[Spooks] Question about spy numbers

[SKaReCRoW]

Susan, thank you for the recommendation.  I will keep it in mind, but
at the moment I am flat broke, with 60 cents (us) to my name.  Don't
think I could buy any radio for that.  :-(  Soon, soon...

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 00:19:36 -0230, Susan C. Hickey
<sue.hickey at warp.nfld.net> wrote:
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> 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
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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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