With some of these digital systems which cover a large frequency spectrum it is handy to be able to know exactly where you are!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 19 December 2011 10:41 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Radio Notes Thanks and you may be right and I'm going to continue researching this. I know that the radio can take an extra memory card which you can programme somehow, the extra memory is for world cities and associated broadcasting frequencies. On 20/12/2011, at 7:24 AM, André van Deventer wrote: > You may perhaps even be able to control your radio via your computer. > > I have an older AOR AR3000a which I use in that way. Very nice to > know what you are doing and exactly on which frequency you are. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan > Sent: 19 December 2011 10:10 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Radio Notes > > Hi! > > I purchased a Sangean ATS909X "World Band" receiver quite some time > ago and I'm now only putting the set through its paces. > > I could write pages and pages about this unit and I'll do that on my > blog in the future I'm sure but I do feel that this set deserves > praise for its SSB reception. > > Tuning round the 8-9MHZ frequency range this morning I was able to > listen to the "Flying Doctors" service, the reception wasn't brilliant > but I was able to identify the organisation and "Julia Creek", that's > a town in Central Australia. > > Now I've never received this before and - whilst Its obviously > possible to receive the service as I proved - I always thought you'd > need a bigger aerial than I was using, I just used the built-in > telescopic whip of the radio which is around 6 feet long. > > Perhaps what makes things different these days is the absence of a lot > of traffic from the SW bands. > > For those interested in this radio I recommend it as it is one of the > few these days to offer both dual conversion circuitry and a variable > RF-gain control across all frequencies from 100-29999KHZ. > > The set also comes equipped with a very nice "DSP" which brings the > radio alive! when listening to medium-wave broadcasts where a strong > signal is next to a waker one, the DSP allows the weaker signal to be > heard intelligibly. > > For those who have a computer then you can add extra facilities to the > radio by use of the data sockets on the bottom, what these extra > facilities actually are I'm not sure but I suspect you can hook the > radio up to your computer to use software which will decode morse, > teletype and DRM broadcasts. > > Just a few first thoughts for what they're worth <smile>. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [email protected] > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
