Fw: [Heathkit] Heathkit SB-313 SWL Receiver

[James M. Walker]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James M. Walker" <chejmw at acsu.buffalo.edu>
To: "William Aycock" <arkansasbill at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Heathkit SB-313 SWL Receiver


> Ah,
> It is a "Short-wave" receiver, mainly intended for receiving Broadcasts 
> from
> "Shortwave" Stations world-wide. Most of which run considerably more
> power, than an Amateur station. Also short-wave stations, broadcast music
> news and general information for their respective regions, as part of an
> information dissemination process. While the various forms of music are
> prevalent in most shortwave broadcasts, the bandwidths are NOT very
> conducive to amateur radio station transmissions, which are narrower in
> comparison.
>
> A common assumption with folks not familiar with the way Amateur Radio
> actually works, is that Short-Wave, and Amateur Radio operations are
> the same thing. Not true!
>
> I own an SB-313, which I use for listening to BBC Broadcasts. I also own
> and operate an SB-301, and an SB-303 Amateur radio receiver, both of
> which designs have been optimized for "Amateur Radio" usage.
>
> As always YMMV!
> Jim
> WB2FCN
> http://eshop1.chem.buffalo.edu
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William Aycock" <arkansasbill at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:32 PM
> Subject: [Heathkit] Heathkit SB-313 SWL Receiver
>
>
>>I recently acquired a non operational SB-313. Given it's limited
>> reception capability to bands below 15 meters, can anyone tell me why
>> Heath produced this receiver?
>> Arkansas Bill
>>
>>
>>
>