[mikethedruid]

I did some final tweaking this evening, and have all the bands peaked up. This radio is pleasing me more and more. The shortwave bands are ALIVE on this thing. There are really a LOT of stations, more than I have heard on my other radios with this antenna. I have not tried the Hammarlunds on it yet, and I think I will probably replace at least the electrolytic filter condensers before I do. Both radios are bone stock original as of now. Tonight I was listening to a very strange music program in English on about 6.2 MC. It was not a strong signal, and faded in and out a bit, but was always audible, and most times understandable. I tuned it in just after 12 AM Eastern Standard Time, and it went off at 1 AM. They played a lot of different, very odd songs ranging from reggae to jazz. There was also a rant by some guy with a lot of cussing, which surprised me. I actually liked it because of its oddity. Unfortunately I did not hear them identify what station it was, or give the exact frequency. If anybody else has heard this station, and knows what it is, let me know. Maybe it was a pirate broadcast. That might account for the cussing part. Sure was interesting and passed an hour away while I downloaded a lot of Jean Shepherd programs.