[Boatanchors] SWL/Novice Radio,any suggestions?

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   Olaf,

   I keep a Grundig YB-400 (Yacht Boy 400) on the bench as it i   for  checking  oscillators,  signal quality, etc.  But it is a g   small  shortwave  radio  covering  LW  plus  540  Khz.  to  30 Mhz, FM
   broadcas   tuni   reception.    an  external ante   with an AC adapter
   I  imagine  that Grundig/Eton still sells a current version of this (   check  Universal  Radio) and the units show up used all of the time on
   ebay.<
   A big step up and one of my favorite reasonably modern receivers is t   he  Drake  SPR-4  but these can get pretty pricey in a hurry depending
   upon wh

   The old Radio Shack DX-30
    There  are  a  lot  of options o   your  grandson.  My daughter (now n   with my many vintage receivers and she ha   SPR-4.   A  high  point  of her Saturday morni   turn on my Johnson Desk KW.


   73, Ro   On Mon Aug 18 15:29 , "   
     
     
     
  >I  am  sure  there  are many ''Grandpa's'' in this Boatanchor
     Group who hav     
 >been confronted with this kind of a problem.
     
 >
     
  >  One  of my Grandsons,9 years old,got all enthusiastic about
     Ham Radio o     
 > his last visit when I demonstrated some of my Boatanchors and
     had him      
   >   my   side   during   a   QSO  using  my  regular  station
     (20mtrs,TS940,SSB,workin     
 > some DX )
     
 >
     
  >  I  certainly want to encourage him,even though all my older
     Grandkids r     
  >  about  with  IPODS,Cellphones  and  all  kinds  of  Digital
     Gadgets,it would      
 > nice to have a Ham in the family.
     
 >
     
  >  Here  is the problem.----All of my Boatanchors make it very
     difficult t     
  >  tune  in  SSB ,particularly for a 9 year old who still does
     know anythin     
 > 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''.
     
 >
     
  >  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 (     
  >  listen  to  BBC,Radio  Canada  and  all  the  other foreign
     Broadcast),AND ea     
  >  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  <     criteria.---
     
 >
     
  >  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.---     
  >  make  sure  he  gets up an antenna and be his ''ELMER'' via
     E-mail---
     
 >
     
 >
     
 > TNX de Olaf,KF4TP
     
 >
     
 >
     
     
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