Yep absolutely! I have another radio here - the CCrane SW - and that's a right pain in the bum sometimes in that regard as it doesn't even have a numeric keypad so you could be literrally anywhere.
The most accessible communications receiver I have is the old Realistic or Radio Shack DX300 and I hope I remember the model number <smile>, that set is a PLL synthesised tuned type but it has knobs, one selects the band in 1MHZ steps whilst the other tunes within that band, excellent concept. On 20/12/2011, at 8:07 AM, André van Deventer wrote: > With some of these digital systems which cover a large frequency spectrum it > is handy to be able to know exactly where you are! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] > On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan > Sent: 19 December 2011 10:41 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Radio Notes > > Thanks and you may be right and I'm going to continue researching this. > > I know that the radio can take an extra memory card which you can programme > somehow, the extra memory is for world cities and associated broadcasting > frequencies. > > > On 20/12/2011, at 7:24 AM, André van Deventer wrote: > >> You may perhaps even be able to control your radio via your computer. >> >> I have an older AOR AR3000a which I use in that way. Very nice to >> know what you are doing and exactly on which frequency you are. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org >> [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] >> On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan >> Sent: 19 December 2011 10:10 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Radio Notes >> >> Hi! >> >> I purchased a Sangean ATS909X "World Band" receiver quite some time >> ago and I'm now only putting the set through its paces. >> >> I could write pages and pages about this unit and I'll do that on my >> blog in the future I'm sure but I do feel that this set deserves >> praise for its SSB reception. >> >> Tuning round the 8-9MHZ frequency range this morning I was able to >> listen to the "Flying Doctors" service, the reception wasn't brilliant >> but I was able to identify the organisation and "Julia Creek", that's >> a town in Central Australia. >> >> Now I've never received this before and - whilst Its obviously >> possible to receive the service as I proved - I always thought you'd >> need a bigger aerial than I was using, I just used the built-in >> telescopic whip of the radio which is around 6 feet long. >> >> Perhaps what makes things different these days is the absence of a lot >> of traffic from the SW bands. >> >> For those interested in this radio I recommend it as it is one of the >> few these days to offer both dual conversion circuitry and a variable >> RF-gain control across all frequencies from 100-29999KHZ. >> >> The set also comes equipped with a very nice "DSP" which brings the >> radio alive! when listening to medium-wave broadcasts where a strong >> signal is next to a waker one, the DSP allows the weaker signal to be >> heard intelligibly. >> >> For those who have a computer then you can add extra facilities to the >> radio by use of the data sockets on the bottom, what these extra >> facilities actually are I'm not sure but I suspect you can hook the >> radio up to your computer to use software which will decode morse, >> teletype and DRM broadcasts. >> >> Just a few first thoughts for what they're worth <smile>. >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
