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Here you find something i do with SWL radios!

Since 10 years old, i like listen world broadcast radios, and only with 17 years, i had my first radio license. Until today, i practice SWL in my free-time days. Let´s know this.

SWL (Radio Listen) - ..:: PU7HAA ::.. [Alamo Andrade]
That is my first radio, the Sony ICF-7600DS. This is an excelent radio to receive stations, and have SSB mode, to receive amateur, and special services radios. I put a external antenna jack, because the DS model no have the jack.


SWL (Radio Listen) - ..:: PU7HAA ::.. [Alamo Andrade]
This is an full-receive dipole, to the ICF-7600DS. I home-brewed.


SWL (Radio Listen) - ..:: PU7HAA ::.. [Alamo Andrade]
Other very good world radio that i like, is the Philips D1835 Compass. Is a Multiband radio receiver, with 9 SW bands. Good RX quality, and good selectivity.


SWL (Radio Listen) - ..:: PU7HAA ::.. [Alamo Andrade]
Talking professionally, this is my preferred receiver. Is a Yaesu FRG-7000. I love this radio, because your reception is very wide, and have a excelent quality & stability on reception, beyond being very pretty!!!.


SWL (Radio Listen) - ..:: PU7HAA ::.. [Alamo Andrade]
At the FRG-7000, i use an 25 meters full-receive antenna, home-brewed too. I cut this antenna in the medium of HF usually bands. Its good to receive.


SWL (Radio Listen) - ..:: PU7HAA ::.. [Alamo Andrade]
That is a Philips AR150 Tape Radio. Its a good Medium Waves receiver.


SWL (Radio Listen) - ..:: PU7HAA ::.. [Alamo Andrade]
AR150 have a good MW covering (520 to 1600 KHz), and a nice FM reception.


SWL (Radio Listen) - ..:: PU7HAA ::.. [Alamo Andrade]
To improve the performance of the radio, i put an BNC antenna input , and a antenna switch, to select internal or external antenna.
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SWL (Radio Listen) - ..:: PU7HAA ::.. [Alamo Andrade]
Sometimes, in weekends, i like to put my "SWL Rig", out from my house. I like record the radios as in the old times, using Tape. That is my rig:

  • A Recoton 545 Audio mini-speakers monitors
  • A Yaesu FRG-7000 Communications Receiver
  • A Gradiente CD-2500 Tape Record
  • A full-receive dipole antenna.

The monitors is conected directly on a tape record, to level this. And is nice to hear reception. I like register stations reception, to put on my SWL Archive.


SWL (Radio Listen) - ..:: PU7HAA ::.. [Alamo Andrade]
Other thing when i like is the FM Broadcast DX. This is an Mitsubishi DA-F20 radio, with a excelent reception. Its an exclusively for FM. Have Bandwidth switch, to a wide or narrow reception. Have too a frequency counter, and a analog dial. Great radio equipment. Very good audio quality. I connect this to a FM 4 elements directional antenna.


SWL (Radio Listen) - ..:: PU7HAA ::.. [Alamo Andrade]
That is other great FM receiver, the Polyvox TP- 401. Its an extraordinary FM receiver. With her, i RX more than 30 FM radio stations. In my city, have only 3 Broadcasts. Your reception is very great. For this radio, i connect an Omni-directional 4 side double-pole antenna.

In other time, i put photos of my FM´s antennas.

That is all...