Maybe some of the members have seen my rants about certain Shortwave radios, ok I've bought on praise it then move on to the next.
I have had Eton E1's, Satellit 800, Tecsun pl 600, Tecsun pl 660, and others that were fairly new. Well I have sold all of them (I didn't have them all at the same time).
I kept my little Grundig Mini 300.
I wanted something that was great on batteries, great on MW DX'ing and shortwave. I don't care about FM.
So I searched the boards and reviews.
The Panasonic RF 2200 fit the bill perfectly! AND it is from 1978!
So I won an auction for it, 130.00 + 12.50 shipping, I could not wait until it came, it came this afternoon!
YES I AM EXCITED, CAN ANYONE TELL?
So I make sure it works on all bands, it did. So I started my restoration (it was fine the way it was) Took it apart, the front and back were cleaned completely.
Then I went to Lowes and bought a electronics cleaner, for PCB boards (Used this on a sat800 and it worked great) cleaned everything internally and lubed the the pots.
Let everything dry completely (I just wanted to make sure the cleaner evaporates fast) reassembled it.
Looks like new!!!!! If I had a good camera I would take pictures but I don't, I'll try with my camera in my phone.
ok, The noise floor on this receiver is low. It seems like every radio I've owned has gone from poor to better to best.... Yes this thing I hear so much not no other reciever that I have own don't compare.... This one is defiantly a keeper!!!
I love it that is it analog, this is what I remember shortwave to be, sometimes a man HAS to go back to the basics!!! LOL!!!!!
Loving it!!!! during the middle of the day catching signals that I've never heard!
And picking up more hams! Not even the E1 working off the whip was good at catching them.
I'm a happy camper!!!!! With all of the cheap crap today the oldies are the best.....
I have had Eton E1's, Satellit 800, Tecsun pl 600, Tecsun pl 660, and others that were fairly new. Well I have sold all of them (I didn't have them all at the same time).
I kept my little Grundig Mini 300.
I wanted something that was great on batteries, great on MW DX'ing and shortwave. I don't care about FM.
So I searched the boards and reviews.
The Panasonic RF 2200 fit the bill perfectly! AND it is from 1978!
So I won an auction for it, 130.00 + 12.50 shipping, I could not wait until it came, it came this afternoon!
YES I AM EXCITED, CAN ANYONE TELL?
So I make sure it works on all bands, it did. So I started my restoration (it was fine the way it was) Took it apart, the front and back were cleaned completely.
Then I went to Lowes and bought a electronics cleaner, for PCB boards (Used this on a sat800 and it worked great) cleaned everything internally and lubed the the pots.
Let everything dry completely (I just wanted to make sure the cleaner evaporates fast) reassembled it.
Looks like new!!!!! If I had a good camera I would take pictures but I don't, I'll try with my camera in my phone.
ok, The noise floor on this receiver is low. It seems like every radio I've owned has gone from poor to better to best.... Yes this thing I hear so much not no other reciever that I have own don't compare.... This one is defiantly a keeper!!!
I love it that is it analog, this is what I remember shortwave to be, sometimes a man HAS to go back to the basics!!! LOL!!!!!
Loving it!!!! during the middle of the day catching signals that I've never heard!
And picking up more hams! Not even the E1 working off the whip was good at catching them.
I'm a happy camper!!!!! With all of the cheap crap today the oldies are the best.....