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Hi Parrish:

My NRD-545 web page has some links:
http://www.prc68.com/I/NRD545.shtml

Also see:
http://www.prc68.com/I/Ant.shtml <- Antennas
http://www.prc68.com/I/HF_Prop.html <- propagation

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com
http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html

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Thank you for the information.  This is a lot more involved than I would have 
thought.

Do you know of any good web sites or other resources that give reviews for 
radios and antennas (and any other important items that would go along with 
them)?  I don’t think I’ll be able to afford any major purchases until the 
government decides to let me go back to work *growl* but I can at least take 
some time to read up on the subject.




On Oct 7, 2013, at 3:11 PM, Brooke Clarke wrote:

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Hi Parrish:

The antenna is just as important as the radio.
For receive applications the T2FD is hard to beat (and also for many transmit 
applications).
http://www.prc68.com/I/RCS-5A.shtml#T2FD
I claim that using a chirp receiver is the best way to evaluate a receive 
antenna.

A key radio specification is the IF bandwidth, the narrower the better for 
detecting a signal.
Of course the IF needs to be as wide as the signal to hear the modulation.
For example the HP 4395A spectrum analyzer has a true 1Hz RBW, it's my most 
sensitive instrument.
http://www.prc68.com/I/4395A.shtml#SA

The NRD545 has a 10 Hz IF BW, which is the narrowest receiver I have.
http://www.prc68.com/I/NRD545.shtml


Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
http://www.PRC68.com
http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html

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On Oct 7, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Ted Van Beurden wrote:
Wouldn't be any point.  A shortwave receiver covers more freqs (unless things 
have changed) and should receive just as well as a ham receiver.  Unless you 
just want to listen to hams. Just my view.
I’m mostly just mulling things over.  I’m new to shortwave and don’t take it 
very seriously, but I’m finding myself kind of annoyed at my astoundingly bad 
fortune in picking up number stations with my Grundig G5 with a whip antenna.  
I’d like to figure out whether it’s because I need a better antenna, or a 
better radio, or because I’m overlooking something else, or simply because I’m 
doing something wrong.  I’d say it’s most likely the last one, but even so, I 
want to look at the other possibilities as well.
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