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August 16th 06, 03:01 AM
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Redsun RP2100
John Plimmer wrote: Arrived in my little village in Afrika 8 days after Paypal payment in good order well packed. Very pleased with it - lovely full sound, better than my other portables. Performance also better than my other portables: reception sensitivity and quality FM - outstanding, picks up weak stations the others can't even hear MW - this is most important for me as my one and only AM MW BCB station is 120 miles/200 km's away. much better than my Sangean ATS818 and slightly better than my GE SRIII - very pleased with this. SW shortwave - some parts of the band same as Sangean 818, others much better on the RP2100. two nice filter settings - wide with lovely sound when you are in the clear and narrow for when things are crowded, but still with good audio. size of the radio is same as the Sangean ATS818 and slightly smaller than the GE SRIII operates on either 4 X AA or 4 X D cell batteries, or mains 220 volt AC, also will charge batteries Delivered to my door for a total cost of $106.90 which includes shipping to Africa and insurance. Seller was Tquchina on eBay who supplies the English language fascia on the radio - the other seller Liypn sells only Chinese markings on the fascia of the radio. Very satisfied = excellent service and Tquchina kept me informed all the way down the line. A big worry for me as some sellers get shipping to Africa totally ballsed up. Evening time and the AM MW BCB DX really boomed in on the internal ferrite loop - stations 4/5000 moles away came in at readable DX quality like France Info Nice, BBC Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and India AIR Nagpur = very impressive. What you may not like: No SSB reception Presets drive me mad - as there is no direct keyboard entry of preset number you have to rotate through the ten presets upwards. This means that if you are on preset two and want to get back to preset one, you have to go through to preset ten before getting back to one again. Maddening and the only feature of this superb radio that I really don't like. Overall a great radio for my purposes knocking about the house, with superb FM and MW performance like I have never come across in a portable. For me in Africa a great buy and superb value for money. A Sony 7600GR retails here for $285 !#$%^& -- John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods Drake SW8 & ERGO software Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100 BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A. GE circa 50's radiogram Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270 Kiwa MW Loop http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx JP - This was a nice read and good reporting ~ RHF |
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