On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 13:23:25 -0500, Leonard Martin
wrote:

In article ,
Falcon wrote:

I just received my "Super" Sangean 909 and it is great. My only
problem is that I live on a hill with the top being occupied with a
few local AM band transmitter antennas. They clobber the LW band but
beyond that all is well. I have been exploring the SW bands since I
was a wee lad and this radio with the RadioLabs mods is great. I
started out way back when on an old radio that my folks gave me, wish
I still had it. A Zenith Transoceanic. So much fun to hear the
world. Many more radios in between. Now I hear the world even
better. I would recommend to anyone who is contemplating an upper
range mid-priced receiver to give serious thought to this one. I
have not yet even hooked up an external antenna and have plenty of
contacts to explore and try to identify. Wife thinks I am nuts
listening to faint, scratchy signals, but that is okay, I just smile
and tweak the tuning dial a bit more.

Okay, question time. Has anyone here installed "Shotwave Log" and if
so how did it go, specifically on a Win XP machine?

Since buying an unmodified Sangean 909 I've heard (and learned
firsthand) that it has poor SW sensitivity. Does the "Super" treatment
make a difference in that? Sounds like it maybe creates a concomitant
increase in overloading problems in a strong-signal environment.

Since I have never tried an un-modified one I really do not have a
direct comparison on the sensitivity increase. I do, however, know
that the sensitivity is very good on this one. As far as overloading
it is not a big problem although it is somewhat noticeable. The
modified filters (again no direct comparison) seem to work well on
shutting out adjacent stations.

Ciao,
Falcon