[K3PZN-List] LongWave Radio ?

[Curt Milton]

I brought home the GR-54 from the club scrapheap, and got it in the house before the XYL arrived.  And I got brave and plugged it into a power strip.  I had opened the cover with N3WM, and we were both impressed how nice things were -- I was afraid a bystander might exceed my $15 bid on the spot!  

Anyway the relic works!  Some noisy controls to clean ... but sounds on AM, clean SSB and CW.  I was wondering about its selectivity, thinking it might need a IF filter upgrade to be any use ... but I gave it this test -- tune to 1110 WBT Charlote, then down to 1100 Cleveland -- and the latter came in nicely next door to WBAL.  It also brought in what BC remains on those shortwave bands that work with zero sunspots .... 

The relic covers ~ 200 - 400 kHz.  Has anyone recently received longwave broadcasts from Europe ?  I wonder if it is possible this winter with this radio ?  It might require some powerline filtering (or wait until all the TVs in the neighborhood go to sleep, if they do ....).  

Gee I hope Tony didn't have any fine print regarding if the radio actually works then .....

73, curt