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- Wed Jun 08, 2022 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: VEF-SIGMA 260 1980s USSR Shortwave Radio
- Replies: 3
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Re: VEF-SIGMA 260 1980s USSR Shortwave Radio
I love the styling of this radio. It's interesting how Soviet radios have their own "look," just as that nation's aircraft are often readily identifiable from design cues.
- Wed Jun 08, 2022 5:15 pm
- Forum: Questions & Advice
- Topic: What is the best indoor antenna for SWLing?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 49665
Re: What is the best indoor antenna for SWLing?
A reel up won't work like a loop, what I was suggesting is to tape a wire rectangle inside the window glass at some inches from the window frame (if it's a metal one), connect the ends of the resulting rectangular loop to a balun and from there run the coax to the receiver, willing to turn that ant...
- Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:03 pm
- Forum: Questions & Advice
- Topic: What is the best indoor antenna for SWLing?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 49665
Re: What is the best indoor antenna for SWLing?
ok... but you can still use the old "tape loop"; pick some wire, form a loop on the inside (glass) of a window... I've done that with the reel-up antenna that came with my Tecsun PL-880, but it didn't work as well as The Square. I've yet to try an active antenna. What's your opinion of th...
- Tue Jun 07, 2022 7:16 pm
- Forum: Questions & Advice
- Topic: What is the best indoor antenna for SWLing?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 49665
Re: What is the best indoor antenna for SWLing?
We're not allowed to hang anything outside. And with my luck, if I tried, it would fall 50 floors to street level and decapitate someone.Andrew (grayhat) wrote: ↑Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:31 pm an L shaped support hanging outside a window and supporting a loop may be viable, I think, won't it?
- Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:25 pm
- Forum: Questions & Advice
- Topic: GE Superadio III awful with headphones
- Replies: 5
- Views: 21947
Re: GE Superadio III awful with headphones
Thanks for the ideas! I'll look into higher-impedance headphones.
- Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:14 pm
- Forum: Questions & Advice
- Topic: What is the best indoor antenna for SWLing?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 49665
Re: What is the best indoor antenna for SWLing?
I live in a highrise Faraday cage and my unit doesn't have a balcony, so SWLing always is a challenge. I've been using The Square, an antenna sold by peanutpaster, for about a year. I prop the antenna against a window and clip its wire to my Eton's whip. Reception is improved significantly.
- Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:37 pm
- Forum: Questions & Advice
- Topic: GE Superadio III awful with headphones
- Replies: 5
- Views: 21947
GE Superadio III awful with headphones
A relative recently gave me a General Electric Superadio III that she found at a church rummage sale for $15. The radio is in mint condition and came in its original box. I wouldn't characterize its AM DX abilities as especially super, although it does pull in a fair number of distant stations, espe...