Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!kodak!walton 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 Lines: 14 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.