[HFbeacons] OT: PRINTER IN A SW RADIO?!?!

  • From: Paul Webster <ka9jwx@xxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:59:37 -0700 (PDT)

The discontinued Sony CRF-V21 World band Shortwave Radio crf-v21 is an 
interesting piece of gear. 

It is a shortwave radio that was designed to receive G.O.E.S. Satellite signals 
on 1.6 Gc & NOAA Satellite signals from 137 Mc to 141 Mc. 


http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/portable/crfv21.yahoomail

I wonder how well it worked. 

Maybe not to well & maybe that's why I never heard of a printer in a sw radio 
that also received satellite signals on VHF & microwave. 

I wonder if there are any still around.
  

73/75 de ka9jwx, Paul Lewis Webster
SKCC #5322
John 3:16
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Lat:41.4967N (41*29'48"N)
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Merrillville, Indiana, 46410-3503, USA 
;-)

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