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Icom IC-R2500

Posted on December 15, 2010 by admin

The Icom IC-R2500, PC Controlled receiver has dualwatch receive capability (with 2 antennas), allowing you to receive two bands simultaneously. It is a wideband receiver and covers 0.01–3299.999 MHz in AM, FM, WFM, SSB, CW, DV and P25 modes on … Continue reading →

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Icom IC-PCR1500

Posted on December 15, 2010 by admin

The Icom IC-PCR1500 is a PC controlled wideband receiver–all functions of this radio are controllable from your PC or from the optional control head. Specs: Frequency coverage Guaranteed range – 0.010–3299.999MHz*, 0.495–3000.000MHz, * Cellular bands are blocked in the U.S.A. … Continue reading →

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Ten-Tec RX-320D

Posted on December 14, 2010 by admin

The Ten-Tec RX-320D is a PC-controlled shortwave receiver that allows quality SWLing at an affordable price. Please see our full review of the Ten-Tec RX-320D. Specs: MODES: AM, LSB, USB, CW FREQUENCY RANGE: 100 kHz – 30 MHz FREQUENCY ACCURACY: … Continue reading →

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C. Crane CCRadio-SWP

Posted on December 14, 2010 by admin

The C. Crane CCRadio-SWP is a very small portable shortwave radio with excellent shortwave and mediumwave performance for a radio in its price class. Specs: AM/FM/Shortwave [SW1, SW2 (2300 – 7500, 9200 – 22000 kHz)] Controls include: RF Gain, Bandwidth, … Continue reading →

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C. Crane CCRadio-SW

Posted on December 13, 2010 by admin

The C.Crane CCRadio-SW is an excellent value for performance. The CCRadio-SW is a larger portable/table top radio (11.25″ x 7.25″ x 3.5″). What makes this radio stand out from its peers? Truly exceptional audio fidelity, very good shortwave and superior … Continue reading →

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Grundig G3

Posted on December 12, 2010 by admin

The Grundig G3 is one of my favorite portable shortwave receivers. The G3 features AM/FM/Shortwave Radio with Aircraft Band, SSB (Single-Side Band), RDS (Radio Data System) and a Synchronous Detector. I have reviewed it thoroughly on the SWLing Post–please note … Continue reading →

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Yaesu VR-5000

Posted on December 12, 2010 by admin

The Yaesu VR5000 all-mode wide-band receiver packs a lot of features in one tabletop radio. As you will note with the reviews, with wide-band coverage comes a compromise. This is a better scanner (UHF/VHF) receiver than shortwave radio receiver. Specs: … Continue reading →

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Palstar R30A

Posted on December 12, 2010 by admin

The Palstar R30A is an innovative, simple tabletop shortwave receiver manufactured in the USA. . Specs: 100kHz – 29.9999MHz AM, SSB (U/L) 20Hz/100Hz tuning steps, synthesized (low phase noise performance) Variable rate tuning: 20Hz-100Hz and 100Hz to 500Hz 100Khz Up/Down … Continue reading →

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Icom IC-R75

Posted on December 12, 2010 by admin

The IC-R75 is one of the most popular tabletop receivers in production. Specs: Frequency coverage – 0.03–60.000000 MHz* Modes – USB, LSB, CW, RTTY, AM, FM Memories – 101 (99 regular, 2 scan edges) Frequency stability – Less than ±7 … Continue reading →

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Alinco DX-R8T

Posted on December 12, 2010 by admin

The Alinco DX-R8T is one of the newest tabletop shortwave receivers to hit the market in 2011. Not only is the DX-R8T a traditional tabletop radio, but it has a proper IF out port to use the receiver as a … Continue reading →

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