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Wally38
Junior Member
Username: Wally38
Post Number: 30
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - 12:28 am: | 
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I've seen some pretty awesome radio rooms in this forum. I've always been curious to know if the people with all these radios sitting together on shelves, desks, and etc get used or is it just a collection over the years and you only have a couple you use that are hooked up.
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Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 3138
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - 7:09 am: |
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Wally some of us just like all the toys ....
Now I have a reason because i operate 2 and 6 at the same time AND sometimes a HF band like 10 meters My station has to have several stations / radios to use so ALL of mine are hooked up most of the time.
CB'ser as a rule except for scanners and SW radios dont need several sets .... well it's nice to have a back up anyway..... at least you can tell the wife that.
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Tech833
Member
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 94
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 - 10:57 am: |
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Wally,
Any radio I do not use gets sold or given away. I do not collect. HOWEVER, even if a radio is only used once a year, it is still used. Some radios perform different functions better than another.
Example, My main receiver is the Kenwood R-5000 and it covers LW from 10 kc. all the way to 30 MHz. The Kenwood is triple conversion and has a very tight receiver, much tighter than a Cobra 148 GTL (which is double conversion, BTW). Next to the Kenwood, I have a Zenith M660A receiver that covers LW from 150 kc. all the way to 30 MHz. Even though it is only single conversion, it is extremely sensitive. But, being single conversion, it is very prone to images and the adjacent channel rejection is poor. Compared to some other radios, including my Kenwppd R-5000, it is a poor performer, with one exception...
Most other radios that cover LW (below the AM broadcast band), including the Kenwood R-5000, have poor sensitivity because they do not really build them very sensitive since most people will never use them on LW. On the other hand, the M660A is just as sensitive on LW as it is anywhere else. This makes it an awesome performer when the band is quiet and there is no overload from the AM broadcast band. Since I only listen to LW every now and then and it is seldom quiet, I normally do not get to use the M660A to its potential, so it really only gets used once or twice a year. Even that seldom use still earns it a place in the shack with the Kenwood R-5000 and the R390A. If I removed it from the shack, a night would come where it would be very quiet and I would be straining to grab a LW beacon with the R-5000 and wishing the Zenith was still here.
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