On 11 Nov 2006 17:43:52 -0800, wrote:

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RobnzBoy wrote:
The first review:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6263

This is the same garbage radio, as the S350 !

Stay away from this radio. Quality control problems. With the AM
switched to narrow, the thing is deaf except for a few locals.
Sensitivity improves alot in the WIDE mode, but the tuning shifts... to
tune 880kHz, I have to tune to 890kHz to center it

The FM is also bad... living near two 50kw'ers, the entire band is
useless. The WX picked up the local station 20 miles east, but one of
the 50kw'ers would bleed in if I moved the whip around.

Bass and Treble controls are reversed and the huge knob is not easy to
work with (an UP/DOWN button would have been better).

Audio quality is OK. There is an AUX input jack. The diplay is nice,
if not a little too bright (the backlight stays on with AC... it goes
off after 5 seconds using batteries).

I got mine last Sat, it was the only one in the store.

I guessed the 12-150 was a repackaged Grundig S350, SRIII, or the
original high-performance radio that RS used to carry. I had that
piece-of-crap S350, now returned to RS, and weighing in at just one
pound, as the 12-150, I should have known better (but, it had a pretty
face). Really sick of all the hype and cheap Chinese-made receivers. I
have a $25 RS PLL AM/FM 12-898 (now discontined) that performs as well
as my S350 did. If the 12-150 had a handle similar to the S350, it too
would reek of cheap imitation leather ! Good decision to take that
cheap piece of **** back to RS !

I have an Eton- Grundig S350DL and am quite happy with it. I also recently
purchased the RS 12-150 and am pleased with it also.

The reception is good in both and the sound is quite good.

For MW sensitivity I would give the edge to the 350DL and sound to the
12-150, but each serve my needs.

As for the size and weight of the 12-150 I know that it is listed as
weighing only 15oz on the Radio Shack web site, but the one I have weighs
4lbs 11oz. without batteries and measures 9" w x 12 1/2" w x 4" d.