{"id":43819,"date":"2020-06-11T09:09:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T13:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=43819"},"modified":"2020-06-11T09:09:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T13:09:25","slug":"the-xiegu-g90-as-a-shortwave-broadcast-band-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/the-xiegu-g90-as-a-shortwave-broadcast-band-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"The Xiegu G90 as a shortwave broadcast band receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After publishing a couple of posts about the Xiegu G90 QRP transceiver, I’ve gotten a number of inquiries from readers asking about the G90’s ability to receive AM broadcasts. Although I’ll address this in detail in my upcoming TSM review<\/a>, I thought I’d also share a few notes with you.<\/p>\n

One of the main reasons I decided to review the Xiegu G90 is I found so little information out there about how well the general coverage receiver worked for HF broadcast listening.\u00a0 The G90 has a frequency range of 0.5-30 MHz (SSB, CW, and AM), but I couldn’t find a specification showing the maximum width of the AM filter. I had seen a few display photos with the AM filter width indicated as 5.4 kHz–that’s not terribly wide, but workable.<\/p>\n

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Only moments after opening the box and putting the G90 on the air, I tuned to the Voice of Greece<\/em> (9,420 kHz) and learned how to change the bandwidth.\u00a0 I was very pleased to find that in AM mode, the indicated filter width is actually half<\/em> the actual width. This means, the G90’s AM filter can actually be widened to 10.8 kHz–brilliant<\/em>!<\/p>\n

In addition, the bandwidth adjustment is variable, meaning you’re not locked into pre-determined, stepped bandwidths as with so many other transceivers.<\/p>\n

In this short video<\/a>, I widen the AM filter while tuned to the Voice of Greece<\/em>:<\/p>\n