A quick look and how I’m going to compare the Sangean to my SDR . . .
Got a chance to do some listening the other day using the Kaito reel up portable antenna – strung up inside the living room – far less than ideal . . .
The pic below is the XHDATA D-808 shown with the Kaito portable reel antenna . . .
What amazes me is how large the Kaito antenna looks sitting there with the XHDATA – that is one itty bitty radio!
What I really wanted to do was to hook up to my MLA 30 + . . . Of course I couldn’t find my adapter – shit – looking for something else I found it in a box ( where else? ) of stuff that I had tossed stuff into during the initial unpacking . . .
Now I can hook directly ( and correctly! ) to the MLA 30+ – The plan is to run through short wave frequencies with the SDR – write down frequencies and and rate on a simple 1 through 10 of how they sound.
The beauty of the SDR is you can tell at a glance signals and modulation – you can cover 50khz through 30mhz in about 3 minutes – because it’s a visual thing . . .
You look at signal strength – the higher the peak the stronger the signal – the more modulation “blooms” on the waterfall the better you can hear it . . .
Slowly but surely my gun/knife/radio and general shit room is coming together – grand daughters are wanting me to do the YouTube thing – I am resisting – seems like a lot of effort to me . . .
So let me ask you – and YOU as well – do you think the YouTube thingy is worth the effort – there are a whole lot of channels out there covering SWL/guns/knives/cooking etc. – does the world REALLY need one more??
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
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