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by Rob-W4ZNG
Mon Aug 08, 2022 12:29 am
Forum: Questions & Advice
Topic: Does anyone actually use all these memory presets?
Replies: 2
Views: 5150

Re: Does anyone actually use all these memory presets?

On my CCrane Skywave, I use a few of them all the time, mostly for common nighttime AM DX stations and local FM, and a handful for SW as well. But it's just on the first "page," and so it's no more than 10 per band. Just the basics, like how to find Coast to Coast AM in the dark when I can...
by Rob-W4ZNG
Mon Jul 25, 2022 1:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?
Replies: 41
Views: 30921

Re: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?

Andrew (grayhat) wrote: Sat Jul 23, 2022 4:05 pm What about the Siemens E311 ?
All business! I do appreciate its "everything on the front panel" interface. Not that they had deeply buried menus in the 60's, mind you.
by Rob-W4ZNG
Tue Jun 21, 2022 12:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alex Jones staffer interview
Replies: 1
Views: 1904

Re: Alex Jones staffer interview

Thanks for the link, will listen today.
by Rob-W4ZNG
Thu Jun 16, 2022 2:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?
Replies: 41
Views: 30921

Re: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?

I would go for the Icom IC-R9000. 217539660.jpg Incidentally, the NRD-535 has a vacuum florescent display, but the NRD-545 is a backlit LCD. Oooh, that beautiful amber-on-black CRT look is easy on the eyes. So easy that I still use it for terminal windows on my Mac while doing my retro-Fortran thin...
by Rob-W4ZNG
Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: VEF-SIGMA 260 1980s USSR Shortwave Radio
Replies: 3
Views: 3234

Re: VEF-SIGMA 260 1980s USSR Shortwave Radio

Thanks for posting the pictures. That is one cool piece of Soviet-era consumer hardware and I really appreciate you showing it here, even though I'm not directly interested.
by Rob-W4ZNG
Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?
Replies: 41
Views: 30921

Re: What's the best-looking shortwave tabletop receiver?

From the pics posted so far, I'll go with the B-40. That piece of equipment means business, serious business.