Thanks, Dan.

-- Stinger

"Dan" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:34:03 -0500, "Stinger"
wrote:

Is the Sync Detector on a Grundig Sat800 really better than the one in
Sony
2010's (or better still, Sony SW07's and SW77's)? I'd really like to
hear
an objective observation from someone that has both (or any combination).

I don't have a 2010 (or any Sony radio), but everything I've read says
that the 800's sync is at least as good as the 2010's, if not better.
It locks solidy, it doesn't rumble during lock and it doesn't drift or
lose sync once it gets it. My 800's sync is better than my R8's sync.
In fact, I haven't used my R8 since I got the 800. Note that my R8
is the original model, which does not have selectable sideband sync.
It's double sideband only.

I had planned to buy a Grundig Sat800 this month, but with Sony ditching
high-end shortwave portables, I wonder if I shouldn't grab a SW77 while I
can still get one "brand new."

Not a bad idea.

Dan

Drake R8, Radio Shack DX-440,
Grundig S650, S700, S800, YB400, YB550PE
Degen DE1102, Kaito KA1102
Hallicrafters S-120 (1962)
Zenith black dial 5 tube Tombstone (1937)
E. H. Scott 23 tube Imperial Allwave in Tasman cabinet (1936)