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Old November 16th 06, 08:58 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Anyone using RS 12-150 AM/FM/WX radio?


Michael Black wrote:
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I still don't believe you - the S350 only weighs on pound and the
12-150 is a repackaged S350, so there is no way - you just keep
forgetting to take the batteries out. My $25 RS PLL AM/FM radio is just
as sensitive as the over-hyped S350, which I happily returned to RS,
The S350 suffers from drifting, images galore, is cheap plastic, has
cheap switches, has a smelly imitation-leather handle, an a bunch of
switches that are all hype and cheap, a plastic speaker grill, an
antenna that flops and doesn't lock into place, and a low-resolution
display - the list goes on and on ! The 12-150 is just like the cheap
piece of **** SRIII - I read a review on eham.net that the 12-150's
wide/narrow switch shorted out and the reado is no better than standard
AM/FM radios. The SRIII's switched fall off ! Enjoy, sucker !

The more you post about this, the more you look like a fool.

How can a radio that has synthesized tuning be an S350 that has
analog tuning?

The S350 has analog tuning, and a frequency counter readout. That's
where at least some of the celebrated drift comes from.

But according to Radio Shack (and various people's comments about
the tuning steps) the 12-150 has synthesized tuning.

That is a pretty blatant difference.

ANd once they make that sort of "mod", there is little reason to
even believe there is anything in common between the two radios.

You should have stuck with the line about how they are equally bad,
because whether or not that is true, it's more true than claiming
the radios are the same.

Michael


You are the fool for buying these receivers, and I am only doing this
to watch you react like a fool.