Shortwave radio
Does anyone travel and use a shortwave radio while out of range?
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There is nothing wrong with portable SW radios, and you don't need a military class Rhombic antenna to make them work. You are working stations running 15kw and up, not a QRP station on the ham bands. Its nice, but simply not needed.
I don't use it much, but carry a portable Short Wave in the RV and it works just fine. Along with it I also have a small roll of wire to toss over a tree to up the reception IF needed, but we're usually at the beach so I have no trouble at all DX'ing the world (and no trees either).
There is nowhere near the traffic on the bands there was when I was a kid, but its fun nevertheless.
There is nothing wrong with portable SW radios, and you don't need a military class Rhombic antenna to make them work. You are working stations running 15kw and up, not a QRP station on the ham bands. Its nice, but simply not needed.
I don't use it much, but carry a portable Short Wave in the RV and it works just fine. Along with it I also have a small roll of wire to toss over a tree to up the reception IF needed, but we're usually at the beach so I have no trouble at all DX'ing the world (and no trees either).
There is nowhere near the traffic on the bands there was when I was a kid, but its fun nevertheless.
