Well, to introduce myself; I'm a first year student of electrics here in Norway, and next year I'm going to study electronics.
Last month i bought a Sony receiver from a second-hand store here in Norway for about 20$, one of those models from the 70s I believe. I don't know the model right now, since I'm currently at my own single room. But i will post more info and pictures when I get back home for the weekend.
Norwegian radio is a Sh**-hole for those who love real music, such as classic rock.
The NRK Norsk RikskringKastning (Translation: Norwegian state-broadcasting) has practically monopoly on the FM band, they are operating tree stations nationally:
There are also two commercial stations covering the whole nation; P4 and Radio Norge (translation: Radio Norway)
The commercial stations are only playing the songs that makes the cash roll in, so it's mostly only super-hits from the 80s till today.
To get the license to set up a local radio station here in Norway, you'll have to cope with some extremely strict rules, made by the Norwegian answer to the FCC. Some example of these rules are:
The MW bands are mostly dead all over the nation, exept from some very rare local stations.
The SW bands are also silent.
Now to the whole point of making this tread:
I really do want to get into DXing, and to receive stations with better music and a wider selection of genres. I want to know what kind of gear you guys are recommending for this and what this would cost, the receiver I bought last month is not a very good indication of my budget. I've been learning about basic electronics and antenna techniques in school, so i don't think i will have any large difficulties with understanding this.
Now back to my Sony receiver, i will just give some basic info on it now, since I don't have it here.
More Info and pictures of the receiver will be added later, stay tuned.
Last month i bought a Sony receiver from a second-hand store here in Norway for about 20$, one of those models from the 70s I believe. I don't know the model right now, since I'm currently at my own single room. But i will post more info and pictures when I get back home for the weekend.
Norwegian radio is a Sh**-hole for those who love real music, such as classic rock.
The NRK Norsk RikskringKastning (Translation: Norwegian state-broadcasting) has practically monopoly on the FM band, they are operating tree stations nationally:
P1, Mostly news, talk-shows, and some music from a narrow spectrum of genres (mostly norwegian classics and oldies).
P2, Playing only classical music.
P3, This channel was made for the younger generation, and because of that they only play pop (Late at night they might be "crazy" enough to actually play some good music).
There are also two commercial stations covering the whole nation; P4 and Radio Norge (translation: Radio Norway)
The commercial stations are only playing the songs that makes the cash roll in, so it's mostly only super-hits from the 80s till today.
To get the license to set up a local radio station here in Norway, you'll have to cope with some extremely strict rules, made by the Norwegian answer to the FCC. Some example of these rules are:
You must play at least 50% local music.
Very strict hours for broadcasting.
The MW bands are mostly dead all over the nation, exept from some very rare local stations.
The SW bands are also silent.
Now to the whole point of making this tread:
I really do want to get into DXing, and to receive stations with better music and a wider selection of genres. I want to know what kind of gear you guys are recommending for this and what this would cost, the receiver I bought last month is not a very good indication of my budget. I've been learning about basic electronics and antenna techniques in school, so i don't think i will have any large difficulties with understanding this.
Now back to my Sony receiver, i will just give some basic info on it now, since I don't have it here.
It has an analogue tuner
The bands i can select is:
FM, SW1, SW2 and MW. (I will post the SW and MW frequencies later on)
More Info and pictures of the receiver will be added later, stay tuned.