[Lowfer] LF BC on 40 year old Sanyo Transworld

Dexter McIntyre W4DEX dexter.mc at gmail.com
Tue Oct 5 22:22:40 EDT 2010


The two stations are 162 and 171 khz.  I'm fairly sure Tom Petty was on 
162 khz from Allouis, France.  Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" is now 
playing, receiving with SDR-IQ to big loop in the woods.

171 KHz is likely Zehlendorf, Germany

Dex

Dexter McIntyre W4DEX wrote:
> I pulled my 40 year old Sanyo Transworld out of storage and powered it 
> up.  It still works!  I suspect the last time it was on was over 25 
> years ago when I made my last move.  The pots and band select push 
> button switches are a bit scratchy but the darn thing still sounds 
> great.  I didn't have 8 D cells it requires for battery operation so I 
> alligator cliped a small 12V SLA to the battery terminals.  I took it 
> out about 100 feet away from all the house noise and did hear what I 
> feel sure is European LF BC.  Not sure what frequency as the slide 
> rule dial only has a few number on the dial ranging from 150 to 250 
> KC.  Yes it says KC on the dial.
>
> Here's a link to several recordings I made with a pocket DVR:
>
> http://www.w4dex.com/lf/bc/
>
> Tom Petty's "Learning to Fly" still sound great!
>
>
> Dex
>



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