Forgot about the Tecksuns you mentioned,/never played with one
unfortunately! There's still quite a bit of international shortwave,
BBC is heard, although it's more the world service and not so much
designed for North America. I appreciate all of you, and Ron, the
radio you have may indeed be the g4, I just didn't find any reference
to one without a player/recorder, which indeed is a nice touch. Kaito
has some lil radios with mp3 recorders as do some other manufacturers.
dd.
On 6/26/13, Ron Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Zach,
> There is still a lot of stuff to hear on hf. It just depends on what you
> are
> interested in hearing.
>
> BBC made the decision to greatly reduce their shortwave service,
> eliminating
> the north american service altogether. With regard to the north american
> service, "Bush House" decided that the money going into broadcasting to
> North America was really being wasted since most people can and do now
> listen to BBC in the US via domestic radio services (like the BBC programs
> carried on a lot of NPR stations) or via the internet.
>
> As I said in a previous post, there are many shortwave stations to hear,
> especially on ssb.
>
> 73
>
> Ron Miller
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Zach Shifflett
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:26 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Danny's June 27 comments on the small portable SSB capable
> shortwave radio thread.
>
> Hey all,
> This disgussion has been great. I'm glad my newbie questions inspired such
> an informative pow wow.
> I guess I might hold off on buying a receiver for now, as it sounds like
> there's not much to hear. I guess I'll just have to wait till I get an hf
> transceiver, then I can receive the short wave stuff, along with my over
> the
> air cw practice with that.
> I'm surprised that bbc doesn't still have a sw station operating, as I
> thought they did.
> 73s to all,
> Zach, kk4ruz
>
> On 6/26/13, Ron Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Wow, great post, Danny.
>>
>> My Grundig doesn't have a record feature at all. I bet it's a G3 and
>> I'm just having a Duh moment. It is about a third the size of the
>> ATS909, which I also own and like a lot. The ATS909 is only so-so with
>> the telescopic whip on hf, not great at all, but has a very good fm
>> broadcast receiver. The G3 has pretty good receive using the
>> telescopic whip on hf, a pretty good broadcast fm receiver and a
>> pretty good aviation vhf receiver which lacks a squelch circuit. It
>> runs on four aa batteries.
>>
>> My apologies for misstating the model of the Grundig I own.
>>
>> Ron Miller
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Dan B Dyer Jr,/Danny
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 8:36 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Dannys June 27 comments on the small portable SSB capable
>> shortwave radio thread.
>>
>> Hi All, some further observations on the portable SSB-CW capable =
>> portable radio discussion; Tot necessarily given in order of importance:
>> 1, I have _No Experience with any of the C Crane equipment.
>> 2, I have no experience with the Kaito KA1103 receiver.
>> 3, I am not familiar with the Grundig G4, although a quick google
>> search = showed a unit with an MP3 Recorder-player that sold for $200 or
> so.
>> 4,Grundig's older Yacht Boy/YB400 or YB400PE, radios, are about the
>> size = of the Sony 7600 G and GR radios, have forty volatile memories,
>> are easy = to operate, but in my experience tended to be battery
>> hogs/they take six = AA batteries, rather than the Four AA for the
>> Sonys, and 3 AAs for the = Kaito KA1102, the yb400s go from around
>> seventy to a hundred dollars = used.
>> 5, I have no experience with any other of the Grundig/Eton SSB capable
>> = radios.
>> 6, There are several other receivers worth considering, Sangean =
>> ats909/Radioshack DX398, Sangean ATS505,/Radioshack DX402, both of
>> these = run off four AA cells, are similarly sized to the yb400 and
>> sonys, and = can sell for 90-150$s for the 909, and 70-100 for the
>> 505.
>>
>> 7, Panasonic made some older units, two of which were similarly sized
>> to = the above mentioned Grundig, Sony, and Sangean units, they used
>> 4AA = cells, and had ten or so memories, but their model numbers
>> escape me.
>> 8, the Sony ICFSW100 is a wonderful shirt pocket SSB cabable radio =
>> running off two AA cells, but which sells for 2-300$s used.
>>
>>
>> 9, Sony also haves some earlier 7600s,/those have only ten volatile =
>> memories, run off four AA cells, and there's even a 7600 of some
>> stripe = that's not SSB capable, and is only a analog radio with
>> several short = wave listening bands, rather than continuous coverage.
>>
>> 10, I tried to send the review of the Kaito KA1102 to the list, but it
>> = was goo long, so if some of you want that review, write me off list
>> at,
>>>d d y e r 1 AT g m a i l dot com, using the subject line of your first
>>>=
>> name+1102, and I'll get it to you.
>> 11, But back to the earlier discussion/comparison of the sony 7600G
>> and = GR, with the Kaito KA1102.
>>
>> if memories aren't really important to you, if you can get along
>> without = selectable sidebands and cynchronus detection, both nice and
>> helpful, = but not necessary tools for copying SSB and CW,if smallness
>> of size is = more important than fullness of sound,/(the Kaito has
>> probably a 2.5 = inch speaker, where as the Sonys have probably a four
>> inch speaker,)
>>
>> If you'd prefer a new, rather than used radio, can spend between $60
>> and = $70$s, from Amazon, The Kaito, KA1102, that's Kaito, K A 1 1 0
>> 2, not what an earlier post = of mine said----/I thought I'd proof
>> read better than that, is probably = a good choice/I'm not_____
>> financially connected with the Kaitos in any = way, but find the
>> little things, and they will fit nicely in a suit coat = pocket, and
>> even in some shirt pockets, and once you get the hang of = them,
>> they're pretty surprising.
>> *I'm sending this much longer than I'd intended, epistle, to the list
>> as = a separate post, and I want to thank everyone who has
>> contributed, = questioned, commented, etc. throughout this thread.
>> HTH, Danny Dyer, = Wb4idu
>>
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