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- From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Re: geography, short-wave radios, and you
- Date: 9 Nov 1992 20:04:57 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
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- In article <1dibrcINN1lf@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> ajd@oit.itd.umich.edu (Arthur Delano) writes:
- > Called a certain mail-order consumer electronics company today
- >and after I ordered a shortwave radio the following conversation
- >took place:
- >
- > Me: Does the radio work on European current?
- > Operator: One moment, I'll check.
- > [very long wait with very bad 'on-hold' music.]
- > Operator: Yes, it does receive Canadian radio stations.
-
-
- You should have bought a Collins R-390. Runs on 110VAC, or, with the quick
- switch of the wires going to the transformer primary, on 220VAC or 440VAC.
- You can even get a 28VDC dynamotor supply so if you need to take it on board
- the airliner, you'll have power for it.
-
- Try the Canadian big-band station on 800 KHz AM. It's usually wiped out by
- some Caribbean station here, and I don't have the antenna system fully
- erected in the new house...
- --scott
-