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Hi, my name is David and I've only recently bought a shortwave radio. Not even sure why I bought one, but tracking down and hearing these numbers stations seems an interesting target. My question is simply how to go about it? The radio I bought is the Radio Shack DX-398 (aka Sangean ATS-909). I have the 7 meter reel antennae, dropped out my second floor apartment window to the ground. By the way, I'm here in Austin, Tx. Is this going to get me anywhere close to hearing these stations? Or am I completely out of my league? If not, what's the best strategy for finding an active station? I've been using the spynumbers database, looking either at currently available, or searching on stations that have been active recently on either AM or USB at around the time I'm listening. I've been watching the list, hoping to get a real time 'listen quick' message, but they seem to be a little late by the time I get them. I try to listen around the hour, during my evening hours hour here. Is there another, better way to search? Should I scan frequencies by hand between the SW bands? If I use the scan function on the radio, it skips by 5khz, which doesn't seem best for these types of stations. It also tends to stop frequently on every bit of static it picks up. How do most of you go about finding these stations? Thanks, any advice and help appreciated! David Loose _______________________________________________ Spooks mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks - Visit http://www.spynumbers.com/ for complete information about Spy Numbers Stations
