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Thank you for the information. This is a lot more involved than I would have thought. Do you know of any good web sites or other resources that give reviews for radios and antennas (and any other important items that would go along with them)? I don’t think I’ll be able to afford any major purchases until the government decides to let me go back to work *growl* but I can at least take some time to read up on the subject. On Oct 7, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Brooke Clarke wrote: > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this > list > > Hi Parrish: > > The antenna is just as important as the radio. > For receive applications the T2FD is hard to beat (and also for many transmit > applications). > http://www.prc68.com/I/RCS-5A.shtml#T2FD > I claim that using a chirp receiver is the best way to evaluate a receive > antenna. > > A key radio specification is the IF bandwidth, the narrower the better for > detecting a signal. > Of course the IF needs to be as wide as the signal to hear the modulation. > For example the HP 4395A spectrum analyzer has a true 1Hz RBW, it's my most > sensitive instrument. > http://www.prc68.com/I/4395A.shtml#SA > > The NRD545 has a 10 Hz IF BW, which is the narrowest receiver I have. > http://www.prc68.com/I/NRD545.shtml > > > Have Fun, > > Brooke Clarke, N6GCE > http://www.PRC68.com > http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html > > Parrish S. Knight wrote: >> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from >> this list >> >> 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. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Spooks mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Spooks mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
