All:

Have a freind who is going to sea shortly..

- Any recommendatins for a Potable SW Radio for an Ocean Voyage ??

Anyone have any experience with same ?

Thanks

Harvey

On 22 Oct 2005 04:14:59 -0700, wrote:


All:

Have a freind who is going to sea shortly..

- Any recommendatins for a Potable SW Radio for an Ocean Voyage ??

Anyone have any experience with same ?

Thanks

Harvey

What kind of ship?

Freighter ... :-)


http://ellis.melton.com/freighter/punjab.html

whatchoo recommend fer a Small, inexpensive SW radio

Ask your friend to email the Ship's website (if there is one) or if your
friend knows any of the people who work on that Ship,ask them about a
good Shortwave radio.Chances are,at least a few of those people own a
Shortwave radio.
Happy Sailing.
cuhulin

On 22 Oct 2005 06:22:01 -0700, wrote:


Freighter ... :-)


http://ellis.melton.com/freighter/punjab.html

whatchoo recommend fer a Small, inexpensive SW radio

http://www.radiolabs.com/products/ra...kaito-1103.php

I don't know how it is nowdays,but some people whom were planning an
Ocean Voyage,they would check out some Freighter Ships.Real good food
and decent living quarters and first hand looks at how those Freighter
Ships work and usually cheaper prices too.Of course there is always the
good old Stowaway method too,sort of like Hobos hopping Freight Trains.
www.vivisimo.com Hobo Convention Britt Iowa (a couple of my old
buddies were once thinking about hopping a Freight Train just to see
what it is like,their wives talked them out of it,y'all d..n fools can
get killed doing that) I noticed one of those new Freighter Ships is
named the Peking Senator.Seeeee,I told y'all before Peking is still
Peking to me.And Tokio is still Tokio to me.y'all ever heard of Tokio
Rose before? Ala World War Two. www.vivisimo.com Tokio Rose World
War Two
(I don't know what's up with devilfinder.com,maybe they are
updating/rehashing their website or something)
cuhulin

wrote:
Hobo Convention Britt Iowa (a couple of my old
buddies were once thinking about hopping a Freight Train just to see
what it is like,their wives talked them out of it..

Know a guy who, being ninteen at the time, said he walked into a freigh
yard in Okland ( AT NIGHT )
told a guy he was a College student heading back to NY.. & they said
" be careful."..& pointed to a train..
Got a ride all the way to Bonneville salt flats , where a railroad
guard kicked him off

Hobo Convention.. Ride to.. - Should be doeable if your in shape..
Travel in pairs & such.. Even Legit... get credentials, hook up with a
Newspaper & do a story on it.. or a $50 to a railroad worker Might work
too
:-)

In Mexico, used to be able to ride up front with the Engineer on the
Narrow gague Railway, cooking tortillas on the Boiler at night riding
through the countryside..

I think Freighter travel is the way to do that nowadays..
You can come back unscathed from that one

Dear Harvey,

Your post has drawn quite a few comments but no reply to your question!

My suggestion would be the Sony ICF-SW7600GR which is an excellent
portable shortwave receiver. It is quite sensitive and selective and
offers a synchronous selectable sideband circuit which makes SW
listening much more pleasurable. I would also recommend your friend
consider the Sony AN-LP1 active antenna which can be placed near the
porthole in his/her cabin, though it may not be 100% necessary.

While I do not have any personal experience using this radio on board a
ship, I have used it at a number of oceanside communities (on piers,
boardwalks, etc.) with just its built-in whip. It works very well in
such locations - reception always appears to be better near the ocean
and I presume that ON the ocean it would be better yet.

The radio is relatively small and can be powered by 4 AA batteries,
either alkalines or rechargeables. Obviously on a ship, your friend
would want to carry a supply of alkaline AA batteries. The radio plays
for quite a long time with a set. (The AN-LP1 antenna takes 2 AA
batteries.)

I hope this is of some use to you.

Best,

Joe

On 22 Oct 2005 12:20:44 -0700, "Joe Analssandrini"
wrote:

Dear Harvey,

Your post has drawn quite a few comments but no reply to your question!

My suggestion would be the Sony ICF-SW7600GR which is an excellent
portable shortwave receiver. It is quite sensitive and selective and
offers a synchronous selectable sideband circuit which makes SW
listening much more pleasurable. I would also recommend your friend
consider the Sony AN-LP1 active antenna which can be placed near the
porthole in his/her cabin, though it may not be 100% necessary.

While I do not have any personal experience using this radio on board a
ship, I have used it at a number of oceanside communities (on piers,
boardwalks, etc.) with just its built-in whip. It works very well in
such locations - reception always appears to be better near the ocean
and I presume that ON the ocean it would be better yet.

The radio is relatively small and can be powered by 4 AA batteries,
either alkalines or rechargeables. Obviously on a ship, your friend
would want to carry a supply of alkaline AA batteries. The radio plays
for quite a long time with a set. (The AN-LP1 antenna takes 2 AA
batteries.)

I hope this is of some use to you.

Best,

I replied. Never travel with a radio you can't afford to lose.

http://www.radiolabs.com/products/ra...kaito-1103.php

Woody Guthrie's book,This Land Is Your Land.(I think that is the title
of the book,get it and read it,heck,read all of his books) This Land is
yourrrrr land,,,, this land is myyy landddd,,,,,,,,,,
cuhulin