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From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re:  FM junky needs to replace GE super Radio, help
Date: 8 Jan 1993 10:40:32 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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It appears the stock of refurbished GE SuperRadioIIs that can be
ordered from 800-933-5489 (reference model # 7-2885) varies from 
day to day or week to week. I just ordered one, even though I have
a working SupII, just to have a spare since the evaluations of the
SupIII are so uniformly poor...

The operator I spoke with said they have a "very few" left in stock.

Note that we've had pointers to this source before on this list, and
then a notice that the SupIIs were all gone. They must have gotten in a
new batch from the refurbishing depot...

I'm sure these will be harder and harder to find as the SupIII replaces
the SupII and fewer and fewer returned SupIIs come in for warranty
replacement or whatever the source is on these. So if you want a SupII, 
buy it NOW.
^^^^^^^^^^
Price is still $24.44 plus local sales tax and a flat $5 shipping
charge. Still beats any other source, if there are any!

Regards, Will
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From: mjohnsto@jenny.shearson.com (Mike Johnston)
Subject: '93 WRTH in the mail
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:36:14 GMT


FYI, if you ordered your WRTH from Grove, they're in the mail. I received
mine yesterday.

MJ
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Subject:      radio st helena

I received my Radio St Helena QSL this morning with an info sheet...
another verified country.

The envelope included a Radio St H 25th Anniv stamp with a
'first day of issue' postmark.

derek cooper
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First of all, reposting a querry some days ago.  Has anybody used
the Sherwood mod on 525?  How is the result?

Second, I notice that the 525 has a very different audio contour
from sony 2010.  Wheras 2010 is soft, both voice and noise, 525 is
brighter for voice but harsh for noise.  I definitely enjoyed
voice on 525 better than 2010 but the noise on 2010 is much kinder to
to the ear.  Is this only my radio or is it true for all such radios
  I would like to hear from those of you that have both radios.
Thanks.

Zhang at lingr1000@ucsvax.sdsu.edu
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From: fybush@world.std.com (Scott D Fybush)
Subject: Re: Signals repeat, and Cooper
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 01:00:25 GMT

The folks at *SIGNALS* also tell me that program #60, which aired the 
weekend of Jan. 2, will be rebroadcast next weekend due to really poor
propagation.

Here in suburban Boston, 7435 was absolutely inaudible that night (and
normally it sounds almost local).  I had to call WWCR to make sure they
were still on, and hadn't moved from 7435!

Scott Fybush -- fybush@world.std.com
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From: scan@kimbark.uchicago.edu (christopher thomas scanlan)
Subject: Radio Moscow in Russian
Reply-To: scan@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 09:13:09 GMT

I'm wondering if anyone has current scheduling information (or even
reception reports) on Radio Moscow's external service in Russian.

At one time (until the breakup of the xUSSR) it could be found
at nights from a Cuban transmitter (4765.8 kHz) and on several
frequencies on the 19m band.  It identified itself as the
"Vsemirnaja sluzhba moskovskogo radio."

The Russian government has continued this service as "Golos
Rossii," but is almost impossible to find -- although I actually
happened upon it the other day at 9765.0 kHz around 2200 UTC.

Has anyone else found it at other times/freq.'s?

Thanks, Chris.
From: yeonwook@hardy.u.washington.edu (Mark Choi)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Tuning in to KHz and MHz stations
Date: 4 Jan 1993 16:57:53 GMT
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Hello. I am a beginner, so this must be a beginner question.

Anyway, I noticed that SW bands extend from 3-30 MHz, does
that mean I can tune into a 3000KHz station and that would be
the same as a 3 MHz station? (on up with the same relationship?)

Also, I am considering the Sony ICF-SW77. Any advice, reviews, etc?
Thanks
(email please)
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From: cb@tamarack13.timbuk (Chris Brewster)
Subject: Re: Tuning in to KHz and MHz stations
In-reply-to: yeonwook@hardy.u.washington.edu's message of 4 Jan 1993 16:57:53 GMT
Organization: pubs
Date: 5 Jan 93 11:54:33 CST

Mark Choi writes:

   Also, I am considering the Sony ICF-SW77. Any advice, reviews, etc?

The book "Passport to Worldband Radio" had a fairly negative review of
it, but the set appealed to me anyway so I bought it.  After I used it
for an evening I decided "Passport" was right and returned it.  The
presets are selected within groups, which in concept could be nice--for
example you could pull up the "Spain" page and quickly run through all
the frequencies for Radio Spain.  But somehow the interaction of all the
buttons never became clear to me; the interace just didn't feel right.
But other characteristics of the set were still more problematic.  It
tunes only on whole-number kHz frequencies, which is a pretty serious
drawback.  Worse, when you turn the dial, each of these separated
frequencies thumps on and off in like a TV channel, with a silence
between.  My eardrums were worn out in no time.  No one seemed to have
hard numbers for sensitivity/selectivity, which implies to me that these
specs are nothing to boast about.  Instead of the Sony, I got a used
Icom R71A, about which I will be posting some questions.

Chris Brewster
cb@cray.com
From: dennis@IRISSUN2.FP.TRW.COM (User)
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Subject: Omitted 4.8 - 4.9 listings in 93 WRTH
Date: 11 Jan 93 08:54:49 GMT
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I have seen at least two people mention the omission of the 4.8 - 4.9 MHz
listings in the new 1993 version of the WRTH.  I thought I would pass along
some information I heard on the ANARC SWL net, on 7240KHz LSB at 1500UTC
on 10 January:

The 4.8 - 4.9 MHz listings were an accidental omission from the 93 WRTH, and
an additional page is available from the publishers of the WRTH, containing
the omitted listings.  I don't have any additional details as I didn't
quite get the whole message, but I thought this might help some of you out.

Dennis Gibbs
From: franzis@evax.gdc.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Ramsey SW Converter Kit
Date: 5 Jan 93 18:53:40 GMT
Organization: General DataComm, Middlebury CT




        Does anyone out there have or know anything about the
        Ramsey shortwave converter kit ? I believe it sells for
        about $30.00.


		Thanks in advance
                                  Patrick Franzis
                           email: franzis@evax.gdc.com

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Subject: Reply: Re: What is Synchro Detect?

     [6B > from adjacent carriers on one side. Their single sideband synchronous
 modes
> do as you state.

Mike, could you compare the Lowe recievers to the Sony 2010, etc.  What
models have this DOUBLE SIDEBAND synchronous mode?

And what about the synchro on the Drake R8.

Jack.




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Has anyone heard anything more from Radio Luxemburg which was on 15350 KhZ?
Their English service was supposed to have been tekan off the air on the
30th of december. I think a German station was going to take over. Does
anyone know the fate of this station?

                                        Mark Wilkerson
                                    Eastern Kentucky University
From: rshapiro@bbn.com (Richard Shapiro)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SW77  (was: Tuning in to KHz and MHz stations)
Date: 5 Jan 93 19:04:08 GMT
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In-reply-to: cb@tamarack13.timbuk's message of 5 Jan 93 11:54:33 CST

In article <CB.93Jan5115402@tamarack13.timbuk> cb@tamarack13.timbuk (Chris Brewster) writes:
   for an evening I decided "Passport" was right and returned it.  The
   presets are selected within groups, which in concept could be nice--for
   example you could pull up the "Spain" page and quickly run through all
   the frequencies for Radio Spain.  But somehow the interaction of all the
   buttons never became clear to me; the interace just didn't feel right.

It takes a little practice, but once you get the hang of it, this is
really an exceptionally nice feature. Your intuition that it's nice
"in concept" is right, but this style of interaction is different
enough that it takes a little getting used to. Of course, you don't
need to use the factory presets - you can organize the memories any
way you want. The presets can be overridden or simply deleted.

   But other characteristics of the set were still more problematic.  It
   tunes only on whole-number kHz frequencies, which is a pretty serious
   drawback.

Um, no. It tunes within 50 Hz, though the display is only good within
100 Hz. This is as good as the R71, no? It's certainly good enough for
all but the most demanding sw reception situations.

   Worse, when you turn the dial, each of these separated
   frequencies thumps on and off in like a TV channel, with a silence
   between.  My eardrums were worn out in no time.

This is a problem, but I guess it's a matter of opinion how severe it
is. I don't even notice, really. But then, I don't band-scan all that
often.

   Instead of the Sony, I got a used
   Icom R71A, about which I will be posting some questions.


Well, of course the Icom is another class. But for swl listening, as
opposed to dx'ing, I'd still choose the Sony. It's easier to use
effectively (once you get the hang of it), it sounds better, and it
has syncronous detection. The Icom is a better raw performer, which is
critical for dx, but not all that significant for swl.
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From: ah201@yfn.ysu.edu (Brad Hodges)
Subject: FM junky needs to replace GE super Radio,  help
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 02:17:06 GMT


After many years of faithful service, my GE super radio has

departed this earthly world.  Now, the question is, what to replace

it with.  My need is simple, I want the best FM radio which is

reasonably similar in size to the GE Super Radio.  I have a Sony

2010, for AM and Short Wave listening.  I find it's FM reception

horrible.  I also have a small Sony, the one which retails for

about $45, step up step down electronic tuning.  While it's OK when

traveling, the overload is unacceptable at home.

 

My friends, dip into that vast river of your collective wisdom and

help this lost FM listener find a radio which will provide me the

quality of reception of the GE.  I have heard differing reports

about the new GE Super Radio.  Please E-Mail your ideas, or post

them here.

 

-- 
q
From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re:  RICV radio (for the blind) - need info
Date: 5 Jan 1993 10:00:24 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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Is anyone out there affiliated in any way with any of these radio
reading services for the blind? I'm wondering what their attitude is
toward listeners who do not get the receivers from them, but instead
have tunable SCA receivers from other sources, like the FM Atlas people.
I get the impression they actually discourage such an audience, which
doesn't make any sense to me, since they are not being paid by the
blind listeners so it isn't a matter of anyone "stealing" service...

Back some years ago, when my mother was alive, I bought her an SCA-
equipped radio so she could listen to such a service here in St. Louis.
I called that service and asked them to send her a program schedule.
Not only did they seem surprised that anyone could get an SCA radio 
(and knew what it was! :-) without going through them, they didn't
seem interested in encouraging any such listeners -- they never did send
her (or me) anything, not even a request for a donation.

I was wondering if this attitude was general or if this local group is
unusually parochial. Any comments?

Regards, Will
wmartin@st-louis-emh2.army.mil OR wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil
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From: cb@tamarack13.timbuk (Chris Brewster)
Subject: Re: Radio Ukraine schedule?
In-reply-to: ros's message of Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:40:42 CST
Organization: pubs
Date: 11 Jan 93 16:02:00 CST


0000-0100	11520, 11790, 12000,	E. N. Am.
		12060, 12330, 15355
		13645, 15580		W. N. Am.
		12040			C. Am.
		7195, 7250, 9635,   	Europe
		15570

0100-0200	7400, 9860, 9870	E. N. Am.		
		17605, 17690		W. N. Am.
		4825, 7240		Europe

2100-2200	15135			E. N. Am.
		7250, 9600, 9635,	Europe
		9865, 15570

2100-2300	5690			Europe

2200-2300	7380			E. N. Am.
		6020, 9785		Europe


Information from '93 Passport, shouldn't be too far out of date yet (?).

Chris Brewster
cb@cray.com
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From: max@cs.kun.nl (Max Geerling)
Subject: RTTY/WEFAX/SSTV programs for the ATARI ST
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 14:02:15 GMT


Hello,

Does anybody know of RTTY/WEFAX/SSTV programs for the ATARI ST? I'm also
looking for schemas of interfaces (esp. RTTY).

Max Geerling
max@cs.kun.nl
From: rwed@gnu.ai.mit.edu (N7YVM)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 2010 price
Date: 13 Jan 93 01:31:32 GMT
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In article <Pine.3.05.9301111551.A15384-9100000@uafhp.uark.edu> kschrine@uafhp.uark.edu (Ken Schriner) writes:
>I've decided to buy a sony 2010.  It is expensive so I would like to find

Universal Radio in Ohio.
They have an 800 number and excellent support
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From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re:  grove and the wrtvh
Date: 6 Jan 1993 09:09:21 -0600
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> kirk baxter <KB06810@UKANVM.BITNET> writes:
>Has anyone that put in a pre-pub order with Grove gotten their
>Handbook?  Just wondering, since Grove has had my money for 2 months.

Mine came yesterday (Jan 5.) I waited to call in my order until December
28th just so the lag time between charging and shipping would not be 
that long... I think this year they were letting the pre-pub orders go
on later than in preceeding years, but the only place I recall seeing
the announcement that the pre-pub price was good to 12/31/92 was in the
Grove catalog, in a footnote to the WRTH listing in there... I don't
think the Monitoring Times ad mentioned this.

Regards, Will
From: andrew@rentec.com (Andrew Mullhaupt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Reply: Re: What is Synchro Detect?
Date: 11 Jan 93 03:38:26 GMT
Organization: Renaissance Technologies Corp., Setauket, NY.

In article <C0n49J.6rx@panix.com> schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:
>The Lowe's synchro unit performs very well. It rarely loses lock, and
>when it does so producesa low fixed growl rather than a "wandering
>growl" like other receivers that go searching for the lost carrier.

Which Lowe? The HF-150 is what I assume you mean but you might be referring
to the HF-225 with synchro option, which I understand is not as good a
synchro unit.

>The FRG-100, by the way, does not have a synchronous tuner.

What info is available on this? I have no 1993 WRTH yet, if that's your source.

>The upcoming Lowe HF-250 should be interesting to compare with the
>NRD and Drake as they should be equivalent-level products.

I spoke to a sales guy at Universal and he said they didn't know much
about the HF-250 yet at all. One assumes it will put the HF-150 in the
shade but outside that I'm clueless.

Later,
Andrew Mullhaupt
From: laborde@oak.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Gregory R. LaBorde)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack VOX tape recorder?
Date: 11 Jan 1993 22:23:40 GMT
Organization: Reliability Engineering Section, JPL
Expires: 1/29/93
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R/S makes an "attenuating tape recorder patch cable" which did the trick on
connecting my 2006 to an R/S VOX tape recorder. The guy in the store knew
exactly what I was talking about.

-Greg.
From: rja@newbirth.Eng.Sun.COM (Robert Allen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: HF 150.
Date: 12 Jan 93 16:05:05 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
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    Someone just asked about the HF150.

    I have one and like it very much.  It
    does lack certain amenities, like an
    S meter, notch filter, passband offset,
    etc., but it's a fine radio, and has
    been favourably tested against full
    size tabletops such as the Drake R8,
    NRD radios, etc.

    I just got the White Paper on it, and
    they had only one really major gripe:
    there is only a low pass filter on the
    front end, so the radio is not as
    resistant to overloading from strong
    stations as it could be.  If you were
    living in Europe, or you live near an
    AM radio station, you might get some
    overload, supposedly.  Other, minor,
    gripes were: lack of S meter, no lighting
    on the display, display only resolves
    to 1 kHz.

    If you want a tabletop, this isn't it.
    If however you want a good, easy to use,
    and rugged shortwave radio, one which
    is supposedly significantly better than
    already good radios like the Sony 2010
    or SW55, then the HF150 is it, hands
    down.  It is one of the VERY FEW radios
    which offers synchronous, selectable,
    sideband operation.  I find this one
    feature to be worth the lack of S meter
    and backlighting on the LCD.  Audio on
    the HF-150 is fantastic.
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From: dnafissian@igc.apc.org (David Nafissian)
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Subject: Re: Welcome to rec.radio.shortwave
Date: 4 Jan 93 19:02:00 GMT
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Ralph,

I posted a note recently about a telecommunications project
in need of a radio link.  It was called something like
"HAMS: Contacts in Somalia" and referred to the PLANET project.

Do you know what happened to this note?  If not, could you
refer me to the conference facilitator?

I hope that I have not posted anything that your conference
users have found distasteful.

--David Nafissian
  [dnafissian@igc.apc.org]
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>I have some questions about shortwave broadcasting...

>What is the feasability of making commercial broadcasts over shortwave in the
>USA?  Is it legal?  Are there any commercial stations in the US?  What is the
>investment required to establish a station that could be easily heard with a
>radius of 100 miles, for example?


Commercial HF broadcasting is definatly legal in the USA. In fact, that's
the only place privatly owned shortwave station are legal. Just a for
instance, that's what we do here! The restriction is that we are *NOT*
allowed to target the USA as an audience. There is a minimum power
requirement of 50 KW also, so the investment is pretty substantial. There
are fees every six months for frequency coordination also. It's not
something you can undertake as a hobby, but there are a couple of low
budget groups with dedicated support that do an adequate job of remaining
on the air.

Michael
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