[Spooks] HAM Stuff [was: Re: Lincolnshire poacher]

[Parrish S. Knight]

On Oct 7, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Ted Van Beurden wrote:
> Wouldn't be any point.  A shortwave receiver covers more freqs (unless things have changed) and should receive just as well as a ham receiver.  Unless you just want to listen to hams. Just my view.

I’m mostly just mulling things over.  I’m new to shortwave and don’t take it very seriously, but I’m finding myself kind of annoyed at my astoundingly bad fortune in picking up number stations with my Grundig G5 with a whip antenna.  I’d like to figure out whether it’s because I need a better antenna, or a better radio, or because I’m overlooking something else, or simply because I’m doing something wrong.  I’d say it’s most likely the last one, but even so, I want to look at the other possibilities as well.