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Old June 24th 11, 04:58 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
rkhalona rkhalona is offline
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Default Sangean ATS-909x question

On Jun 24, 2:19*am, Wimpie wrote:
On 24 jun, 00:23, rkhalona wrote:





On Jun 23, 2:21*pm, Wimpie wrote:


On 23 jun, 23:04, rkhalona wrote:


On Jun 23, 1:53*pm, Wimpie wrote:


On 23 jun, 19:31, rkhalona wrote:


Any owners of this new radio here?
I am wondering if you are hearing any (audible) difference when you
switch between the wide and narrow bandwidth settings in AM mode.


Thanks for your answers.


Ramon Khalona


Hello Ramon,


I have one at hand *(about 8 years old I believe) and changing the
narrow/wide switch changes the RF bandwidth on LW, AM and SW. Changing
to narrow, reduces the *"HF" part of the audio spectrum (so the tone
changes).


You may check the operation when listening to a relative weak station
adjacent to a stronger one. When changing to wide, you may experience
more interference from the stronger station.


With kind regards,


Wim
PA3DJSwww.tetech.nl
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Thanks Wim. *Are you talking about the 909? *I am referring to the
909x, which was released within the last six months or so.


Regards,


RK


Hello Ramon,


Are you sure you have the channel spacing (9/10 kHz) set correctly for
AM broadcast band. If you are living in Europe, it should be 9 kHz
mostly. *When a station isn't tuned correctly, changing the narrow/
wide switch has little to no effect.


With kind regards,


Wim
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Thanks Wim. *I live in the USA and the channel spacing is set at 10
KHz.


RK


Hello Ramon,

This will definitely improve reception quality. Does this solve the
narrow/wide problem also?

With kind regards,

Wim
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No. The problem I am experiencing is that the narrow/wide bandwidth
switch does not cause any difference in audio quality and I want to
know if other users are experiencing the same. Thanks Wim.

RK