I went down to Pleasant Grove Park this morning before 9AM local time to do a comparison between three radios — one small, one medium and one large.
It promised to be a beautiful day as I looked off to the left to take in the scenery:
The plan was to do a shortwave band scan on each radio and record the results. I started with the Qodosen DX-286 because it scans fastest and does a great job of snagging stations; it’s my go to radio for finding out quickly what’s on. It finished its scan and I did record the results:
Before I could get set up for the next scan, a diligent county employee saw that same vast expanse of grass and decided it needed mowing. The noise excluded any further recording.
Still my interest in R. Habana on 6000 kHz was piqued and there was some strange music on 6000 kHz later (I think), so I headed home to try reception out on the patio with my Wire Up a Tree (WUP) antenna. I gathered up the radios and started down the stairs, only to hear my neighbor crank up their lawn mower. When the yard was done, they cranked up the gasoline-powered trimmer and went to work. When that was done, my neighbor on the other side started banging on some metal. At least I got some weeding done myself. By the time silence returned, it was hours later and the morning listening time was lost.