On Jun 15, 1:22 pm, onealjn wrote:
Hello All,

I am looking for a portable FM receiver that well perform well. My
ideal radio:

1. Portable. Does not have to be pocket-able, but that would be great.
I've seen the Grundig g5 and that size would be fine. Smaller is
better of course, but performance more important. I use a Tivoli PAL
at the moment, and would like something is not smaller, in a better
form factor for portability.


Not sure how this radio compares to the Pal for size, but the Degen
DE1103 delivers surprisingly good audio out the speaker and sound from
decent headphones is also quite enjoyable. It is able to separate and
deliver a lot of stations on FM and AM.

I'm not sure what you are looking for in terms of "form factor" since
most portables seem to be rectangularly shaped and around an inch
thick.



2. Able to pull a signal in a concrete building, basement, manage
interference. I currently lug a Tivoli PAL around work. I love the
PAL's sound. It pulls signals in our building better than any other
radio (junk) I have access to here. But at times, it does have a hard
time. In the basement and in the lab, it can have a lot of noise in
the signal as well as a weak signal.

If you are entombed in a steel reinforced concrete basement while
trying to listen to local FM stations almost any portable is going to
have difficulty pulling out a usable signal, especially if there is a
lot of electronic equipment in ther lab. The best way to improve
reception is to move close to a window.

I touch the radio, clear and
loud sound. As I move around a lot at work, I can't bother with a
better antenna than a whip. Electronics in the lab and my computer can
cause problems for the PAL.

3. Pull a weak signal near a strong one. I listen to many college,
classical, NPR stations on the left side of the dial. Increasingly,
our market is becoming more dense on the FM band. The PAL normally
does a great job (see above).

4. AM / MW is not important; neither is SW. In the future I am looking
to try to find a radio to tune in some international programs I miss
from Europe, but FM is the only band I am interested in in this post.

Thank you for all of your help,

Jason