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From: walton@kodak.UUCP (bob walton)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Shortwaves
Message-ID: <1433@kodak.UUCP>
Date: 25 Sep 88 22:55:25 GMT
References: <21000003@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: walton@kodak.UUCP (bob walton)
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co, Rochester, NY
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In article <21000003@m.cs.uiuc.edu> carey@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>I would like to get a short-wave radio.  
>I would like to get something not outrageously expensive, preferably
>under $200.
>What I want is to get high-quality receptions of broadcasts from 
>Europe and Central and South America.

I put together a Heathkit SW-7800.  Costs about $300, works very well.
One word of warning:  there is no such thing as "high-quality"
shortwave reception, certainly nothing worth using a stereo system for.
Stations fade in and out due to the vagaries of long-distance transmission,
bounce off the ionosphere, and all that.  If you expect something that
sounds like your local FM station, you are in for a big disappointment.