20 December 2010
Hallicrafters S-85 in azione
Nella mia piccola scuderia radio è appena entrato un vecchio Hallicrafters S-85. Un simpatico valvolare degli anni '50. Arriva dalla collezione dell'amico BCL e OM Michele D'Amico, che ha anche cambiato i vecchi condensatori. Ha un audio davvero buono, estremamente gradevole. L'unico problema è la sintonia, poco precisa, soprattutto per noi ormai abituati ai ricevitori SDR precisi all'Hertz. Per questo mi sono aiutato con un AOR AR7030 e un Drake R8 come controllo di frequenza.
4980 0038 Dec 15 PBS Xinjiang, China, talks, fair
5025 0030 Dec 15 Radio Rebelde, Cuba, talks about Venezuela, good
5040 0033 Dec 15 Radio Habana, Cuba, in English, sport reports, good
5070 0020 Dec 15 WWCR, USA, songs, in English, good
5505 2120 Dec 14 Shannon Volmet, airports meteo info, good USB
5810 0115 Dec 15 WEWN, USA, in Spanish, religious, fair
5860 0114 Dec 15 Radio Farda, Irana Wila, Sri Lanka, usual program talks & songs, good
5935 0108 Dec 15 WWCR, USA, religious speech, in English, good
5990 0103 Dec 15 AIR, Delhi, India, Indian music, good
5995 0100 Dec 15 Radio France Int., Montsinery, French Guiana, start program in Spanish, news, good
6000 0050 Dec 15 Radio Habana, Cuba, politics, in Spanish, good
6297 2140-2145* Dec 14 National Radio of RASD, via Algeria, nice music, great id at 2144 then off, fair
6960 0145 Dec 15 Atlantic Radio, Pirate, Ireland, nice songs, ids, fair/good,
9345 0014 Dec 15 Voice of Korea PBS, North Korea, serious talk in Korean, music, fair
9410 0010 Dec 15 BBC World Service, via Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, reports, fair
9420 0005 Dec 15 Voice of Greece, Classical piano music, very good
9620 0000 Dec 15 REE, Spain, News, culture, very good
9675 2347 Dec 14 Cancao Nova, Brazil, Religious talks, songs, Portuguese, good
9690 2340 Dec 14 Family Radio, USA, religious (Geremia, Bible) in Portuguese, music, fair
9720 2335 Dec 14 Radio Veritas, Philippines, talks, Asian language (reported Burmese), fair
9760 2328 Dec 14 Radio Japan, Yamata, songs, Japanese talks, weak/fair
9835 2324 Dec 14 HCJB, via Santiago, Chile, Christmas songs, talks in German, fair
9900 2319 Dec 14 Radio Cairo, in Portuguese, international reports, good signal but low modulation
9955 2315 Dec 14 Radio France Int. via Taiwan, Chinese, talks, short music, fair
9975 2310 Dec 14 Voice of Korea, North Korea, talks in Korean, fair
11685 2230 Dec 14 Adventist World Radio, Agat, Guam, Chinese, religious music, long talks, good
11770 2238 Dec 14 Radio Habana, Cuba, Spanish, politics and culture, good
11775 2243 Dec 14 Radio Free Asia, Tinian, Northern Mariana Isl., talks in Chinese, good
11860 2300 Dec 14 VOA, Saipan, Northern Mariana Isl., id and reports, good
11920 2304 Dec 14 HCJB, Santiago, Chile, in Portuguese, children song, talks, fair
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Un dial circolare tipico degli Hallicrafters (questo però non è montato sull'S-85):