[Spooks] equipment

[KD7JYK]

If you want to get your foot in the door, an analog receiver for a couple
dollars is adequate.  25 feet of wire is more than enough even for deaf tube
receivers.  After you get your feet wet you may want to upgrade to more
expensive rig.  I notice every time most of the people miss the facts:

1.  Just started

2.  Don't know anything

3.  No money

Get your hands on what you can for as little as possible.  Seek out others
with more advanced equipment, talk to a local HAM or Shortwave Listener, see
the differences and advantages, learn some of the techniques, then upgrade
if it still holds your interest.  If you have access to a much higher end
digital shortwave receiver or High Frequency Amateur radio right from the
start and it is within your budget, you are ahead of the game.  If all you
can afford is a crystal set, you're STILL in the game, you just need a
different antenna.

Kurt

Rosetta Proving Ground, Nevada
Hell's Laboratory