Biography

SWL since early 1980's while in the military and stationed overseas as I always wanted to stay current in world events. The 80's was a boom for international shortwave broadcasts and I enjoyed listening to as many as I could pick up. My very first shortwave receiver was a "Panasonic RF-B300", since then I have owned the following receivers at one time or another: Kenwood R1000, JRC NRD-515, Grundig Satellit 650, Yaesu FRG-8800, Drake SW2, Palstar R30 and R30A,Icom IC-R75, JRC NRD-345,Alinco DX-R8T, Drake SW8. I was absent from the hobby for about 10 yrs. and became active again within the past 3 yrs. While most of the International broadcast stations no longer exist, I still enjoy the few that are listenable and am more of a SSB amateur ham band listener.

Equipment

JRC NRD-345 Receiver, Icom IC-R75 Receiver, West Mountain Radio CLRdsp Filter, MFJ-956 passive antenna tuner and a Palstar SP30B Speaker. Using a 90 Ft. long wire across length of roof top. Antenna is off-center fed to coax through attic to Listening Shack. Antenna works quite well on all bands when combined with antenna tuner and Clear DSP filter.