can this radio pick up america stations in switerland
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No. If anything the BBC. To the best of my knowledge the Voice of America has stopped broadcasting to Europe a long time ago. Also, there are no SW transmitters in the US worth listening to. This strictly my view: "hard-line religion", "far right". Generally speaking SW is dead-on-arrival for mainstream listeners. The cold war is over. No govt. pays for the expensive electricity bills, when there a few listeners to your propaganda. And specifically, the US state department probably does not see listeners in Europe as being overly sympathetic to their agenda.
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There are great SW transmitters in the U.S. I'm listening to WBCQ from Monticello, Maine right now. WBCQ Free Radio broadcasts the Fred Flintstone Music Show every Friday followed by Allan Weiner Worldwide radio show. The DX Wavescan program and Voice of America English language broadcasts to Africa are fun. There are lots of great SW programs. A decent receiver and good antenna will pull these shows in.
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This product only can local radio station.If you want listen america stations in Switerlan, you can listen by internet radio station.
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I live in Uruguay, and i bought this radio in the us. Here works perfect!RegardsJuan
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Hi Sam, that's a great question, but unfortunately I don't have a complete answer for you. I can only say yes to USA.. sorry I can't help you for Europe..
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Yes, it is a shortwave radio. I get broadcast from Asia, Austrailia, and other languages I dont recognize.
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If the radio has NOAA capability, it will do fine. The NOAA channels put out enough power to overcome the poor antenna match. I installed several of the original NOAA systems in Idaho, and you could receive them with minimal antenna.
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Yes,and I have talked to the u.k from Pennsylvania with this antenna,awesome antenna for the price and a 1.3 swr or less
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There is none this is a cheep radio that can pick up local stations only. I would consider a grundig or sangean if you want good reception
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Yes, however the radio reception is not that great. Could be where I live, though.
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It does come with the adapter for the USA. Shortwave reception is always better with a better antenna but I live in western PA and can pickup with the built in antenna. I pickup better with my Wellbrook loop antenna.
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First of all, i did not buy this radio for, primarily, AM or FM receptions but for SW receptions. For SW receptions, the radio is excellent. Second, I have used AM reception in various European countries such as Greece and Italy and in all cases the receptions were very good. I could also get stations from neighboring countries rather well. So, I could guess that you would e OK with this radio for AM reception in hard-to-get-stations areas.
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It's supposed to. My daughter got hers and it wouldn't pick up any station. We are in the process of getting a new one from Griffin Technology with the warranty since it's not returnable.
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You will only be able to pick up international channels . There are very few US channels
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The stations available are listed on their website. http://connect.pure.com/p#!/us
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I don't know, but if you call Dakota Alert in Elk Point, SD they sell this radio and I bet they will know. www.dakotaalert.comThey have been very helpful to me. By the way I have two of these and they work really well.
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I live in the inner ring suburbs so can't respond to your question re: country reception. What I can say is I bought this antenna and it never worked very well in the suburbs - and broke a few days after the warranty expired. Thankfully Amazon did a great job and refunded me the price even though the warranty had just expired. I am not the type to give negative reviews, but this item deserves one. Don't buy it.
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Atleast a dozen or so. I am near the Canadian US border and I get a mix of Canadian and American stations.
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I can say it will do it, but you could hook up an external antenna to the back, which would definitely help. I bought one for my Mom, who lives about 75 miles from New York City, and it worked o.k. for her, but on a powerful station, WCBS. You could also look into getting an antenna booster system. C. Crane sells a "Twin Ferrite AM Antenna system. The way it works is that you mount a Ferrite antenna outdoors, somewhere where you can get a good signal, like up high, not near any obstructions, etc. A coaxial wire brings that signal into the house [you need to make a small hole], and then there is a receiver sections that you can tune to the one station that you want to receive, and the receiver has an antenna that rebroadcasts the signal from that station amplified. I looked into hooking that system up to get some weak AM stations, but haven't gotten around to it yet. The reviews for it are very encouraging. Living in the mountains might make getting your stations difficult, and also it depends on whether you listen day or night. Usually the signals travel longer at night, but the stations also cut back on their power in order not to interfere with each other. I am sorry that I can't give you a definite answer. One thought is, if there is a Ham Radio club in the area, try connecting with them. They usually have a good idea. Last thought is internet radio or Satellite radio like Serius. That is what my kids finally did when they couldn't get the AM and FM stations they wanted, even though it costs them.