You are in Hong Kong? I did my five days R & R in Hong Kong, in 1964.
cuhulin

On Sep 22, 10:57*pm, CountFloyd
wrote:
Bob Dobbs wrote:
CountFloyd wrote:
Toxic wrote:
On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:36:54 +0300, Antti \"Andy\" Ylikoski wrote:

The best portatop that I have come across is the Eton Corp. éton e1
world radio. *It every now and then even equals my Drake R8E. *Very good
value for the money.
That seems to be a general consensus.
Wonder what the next 'must have' unit will feature?
...and at what price
For that answer, I think that John Plimmer would be the one to consult..
*John seems to have the latest and greatest stuff.
His AMBCB DX is amazing!

I think his current AMBCB DX target
is only a couple zip codes away, WSB 750

You mean that John doesn't have that easy pick? *I, on the other hand,
can't hear WSB Atlanta because a local ESPN clone is on 760 and only 10
miles away. *The closest I came was using my HQ-145XC with all the
crystal filters humming! *WSB came in OK for awhile. *South Florida is a
wasteland for hearing good DX, having locals running around the clock,
or Cubans, on every major frequency. *I love WCBS 880, and can pick it
up for a little bit, until the Cuban on 880 swamps it, had to take up
listening to it on the net. *Same with WABC, 770, WHO, 840(our local
WFTL 850 keeps it from coming in). *I have better luck trying to pick up
European stations.- Hide quoted text -


Are you by chance using a loop? IMO, you should
be able to break those signals up and decipher
amongst the two....maybe three.

The HQ145XC is an extremely nice piece and coupled with a nice
loop....is almost tailor made for that scenario.

Bushcraftgregg wrote:

Are you by chance using a loop? IMO, you should
be able to break those signals up and decipher
amongst the two....maybe three.

The HQ145XC is an extremely nice piece and coupled with a nice
loop....is almost tailor made for that scenario.

I have the Terk/Radio Shack passive loop for use on my portables. How
could I use that with the HQ?
I believe that South Florida gets "targeted" by the Cuban AM'ers.
Doesn't the Cuban 880 have something like 100,000kW's?
Hopefully, when "winter" comes to Florida I can try for the East Coast
AM stations. I was listening to WPHT, 1210, and then it got swamped by
a Cuban station! Can't win here!

CountFloyd wrote:
Bushcraftgregg wrote:

Are you by chance using a loop? IMO, you should
be able to break those signals up and decipher
amongst the two....maybe three.

The HQ145XC is an extremely nice piece and coupled with a nice
loop....is almost tailor made for that scenario.

I have the Terk/Radio Shack passive loop for use on my portables. How
could I use that with the HQ?
I believe that South Florida gets "targeted" by the Cuban AM'ers.
Doesn't the Cuban 880 have something like 100,000kW's?
Hopefully, when "winter" comes to Florida I can try for the East Coast
AM stations. I was listening to WPHT, 1210, and then it got swamped by
a Cuban station! Can't win here!

CF, if you have the RS loop with the knob on one end, there is a
mini plug on the other end. but, i'm not sure which loop you have.

Drifter...

Drifter wrote:

CF, if you have the RS loop with the knob on one end, there is a
mini plug on the other end. but, i'm not sure which loop you have.

Drifter...
Yes, it has the mini-plug and the tuning knob. I tried that, taking the
wire and connecting it to the antenna screw on the HQ, but it wouldn't
bring in any signals at all, not even locals.

On Sep 24, 10:14*am, CountFloyd
wrote:
Drifter wrote:
CF, if you have the RS loop with the knob on one end, there is a
mini plug on the other end. but, i'm not sure which loop you have.

Drifter...

Yes, it has the mini-plug and the tuning knob. *I tried that, taking the
wire and connecting it to the antenna screw on the HQ, but it wouldn't
bring in any signals at all, not even locals.

Better you should use a home made
One Metre Hula Hoop Loop Antenna


Use a Back-of-the-Door as a "Super Loop" Antenna
for AM/MW Radio DXing
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...9d3265f4a7a021
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...5c232139717f8c

The Australian One Metre (1m) Loop Antenna
-by- Werner Funkenhauser
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...16c7d398afdd3f
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...dfaec741994999
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...363c0ac86fac66

Consider these AM/MW Antenna choices for
better AM Medium Wave Radio Reception
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...30fc6a512330be

One Yard or One Metre Diameter Hula-Hoop
Single Turn (1T) Coax Cable {Shielded} Loop
Antenna for Shortwave Radio Listening (SWL)
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...2753cba485235d

Sizing : The Loop Antenna -versus- the Long-Wire
Antenna for Shortwave Radio Listeners (SWLs)
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...7a3da1550f3005

Converting the an small short Active Whip Antenna
into a small Terminated Loop Active Antenna
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...c8ecc709a15985

iane ~ RHF

On Sep 22, 6:30Â*am, ∅baMa∅ Tse Dung wrote:
On Sep 21, 2:38Â*am, JimK wrote:

Hello, I'm interested in trying shortwave listening. I have narrowed
my choices to the Kaito 1103, and Sony SW7600GR.

I would very much appreciate any opinions on which you prefer, and
why.

Also, is lack of wide/narrow switch on the Sony a problem?

Thanks.

Buy the Sony! Â*It is superior in every way. Â*It has the famous Sony
Sync Detector.
If you find shortwave boring and a waste of time at least you will be
able to resell the Sony.
The Kaito has Zero, as in 0baMa0- "0" resale value.

The Sony SW7600 has TERRIBLE AUDIO! Why anyone would recommend this
radio for anything other that SSB is beyond me.

On Sep 21, 9:37*am, Bushcraftgregg wrote:
On Sep 21, 3:38*am, JimK wrote:

Hello, I'm interested in trying shortwave listening. I have narrowed
my choices to the Kaito 1103, and Sony SW7600GR.

I would very much appreciate any opinions on which you prefer, and
why.

Also, is lack of wide/narrow switch on the Sony a problem?

Thanks.

Hi "Jim." It is astounding to me that many people
that post in here according to the archives, have
simply ( again, according to the archives) never
posted anything in their "history" of posting
on usenet.

Kind of strange in my opinion. Just saying. ;-)

Kind of strange that people actually get gratification of caring about
it. Just saying.

Thanks again to everyone for all the great info. RHF, especially
thanks for all the great links, a gold mine.

Many warm thanks.

Jim

JimK wrote:
Thanks again to everyone for all the great info. RHF, especially
thanks for all the great links, a gold mine.

Many warm thanks.

Jim




Hi Jim.

Welcome to the hobby. no, shortwave is not dead. don't
waste your time with the neo-trolls. you might want to
check out the groups on yahoo. 100's of radio/ receiver/
and short wave groups there. no spam, no trolls and no phony
crap. just be careful, short wave can become an obsession.

Drifter...