[Boatanchors] SWL/Novice Radio,any suggestions?

[Grant Youngman]

It doesn't meet all of your requirements (no SWBC), but if my own  
grandson were 9 (he still has a few years to go), my choice of a radio  
to give him would be a Drake 2-A/B.  Small, lightweight, easy to use,  
good radio, and not overpriced.


Grant/NQ5T



On Aug 18, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Olaf Madsen wrote:

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>> I am sure there are many ''Grandpa's'' in this Boatanchor Group who  
>> have been confronted with this kind of a problem.
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>> One of my Grandsons,9 years old,got all enthusiastic about Ham  
>> Radio on his last visit when I demonstrated some of my Boatanchors  
>> and had him by my side during a QSO using my regular station  
>> (20mtrs,TS940,SSB,working some DX )
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>> I certainly want to encourage him,even though all my older  
>> Grandkids run about with IPODS,Cellphones and all kinds of Digital  
>> Gadgets,it would be nice to have a Ham in the family.
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>> Here is the problem.----All of my Boatanchors make it very  
>> difficult to tune in SSB ,particularly for a 9 year old who still  
>> does know anything about Radio,Electronics,Shortwave,what have  
>> you.- We live 600 miles away,so Grandpa cannot take him under his  
>> wing and keep the ''fires burning''.
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>> I would like to find a resonably modern Receiver,that would cover  
>> the entire shortwave spectrum,including the ham-bands and be good  
>> for AM (to listen to BBC,Radio Canada and all the other foreign  
>> Broadcast),AND easily tuned SSB and CW,to listen to the Hams,(very  
>> few are using AM,these days).and have may be even a digital  
>> frequency readout.---None of my Boatanchors fit those criteria.---
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>> Not wanting to invest ''an arm and a leg''---Is there anything on  
>> the market that would be suitable for a 9 year old to get his feet  
>> wet.---I'll make sure he gets up an antenna and be his ''ELMER''  
>> via E-mail---
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>> TNX de Olaf,KF4TP
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