Some of the most interesting things I’ve heard on the AM Radio Broadcast band have come from Hawaii, La is over 3000 miles away from Hawaii and yet I can hear KNX 1070 clearly.
> On 11 Oct 2018, at 11:49 pm, Adrian Spratt <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with this summary in general, but New York City, where I live, is a > qualified exception. HD channels do work here, and they provide a little > variety. There are probably other cities around the U.S. where the situation > is also moderately better. Separately, shortwave is useless here and I gave > up on it a long time ago. Enter Tapin to fill the void. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Gary Schindler > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 1:22 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued > > Mary and Howard are correct. You have five companies that own most of the > radio stations in the states. Most of the talk stations are conservative. > > > They also didn't mention that cellular towers, noisy power lines and > transformers from an ageing power grid, computers everywhere, and, leaking > cable systems adjacent interference from stations using the frequencies to > the left and right of the main station for HD radio makes it almost > impossible to DX any more. IF you do pull in a station at night that is an HD > station because of the reduced power, it sounds terrible anyway because of > the sky wave conditions. Because of these things it isn't worth buying a good > radio no matter how sensitive or selective it is if you can't enjoy a good > listening experience. > > > > On 10/11/2018 12:02 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >> Howard, >> I have to agree with you. As somebody who grew up loving to DX on the medium >> wave band and then later got a ham license, I love radio. But radio in the >> United States these days is useless. I wouldn’t spend 10 bucks on a radio. >> There’s nothing to listen to. Unless you come to the states, Dane, you >> simply can’t understand what we’re talking about. If it’s better for you in >> Australia, great. But here, everything is owned by big corporations and who >> really gives a damn? There’s no local color nothing. It’s worthless. >> Mary >>> On Oct 10, 2018, at 8:58 PM, Howard Traxler <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Dane, you are generalizing. Some ham radio guys know the stuff and some >>> don't. Whichever I am is no concern to anyone but me. All I am saying is: >>> >>> (only an opinion); broadcast radio and TV, these days, is nothing but a >>> vast waste land and not worth the price of any type of receiving device. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> To: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 10:15 PM >>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued >>> >>> >>> I think you're missing the point. >>> This radio is a very reasonably priced and good sounding set so no matter >>> what your radio listening habits - long distance or local - then it’s a set >>> worth getting. >>> And please forgive me again but those who use Ham radio sets I've found >>> wouldn't know a a good sensitive long distance receiver if they fell over >>> one. >>> Yep I know that Kenwood are recognised for transceivers as are Uniden and a >>> whole heap of other companies but they're not known for long distance >>> reception of the type I'm talking about, you need nice antennas to be >>> strung up, nothing wrong with that at all but I like to move around. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Howard >>> Traxler >>> Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2018 2:10 PM >>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued >>> >>> Don't know what kind of broadcasting is done in Australia, but here in the >>> states there isn't much that I'd turn on the radio for--no matter how good >>> the radio be. >>> >>> Being a radeo ham, I have a Kenwood TS-590S. The receiver on this one >>> tunes continuous from the "long wave" bandup through 54 (or so) megahertz; >>> very nicely covering the US broadcast band. With external amplification, >>> this one can have pretty good sound. Not to take anything away from the CC >>> radios or even the super radios; there has to be something out there that >>> one desires to hear; or what good is it? >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Dane Trethowan" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:11 PM >>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued >>> >>> >>> Shame you feel that way as there’s plenty to recommend a radio such >>> as this if you’re thinking from a content perspective. >>> Actually one could argue that its probably better to be able to >>> listen to long-distance radio given the rubbish some local city >>> stations broadcast and then you’ll never know unless you try >>> receiving these stations so therefore you’ll need something good to receive >>> them on in the first place. >>> So enter the CC EP Pro as a very good starting point for a most >>> reasonable price. >>> There aren’t too many radios that come near the CC EP Pro as far as >>> performance these days and I’ve had my view confirmed when scanning >>> about the band and listening to the set earlier this morning. >>> Yes, you can go for all those vintage sets if you like as I myself >>> have done but its really not worth the bother doing that unless you >>> know someone in the repairs business. >>> Let’s take the classic GE Super Radio version II, I got one in 1990 >>> and I gave it away. >>> Now suppose I was offered one of those sets today the question then >>> arises, should I buy or should I settle for something else like a CC >>> EP Pro? To me the answer is obvious, forget about the GE Super Radio >>> and take the CC EP Pro. >>> The GE Super Radio would most likely require an alignment and finding >>> someone to do that may take some time. >>> The CC EP Pro is as good as - if not a little better in some ways - >>> as the GE Super radio was. >>> The CC EP Pro is far quieter whereas the GE Super Radio was quite >>> noisy in comparison. >>> The CC EP Pro in my view has a definite performance edge when it >>> comes to receiving those distant stations not only for the lack of >>> noise but because of its pinpoint accurate DSP tuning, the CC EP Pro >>> is about as selective a radio you’ll find anywhere. >>> The GE Super radio may sound a little better but the amp isn’t much >>> good and you’re not going to get much volume out of it. >>> The CC EP Pro lacks a little bottom but does have a smaller speaker. >>> So yes, whatever your listening habits - local or distant, AM or FM - >>> then the CC EP Pro is certainly worth the look, I can’t remember the >>> exact price of the radio now - I obviously pad to pay quite a bit >>> more to have the unit shipped to Australia -, the price is well under a >>> hundred US dollars. >>> >>> >>>> On 11 Oct 2018, at 4:09 am, Howard Traxler >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Sure would have been nice to have this radio (or something like it) >>>> 60 years ago. I'm not convinced that there's anything out there >>>> worth having a good radio for. >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Casey" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2018 8:33 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi is this A single conversion or A duel conversion radio? >>>> And Do you have the cc radio 2 E and do you think that this one is >>>> better than that set? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dane >>>> Trethowan >>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2018 7:21 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [all-audio] CC EP Pro Radio continued >>>> >>>> Hi again! >>>> I had the pleasure of receiving my CC EP Pro AM/FM radio around half >>>> an hour ago so I’ve been able to do some quick testing of this unit. >>>> Firstly for the price its an absolute bargain if you’re wanting a >>>> modern-day “Super Radio” but the radio isn’t without some annoyances. >>>> The first is with the sound, not much bottom but enough I guess, >>>> certainly a lot of very nice crisp top. >>>> You have to be extremely careful how you tune this radio, you can’t >>>> go racing up and down the dial as you can with a standard analogue >>>> type radio. >>>> The CC EP. is in fact a radio with an Analogue dial but tunes in >>>> steps of >>>> 9 or 10KHZ selectable and you can hear the radio step as you tune >>>> slowly up or down the band. >>>> If you tune too fast then you’ll miss hearing those weak signals and >>>> may actually hear nothing at all if you tune at speed. >>>> So that out of the way the other thing to remember is that you may >>>> not hear a correct representation of the received signal when you >>>> first tune there, this radio has some traits of that annoying Soft >>>> muting so wait a second of two before passing judgement. >>>> The next thing the user has to bare in mind is that the CC EP Pro - >>>> like the former CC EP - has a tuneable ferrite twin coil antenna. >>>> Normally leaving the tuning knob at its middle detent should give >>>> you reasonable reception anywhere on the AM band but I have found >>>> that if you’re prepared to tune about with this knob you can improve >>>> the reception significantly, something you quickly get used to. >>>> The next thing to note is that this radio is extremely directional, >>>> is that good or bad? Well if you’re wanting to say nun out very weak >>>> stations next to very strong one’s then the directionality of this >>>> portable is a pure God Send and can make quite a dramatic difference. >>>> What it also means is that you may have to move the radio around a >>>> little bit to get optimal reception of your tuned station. >>>> All that aside then the radio is still a pure joy to use, simple but >>>> yet very affective at the job it was designed for, to enable the >>>> user to enjoy both local and long distance AM/FM broadcast with a >>>> reasonable quality sound not found on a lot of today’s radios. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- > Gary G. Schindler > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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