Posted: 10/17/2001 7:49:56 PM EDT
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I thought I would ask the group what short wave radios they might have had good experiences with. I'm looking for something portable and AA powered for our household bug out bag. Ideas anyone? Thanks in advance. |
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C. Crane Company ( [url]http://www.ccrane.com[/url] ) has some good ones made by Sangean. If you can squeeze in something a little bigger (and more expensive), Icom and SGC Communications make some nifty low-powered ham radio transceivers that also have general-coverage receive capability (including all popular shortwave bands). These radios will run on flashlight batteries, yet still put out enough signal to talk across the continent when band conditions are right. Might be nice to actually be able to communicate with someone else after the big one hits. Also, the ham radio license requirements have gotten super-easy recently, so it's not much trouble to join the club. |
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Radio shack had one for about $200, looked exactly like the Sangean, probably was made by them. I found one at a pawnshop for $15 about 5 years ago. It's wonderfull, even picks up single sideband stuff. But the best thing for listening to shortwave was my YAESU FT890AT ham transciever. If you study, get your ham license and callsign, you can talk around the world. |
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Sangean makes the ones that Rat Shack(you've got questions, we don't have a clue) sells, if you catch them on sale they are not a bad deal, otherwise you can get em chepaer under the Sangean name. Whatever you get, be sure it revieves SSB as well as AM. That allows you to recieve military, ham, and other non-public transmissions(very usefull in an emergency). Plus many major broadcasters are starting to broadcast in SSB as well as AM. |