AC mains where the
receiver plugs in. This is not for EMI, but to prevent an inductive
ground loop from frying my receiver in case of a nearby lightning
strike. By experiment, it has no interference shielding consequences
in either direction.

2. I have a ground stake just outside the house. This carries the
noise current to ground near the source. This stake can also double
as the antenna's ground, but there will be some mutual impedance
noise pickup.

3. My best antenna is an "inverted L" 100 feet from my house. This
has an additional stake grounding the coax shield and the ground
side of the antenna matching transformer. To further reduce noise,
the coax cable is buried between the stakes. This arrangement
reduces noise pickup from my computer by about 36 dB at the CPU
clock frequency (the only interference detectable). The remaining
pickup is apparently through the air, not through the coax: the
only way to improve this would be to shield the computer or move
the antenna farther away.

> A 4:1 balun can do two major
>    things:
>       1.  Provides a DC ground path for the longwire on the primary
>           winding side, making a discharge path for any charge
>           accumulation during an electrical storm;

True.

>       2.  Provides for a connection to coaxial cable at the
>           secondary winding to greatly reduce any disturbances from coax
>           length variations; coax shield does not have to be at
>           external DC ground potential.

Eh? The balun just shows the antenna four times the cable input
impedance, whatever that is. It does nothing special to reduce the
variation. If the receiver is designed for a coax input, it should
not reflect much power back into the coax. Under these circumstances,
the length has little effect anyway, and the cable input impedance
will be close to the cable's characteristic impedance.

The real reason for using a matching transformer is to present the
antenna with a minimal mismatch. A longwire antenna's impedance
varies wildly with frequency, but in an appropriately scaled plot
of the complex plane it looks like a spiral. If the load impedance
on the antenna is near the center of the impedance spiral, the
degree of mismatch varies little with frequency as long as the
antenna is longer that about 1/4 wavelength. The center point of
the impedance spiral of a longwire fed at its ground point is
300-700 ohms, depending on the details of the antenna installation.
Mismatch losses for antennas matched in this way are 4-6 dB, which
is usually not enough to impact signal to noise ratio with a good
receiver.

Without the transformer, you will get mismatch losses of 15 dB or
so at antenna antiresonances. This level of loss is may be enough
to impact your receiving sensitivity. This kind of loss cannot be
very effectively countered by an antenna tuner at the receiver end
unless your coaxial cable losses are very low. Matching to the
center of the impedance spiral should significantly improve the
effectiveness of an antenna tuner at the receiver (if you absolutely
must have the extra knobs to fiddle with).

A impedance ratio of 4:1 is a bit small for this application. The
ICE unit that's designed to do this allows the installer to select
6:1, 9:1, or 12:1. I've also written up directions for winding a 9:1
transformer yourself (for more info see "Low Noise Antennas" on the
BADX home page http://www.grove.net/~badx/).

--
John Doty               "You can't confuse me, that's my job."
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From: [e-mail] (Curt Phillips)
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Subject: Re: HELP me buy the BEST..
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 20:27:39 GMT
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[e-mail] (David Barts) wrote:
>In a previous article, [e-mail] (nstn2458Lloyd Mac Donald) says:
>>AM radio. I have a great SW, a good FM  and a lousy AM.The AM on the SW
>>and FM are  whats lousy. There must be a great AM out there...somewhere.

>A good cheap way to get an AM radio is to buy an old analog automotive
>radio at a flea market; one can often find these for $1 or less.
>Connect an external antenna (buy an automotive antenna from Rat Shack,

  My father recently purchased a 1997 Ford F-150 pickup truck and I am
amazed by how sensitive the included digital AM/FM radio is on the AM band.
In a couple of tests I've done, it is better than either my Sony 2010 or GE
SupeRadio III.
  So at least one auto manufacturer is putting good radios in their
vehicles.

=========== Opinions expressed are solely those of the author ==========
Curt Phillips, CEM KD4YU (ex-WB4LHI)  | They that can give up essential
Engineer/Writer/Adventurer/Raconteur  | liberty to obtain a little
Chairman, Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group  | temporary safety deserve neither
ARRL Life; QCWA; Raleigh ARS; NRA; AEE|liberty nor safety. -Ben Franklin
==== [e-mail] ====== [Copyright 1996 All rights reserved]====



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:32 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Gus)
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Dan Henderson <[e-mail]> wrote:


>According to the safety announcements...ANY receiver cannot EVER be
>used...not after 10 minutes after t/off and 10 min prior to landing like
>computers and other things are...NO receiver cannot be used....The point
>is mute re scanners...THEY CANNOT BE USED...and all the airlines have the
>same rule, at least in the USA...

and anytime inbetween the 10 min after and 10 min before the can be
used on some airlines.  I NEVER debated using them 10 min after and 10
min before.  so don't jump me for that.



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:33 1996
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From: bill_h <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Kenwood R1000 'lock-up'
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 15:24:18 -0700
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would someone with hands-on experience with this problem please
let me know what causes it? Sticks at 39.9something and won't
tune. Obviously something loose/dirty whatever, but where? It's
intermittent and goes away any time one seriously sets out to find it.

Thanks.......


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:34 1996
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From: Dave Hills <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: GE Superradio AM Impressions
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 17:27:13 -0500
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> >Well, yes and no. We keep various types of batteries in the refrigerator, a
s
> >we have lots of portable gear. There was a set of "new" batteries in there,
> >but there is some question as to how long the batteries had been in there
> >prior to my using them - nothing else we have uses D's.
>
> >So I'll be putting new D's in the radio today (Monday) and we'll see if the
> >drifting goes away. Hope so.
>
> On the subject of batteries, a local battery dealer tells our radio club
> members that no-name batteries made generically by the major
> manufacturers are usually fresher than the name-brand batteries sold by
> the same manufacturers.  The reason is that the so-called industrial
> grade batteries are turned over in stock faster.  The name-branded
> batteries sit on the shelves at the wholesalers and retailers for a
> longer time.
[snip]
This would agree with a Science Fair Project I judged two years ago.  A
fourth grade student purchased several same sized alkaline batterys at
three different stores and recorded the time for the voltage to reach 1
volt when powering a flashlight bulb.  He compared the *name* brands to
the *store* brands and found that in each case the *store* brands had
longer life!

For myself, I generally use the carbon-zinc type in radio equipment as I
have found they last about 75% as long, cost 1/3 as much, and are much
less likely to leak if run down to far.

--
Dave Hills, P.E.
DH Associates
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:35 1996
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From: [e-mail] (H. Caron)
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Luke Seubert <[e-mail]> wrote:

>> I thought it
>> would be a small feat  to attach a thin wire to one of the baloons,
>> for a vertical, and even span the thin wire between the 2 baloons for
>> an inverted L.

>>
>> 2-   The same question may apply to a 2 or multiple baloon setup
>>        (inverted L), question 1b2 being reformulated to let say 300'
>>        high/300' long.


>An interesting idea, an inverted L suspended from two large balloons.
>What method would you use to keep the two balloons spread apart and so
>maintain the inverted L antenna configuration?

Zat is ze question...

> Perhaps some sort of kite device attached to the farther balloon with a slig
ht breeze to
>maintain the spread?

Am I perceiving some skepticisism here? ;-)    Well, you are entitle
to, as I declared that all digressions are welcomed in my posting.

Well Luke, while writing my previous posting, I was led more by
intuition than calculated facts. Your posting kinda obliged me to look
somewhat closer to be able to substantiate my 'fealings'.

After some tought and some number crunching I can say that now, I'm
even more convince that it is doable.

Mind you, if your red my posting correctly, I'm not suggesting for a
permanent setup. That, although possibly still doable (at least in
summer time, here in Canada) , would be very much involving $wise, to
be able put up a setup able to cope with high winds or harsh weather
that happen once in while during that period.

I was more thinking of temporary setup (few day) during relatively
calm weather with maximum winds aloft (baloon height) 10 to 15 mph
still have to check this value (as well of few others)

This being said, lets look at your question. How to maintain the
baloons spread  apart.

Try to imagine a trapezo∩dal figure. Large base at the bottom, small
base on top and internaly inclined sides. Now vision a skyhook (the
baloon!!)  at each of the apex (end of the top (small) base).

As the 'structure' (fishing wire, low weight, high tensile str.
(relatively)) is tied to the ends of the bottom base (large) and the
baloons, tied at the set distance at the apex,  tend to 'open' the
figure. Conversly, the top wire, (wich also caries the horizontal part
of the inverted L, the vertical branch being 'droped' from one end of
the horizontal ) by its weight tends to 'close' the figure.

So you see,  this way the setup has an inherant tendency to keep the
baloons spread apart.

For example a 200' H/ 200' L inverted would require 2 *225' (sides)
(60deg) + 200' (top) = 650' of fishing line, less than a pound and
400' of say #24 copper wire (at 817'/pound, ARRL) = 1/2 pound for a
total of 1.5lb to be lift. First computations shows that two 6.0'-6.5'
diam. helium inflated baloons would do the trick and keep the top
relatively flat.

For longer ant. probaly would welcome supplementary baloons every
100-150', untied to top wire, only use to part of the weight and
reduce the strain top wire end.

If there were no wind almost any mondane fishing line could do.
But with any wind, tensile need builds up rapidely. Here in the
cathalog I see that 100 yrd of 40 lb sells for than 26$.

I have made a sketch of a general setup with Paintbrush for
Windows 3.1. I would gladly attach it to this posting. But the size of
the file is 142k. Somewhat big to post???  hum.

Will work on equations to determine optimal sizing for given
hight/lenght.

H. Caron

>Luke




From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:36 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
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Subject: Anyone know anything about the new Radio Shack $60 TRS radio?
Date: 29 Sep 1996 22:52:23 GMT
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How does this compare to the GE Superradio?
--
 "The Misinformation Highway Begins Here."
        -- Monty Python Web Site (http://www.pythonline.com)



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:37 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Lester Kemble)
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Subject: SWL Chat
Date: 29 Sep 1996 22:55:51 GMT
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Where can I find info on the SWL Chat page? Also can somone tell me what
software I should use. Thanks Les.



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:38 1996
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From: [e-mail] (John D. Erskine)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Software decoding of FSK modulated signal
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Phil Karn ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Dan,

: There's another interesting way to demodulate FSK, as long as it's
: *continuous phase* (no sudden phase jumps between symbols).

: See "The Viterbi Algorithm" by G. David Forney, Proceedings of the
: IEEE, March 1973, p. 268. This is a tutorial on the Viterbi
: algorithm that had been invented six years earlier as a way to
: decode convolutional codes, but turns out to have many other uses
: as well, such as decoding FSK, dealing with intersymbol interference,
: and recognizing text.

: Forney claims that Viterbi decoding of phase-continuous FSK that
: takes into account the "memory" of the modulator performs 3 dB
: better than the best you can do with coherent detection over only
: one symbol interval, and as good as coherent detection of
: antipodal BPSK.

: I believe Dave Mills, W3HCF, has implemented something like this
: for the TAPR DSP-93 box.

: Phil


You might also take a look through the ham news groups for a circuit and
software called HAMCOM(M?). The schematic is included in the
documentation and is pretty easy to assemble. The accompanying software
has a freq specturm display, and decoders for CW, RTTY, AMTOR/SITOR and I
believe PACKET. Quite a few folks around here have built them AND used
them successfully. Have fun. 73, John

John D. Erskine VE6OTC/VE3OTC
[e-mail]
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From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:39 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Bill Bergadano)
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Subject: RVI 1996-97 Winter Sked
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Here is the Winter 1996-97 schedule that Radio Vlaanderen International,
Belgium has announced as of October 27,1996-
To Europe 0730 (Daily) on 5985 9925 9940.
To Europe 1000 (Mon-Sat) on 6035.
To Europe 1900 (Not on Wed/Sats) on 5910.
To Africa 1900 (Daily) on 9925.
To Australia 0730 on 9940.
To Asia 1400 (Weekdays + Sat) on 13795.
To North America 1330 (Sun) on 13685.
To North America 1400 (Mon-Sat) on 13685.
To North America 0030 (Daily) on 5900.
To South America 0030 (Daily) on 9925.



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:40 1996
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From: [e-mail] (John D. Erskine)
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Subject: REQ info/opinions YB 405(RTTY?)
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Hi folks, does anyone own/use the Grundig YB405? Has it been found stable
enough for digital work? I own larger stuff and would like something
smaller that does have USB/LSB, "LW, MW", HF and FM(VHF BCB), so, this
radio does have some appeal. It would be cool if I could hook up my KAM
or a HAMCOM ciruit to it to rx digital sigs. Small enough to throw in my
kit bag and take travelling. So, experiences or observations about
sensitivity, selectivity, freq stability or anything you'd like to
contribute would be appreciated. Thanks, John

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
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From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:41 1996
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          I am off on the road in my motor home and the manual for my
yb400 is home. Would someone please send the instructions on how to
program the stations, the speed dial list, what ever they call it.


          Many thanks

With best wishes
for peace profound

Burr


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From: [e-mail] (Judy May)
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Subject: Choice: antenna tuner or active antenna?
Date: 30 Sep 1996 01:43:37 GMT
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    I have a Sangean ATS-818CS portable that I use in my apartment with a
simple antenna wire strung across the ceiling.  I want to spend
approximately $100 (US) to help bring in some weaker signals that I cannot
presently receive.  I was considering one of two choices:

        1.  The Grove "TUN-4A Minituner Plus" antenna tuner

        2.  The LF Engineering "H-800 SkyMatch" active antenna as reviewed
            in the current issue of Monitoring Times


    Could anyone help with some objective advice or opinions?

Thanks,

    --- Judy



--

        --- Judy May           [e-mail]



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Hmmm... the new volume has a bunch of staff e-mail addresses
@passport.com. But I look up passport.com in the Internic registry I
get:

The Passport System (PASSPORT-DOM)
   2635 Krista Court
   Blue Springs, MO 64015

   Domain Name: PASSPORT.COM

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Wood, Gary  (GW8)  [e-mail]
      816-229-9692

   Record last updated on 28-Nov-94.
   Record created on 25-May-93.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   TYRELL.TYRELL.NET            198.175.8.2
   NEWS.TYRELL.NET              198.175.8.3


The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet
Information
(Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's).
Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information.

The Web URL of http://www.passport.com given on the contents page
doesn't work either.

What's going on here?

--

 Thomas R. Sundstrom                         [e-mail]
 TRS Consultants                             http://www.trsc.com
 PO Box 2275                                 [e-mail]
 Vincentown, NJ 08088-2275, USA
 [phone] | Fax [phone]
 < Contributing Editor, "Radio and Communications", ACP Symes Magazines
>


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:48 1996
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From: Gene Speed <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.antiques.radio+phono,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.equip
Subject: Re: FS:==ZENITH TransOceanic Royal R7000-1
Date: 30 Sep 1996 02:19:35 GMT
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Michael Neidich <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Colin Newell wrote:
>>
>> In <[e-mail]> Michael Neidich <[e-mail]> writes:
>>
>> >Excellent condition 11 band (including weather VHF xtal-controlled). No
>> >log book. Asking $195 plus shipping. This is the last of the US made
>> >models.  Tuning meter, BFO, RF Gain, Tone, Volume, Bandwidth, AFC.
>> >Mike, Santa Clara, CA 95050
>>
>> A fellow enthusiast, Walt S. got two of them at a garage sale:
>>
>> One was free, the other 40$.
>>
>> I restored the dead one. ( A shorted cap in the I.F. stage )
>>
>> Nice audio. 195$ is a bit of the high side for a radio like this.
>
>Dead Wrong.
>$45 is a steal by a knowledgable person from a fool; free is not a price.
>It happens all the time.
>I'll buy it from you for what you paid, plus 10% for your profit.
>You obviously think it's not worth very much more.
>Mike


Wait! A guy paid me 10 dollars to haul away one for him!
            (just kidding)

I'll bet his friends discovery at a garage sell did not include one
in excellent condition either! I saw a TR-5 at a garage sale for 200
and then one at a show for 12,000 does it take genious to figure the
difference in condition?

Gene Speed




From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:49 1996
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From: "Andrew R. Gozdziewski" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: GMRS Antennas?
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 21:22:26 -0600
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Does anyone know of any good GMRS antennas?  I would like a mobile car
type, but haven't had any luck finding any.  I would like a type with a
TNC connector.  Does anyone have a good one or can recommend a good one?

Thanks!

Andrew


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:50 1996
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From: "Peter Gottlieb" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Boatanchors
Date: 30 Sep 1996 03:56:44 GMT
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>
> I believe what you're looking for may be at
> alt.radio.amateur.boatanchor(s) or something to that effect if you can
> scan your news groups just put <radio> in your search, or <boatanchors>
> for that mater and scan. You can check under alt. or rec.radio...
> Have fun poking. 73, John
>


Last I heard its still being voted on as a group.  Hopefully it will be
alive soon.

...Peter



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:51 1996
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From: "Charles P. Hobbs" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Panasonic RF4900 Tabletop Radio
Date: 29 Sep 1996 22:34:07 -0700
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Jerry Bianchi wrote:
>
> Any informatio on the Panasonic RF4900 tabletop radio would be greatly
> appreciated.  I have the opertunity to pick up one locally and waas
> wandering how it compares to say my DX390.
>
> The unit has an analog tuning dial along with a digital readout for the
> frequency.  There are 8 or 10 bands with a dual tuning dial,  Fast & Slow.
>
> Please help with any information.

I had (and still have) the RF2800, which was the "cut-down" version
of the 4800. (the RF2900 and RF4900 were versions of the 2800 and
4800, except with better digital-readout coverage).

The RF2800 cost about $199 and the RF4800 cost about $450, new, back
in 1978 (when I bought mine). I'm not sure what they're worth now,
though, although it would be substantially less than their new
price.

If you do decide to purchase this radio, do check it out first. My
2800 hasn't quite weathered the years well (it has lost most of its
sensitivity above 15 mHz, and the sound will suddenly "cut off",
among a few other problems).


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:52 1996
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From: Greg Wallraven <[e-mail]>
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Subject: FS: Old TURNER D9 broadcast microphone - $10
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I just placed an old TURNER Model D9 microphone on E-Bay's Auction
Web. It is in great shape.  If you're interested in seeing pictures
and/or bidding, check it out at this address on the web:

http://www.ebay.com/aw/item.cgi?item=byq5823

Auction ends on 10/5/96. No Reserve price!
To register to bid, E-Bay's homepage address is:
http://www.ebay.com/aw/

Thanks,
Greg

Greg Wallraven

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:53 1996
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From: "h.r.baillie-johnson" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Radio signatures of lightning
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 13:07:45 +0100
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This may be a bit off topic, and apologies if it is. I've been recording
lightning strikes on HF and putting the audio through a spectrum
analyser. I had expected the radio emissions from a lightning stroke to
be pretty well instantaneous, but in fact they seem to last 500ms or
more, and the audio shows distinct banding of frequencies. Can anyone
explain or comment on this please?
--
h.r.baillie-johnson


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:54 1996
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From: "Vern" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: SSB Sqlch Needed
Date: 30 Sep 1996 12:41:35 GMT
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you could try a circuit with a digital delay, it would have to be an
ajustable delay, have the circuit sample audio and convert it to digital,
then you could set a level to turn on and off the audio, otherwise in
analog, the agc time constant is going to keep you either hearing static
all the time of the transmision, or you wont hear the lower parts of the
audio.....turning the agc to fast, and turning down the RF gain, and
turning the volume up, and using the RF gain like a volume control is prob.
the easiest way....
Vern, KD8XY


> Jay MacNEILL <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> >Is there anyone out there on the net that can provide me with a
> >ssb "Squelch circut diagram" that I can use on a RadioShack dx400 radio
> >So I can listen to utility stations without having to
>


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:55 1996
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From: Buehler Martin <[e-mail]>
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Subject: FS: VLF converter
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 15:54:07 +0200
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----------------
 VLF Converter
----------------

Converts the VLF frequency range (0 to 500kHz)
into the SW range, to allow SW receivers monitor
VLF signals.

$42

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:56 1996
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From: Tim Cook <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.equipment
Subject: Re: Help: Info on DenTron MT-2000A antenna tuner
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 10:02:15 -0400
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Tony White wrote:
>
> Just picked up a DenTron MT-2000A antenna tuner at an estate sale for $1.  I
t
> appears to be a general-purpose antenna tuner/transmitter matcher.  If anyon
e
> has one and can give me some specifics about it, I'd really appreciate it.
> I'd like to use it as a longwire antenna tuner for DXing and other SW work,
> and later use the transmitter side when I get my ham ticket.  Thanks.

It has continous tuning from 1.8 to 30.0 Mhz, handles 3KW PEP, the 3
core 4:1 balun built in will allow 75-660 ohm matching with tuned
feeders,front panel grounding switch, and a bypass switch also. This
information came from one of Dentrons ads in a 1978 publication. Hope
this helps some. I would say it should do very well with a long wire
antenna. I have seen these tuners, and unlike most of todays tuners, it
is very well built with very heavy duty components.
Tim
NZ8J


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:43:57 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Morris the Cat)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Cubic Electronics, Inc. ?????????????
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|I  apologize if this is the wrong newsgroup to ask this question in. I
|am looking for some information on a Electronics Company in Ocean
|Side, CA. The name is Cubic Electronics, Inc. I need a phone number
|and/or an address. I have done a search in all Search Engines, Big
|Yellow Book, etc. I can't find any mention anywhere. But I have a
|radio receiver with their name on it. Thanks for any help.

I recall a firm called "Cubic Communications" that manufactured radio
receivers, including a DSP-based radio that I think was advertised
(and even had an article written about it) in _SIGNAL_ magazine; perhaps
this is the same firm?

|Tommy Statham


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From: [e-mail] (Tim Colvin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: 0-365 pfd variable capacitor WANTED
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I'm having a heck of a time hunting down a 0-365 pfd variable capacitor.
Years ago I could get them at Radio Shack and a bunch of other places.
Specifically, I want one that is about 1 inch square, 0.5 inches thick,
with a shaft 0.25 inches in diameter and about 0.5 inches long. I intend
to use the capacitor to tune a broadcast-band loop I am constructing. If
you've got one you'd like to sell, or if you can point me to a mail-order
source of "older" parts I would truly appreciate it. Thanks in advance for
any help.

Tim


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From: Richard Hunt <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: FM and MW bc-band freqs for Israel, Saudi Arabia,etc.
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 20:38:49 -0000
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CL Lim> [e-mail] wrote:

> Hello! Can anyone tell me what are the FM and MW bc-band frequencies
> for Israel, Saudi Arabia and other Middle-Eastern
> countries?

Israel, Saudi Arabia and the other middle eastern states use the
international FM "Band II", that is frequencies between 87.5MHz and
108MHz. On AM (mediumwave) the channel spacing is 9kHz starting at
531kHz up to 1602kHz.

If you are modifying radios for use in that area, the main problem is
likely to be the differing mains standards in use (110V/60Hz,
220V/50Hz, US sockets, British-type sockets, mainland Europe
sockets...)

Richard Hunt
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:00 1996
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From: [e-mail] (John Miller)
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nrhblack ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Ham radio is authorized by Federal Law which overrides State law.  Ham
: radio installations do not need to be certified.

: Henry Black P.E.  KK6JR, G4NOC

Keep in mind that while states do not regulate radio, they most
definitely regulate what you may do while operating your automobile!
Perhaps that's what this is about.
--
John Miller, N4VU                My employer pays me handsomely for my
[e-mail]               opinions, and I'll be darned if I'm going to
Fayetteville, GA                 let any of the good ones escape onto the net!


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:00 1996
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From: [e-mail](Steve S)
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Subject: Re: GMRS Antennas?
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In <[e-mail]> "Andrew R. Gozdziewski"
<[e-mail]> writes:
>
>Does anyone know of any good GMRS antennas?  I would like a mobile car
>type, but haven't had any luck finding any.  I would like a type with
>TNC connector.  Does anyone have a or can recommend a good one?
>
>Thanks!
>Andrew

Andrew,
    Call Larsen Antennas at 1-800-426-1656 and ask for a catalog.  They
have a wide selection of mobile and base antennas. Or, you can do like
I did and visit your nearest commercial 2-way radio shop and see what's
in stock.  I'm running an Antenna Specialist 455-470 MHz NMO-connector
5/8 over 1/2 collinear mobile with 4-5 dbi gain.  I can reach 5 miles
and more to my home base with 2 watts in a suburban environment.  My
base antenna is 17 feet high.

Steve
KAF8111


From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:01 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: [Fwd: (Fwd) Fw: New Virus Warning! (fwd)]
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Oh, no! Not the "Good Times" Hoax again!!!

ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ne/netcom/GoodTimesHoaxFAQ.txt

is dated May 8 1995, and that's a copy of something issued by an
administrator at AOL, so it's even older than that.

In a sense, the warning itself is a kind of "mind virus"--it causes
people to panic and forward the message.

You can only get a virus by running an infected program or booting from
an infected disk.

Recently, there has been a new breed of virus, the Macro Virus.

Some programs, like the Microsoft Office programs, have a built-in
programming language. If you open a Microsoft Word document with
Microsoft Word, you may be running a program in that macro language. This
can give you a virus which will infect other files from that program.
Opening an Excel spreadsheet can infect other Excel spreadsheets. Opening
an Access database can infect other Access databases. (although this last
one in just theoretical--no one has done it yet)

However, you CANNOT get a virus by just reading character email.
--
 "The Misinformation Highway Begins Here."
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From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Outlook moves on KALW
Date: 30 Sep 1996 23:29:17 GMT
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BBCWS Outlook is now on in the San Francisco area on KALW at 0935 local,
and on KQED-FM at 2130 local and 0130 local. The KALW broadcast is a
change from 1504 local which was changed to reflect the 2 hour All Things
Consider format.

(That first KQED time reminds me that at least some programs on some BBC
streams may change GMT time on the last Sunday in October in order to
keep the same local time.)

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From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:03 1996
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From: se127pp <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1997 Passport to World Band Radio is out (of date)!
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 19:53:16 -0400
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On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Peter Morgan wrote:
>
> >   But how much of it will be out of date when a number of stations change
> > schedules and frequencies this fall? And how useful will a "1997" edition
> > really be in 1997?
>
> As much as any annual publication.
>
> I think it offers a useful reference, to enthusiast new and old, who

Wouldn't it make sense for them to publish quarterly upgrades to the blue
pages, throughout 1997? Sort of like a magazine subsscription, but at much
less cost (hopefully).




From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:04 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Don Ritchie)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GMRS Antennas?
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Date: 1 Oct 1996 00:36:27 GMT
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Andrew R. Gozdziewski ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Does anyone know of any good GMRS antennas?  I would like a mobile car
: type, but haven't had any luck finding any.  I would like a type with a
: TNC connector.  Does anyone have a good one or can recommend a good one?
:
: Thanks!
:
: Andrew
What radio are you using that has a TNC?
You should have little trouble finding GMRS Antennas, as GMRS is
462.550 - 462.725 ( outputs/simplex )
467.550 - 467.725 ( repeater inputs )
and com'l business is on eather side of GMRS, so A/S, Antennex, Larson
and many others make com'l business band antennas.

Free advice is worth every penny you paid for it !


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From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:05 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Bob Karchevski)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help Identify Beacon HT on 225 khz
Date: 1 Oct 1996 01:04:33 GMT
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In article <52ikpr$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Rick Liver
more) writes:
|> Nick Marsh <[e-mail]> wrote:
|>
|> >Hope I'm not stepping on toes as I couldn't find a rec.radio.longwave
|> >newsgroup to answer my question.
|>
|> >I was tuning the low frequency band the other night and ran across a
|> >beacon that identified as HT on/about 225 khz. I thought this strange as
|> >most beacons have 3 letter identifiers. Also, this is my first beacon
|> >logging as I have never ventured below 500khz before.
|>
|> >tia
|>
|> >Nick
|>
|> Beacon HT is listed in Grove's Shortwave Directory on 226 kHz at
|> Huntington WV.
|>
|>
|>                                            Rick
|>
Most beacons in the U.S. transmit their code as DSB.  So "HT" transmits
on 226 KHz but you would hear a steady tone on 226.  You will hear the code,
using 1 Khz tone, on 225 AND 227, but one may sound louder than the other.
The above presumes you are using the CW mode (receiver-supplied oscillator
--a.k.a. BFO-- on).

Bob   ([e-mail])






From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:06 1996
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From: Jim Finney <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kenwood R1000 'lock-up'
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 21:24:14 -0400
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bill_h wrote:
>
> would someone with hands-on experience with this problem please
> let me know what causes it? Sticks at 39.9something and won't
> tune. Obviously something loose/dirty whatever, but where? It's
> intermittent and goes away any time one seriously sets out to find it.
>
> Thanks.......

I have the same problem...  Mine locks up and displays 33.000mhz when I attemp
t to tune above 23mhz.
Below 23mhz all is OK.

Anybody have a fix?

Thanks,

Jim..
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From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:07 1996
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From: [e-mail] (TIMOTHY GUEGUEN)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh
Date: 1 Oct 1996 01:40:39 GMT
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[e-mail] wrote:
: TIMOTHY GUEGUEN <[e-mail]> writes:
:
: >Now, now, there's nothing wrong with Rush that several years of being
: >locked in a library and made to read some actual books wouldn't cure.
: >
: >tim gueguen [e-mail]
: >
:
: Tim,  that is why you liberals are doomed to extinction.  Even in the age
: of information, you deal in ignorance and stupidity.  Rush is one of the
: best read individuals in the media today.  Even his detractors know this.
: If you were to take the time to listen to him you would realize this.
: But, you might become converted and I'm not certain we really want you in
: our fraternity of right thinking Americans.
:
Boy, there sure a  lot of Limbaughites on here!  As for being a member of
your "fraternity of right thinking Americans," being a Canadian makes
that a little hard.  Further, a "liberal" in American terms would be a
member of a Conservative party in most other Western democracies.  And
having read and heard some of Limbaugh's pronouncements, I have real
trouble believing he reads much of anything.

tim gueguen [e-mail]


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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Ant tip
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 02:07:28 GMT
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Why the horizontal section?
dr




From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:09 1996
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From: [e-mail] (JRBURCA)
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Subject: Re: Spelling
Date: 30 Sep 1996 22:51:15 -0400
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My comments probably apply more to some other newsgroups I read
but since this is where I found the thread......We all make mistakes
and I'm sure some bad spellers are competent in other ways.  I have
the impression that the spelling and grammar in rec.radio.shortwave
is good overall compared to some others I read.

There seems to be a lot of folks who don't know the difference between
"their" and "there" or "your" and "you're" or "to" and "too" and such.
I'm afraid that those who don't know the proper use will never bother
to learn.  If English is your first language, then there is little excuse.
If it is not your first language, then I have respect for you, mistakes
and all.  I say this, because like many Americans, I understand
precious little of any language other than English.  I proof read anything
I post to a newsgroup always wanting to look as smart as possible.
<g>

Jake



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:12 1996
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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Weird data signal, any ideas?
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 03:06:18 GMT
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"Peter Gottlieb" <[e-mail]> wrote:



>I just happened across a strange data signal on 1764.7 KHz USB that has a
>repeating
>pattern of about 1.5 seconds of single tone then 3.75 seconds of high speed
>data that
>has the characteristic phase modulated sound.  A FFT shows what looks like
>a training
>pattern at the beginning of each data period.

>Anyone have any idea what this is?

>I am in Westchester county, NY, 20 mi N of NYC, signal is 5 uV from 50 foot
>vertical
>(seems vert polarized).

>...Peter

If my memory serves me correctly, this frequency is one of
several between 1700 and 1900 kHz that I have logged for
several years sending encrypted ASCII at 170 Hz shift/300
baud speed. I think the transmissions have something to do
with the Global Positioning System. When these stations
first came  on the air the transmissions were unencrypted
and consisted of long lines of data. Then after a few months
the transmissions went to crypto where they've remained ever
since.

Listening to the frequency you mention Monday night, Sept.
30, it appeared to be the ASCII station I mentioned but it
sounded somewhat different as if something was irregular
with the equipment or maybe a new data mode was being used.
I'm not sure which for I am monitoring that station while
writing this message and I therefore cannot analyze it with
my  data decoder.

Bob Margolis
[e-mail]




From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:13 1996
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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: REQ info/opinions YB 405(RTTY?)
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 03:11:37 GMT
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[e-mail] (John D. Erskine) wrote:

>Hi folks, does anyone own/use the Grundig YB405? Has it been found stable
>enough for digital work? I own larger stuff and would like something
>smaller that does have USB/LSB, "LW, MW", HF and FM(VHF BCB), so, this
>radio does have some appeal. It would be cool if I could hook up my KAM
>or a HAMCOM ciruit to it to rx digital sigs. Small enough to throw in my
>kit bag and take travelling. So, experiences or observations about
>sensitivity, selectivity, freq stability or anything you'd like to
>contribute would be appreciated. Thanks, John

>[e-mail]
>[e-mail]
>[e-mail]

I'm not familiar with that Grundig unit but if it's a small
or cheaply priced radio, say under $300, then don't expect
it to do too well on decoding data signals because your
decoding equipment will emit RFI that will coverup all but
the very strongest signals. I have yet to find RTTY and
radio equipment compact enough to take with me on trips
overseas for monitoring sessions.

Bob Margolis
[e-mail]




From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:14 1996
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From: [e-mail] (JStek)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Antenna Wire Lengths
Date: 30 Sep 1996 23:46:28 -0400
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    For those with limited space who are thinking about cutting some wire
to make a SW antenna, the following are 1/4-wave lengths for the specified
frequencies which can be applied to small-scale "longwire", dipole, or
other antennas.  For indoor experiments, consider using nearly invisible
insulated "wrapping wire" such as Radio Shack's #278-502.  Please post to
the group if you build a successful design.

    Freguency   Meters        1/4-wave antenna wire lengths
    2.400          120               98'    or   29.71 meters
    3.300          90                 71'         21.61
    3.950          75                 59'         18.05
    4.900          60                 48'          14.55
    6.000          49                 39'          11.88
    7.200          41                 32'-6"        9.9
    9.700          31                 24'-1"        7.35
   11.800         25                 19'-10"       6.04
   13.700         21                 17'             5.2
   15.300         19                 15'-4"        4.66
   17.700         16                 13'-3"        4.03
   21.600         13                 10'-10"       3.3
   25.800         11                  9'-11"        2.76



From [e-mail] Thu Oct 03 14:44:15 1996
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From: [e-mail] (Peter Bell)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Busted:  Bo Gritz and son
Date: 1 Oct 1996 03:49:31 GMT
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The local TV Nooz just gave us an interesting tidbit on SW host Bo Gritz'
whereabouts:  in the pokey.

Ace paramilitary dude, rescuer-to-be of American POWs from hostile
facilities, teacher of his SPIKE course/video series -- better training
than the Green Berets get, right in front of your VCR -- Gritz was
apparently outwitted by the local cops in Connecticut as he and his
equally-bright son attempted to kidnap, pardon me, exfiltrate a middle
school kid who's folks are in the midst of an ugly, protracted custody
dispute.  Rather than suggest that the mom hire a lawyer, Gritz bought
some NWO/pedophilia/conspiracy story from Mum -- much discussed on-air in
a few broadcasts I caught -- and went in.  Oops.  Musta been some black
helicopters overhead assisting the locals gendarmes -- surely, they
couldn't have busted ol' Bobo without Help from the Conspiracy...

Heheheheh...  In fairness to Gritz, it's possible that the local
authorities knew what was happening because he told them he was coming in
to take the kid, court system bedamned.

Personally, though, I like much better the vision of Gritz popping up in a
camo-painted jeep and a ninja suit, scaling the wall and trying his best
to sneak in, only screwing up when he and his son accidentally wandered
through the girls' dressing room as they went in...

More to come, I'm sure...  Not in the online Courant yet, though.

-Peter
[e-mail] | http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~bell/bell.html
"Mr. Bell...is an Ivy League pedant with an axe to grind..."
"Apologize and we may continue if it suits me." Jim "Jew Genotype" Bowery
endorses the thoroughness of my research.  Thanks, Jim.