Ron,

If I get my all band antenna up this weekend, then I might be able to 
keep a 40 meter sched.  My Wife is in the hospital right now and she has 
lots of medical issues and that's taking a lot of my time, but I hope to 
get my antenna up before the snow flies!

Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]

On 11/6/2015 12:06 AM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
> Thanks, Bob, for the information on the skywave radio. I am thinking about
> purchasing one, but still haven't made up my mind.
>
> Bob, do you get on 40 meters? It would be nice to set-up a schedule some
> time, maybe one day this next week.
>
> Ron, K8HSY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Bob Tinney
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 10:16 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: CC Skywave AM, FM, Shortwave, Weather and AirBand Portable
> Travel Radio
>
> I have the CC skywave radio.  It is quite a little radio and very sensitive,
> but it will overload on shortwave if your near a powerful AM station.
>
> You can type in the frequency you want to go to and it has variable band
> width on am.  It will receive stereo FM if you use a headphone but it will
> not receive ssb or cw.  In order to type in a frequency, you must hit the
> upper right button in the number pad to enter frequency mode.
> The number buttons are usually set to go to a numbered memory.  I find the
> radio very accessible.
>
> Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>
> On 11/5/2015 8:57 PM, Gary Ketler wrote:
>> I am curious about that myself. It will be interesting to see what
>> people sa= y. They did talk about that radio on all things radio a few
> months ago.
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 5, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
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>>> Has any of our blind hams here had any personal, hands-on experience
>>> with the CC Skywave AM, FM, Shortwave, Weather and AirBand Portable
>>> Travel Radi=
>> o?
>>> Is it fully accessible right out of the box? Is it as good as it is
>>> cracke=
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>>> up to be by Ted Ramdall and Art Bell?
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>>> Ron, K8HSY
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>>> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
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>>> Retired Professor of Marketing