That radio will cover from AM below 550KHz to around 1GHz though not very
well on its vhf/uhf antenna but it will bring in vhf broadcast OK The UK
number is E90 I have one and oh yes it can be set to give the frequency in
morse.

mike
amature call M0DMD
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of matt V
Sent: 29 July 2007 05:17
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: radios with wide-band receive

well, i should have mentioned which radio I am looking at getting I suppose 
lol, I think maybe i mentioned it via other posts but, I am wanting to get 
my hands on the ic-t90a i believe it is, the icom ht with morse code readout

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: radios with wide-band receive


> Hi Matt.
>
> It might or might not depending upon which radio you are talking about. 
> In
> the strict sense, wide band receive means that it receives frequencies
> outside the ham bands, like the VHF frequencies between 148 and 174 MHz,
> but it can include other things as well.  For example, most of the newer
> Yaesu HTs with wide band receive actually are general coverage throughout
> the VHF and UHF spectrum including FM broadcast.
>
> Some HTs have the ability to receive both wideband FM and standard narrow
> band FM.
>
> I haven't had a lot of experience with these DC to daylight radios because
> in the part of the city I live in, such radios tend to suffer badly from
> frontend overload.  But, I did play with a blind friend's Yaesu VX5R last
> year and it seemed ok for the most part, although the keyboard was a 
> little
> too complicated for my tastes.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 06:46 PM 7/28/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>>hi all
>>I see the radio I want has this feature on it, so what exactly does wide =
>>band receive mean?  Is it what I think, it will to make a long story =
>>short, replace the need for a scanner and an fm radio or doesn't it =
>>receive that stuff?
>>If it does, I'm thinking wide-band would be a good thing
>>
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