What tuner specs do I look for?

[Dave Mundell]

This is probably not the newgroup I need to be on, but perhaps someone could
point me to one better suited for my question.

I want to buy a portable AM radio that will receive a distant station that
is close (in frequency) to a nearby station. The radio in my car does this
just fine, but not any of the portable radios I've tried. I. The guy at
Radio Shack told me I needed a radio with a digital tuner, so I bought one.
Didn't work so I took it back. The display was digital; I don't know if
anything else was. I had similar results at Circuit City and Best Buy. The
clerks at these places appear to be clueless.

Appreciate any help.

Dave

[W5DXP]

Dave Mundell wrote:
> I want to buy a portable AM radio that will receive a distant station that
> is close (in frequency) to a nearby station. The radio in my car does this
> just fine, but not any of the portable radios I've tried. I. The guy at
> Radio Shack told me I needed a radio with a digital tuner, so I bought one.
> Didn't work so I took it back. The display was digital; I don't know if
> anything else was. I had similar results at Circuit City and Best Buy. The
> clerks at these places appear to be clueless.

I use my communications receiver for that purpose. I listen to far away
talk radio shows and often switch from AM to SSB filtering to decrease
the interference problems. Switching between USB and LSB sometimes helps.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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[donut]

"Dave Mundell" > wrote in
:

> This is probably not the newgroup I need to be on, but perhaps someone
> could point me to one better suited for my question.
>
> I want to buy a portable AM radio that will receive a distant station
> that is close (in frequency) to a nearby station. The radio in my car
> does this just fine, but not any of the portable radios I've tried. I.
> The guy at Radio Shack told me I needed a radio with a digital tuner,
> so I bought one. Didn't work so I took it back. The display was
> digital; I don't know if anything else was. I had similar results at
> Circuit City and Best Buy. The clerks at these places appear to be
> clueless.
>
> Appreciate any help.
>
> Dave
>
>

Simple answer - try to find a GE Superradio.

[Dave]

Bob,

Thanks.

Dave
"Bob Miller" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 16:19:15 GMT, "Dave Mundell"
> > wrote:
>
> >This is probably not the newgroup I need to be on, but perhaps someone
could
> >point me to one better suited for my question.
> >
> >I want to buy a portable AM radio that will receive a distant station
that
> >is close (in frequency) to a nearby station. The radio in my car does
this
> >just fine, but not any of the portable radios I've tried. I. The guy at
> >Radio Shack told me I needed a radio with a digital tuner, so I bought
one.
> >Didn't work so I took it back. The display was digital; I don't know if
> >anything else was. I had similar results at Circuit City and Best Buy.
The
> >clerks at these places appear to be clueless.
> >
> >Appreciate any help.
> >
> >Dave
> >
>
> The Select-A-Tenna tuning loop from C.Crane might help. Go to
> http://www.ccrane.com/
>
> They also sell the GE Super radio there.
>
> You can also just call them -- they sorta specialize in long distance
> AM listening.
>
> Bob
> k5qwg
>
>

[Reg Edwards]

Tuners don't have specs. The sales blurb NEVER tells prospective customers
what they really need to know - just the maximum setting values of the
tuning capacitors in pF and of the coil inductance in microhenries. Its too
late to find out the hard way after you've bought the useless thing.
----
Reg, G4FGQ

[Reg Edwards]

The safest thing to do is visit a ham shop, take the cover off the box and
look inside before handing over any cash.
---
Reg.