Shortwave radio?[views:1919][posts:10]_______________________________________ [Aug 1,2008 11:13am - thuringwethil ""] does anyone here use one, can you recommend any make/model? I keep seeing ads for those Grundig/eton ones, are they any good? |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 1,2008 11:38am - thuringwethil ""] http://www.etoncorp.com/shortwavetutorial booyah! this is gonna be fun. I wanna hear some dictators and fundamentalist christians |
| ______________________________ [Aug 1,2008 12:43pm - Yeti ""] i am called Ham, because i like Ham Radio. |
| ________________________________________ [Aug 1,2008 3:49pm - CtB0rderpatrol ""] 6925 USB (upper side band mode) is the freq where illegal drugged and drunk pirates are. get one with single sideband mode |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 26,2008 2:21pm - thuringwethil ""] SSB, okey doke seriously I wanna hear some wacked pirates and despots Colonel Kurtz (via shortwave in 'Apocalypse Now'): "I watched . . . . a snail . . . . crawl along the edge . . . . of a . . . . straight . . . . razor . . . . and surviving." "We must exterminate them. Pig after Pig. Cow after Cow. Village after village." |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 29,2008 2:33pm - thuringwethil ""] did a little comparison shopping, listed the ones with the best ratings on Amazon http://www.etoncorp.com/product_card/?p_ProductDbId=345674 aircraft band, nice! http://www.etoncorp.com/product_card/?p_ProductDbId=6265 seems to have better outs but SSB is not listed as a feature |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 29,2008 2:41pm - ctB0rderpatrol ""] http://www.etoncorp.com/product_card/?p_ProductDbId=6249 |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 29,2008 2:42pm - ctB0rderpatrol ""] the first link (g-6) you posted has ssb in it |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 29,2008 2:50pm - thuringwethil ""] yeah I'm trying to make an informed decision, the GS350DL and G6 aviator are both $100, and the G5 world traveller is $200 (weird, doesn't seem all THAT different from the others). what are you using? |
| ________________________________________ [Sep 16,2008 12:05pm - thuringwethil ""] [img] went with the Sony ICF-SW7600GR. SSB, supposed to come a power supply, 20 batteries, and an external antenna. I wanna see if I can get State-run Zimbabwe radio and other weird shite on the fucker. |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 19,2008 8:06am - thuringwethil ""] it arrived yesterday. Good times! More stuff in the morning than night time. if anyone knows some crazy shit, please post the frequency and optimal world time (New England is -5 from GMT) |