"James Boyk" wrote in message
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Thanks for info. I wish I'd known earlier that there are current Becker
units w/
SW. We got very good service from shortwavestore.com, but it would be
interesting to know how Becker's RF and AF quality compare to that of the
Sony
XR-CA620X we got.

Jim Boyk

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Patty Winter wrote:
...I bought a Becker Mexico. I got the one with
the cassette player, but they have them with CD players, too. I bought
it from Continental Imports in Florida (www.continentalimports.com).


The Becker Mexico 2340 isn't current, it has been out of production for
several years, but there is some "New Old Stock" available. The current
Beckers with SW only do 49 meters.

I confess that it was awfully nice the other afternoon, between about 4:30 and
5:30 pm L.A. time, to receive the "Voices" interview program from Radio China
Int'l, then some news from Radio Exterior de Espana, then two very interesting
interviews from Radio Netherlands. Made the drive home far more enjoyable; and
so much better than the pap we get domestically (with the rare exception, of
course).

James Boyk

In article ,
James Boyk wrote:
I confess that it was awfully nice the other afternoon, between about 4:30 and
5:30 pm L.A. time, to receive the "Voices" interview program from Radio China
Int'l, then some news from Radio Exterior de Espana, then two very interesting
interviews from Radio Netherlands. Made the drive home far more enjoyable; and
so much better than the pap we get domestically (with the rare exception, of
course).

:-) I was listening to WWV for a while during my drive home from a class
last night. It was a lot more interesting than the host on the major
talk-radio station in the area. :-)

(I give it a seven. It has a nice beat. You can dance to it (slowly).)


Patty

s it illegal to have a reciever capable of tuning *any* shortwave freq - or
just law enforcement freqs?


well, the frequencies listed in the California law are used for international
shortwave broadcasting.

It was only certain frequency ranges. (I forget which. I'll look it up again
and post it here).

However, most shortwave recievers that I know of cover the entire shortwave
band anyways.

It would probably be hard to find one that doesn't have at least one range that
is blocked by California law.

As I understand it, the law was meant to protect police frequencies as you say.
But is outdated. However, is still on the books and stil the law in
California.

Whether they actually enforce it or not is another matter.

But since it's still in effect, you COULD be arrested for simply having a
shortwave reciiever in your car that covers those particular frequency ranges.

I'll soon post the banned frequency range in this thread.

Once again, this applies only to California.