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Offline DAT19K

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new radio
« on: May 19, 2010, 02:40:55 PM »
i picked up an eton fr500 radio. i cannot pick up anything on the sw and the reception on the am band is not real good. weather band works well though. did i make a bad choice on this one?

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Re: new radio
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2010, 11:14:05 AM »
DAT19K; if your antenna is not picking up interference you should get fairly good reception on all the bands.  My Kaito 1102 does pretty good for its size.
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Re: new radio
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2010, 12:35:18 PM »
 :) Howdy! Sometimes you can get better reception on some sw bands at night. Shortwave used to be very popular years ago. Always, Gene

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