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So does anyone actually have a Grundig G6? If so, how is it? Aside from the recommendation in the op, I haven't seen much discussion of it. The Eton Website changed from "Launch April 15th, 2008", to "Launch 2008", and Amazon says it is out of stock, so I'm curious to see if anyone has managed to find one.
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| # ¿ Apr 22, 2008 01:38 |
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| # ¿ May 20, 2013 18:21 |
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Well, I'm now the proud owner of a Grundig G5. So tally another $150 onto the "AstroZamboni economic stimulus package". I haven't fired it up yet, but will a bit later this evening. Edit: Found my first station of interest. It's 5070 khz, and Google says it's likely WWCR from Tennessee, There's a guy talking about how the government is buying up all the survival supplies he's in the business of selling, so he's having distribution issues. And Scotland is a totally socialist country who is about to run out of oil. He went to commercial, and the ads were for spy-device finding equipment and underwear safes. Edit 2: Also, radio Havana! And something on 15265 khz at 23:30 UTC which is playing classical music, but with Japanese commentary! Edit 3: I also just realized new forum account info is being collected. This thread was the main impetus for my registration of account here. I Greyhound fucked around with this message at Apr 27, 2008 around 02:18 |
| # ¿ Apr 26, 2008 21:14 |
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Illegal Clown posted:I was listening to it as well, and it sounded like someone else. He was talking about how all of our old oil wells have replenished themselves because it's a natural process and not made up of dinosaurs. I found the programming guide for WWCR, and the program was "The Armchair Survivalist" with Kurt Wilson. It was like all the internet conspiracy theories combined in radio form. On a general note, since this is my first time really listening to Shortwave, how common is it to get stations from halfway around the world with good signal strength? For the station I heard in Japanese which I mentioned earlier, is it likely to be based in Japan (and I'm getting it in Virginia), or is it more likely to be broadcast from a closer locale, and just happens to be in Japanese? (I realize that the beauty of SW is that you can get signals from very far away, but I don't know if that's a common or infrequent occurrence. As another example, I was able to find China Radio International on 6020 kHz. Do they have transmitters around the globe, or just one coming out of China?
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| # ¿ Apr 27, 2008 01:57 |
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RadioShack does stock a small selection of SW radios, and they seem to have locations everywhere. We have two near us. One only had a few pocket models, but the other had a G5 in stock, which is the one I purchased. So its worth a look.
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| # ¿ Apr 27, 2008 12:12 |
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sklnd posted:More like what ISNT great about Radio Havana! Also they'll be playing salsa music, and then all of a sudden this big booming voice with mega reverb cuts in over the music with "HERNANDEZ, GUERRERO, LABANINO, GONZALEZ, AND THE OTHER GONZALEZ....FREE THE CUBAN FIVE!" just coming out of nowhere.
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| # ¿ May 1, 2008 02:14 |
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Heard my first numbers station just now (20:25 UTC). It's on 7887 khz, and in Spanish.
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| # ¿ May 11, 2008 20:24 |
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| # ¿ May 20, 2013 18:21 |
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Accursed posted:I'm just getting back into playing with my radio after a fairly long hiatus. Anyone else really amazed that this thread is almost 6 years old? This was the thread that got me to register for SA. I lost it when it left GBS (and haven't fired up the Grundig for almost as long), but may have to get back into it one evening.
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| # ¿ Feb 25, 2013 04:14 |
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