[Spooks] Question about spy numbers

[Susan C. Hickey]

unfortunately unlike most of the well-wired gang on the Spooks mailing list
I don't have my amateur radio licence, don't have any ham radio equipment
(though I dare to dream!) yet...and unlike most of you I haven't picked up
too many numbers stations. Great to read everyone's postings though.
As for equipment? You can get into the expensive stuff like the Icom but
mine right now is a Sangean ATS-818, was given to me so I'm not sure how
much it is these days, for those on a really tight budget, Scarecrow, how
about the Grundig YB300 PE? I've got that too, about $99 Canadian, and I
take it just about everywhere. It has a digital tuner so you know what
frequency you've got.
Anyway, happy numbers hunting! And BTW I edit a column for the Canadian
International DX Club magazine, so any suggestions for my Forum column, wing
them my way.
73s, Sue


Sue Hickey, Forum editor, the Messenger
Canadian International DX Club
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I looked up info on that Kenwood TS-850 and found it on eBay for
$540.00.  That's a BIT out of my price range, considering I haven't
gotten a paycheck in over 4 months.  I'll try to borrow something for
now, and maybe look into picking up the Kenwood again after I start
getting paid again.

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:56:13 -0500 (CDT), Zack Widup
<w9sz at prairienet.org> wrote:
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> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, SKaReCRoW wrote:
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> >
> > As far as radios, I really need to get something better, hopefully
> > with digital tuning.  I have an old Grundig Traveller II PE that I
> > borrowed from a friend, but I can't tell what frequency I'm even near,
> > so tuning to a specific freq at a specific time is near impossible.
> > It's a little pocket radio with alarm clock, so you can't expect too
> > much from it.  I've heard of a few online streaming scanners that
> > pickup all freq's and let you tune in to whatever you want, but I
> > haven't had time to check any of them out.  Has anyone else used any
> > of those?  If so, could you recommend one?
> >
>
> It seems quite a few hams start tuning around out of the ham bands and
> find a whole new world.  Some of us were SWL's before we got our licenses.
> In any case, some of us stumble across numbers stations and get very
> interested.
>
> I have a Kenwood TS-850 transceiver, which is a bit old but still
> considered one of the finest pieces of ham gear made. I think it's one of
> the best deals for the money for a piece of used equipment.  The general
> coverage receiver is superb.  It covers 30 kHz - 30 MHz.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
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