Will William, Santa was good to me the Eaton , Satellite 750 was under the tree for me. Yes it apppears it is going to be a task to learn to operatee it well I am already impressed. I had been listening to Carrolton, 100.7 FM and only one radio in the house could get it . only upstairs and still had lots of problem with intereference from a 101 FM station from Harrisonville. This little jewel brings it in with no problem. And we hadn't even found the pull out antenna yet. Also brings in the 1450 khz Warrensburg station with very tgood clarity during the day. Now I can keep up with the local news from where I moved from. It has a rotating loop antenna on top for the AM to help in the turning. Good luck with yours. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 6:59 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Another Antenna question
Nah, mine I think came from an outfit called Universal Radio Ron, it's pretty nice, but some of it is still a mystery until I can get somebody with eyes to look at the thing. I already accidentally reset the thing because I guessed wrong about what side of the tuning nob the fast tuning button was on, and now I have to recalibrate the A.M. band for US spacing since it defaults to Eurpean. And, I can't do that until I figure out the keypad. Do any of you have suggestions for reading buttons? I used a KNFB reader, and it got some of them, but since the formatting's screwed up, it's not very helpful. I tried an Optacon, but can't make sense of it that way either. It sure would be nice if somebody'd make these things talk. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Yearns Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 16:41 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Another Antenna question Ah so you are the lucky guy that got the 750 from Associated Radio. I looked at one a few weeks ago and called, but it had sold. Of course he can get another. Hope Santa has gotten the hint. For your antenna I don't know for sure I think either will do for the listening side of radio. There is a skin effect at various frequencies. It is more pronouced at the higher one goes and this has a affect on current flow and if so stranded would be the better choice. Happy listening. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:53 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Another Antenna question All: The receiver I recently purchased, which is a Grundig Satellit 750, seems to be mostly accessible. I'm going to ultimately have to get some sighted assistance to figure out the keyboard, but it looks doable. So, I'm going to run some long wire antennas, and was wondering what kind of wire I should be using. I have a roll of speaker wire I could split, but I seem to remember that braded wire is best. Anybody know if that's right? Thanks in advance. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
