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A buyer's guide to the current shortwave receiver market. Designed for the novice as well as the experienced listener to international radio, this guide explains how to make sense of technicalities and select the right radio for your listening needs. The equipment reviewed includes: inexpensive portables for listening on the move; specialized sets for picking up the hard-to-hear stations; top of the range communications receivers for the professional monitor and dedicated hobbyist; antennas - active and passive - and why they matter; shortwave in the car; computer software and accessories; and all you need to know to listen to the world 24 hours a day. This book has been produced by the technical staff of the "World Radio TV Handbook".

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Where to buy a receiver. Part 2 Steps to picking the right receiver. Part 3 Sorting out receiver specifications. Part 4 Hard facts about active and passive antennas: antennas - Alpha Delta Sloper, Dipole, Supreme Listener, T2FD Antenna, RF Systems "Magnetic Longwire Balun", Dressler ARA-60, RF Systems DX-1, DX Listener, Sony AN-1, Datong AD720/AD370, Phase Track Liniplex Loop Antenna, DX-7, Yaesu FRA-7700, Interceptor Loop Antenna; accessories - SP-2 Antenna Splitter, Palomar Amplifilter, Lowe PR-150, Palomar Channel Cleaner. Part 5 View from the Developing Countries. Part 6 Loops for shortwave. Part 7 Frequency management - the key to good reception. Part 8 Receiver test results: AIWA WRD 1000; DAK MR-101; DAK DMR-3000; Drake R8; Grove SW-100; Grundig Yacht Boy 206; Grundig Yacht Boy 220; Grundig Satellit 500; Grundig Satellit 700; Icom IC-R9000; Icom IC-R100; Icom IC-R1; Icom IC-R72; JRC NRD-535; Kenwood R-2000; Kenwood R-5000; Lowe SRX-50; Lowe HF-125; Lowe HF-150; LowsHF-225; Panasonic RF-B65L; Panasonic RF-B45; Philips (Magnavox) AW-3805/Sangean ATS-800; Philips AE-3905; Radio Shack DX 380; Robert R808; Sangean ATS 818 (CS); Sangean ATS 808; Siemens RK710; Siemens RK631; Siemens RK661; Siemens RK670/Sangean ATS818(CS)/Tandy DX-390; Sony ICF-SW1S/SWIE; SonyICF-SW15; Sony ICF-SW20; Sony ICF-SW7600; Sony ICF-SW7601; Sony ICF-2001D/ICF-2010; Sony ICF-SW77; Sony ICF-SW55; Sony CRF-V21; Tandy DX-390; Yaesu FRG-8800. Part 9 Shortwave radio in the car: Kenwood RZ-1; Philips DC777. Part 10 Radio related computer software: shortwave broadcast schedules; radio listener's international PC database; public domain software for the Macintosh; DX helper/Satellite Pro; SW Navigator; Badview 1.50i for the PC; Macratt for the Pakratt 232; Seeker-PC for the Kenwood R-5000; interval signals version 1.21; interval signals on line; short wave log 1.10; other radio-related software; computer bulleting boards. Part 11 Contact addresses for further information: shortwave equipment sources; military surplus receivers; vintage radion societies; other sources; service sheet sources; further sources of receiver information. Part 12 WRTH reader prize questionaire.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780823059492
  • Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.
  • Height: 230 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0823059499
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 1993
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Width: 145 mm


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