Path: utzoo!utgpu!CUVMA!SWL-L Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 08:23:46 EST Reply-To: "nathan.justus" Sender: Short Wave Listener's List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was From: "nathan.justus" Subject: Sony ICF-2010 problem (?), car mount SW antennas X-To: swl-l@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Feb21.031104est.57628@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: bitnet.swl-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu Hi, I recently (late December) purchsaed a Sony ICF-2010 radio. The radio sometimes makes rather strange sounds; it can be sitting, playing, and all the sudden it starts making noises that sound like a lawn mower, or something like that. I've discovered by trial and error that turing the radio off, then on again, often stops it (for a little while, anyhow) and, as I discovered this morning, moving the radio will also sometimes stop it. Is there something wrong with my radio? This has happened both with internal and external antennas attached. (I don't *think* that I've damaged any of the FETs....the radio still seems very sensitive as a week or so ago I got an MW station from Canada!). Any help would be appreciated. On an unrelated note, does anyone know of any SW antennas for the car? My local radio shack told me that a scanner antenna would do, but its coverage is supposed to start at 50 MZ, so I'm not sure. Again, any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Nathan Justus -- Nathan Justus AT&T Bell Labs Holmdel, NJ att!mhuxd!nathan or nathan@mhuxd.att.com (UUCP) nathan%mhuxd@att.att.com (ARPA)