While not these models I have 2 Short Wave recievers. I recall my Sainted Grandmother, a WWI refuge, saying (as we listened to her SW, I at age 4) a person needs a World Wide Radio to hear the news from several other countries because people cannot trust the news one's own Government allows to be broadcast. Danm Smart Lady. Best
You may be interested in the CCRANE Skywave. I hear a lot of good about those (especially from Ham Radio Crash Course). I’m a bit confused about station grounding. A video on the subject of grounding would be seriously appreciated. In my specific case (using the Ed Fong DBJ-1), would you/how would you ground the antenna? How do you ground the radio/power supply?
Yeah the CCrane radios are nice. With the Ed Fong antenna I would ground the pole it was connected to. Drive a copper grounding rod into the ground near the antenna and bond the mast to it. It would also be a good idea to attach a ground wire from the radio (one of the mounting screws will do) to this same ground rod. Your power supply should have a 3 pin plug on it for connection to the building AC; one of these pins (usually the round one) should be the "safety" ground running back to the distribution panel and its earth ground. You should have no trouble here unless you mount your radio to the power supply (keep them isolated from each other).
The CCrane skywave isn't all that it's cracked up to be for that price, you're just paying for the name, back in the day CCrane radios was really good, but today not so much. Just get a Tecsun PL-330 for $80, or an Eton Elite Executive for $100-$120, with either receivers you'll be getting just as good if not better for less.
Very fine ! Thanks a lot Concerning Date and time settings, I did what it is wroten in notice but only problem I have done this but, it is impossible to save Date and time settings definitively. I have to set date and time every time I switch on the radio, this is awful. Is there really nothing to do ? 😀
That "religious station" was non-other than the infamous and recently deceased, "Brother" R.G. Stair (AKA "Brother Scare" ). I'm so getting this radio!!!!!!
Jumped through some Google hoops to reach out to the original Russian designer to get one of these radios. I've always loved the Russian people, even as a cold war kid. Would be super cool to add to the go box !
I am curious, did you discover the FM broadcast calender view like old radios from the sixties have? Itś an awesome visual add on that lets you scan the FM (stereo) band and it will update the calender view while at it. All fixed FM Radio channels stored and accessible through the dials to skip back and forth. That alone is nowhere available on small FM Radio handsets. It is activated by clicking on the display while in 87.5 Mhz mode. The tiny telescopic antenna will do just fine indoors and even smaller ones. I use it a lot. Ofcourse I paid less than $100 when it was on a sale at Banggood. Fully activated with 50Khz to 2Ghz range. Mine is even smaller, less thick. Fits in a small camera bag. I do miss the NR DSP Function although it is there, just isn doing anything. Itś a clone, happy with it.
I tried and got nothing I may have to try again, I knw there are many different revisions of this software and I may need to flash it and upgrade it so I will let ya know. My other Malachit radio does AM and FM very well.
Good point on the Firmware version - mine is running 1.10b. To your point in the video, I am afraid to upgrade - although I am pretty computer savvy, I would rather not have a $200 brick.
