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Short wave radio lingo

yes between and it is used for trans and receive, up to 300 watts, it even has a dummy load for tuneing on 10 - 160 meters
 
I'm not a HAM, but an old Army Signal guy...


You guys are making me nostalgic for old RATT rigs....
 
I once hooked it to my old 70's short wave receiver and you would not believe what I could hear. and I did this with a 5/8 wave fire stick
 
For SW listening, I strung a wire across the ceiling and outside between the house and trees for an antenna. Worked pretty good. For VHF and UHF, I had expensive antennas mounted on the roof. The aircraft bands are 108 to 136Mhz and 225 to 400Mhz in AM mode.
 
If anyone is interested I have a 12-13 band SW receiver, ac/dc and if you offer a fair price, this is the delux radio, not easily found. It dates 1970'ish its AM/FM HF and VHF and sideband with wide or narrow bandwidth
 
PRB said:
Thanks Tony.

My other problem is antennas. The Sangean is an ok radio, but with just the little antenna it comes with you're very limited in what you can pick up. An old friend of mine from the navy was (still is) a ham radio person. He had a great rig in the house, with a huge antenna on the roof of his house. He could pick up stations all over the world.
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Paul, the Sangean you mention is identical to mine, it's a world class receiver with the right antenna. my antenna for my Sangean was two 102 inch CB whips on a home made dipole mount, it snatched signals right down into 160 meters. about 10 feet off the ground.

Bones
 
tonybones2112 said:
Paul, the Sangean you mention is identical to mine, it's a world class receiver with the right antenna. my antenna for my Sangean was two 102 inch CB whips on a home made dipole mount, it snatched signals right down into 160 meters. about 10 feet off the ground.

Bones
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Interesting. I think I will look into making an antenna... Thanks Tony.
 
456 divided by the freq = length in meters for long wire, now divide that by 1/2 or 1/4 or 1/8 gives you the antenna you want for that freq
 
Yes, and an M-16 is approx. a yard long, which you use as your ruler. Get your doublet 1/2 half the wavelength off the ground, point it the right way and ground your radio.....or go with an inverted V.....

Oh, sorry....flashback.
 
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