A couple of nights later, I wanted to see what the night’s topic was on that station, so I punched the button to access memories and found .

Shortwave Portable Radios - Nevada Radio Shortwave Portable Radios - Nevada Radio

Back when I wrote for Passport To World Band Radio, my main interest, equipment-wise, was tabletop communications receivers hooked to serious outdoor antennas.I have all the transatlantic flight controller HF SSB frequencies on a memory page, and it’s really easy to roll the knob to hear what’s active. While not exactly fitting inside a backpack, they can easily be thrown into the back seat of a Corolla and taken for a ride. Recently, I discovered ARINC posts live frequencies on their Webpage for both the Atlantic and Pacific.

Tecsun PL-880 – pros and cons of a portable shortwave radio Tecsun PL-880 – pros and cons of a portable shortwave radio

I currently own about 13 radios, and do most of my shortwave and ham listening with my Grundig Satellit 750. A weatherproof radio with true desktop-radio features, like auto-match, noise reduction, RX/TX EQ and built-in fast Panadaptor. Wow, Bob, that’s intriguing stuff, particularly since I largely agree with your a, b, and c points: “a) maintenance issues, b) safety issues, and c) inherent laziness. My Satellit 800 is connected to a 50 foot long wire that runs around the perimeter of the room where I keep the radios — https://swling. Tuning around the 40-meter ham band, with the external wire antenna plugged into its socket, I could hear two stations in conversation, one louder than the other, but both copyable.

The PL-880 has a nice long whip antenna (nearly twice as long as the CCrane Skywave SSB’s antenna), and it seems to be quite sensitive operating off the whip.

TECSUN PL-880 Portable Digital Radio with LW/SW/MW SSB PLL Modes Full TECSUN PL-880 Portable Digital Radio with LW/SW/MW SSB PLL Modes

Today, however, tabletop communications receivers are hard to come by (there are few new offerings), and, in my situation, serious outdoor antennas present a series of logistical problems that aren’t going to get solved quickly. If you’re new to HF ATC monitoring, note that all of these frequencies are in SSB (Single Side-Band). I tend to be a headphone listener, but it is great to hear that your PL-880 has been a reliable workhorse for nearly five years. You can use the majority of the features by simply pressing a button or pressing and holding the button for a few seconds.

Trading since 1969, Nevada Radio has established itself as one of the UK’s top radio and communications equipment retailers. I hook it up to various antenna’s 20-30 ‘ up in the trees on a 800′ hill and not much around to block signals,very little RFI around the Racoon’s tell me,I believe them.