[Premium-Rx] Beacon Hunting

[Walter Salmaniw]

At 04:48 PM 3/30/2005, Sid Leben wrote:
>Greetings all,
>
>I am new to the group and thought I would introduce myself as well as
>ask a question..
>
>I live in Spring, TX and besides being a Ham, I have become an avid Low
>Frequency (NDB) Beacon hunter.  I have not tried many receivers but my
>current Icom ProIII with external DSP (Timewave 599zx) seems to be the
>best that I currently own.
>
>Not having experience in using many different receivers, I was wondering
>what some of the opinions might be for under 500Kc reception of these AM
>DSB beacons.  I listen on CW with narrow BW's.
>
>I have always wanted the CEI/WJ 340A7 receiver without knowing the
>performance.  I have issues with older radios such as these that I can
>not repair..
>
>Some thoughts would be appreciated..
>
>Thanks
>
>Sid Leben  KC2EE

Sid, I own an Icom 756 Pro2, and find it absolutely deaf on LW, and only 
adequate on MW.  On HF, it's great.  Did Icom do something to improve 
sensitivity on LW?  I'm not aware if they did.........Walt.