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February 3rd 06, 10:00 AM
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advice request please guys
Hi, I posted a short while ago regarding your views on the Sony Sw77
I have my eye on 3 radios on ebay, here in the UK. Which of the three would you recommend the most please, taking into account I like to listen to the Radio Amatuers and Utility stations as well as SW Broadcast bands Thanks for your advice guys,,they are................ Sony ICF-SW77 Target HF3 Trio / Kenwood Communications Receiver. Model R200 cheers Rikk UK |
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February 3rd 06, 10:00 AM
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advice request please guys
Sorry, it is the kenwood R2000
rikk "Rikk" wrote in message ... Hi, I posted a short while ago regarding your views on the Sony Sw77 I have my eye on 3 radios on ebay, here in the UK. Which of the three would you recommend the most please, taking into account I like to listen to the Radio Amatuers and Utility stations as well as SW Broadcast bands Thanks for your advice guys,,they are................ Sony ICF-SW77 Target HF3 Trio / Kenwood Communications Receiver. Model R200 cheers Rikk UK |
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#3
February 3rd 06, 11:51 AM
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advice request please guys
Rikk wrote:
taking into account I like to listen to the Radio Amatuers and Utility stations as well as SW Broadcast bands Thanks for your advice guys,,they are................ Sony ICF-SW77 This would be the better choice for listening to broadcasts. The Sync detector makes a big difference. In the U.K. it may not, my experience here in Israel is the European SWBC stations pin the S meter or don't show up at all. The long periods of fading in and out that I heard in the U.S. don't seem to exist here. Target HF3 No idea. Trio / Kenwood Communications Receiver. Model R2000 Great radio, no sync detector but you can fake it with ECSS (tuning an AM station in SSB mode). This requires a really stable receiver. Much better at receving hams and utility stations. 90% of ham voice traffic is in SSB (LSB below 9mHz except for 5mHz, USB above), and 99% of utillity traffic is in USB. Good luck. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ |
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#4
February 3rd 06, 04:57 PM
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advice request please guys
Does Kenwood still manufacture Shortwave Radios.I have never owned a
Kenwood Radio before,but I have always thought they were good Radios. cuhulin |
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#5
February 3rd 06, 05:26 PM
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advice request please guys
www.jpost.com I read JPost once in a while.I have a girlfriend (sort
of anyway) in Jeruselum.I get Real News from her as regards events going on in Israel.Seeee,webtv isn't so dumb after all.I am smarter (or dumber,depending on how y'all [www.yall.com] look at it) than the average Bear. cuhulin |
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#6
February 3rd 06, 10:43 PM
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advice request please guys
definitely dumber... you prove that with every post to this group.
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#7
February 5th 06, 05:14 AM
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advice request please guys
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Rikk wrote: taking into account I like to listen to the Radio Amatuers and Utility stations as well as SW Broadcast bands Thanks for your advice guys,,they are................ Sony ICF-SW77 This would be the better choice for listening to broadcasts. The Sync detector makes a big difference. In the U.K. it may not, my experience here in Israel is the European SWBC stations pin the S meter or don't show up at all. The long periods of fading in and out that I heard in the U.S. don't seem to exist here. You're very close to Europe, so the ones you don't hear are probably being beamed to South America or West Africa or something. Anything beamed to Asia or Europe (there are a bunch of signals from Europe to Europe) you likely get. Anything else, you don't. |
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#8
February 7th 06, 12:45 PM
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advice request please guys
Hello Rikk,
I am not sure if you have already decided/purchased etc. Anyhow, I have owned two of the receivers in question, the one I have not used is the Kenwood so I can't give an opinion except that Kenwood make good receivers. The Target is a nice receiver and for the price (new) is good value. However, if I was to make a choice today I'd buy the Sony. It will do most things well and nothing badly. It's also excellent as a general radio, the FM reception through ear phones is very good. SSB is good too. I used my one with a Sony ANLP active indoor antenna for the SW part of the spectrum and it was excellent, made a big difference. The Sony AN-1 active antenna also made a difference plus it was useful on LW/MW too. The Target will need an outboard antenna of course while the SW77 will give good results on the whip arial but of course an antenna outside or at least an active one indoors is even better. If you do purchase an antenna instead of making your own then I can sing the praises of the Wellbrook made ALA1530. It's gives full coverage from 1khz to 30mHz and is exceptional. I had no problems with either receiver and they both lasted me well. I sold them on and to the best of my knowledge they are still working. Good luck! Alan Rikk wrote: Hi, I posted a short while ago regarding your views on the Sony Sw77 I have my eye on 3 radios on ebay, here in the UK. Which of the three would you recommend the most please, taking into account I like to listen to the Radio Amatuers and Utility stations as well as SW Broadcast bands Thanks for your advice guys,,they are................ Sony ICF-SW77 Target HF3 Trio / Kenwood Communications Receiver. Model R200 cheers Rikk UK |
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February 7th 06, 06:42 PM
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advice request please guys
Hi Alan
Thanks for your comments, they are very much appeciated. Rikk wrote in message ups.com... Hello Rikk, I am not sure if you have already decided/purchased etc. Anyhow, I have owned two of the receivers in question, the one I have not used is the Kenwood so I can't give an opinion except that Kenwood make good receivers. The Target is a nice receiver and for the price (new) is good value. However, if I was to make a choice today I'd buy the Sony. It will do most things well and nothing badly. It's also excellent as a general radio, the FM reception through ear phones is very good. SSB is good too. I used my one with a Sony ANLP active indoor antenna for the SW part of the spectrum and it was excellent, made a big difference. The Sony AN-1 active antenna also made a difference plus it was useful on LW/MW too. The Target will need an outboard antenna of course while the SW77 will give good results on the whip arial but of course an antenna outside or at least an active one indoors is even better. If you do purchase an antenna instead of making your own then I can sing the praises of the Wellbrook made ALA1530. It's gives full coverage from 1khz to 30mHz and is exceptional. I had no problems with either receiver and they both lasted me well. I sold them on and to the best of my knowledge they are still working. Good luck! Alan Rikk wrote: Hi, I posted a short while ago regarding your views on the Sony Sw77 I have my eye on 3 radios on ebay, here in the UK. Which of the three would you recommend the most please, taking into account I like to listen to the Radio Amatuers and Utility stations as well as SW Broadcast bands Thanks for your advice guys,,they are................ Sony ICF-SW77 Target HF3 Trio / Kenwood Communications Receiver. Model R200 cheers Rikk UK |
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