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Richard Fiorello <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:47:59 -0400
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Hi;
I have no clew about this radio but everyone certainly has made me curious. 
Does it receive xm or serious or are we talking about your basic portable 
short wave receiver?
Rich
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: Eton E1 (was e-skip)


Russ,

Using that PAL connector is my only real complaint with the
radio.  You're right about the directionality, though.

Steve

On Wednesday 7/19/06 14:54 Russ Kiehne wrote:
>I wonder why they used a PAL connector?  The problem I see, you don't have
>the directivity like you do using a mw loop.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 11:45 AM
>Subject: Re: Eton E1 (was e-skip)
>
>
> > Russ,
> >
> > That's true, but I don't think that's a problem.  The radio seems to
> > receive quite well on MW using the whip antenna.  I'd like to try an
> > external antenna, but the radio uses a PAL connector and I'm not sure
> > where to get one.  They're quite common in Europe, but rarely used
> > here in the U.S.
> >
> > Steve 

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