Best High End Portable.
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Re: Best High End Portable.
Look out for a Lowe HF 150 superb takes batteries although it's a bit greedy has all the connectors and its a nice size for portable out and about .
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Re: Best High End Portable.
Coming in a bit late on this, and it's a rather expensive option, but the CommRadio CR1a is a very nice little radio. Although it will work with a whip on the back, it really needs a proper antenna. I've used an end fed wire with good results.
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They are, I'm sure Ofcom have a few about the place. Rather a special piece of equipment at a rathr special price too.SecretShortwave wrote:these are pretty good http://www.rohde-schwarz.com/en/product ... 11926.html
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Ditto. Getting hard to find though, and the preselectors are like fairy dust.phil7ldx wrote:Look out for a Lowe HF 150 superb takes batteries although it's a bit greedy has all the connectors and its a nice size for portable out and about .
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I can recommend the Tecsun PL660 for a budget shortwave. I've pulled in hams from the US and all over Europe with the supplied 5m wire. Also mid-atlantic aircraft and SW stations from all over.
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I see Maplin have these for £99.99, not sure if they're the 2014 version with autostore etc. May wait until January to see if the price comes down.scanhermit wrote:I can recommend the Tecsun PL660 for a budget shortwave. I've pulled in hams from the US and all over Europe with the supplied 5m wire. Also mid-atlantic aircraft and SW stations from all over.
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Re: Best High End Portable.
Check Ebay - I got mine for £82
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Re: Best High End Portable.
Even cheaper Tecsun PL-660 & still in UK £34.99
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Re: Best High End Portable.
Grundig/Eton G5 is very sensitive. It has SSB but lacks a dedicated USB/LSB feature. I've had no issues tuning SSB via the BFO.
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Re: Best High End Portable.
I have a high-end HF receiver that cost a fortune in the day, and it has a BFO rather than USB/LSB offsets, works for me.
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Sangean?
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No, it's an ancient JRC.
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Re: Best High End Portable.
If you have/get one and want to add a little computer control then checkout my HF150 Control Program and IF150 USB interface project.phil7ldx wrote:Look out for a Lowe HF 150 superb takes batteries although it's a bit greedy has all the connectors and its a nice size for portable out and about .
http://nick-bailey.co.uk/hf150/index.html
http://nick-bailey.co.uk/if150/index.html
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