[R-390] Average Ham Shack

[JAMES BRANNIGAN]

I too would look for QSB or QRM hetrodyne lines on CH 2 or 3 in the NYC 
area, but I have not had off the air TV reception in almost 30 years
so I have to do it the hard way.  By turning on the radio and twisting 
the knobs.

Jim


On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Roy Morgan wrote:

> On Nov 9, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Jim Brannigan wrote:
>> partial take-back......it (the R-390A)did work well as a spotting 
>> receiver on 6 and
>> 2meters with the 14Mhz. output of the transverter split between two
>> receivers...
>
> Jim and others,
>
> Does any one use TV broadcasts or FM to detect possible openings on 6 
> Meters?  I seem to remember running up to the shack to fire up when 
> the household TV acted strange on Channel 2 or 4.
>
> Maybe there really are no more stations on the air on the low TV 
> channels now.
>
> Roy
>
> Roy Morgan
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