Let the rest of us "Ham's" know what you purchased with your $2000.00. This way we can salivate a little.
73's
Bernie KD2JYU
Not a ham but used to be an avid SWL... and started getting back into it until my buried coax got cut by an overactive lawnmower. I just need time to repair it, as well as remount the balun and then should be back in 'business'.
Was working on a rudimentary receiver control for Macs using the EiBi database before it got cut. ðŸ˜
MarkJFine - I used to love staying up late at night and just tune across the dial to discover and listen to something from some far-off place. That was the magic - something I hope to catch again.
Best bet is playing around on AM broadcast. Maybe not so surprising, but a lot of the old guard on HF is long gone. Many international broadcasters have chosen the less expensive, digital streaming via internet route.
Guess no one wants to maintain massive steerable antenna arrays 500MW transmitters, let alone deal with bi-annual frequency steering committees.
Edit: Oh, and all those regional Africans that used to dominate the afternoons with hilife music - all gone.
