bladesman123 Posted October 17, 2011 Author Share Posted October 17, 2011 OK thanks guys, i have now ordered a proper receiver with a socket for an external antenna, now when it comes to shortwave antennas is the longer the better? i am considering making my own if this is the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.A.N.D Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 just buy a scanner with no gap problem solved get them cheap now days price of a paper weight:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esme Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Mod Note Post removed for linking to users own ebay auction. Linking to auction sites is only allowed when showing an example of an item not when you link to your own auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarkysod Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 That's not completely true. When the company that I was involved in back in the 80's were beta testing CB, we used the little known TREV Band or TVB as it was more often referred to. Binatone were despertately trying to find out what we were up to so we closed the band down for a spell. Those that were in the know and a few hardcore boys continued to use it in secret when it was re-opened. It was possible to sideways tap into TVB using shortwave. Surely by using the TREV band or TBV by a sideways tap on shortwave, it is the same as transmitting on the universal broadcast shortwave or UBS, as I know it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 just buy a scanner with no gap problem solved get them cheap now days price of a paper weight:) Ideally you need a dedicated receiver that covers 1 to 30 megs, scanners that cover massive amounts of the radio spectrum usually have terrible problems with harmonic interference and noise and are ok for vhf/uhf listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiBaz Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Discone Antenna, 20 odd meters of coax and a AOR8000 full band receiver up for grabs here. Make me an offer. Looking at £120 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Discone Antenna, 20 odd meters of coax and a AOR8000 full band receiver up for grabs here. Make me an offer. Looking at £120 I used to have an 8000, they were one of the first hand held scanners to feature ssb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiBaz Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Sorry for posting that. But it's up for grabs if someone want's to pay me a fair price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960boy Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 OK thanks guys, i have now ordered a proper receiver with a socket for an external antenna, now when it comes to shortwave antennas is the longer the better? i am considering making my own if this is the case. The longer is the better.Simply a length of wire...not coax...will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Been listening today and its been extremely busy, 28megs is on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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