There is a truly excellent article by Robert Gulley in the September issue of The Spectrum Monitor. Entitled “Radio Myths and Misunderstandings: Then and Now.” it cover such myths as Radio is Dying, There is Nothing to Listen to, Digital Modes are Killing Amateur Radio, Radio isn’t Relevant Anymore or is Obsolete, and other topics as well.
It is well-written, interesting, and thought-provoking and well worth the time.
One of my favorite quotes from the entire piece is this:
“Analog scanners, by the way, also pick up road crews,
snowplows, school busses, construction reports, and hazmat
incidences, all of which can keep you informed of what is
happening locally, usually better than your local news.”
I agree, and I can highly recommend this article.
– Jock Elliott
Thanks for the heads up Thomas and hope you are doing well. Looking forward to Robert’s article.
I recently purchased the Raddy 750PLUS radio mentioned in the article. Pretty decent AM reception using the rotatable antenna, works well on FM too.
The app makes life a lot easier when changing bands or navigating the SW bands.
Made of pretty much all metal. Feels like a hand grenade in the hand, hihi, it has a respectable weight to it.
The fan-like round wheel on the front houses a decent-size speaker and you won’t have to turn up the volume much to get full, clear sound. You can also spin the wheel to tune the radio.
It brings in the NOAA WX channel loud and clear.
The telescoping antenna will bring in the powerful SW stations. I’ve yet to connect it to my 30′ vertical.
Can be recharged with the included USB cable.
Excellently-written user manual.
There’s nothing not to like about this mini-receiver.
For the price you can’t beat it.
That might be the case over in the States, but here in the UK almost everything has gone to DMR, and recently they have turned on the encryption. So an analogue scanner is of very limited use outside aviation and marine, which are still analogue.
Thanks, Andy, I did not know that.
Cheers, Jock