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Does anyone have any info on the Radiomaster PA-30 (also sold as NASA PA-30) wire antenna? This antenna is manufactured in Holland by RF systems but that about all the info I can find. it would be nice to find some user reviews but the I can find none on the web. Please help!!!!!!!!!

For cost reasons alone I'd like to use a Wilson 1000 mag mount as BOTH a base and mobil antenna. My goal is to install the Wilson on my Suburban when we take trips 4 or 5 times a year then leave it on a post (with a steel plate) outside the rest of the year as a base antenna. That brings me...

What is the general opinion of hand held CB's that can also be used with an auxilluary antenna? I ask due to my main radio interest being Shortwave Listening with an occasional side trip to CB's. I need to upgrade just a bit and need a radio that is both mobil and can be used for a ad hoc...

Does this mean that there is no longer any distinction between 23ch & 40 ch as long as the radio has an FCC acceptance sticker? Sure seems that way to me. I've read not quite all of the FCC rules about CB's as they are today and find no mention (as yet) of the legality of 23 ch radios in and...

What is your opinion of the old Robyn line of radios? I have 23 channels Robyn base & a 23 channel Robyn mobil from that time period that I bought new during the cb craze of the 70's. They have been in storage for about 20 yrs now but I'd like to get them out and see if they work. With all...

Since I run all portable radios there is a concern about overloading the front end of this type of radio when used for SWL when antenna accessories are used. My research has turned up a wealth of info that newbies ,as well as returning SWL'ers, to help them all understand what will help and what...

This is the specs........ RX7 Specifications General Frequency Range (U.S.A. version): 0.150-823.995 MHz 849.0-868.995 MHz 894.0-1300.000 MHz Mode: FM, WFM AM Tuning Steps: 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 9, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25, 30, 50, 100, 200 kHz Scan/Search Speeds: 100 channels per second/30 steps...

Has anyone ever used a 102" whip for SWL?

I spent a very enjoyable evening last night listening to Taiwan and Western Canada (I live in Central Ill.) I've been improving the antennas slowly step by step but it's been worth the time and a bunch of fun! :thumbup:

I'd like to help my Grundig 800 a bit with background hash so I'd like to add a passive preselector to the antenna input to take some of the strain off the 800's front end. So far I've narrowed it down to two preselectors.....The MJF-965 & the MJF 1046. The 956 is simple with the 1046 also...

I'd like to help my Grundig 800 a bit with background hash so I'd like to add a passive preselector to the antenna input to take some of the strain off the 800's front end. So far I've narrowed it down to two preselectors.....The MJF-965 & the MJF 1046. The 956 is simple with the 1046 also...

I understand that the antenna end of SWL is trial & error most of the time while it is also part of the fun of the hobby. That said, I'm doing my research to decide what outboard antenna will work best on my Gundig 800. My concern is that I live in a rural county with no cities nearby and much...

Thanks to what I've learned here and elsewhere on the net , and from a few books I've read, I decided that best one radio for me and my needs was a Grundig satellit 800 port-a-top radio. So I bought one. Now I know to some here that is radio heresy but from what I've come to understand...

Does the FM band on some SW radios receive the same FM as ordinary AM/FM radios do? I ask because I "assumed" that FM is FM but tonight I found a radio that was able to pickup FM but it was NOT 'regular' FM that I'm used to. What :confused1:

This might interest some............ http://www.nr6ca.org/pdf/frequencyallochrt.pdf

Does computer WI FI affect the SWL/HAM radio frequency's? I ask because we have a fairly powerful wi fi in our home to service the multiple computers we need for my wife's home based business. Is this something that can, or will, affect the signals for the radios used for SWL/HAM uses...

These are the radios it has come down to once I looked beyond the Realistic DX-160. " Icom R-71a vs JRC NRD-525 vs Kenwood R-1000/5000" The thing is I have no experience with any of them and only have what I can find on the web to form an opinion with. If anyone here as any had experience with...

I've stumbled upon a discussion on a fairly new type of radio...Internet radio. The radios to listen to this new way to listen to radio are just now coming on the market as near as I can tell. Now I don't want to offend or get flamed for radio heresy but does anyone here own a net radio or use...

Don't count Shortwave Radio out just yet. This story brings out some points that seem to be suppressed by big business of new tech. EXCERPTS....... "Powerful, manipulative forces are at work here. Although difficult to prove, there has even been speculation that considerable ‘promotional...

I hope to be able to buy a decent REALISTIC DX-160 off e-bay soon. I'm just getting back into SWL and at my age (63) I still like the old hands on way of doing things so this analog radio is perfect to play with. Since I am retired the budget is razor thin for play toys so I like to use what I...