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

[Bob Camp]

Hi

I would say that back in the "good old days" (as in pre-high school) 
the main things on the air that I noticed:

1) Radio Netherlands
2) Radio South Africa
3) The boys and girls in Moscow
4) The beeb

I actually hate to admit it but the most fun was with an old Philco 
five tube radio. My first R-390 just made things to darn easy. Of 
course then I made it into high school and there were other 
distractions ...

The radio dial has changed a bit over the years. Used to be a *lot* of 
five level code out there.

	Enjoy!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ

On Nov 3, 2004, at 9:51 PM, John Lawson wrote:

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> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Bob Camp wrote:
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>> Hi
>>
> [snip]
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>>
>> 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
>