I"ve looked at the ICOM 7300 but that's too salty at $1500. I was hoping for something under $200

The Giant Jukebox with Eric van Willegen. Broadcast 2-FEB-25 23:00-24:00 UTC on WRMI @5950 kHz. Received in S. Florida with RSP1a, 64’ dipole, & FLdigi. 01:08 minutes of MFSK64 @23:30, followed by 1981's "Super Freak”.

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Hi! I am a guy interested in DXing and I want to some listen to the radio signals where I live in Norway. I have tried websites like kiwiSDR but I want to use something more real (like hardware). I saw that to just listen, portable shortwave radios seem to be the most popular. Any recommendations as to what radio I should buy? Again, i am unsure if I am using the word DX correctly, I want to just listen.

Any kind of advice is appreciated ;)

Hello, new here, never done this before and just got myself into the rabbit hole. Obtained a Sommerkamp FRG-7700 with FRT-7700 antenna tuner and want to listen, whatever there is out there. I also made an antenna, UHF jack with RG58 cable to outdoors and then ground loop antenna, which is actually not on the ground, but on the roof of the garage (about 3m up). Antenna is made from copper wire soldered into a 20m loop, which connects to the coax through ferrite core balun thingy (i am not good with terms here, but not new to electronics), anyway, i did not have the correct core, so i made one from VGA cable and salvaged lacquered copper cable, which is wound two times on the coax side and 6 times on the antenna side. Followed this instruction http://www.kk5jy.net/LoG/ . Now, it definitely works somewhat, i am getting a strong reception and quite a few channels between 6-9MHz, but not much below and nothing at all over 10MHz (also, good signals get very faint if i disconnect the outside antenna, so it must be doing something). Is the cable too short? Is my self-made balun too crappy or not needed at all? I've read so many manuals and instructions in the past few days, my brain smokes.

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Was going to order the tecsun c2200x or whatever it was but my bank likes to block purchases and turn off my card until I verify, then I have to call during business hours for them to temporarily unblock purchases from wherever (usually China, but they even block California) it's coming from. So as punishment for that pain in the ass I ordered the higher priced item, and will make up commute etc money by making them cash a check for me against my overdraft protection. 🙂

I have ordered an EB200 and i will be receiving it at the end of Feb. I have been after one of these receivers for a very long time, as their sensitivity is supposed to be amazing. I believe that it is competitive with the Microtelecom Perseus, with the added benefit of VHF-SHF. I have managed to track down the manuals including the service manual, but the CD that came with the receiver originally seems to be fairly elusive. Does anyone have experience with the receiver and or access to the CD/iSO to recreate one?

What are a few reputable places to purchase Sangean 909x2? I’d rather not purchase from Amazon.

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone can provide some advice on what radio could connect to the aerial in my apartment complex?

I need to use this one, and not a separate aerial as I need to listen to FM radio of a county far away (for sport reasons!), would only need to listen 1 or 2 times a week, so don't need anything super amazing.

I'd be great to get your advice!

My Sony ICF-SW55 does not turn on. Is there a reputable repair place I could send it?

Has anyone had issues with earphone jacks failing on their Tecsun radios. If so, please explain. Thank you.

Hi everyone, I’ve been trying to improve my indoor listening experience as it’s too cold to listen outside at the moment.

I have a Tecsun PL-680 portable radio that works great, but my house throws off so much RF I can’t pick anything up indoors. I set up a random wire antenna just outside my window but it I pick up even more noise with it (to be expected).

So I’m thinking I need to get the antenna away from my house, but I’m not sure the best way to do it or how far away I should go. I live in the country so RF is very low away from the house. I’m thinking a finalized setup like this:

1. Length of split speaker wire with two 15’ ends and a 5’ “tail” in the middle (this is what I already have set up)

2. 30’ of coaxial cable that run from my window to the trees, leaving enough inside my room to reach my desk and bed.

3. Coax to 3.5mm jack adapter

4. Radio

Most tutorials I find online are for alligator clip antennas to be used outside. Does what I’ve listed make sense? What is the best way to attach the coax to the speaker wire? Any suggestions are much appreciated!

I was recently travelling through New York State and near NYC I had my Retekess V115 with me. In the upper range of the FM (forgot exactly which station but may have been 106.3 MHz or at least up there) at one point I could clearly hear either one station perfectly, and then I slightly rotated my antenna by maybe only 15-20 degrees and another station clearly replaced the first one. I could repeat the same motion and tried different angles and directions and either I heard one station perfectly, or the other, but never both at the same time (the “middle” position would produce static). The angle of difference in antenna orientation was surprisingly small.

Then when I was driving through upstate NY I was tuned to a Rochester station using the car radio and slowly the signal started to get overlapped by another 2nd FM station, eventually I heard both at the same time, and then the first station faded out so that I could only hear the 2nd one.

So my question is if this was due to the signals and how they are broadcast or some difference in the way the radios behave electronically to catch specific signals or both? My understanding is that FM signals work this way in that the radio is able to “latch” on to a stronger station rather than mix signals, and that the stronger signal completely overrides the weaker even if they are not that different in strength. For example, a station say providing 60% of the total signal will be heard loud and clear while the 40% signal from another station on same frequency will be completely blocked out. Whereas AM would tend to mix the signals in this example, would hear both stations but one at 60% of the volume and another 40% volume.

Hi, I know very little about radios besides basic AM/FM function. Im not even entirely sure what short wave means, does it make AM/FM clearer (I'd like to learn)? I just want to disconnect from my phone and listen to music, a radio seems like a great option to do that.

Im wanting a portable radio that has: AM/FM (that sounds relatively clear for my price range), SdCard, rechargeable battery, a decent external speaker, headphone Jack (would be preferable if music sounded ok through it), and Bluetooth (not a deal breaker, but would be nice. My budget is $115 (Canadian), but willing to go slightly higher to maybe $150 if there's an excellent recommendation that is far superior to the ones mentioned below(retekess v115 and xhdata d-109wb) .

So far I've narrowed it down to 2 devices: Retekess v-115 (also a Zhwis 603 version that has Bluetooth), and the xhdata d-109wb. The retekess v-115 seems a bit more portable/smaller, but people don't seem to like the AM quality very much. The XHdata d-109wb seems like a solid choice, it just seems to lack the mp3 menu navigation for songs/albums the Retkess v-115 provides.

Please share your thoughts on these devices, along with any other recommendations that fits the criteria I've mentioned above.

I'm considering getting this radio exclusively for VHF/UHF and especially CB with NFM mode, because I don't own anything portable that can receive these bands, besides my RTL-SDR, and don't know many other radios that can do it. I understand from some reviews that it is terrible on MW and pretty bad on SW too due to the single 5 kHz filter and lack of SSB. However, what reviews don't talk much about is performance on the above mentioned bands in NFM mode. I was wondering, does anyone own this radio and has done any testing on these bands? Is it worth getting it for that, or should I skip it? I know there is the Raddy RF919, but that one is too expensive and it would be too much just for VHF and CB, plus I already have a few really good SW radios that I am very pleased with.

Any specific models to look out for?

If you own one of these, when charging it, there's a red light that turns on. Instructions aren't very clear but;

1. Does the light go off when fully charged?

or

2. Does the light changes color?

I'm talking about the led light next to the USB-C charge port and NOT the one in the front next to the tuning knob.

Thanks.

I have a new space for a long wire antenna, the scenario is similar to the image below. (1 and 2)

The green cable (coaxial) would be about 10 meters long.

Where the cables are joined (marked with a circle), is a solder sufficient or should I add a balun?

I searched and read a lot about similar long cable antennas and some say to solder and others to add a balun. Others simply run the long wire antenna directly to the radio, without any cuts.

Option “2” I found that they say “T” type antenna, others dipole but in this case they add a balun, the “T” antenna I saw that only the central cable of the coaxial cable is soldered and the mesh/shield goes to ground.

What do you recommend I do in this scenario?

PD: Sorry if something is not clear or I said something wrong, English is not my first language.