[R-390] What's in YOUR RF Amps..?

[John Lawson]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Bob Camp wrote:

> Hi
>
[snip]

>
> So what stations are people listening to these days?
>

   Now that I'm approaching my dotage (52) I've been reliving my childhood 
by working the SW worldwide broadcasts - especially HCJB, R. Duetschland, 
even R. Habana Cuba - on the R390, the R388, and my Icom PCR-1000, just to 
see how each performs on the same signal and antenna.

   But mainly I've been remembering how it was on cold winter evenings with 
my National NC-200 (which I still have, though it need much TLC) and my 
long-wire made up of every longish scrap of copper I could find, old lamp 
cords, fence wire, phone cables...  going to school the next day with my 
log and it's newest entries to compare with my other nerd buddies, who had 
Hallicrafters, Allied Star Roamers, hand-me-down Mil gear... near the end 
of 9th grade I got a ratty old Viking mono tape recorder, and immediately 
used it for recording my SWL activities...  for a while, tape was my main 
expense in life.  It would be such a very cool thing to have those reels 
now, but they're long gone...

  Also I've been doing some digital listening, and using the Dovetron and 
Models 28 and 19 to print - but there's not much unadorned 5-level out 
there anymore.    O well...


   So you asked...


Cheers

John  KB6SCO