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206924

Anonymous Sat Apr 28 16:56:56 2012 No.206924 [Reply] [Original]

My short-wave radio is arriving on Tuesday. Any tips? Also, short-wave general.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 28 17:06:07 2012 No.206927 bump

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 28 18:06:03 2012 No.206970 >>206924 >Any tips? Don't skimp on your ground. Tune to 3215 kHz between 2-3 AM EDT, awesome outlaw country music. Turn down your RF gain before tuning through the CB/Freeband Most pirates can be found between 6900-7000 kHz these days

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 28 20:18:39 2012 No.207017 File: 90 KB, 600x900, 1329348303848.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] bump

>>	Radiofag Sat Apr 28 21:09:39 2012 No.207039 >>206970 >Turn down your RF gain before tuning through the CB/Freeband I lolled hard. Turn on your -20 dB attenuator if you have one before tuning to 27.025 mhz.

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>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 11:51:23 2012 No.207414 bump!

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 12:18:36 2012 No.207432 bump...

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 29 12:48:03 2012 No.207446 >>206924 Depending on what you're looking for you might try a small loop antenna, and make notes of strongest signal direction. Then orient your longline correspondingly. Otherwise, orient N/S and go as high and long as you can, and ground accordingly.