Shortwave listening demonstration. Hear a sampling of foreign and domestic broadcast stations, time standard signals, international air traffic, amateur (ham) …
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I went to the above link and I dont see any shortwave radios on that site..maybe they dont carry it any more…nice radio…!!!
This is a great review of all the possibilities. Newcomers who already own a PC might want to consider using a Software defined receiver to pick up all this and more like the RSP from SDRplay – see https://youtu.be/U3qvjjpzsQQ
Frequeny
Hello again what is the international air frequently. .I. use tecsun pl660.
Hello…what is the frequency for the time update. Greetings from Bahrain.
where can i buy one ??????! LOVE IT
I just Wished My radio could be that clear, you must have one hell of an antenna. All I get with mine is Mostly Static, And the channels I do get I can Hardly make out what they are saying, But I am New to this and only running the built in Telescoping antenna.
I have the Radio Shack DX-390
How is this able to pick up SSB?
I don't see a control for that. Is this all AM?
Prinz – http://www.tentec.com/9-band-sw-receiver-model-1253/
amazon.com STAY away from the 3inch radios.They suck! Grundig, Sony r the way to go.
NEVER buy those $30 SW Radios on Amazon etc. They are VERY tiny and suck at reception. I bought a Grundig (german) for $40 from amazon.com which is usually $100.00
You want quality receiver when it comes to SW listening folks. After that a good antenna and ears is all you need.
As of almost Fall of 2013, I scan through the shortwave bands and R.G. Stair (Brother Stair) is buying their all their airtime. I heard that WYFR is off because Harold Camping of Family Radio out in L.A. is selling out due to Camping is too old now, if he is still alive. Brother Stair is almost 80 years old, so I give him about 10 years buying up all the time on shortwave station that he can buy. The rest of the stations I hear, I don't understand their language.
My sangean ats 803a is right beside me. Actually , it has been beside me for the past 21 years! Thx for uploading this and letting people know how sexy Dxing can be:)
Hello Jan, I would follow Ten-Tec recommendations using outdoor wire safely clear of any power lines. See: spge 56 of assembly manual. I just talked to a fellow ham operator Bob, N5URL. He said he built his T1253 receiver using the "high sensitivity" option, and had great luck at a recent hamfest showing his buddies 20m CW reception with only 20 ft (6m) of insulated wire thrown over a fence! I use various ham antennas, like half-wave dipoles and quarter wave end-fed wires. 73 Lynn NG9D
At Waters and Stanton UK.
I live in the Netherlands and could buy the kit from them.
Good luck.
Jan
Hello Lynn, I just bought the same kit. I still have to build it. So the funpart is to come. I like to ask you what antenna you use for this radio?
With kindest regards,
Jan
Can any One tell me Wehre can i get this radio please?
I bought a cheap "World Band Radio" today, cost me £5 from Tesco. Don't know what country you're in, but $100 sounds a little expensive…
I'm thinking of buying one… seems pretty decent…
Tentec.com lol
@b5kalad Sony ICF-SW7600GR AM/FM Shortwave World Band Receiver with Single Side Band Reception, plus External Plug-in Antenna. Sony list $170. Amazon is selling today with free shipping for $131. Read the on-line reviews. I like mine a lot. One feature is "selectable" sideband. If you want to listen to the ham bands, this will be very usefull (it cuts the interference dramatically, compared to radios that receive both sidebands). I use rechargeable batteries & it does well "off the grid" 😉
hello, I am looking to get a short wave but I don't know where to shop and what to get. I would like to have one that can run off "off the grid" during a long term power outage. Also, maybe second one that is portable.
Any suggestions? Thank you,
that is a very good receiver, keep it clean and perfect state to long many years to enjoy this exelent machine!! 73´s from portugal(PMR-1387(ESTAÇÃO CB ELECTRÓMAGNETICA) in ch 24 fm and 11 am!! merry cristmas and a happy new year to you!!!
This is great.Thanks for the demonstration.
Any idea where i can buy the diy kit or the schematics, would love to make one.
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Danke. Als ein Kind wollte ich einen "Knight Kit Ocean Hopper" bauen. Jetzt habe ich einen ähnlichen Empfänger gemacht und habe jugendlich gefühlt! Die besten Wünsche zu Ihnen in Deutschland.
Thanks. As a child, I wanted to construct a "Knight Kit Ocean Hopper". (That was a simple little regenerative shortwave radio sold as a kit). Now I made this similar Ten Tec receiver and felt like a kid again 😉 Best wishes to you in Germany. 73 de NG9D Lynn
Very nice video and demonstration. I didn't expect that such a simple kit receiver is capabable of such clean SW reception. If the set had only a more precise frequency readout… 73 from Germany
Great reception and well-composed receiver! I guess The first station on this video sounds like R. Portugal International.
Hi Sandy, Thanks – your comment on matching the antenna to the receiver is spot-on! A resonant or tuned antenna makes a "world" of difference!! 73 Lynn NG9D . .
Very nice Lynn,
You had a good selection of different signals there.Just goes to show what you can hear with an RX that is matched to it's antenna!
73 Sandy
Love it!