so the sony ICF7600gr and the kaito C110 both have SSB capability right?

How about the Seacrane stuff?

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: short wave / cw receiver


> Zach, first, congratulations on your successes so far!  You'll find
> that Amateur radio is a Great, hobby, service, sport, friendship
> builder, and lots more!
> W1AW, on line, on air or however, proved to be one of the best helps I
> ever had in upgrading from Technician to General back in 1996, so
> start listening on line until you can get a receiver.
> In terms of receivers, there are several good portables, which will,
> when conditions are average or better, give you good back yard
> listening,
> that will fill the bill; and depending on your budget you don't have
> to spend more than $15 tops:
> In terms of dependability, ease of use, permanency of memories, sound,
> etc, my first choice would be the Sony ICF-7600GR.  GR, rather than G,
> as it has 100, rather than 20, memories, and its' memories are Non_
> Volatile/they'll stay "memorized," until you either do a hard reset of
> the radio, or purposely erase them;/where as the volatile memories
> will be lost if there's no power applied to the radio, either via
> batteries or external power, for more than about 3 minutes.
>
> Both the G and GR models ship, new, with soft case, wind up/maybe
> 20foot antenna, earbuds, manual, and I believe a 6volt, "wall wart,"
> type power supply.
> New, the Sonys sell for between $100&160 depending on which model and
> where you buy.  Used, they'll run for between $75-100.
> Amazon dot com, Universal Radio, and lots of other folks sell them
> new, and there are several sources for used units.
> On the lower price end of the new radios, with which I'm familiar, is
> the Kaito KA110./I've owned three of them, use one at the present, and
> like it.  It's a little querky in its' operation, but its' 190 non
> volatile memories, its sensitivity, and smaller size, make it a pretty
> strong contender.  It comes with a soft case, ear buds, rechargeable
> batteries, wind up antenna, soft case, wall wart supply, and a manual.
> They sell for $65-85$s new,/Amazon dot com, Universal radio and
> others, and from under $50 up.
> *There are lots of other good choices, especially in terms of used
> units, and if you want to talk with me, I'll do my best to describe
> some of the other units available.  I've played with, and used,
> several of them.  Certainly don't know anywhere near enough about the
> overall picture, but have a little experience.
> I wish you very well in your searching.  Sincerely, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.
>
> On 6/25/13, Doug and Sheilla Emerson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Zach, yes, you can receive code practice on Echolink. Look for the ARRL
>> station W1AW. W1AW sends code practice several times a day on H F as well 
>> as
>>
>> 2 meters in the Newington area as well as Echolink. Years ago when I was
>> learning Morse Code, I found that listening to W1AW really helped me.
>> Remember what I told you. The stupid question is the one you didn't ask.
>> Good luck getting your General ticket. 73. Doug, N6NFF
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Zach Shifflett
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 9:06 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: short wave / cw receiver
>>
>> Hey all,
>> I'm wondering if there are any portable shortwave receivers out there
>> that are relatively accessible, and that can receive cw.
>> Now that I've had my license for a couple weeks and have familiarized
>> myself with basic procedure, I'd like to get started studying for
>> general.  First though, I want to learn cw.
>> I've been doing cw training tapes I found online, as well as using the
>> g4fon cotch trainer, but what I'd really like is to be able to listen
>> to some code on the air, and copy that.  I feel like that'd be the
>> best practice, to actually use realtime, on air code.
>> I'd also like to see what kind of stuff I can pick up on the low
>> frequencies where I live.
>> I don't even know how good a portable receiver like this would be, as
>> I know you have  to have decent antennas to even be able to pick up
>> most of this stuff.
>> Please forgive a stupid question from a total newbie, but everybody's
>> gotta start somewhere, eh?
>> I'd just really like to start listening to some code on air and
>> copying it. Maybe this is also something I could do with echolink.
>> Are there even shortwave stations you can pick up anymore?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for all the great advice I know will come.
>> This list is really great, and I look forward to actually being able
>> to talk to some of you guys once my echolink approval goes through.
>>
>> 73
>> Zach, kk4ruz
>>