[SFSkol]

Any shortwave enthusiasts in TV?

Just looked in the current club listing. ( I don't mean the half wave of TV Gate Keepers Society.)

Just need some local info for a story I'm writing.

THANX

[John_W]

Have you tried these?

K4VRC - Villages Amateur Radio Club

ARRL Clubs - THE VILLAGES AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

[SFSkol]

Thanks. Didn't think of amateur radio as shortwave. I'll contact them.

[BobnBev]

True story----My grandmother gave me an old Philco tube radio with a shortwave band. Lived in CT at the time. I was tuning around the band and stopped on 2182 Kilocycles. Heard the original call from the Andrea Doria that it had collided with the Stockholm, near a sea bouy. They kept calling "MAYDAY". I told my dad who called the State Police who called the USCG. They were just hearing it for the first time.. I wish I still had that old radio.

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

True story----My grandmother gave me an old Philco tube radio with a shortwave band. Lived in CT at the time. I was tuning around the band and stopped on 2182 Kilocycles. Heard the original call from the Andrea Doria that it had collided with the Stockholm, near a sea bouy. They kept calling "MAYDAY". I told my dad who called the State Police who called the USCG. They were just hearing it for the first time.. I wish I still had that old radio.

Now that is a great story, every once in a while I see an old radio for sale, if you find one, I may be able to help getting it to work, I have repaired several over the years.

[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by SFSkol

Any shortwave enthusiasts in TV?

Just looked in the current club listing. ( I don't mean the half wave of TV Gate Keepers Society.)

Just need some local info for a story I'm writing.

THANX

I take it you really meant Short Wave Listeners. That's what licensed amateur (ham) radio operators refer to as SWL.

What SWL people listen to is foreign commercial radio broadcasts on "short wave bands." I haven't been a SWL in decades, although I occasionally come across some commercial broadcasts on bands where some countries allow commercial radio on bands that are primarily for ham operators.

I'm sure someone in The Villages Radio Club can give you more information.

[saratogaman]

I gave up on shortwave listening after moving here some 11 years ago from up north. Reception here was not good (unless you understood Spanish and listened to Central and South America). Perhaps signals (especially from Europe) were beamed more to the north or atmospherics here were not very good. Additionally, some countries dropped SW service and switched to streaming. I now do some international listening in this manner -- using a CC Radio and WiFi. Reception is clear as a bell, but it's just not the same as twirling the dial on a shortwave radio to see what you can pick up.
Your thoughts?

[SFSkol]

Originally Posted by saratogaman

I gave up on shortwave listening after moving here some 11 years ago from up north. Reception here was not good (unless you understood Spanish and listened to Central and South America).....
Your thoughts?

I plan to interview someone from the villages club soon and will ask these questions.