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Need some ideas for a good AM/FM/SW "Fringe Area" receiver with good
selectivity and sensitivity for rural area reception. Must be 120VAC power source. Battery power can be optional but not necessary. Can be table or portable. I've been looking at the CC RadioPlus, GE SuperRadio III, Radio Shack Optimus and DX Series, Kaito 1100 series and others. Each has a downside and some a significant downside. As far as price range goes, around $300 would be the max. Your input would be greatly appreciated. |
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On Jan 27, 12:38*pm, ron wrote:
- - Need some ideas for a good AM/FM/SW "Fringe Area" receiver - with good selectivity and sensitivity for *rural area reception. - Must be 120VAC power source. - Battery power can be optional but not necessary. - Can be table or portable. - I've been looking at the CC RadioPlus, GE SuperRadio III, - Radio Shack Optimus and DX Series, Kaito 1100 series - and others. - Each has a downside and some a significant downside. - As far as price range goes, around $300 would be the max. - Your input would be greatly appreciated. - I would recommend the C.Crane CCRadio-SW which is a Re-Badged Redsun RP2100 AM/FM/SW Radio -aka- Kaito KA2100 Radio ~ RHF READ - The CCRadio-SW {Redsun RP2100 Radio} is an Excellent Stand-a-Lone AM/FM/SW Radio http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...fd435f62a2dc99 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...86bb5aae0f3543 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...a789cfa1affdbf http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...3b6ae87032cc53 ADD - A Lazy Susan and a Select-A-Tenna for Excellent AM/MW Reception. READ - Best Price on the CC Radio Shortwave [CCRadio-SW] -or- Redsun RP2100 -or- Kaito KA2100 Radio : http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...8f106f820b1f93 READ - Opinions about the new CC Radio-SW ? http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...35216801305552 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...5beee24ef1fc49 |
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ron wrote:
Need some ideas for a good AM/FM/SW "Fringe Area" receiver with good selectivity and sensitivity for rural area reception. Must be 120VAC power source. Battery power can be optional but not necessary. Can be table or portable. As far as AM goes, you can make a huge difference with almost any radio by adding an external antenna. I live in southeastern Arizona and reception becomes sporadic at night (not to mention the number of frequencies that are dominated by Mexican stations). I can often peak up stations on my ATS-909 by using my inductively-coupled Select-A-Tenna loop and carefully tuning and rotating the loop. I can't speak for the other external AM antennas -- I'm sure that there are others that would work substantially better. Northe N6KO Green Valley AZ |
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Northe wrote:
ron wrote: Need some ideas for a good AM/FM/SW "Fringe Area" receiver with good selectivity and sensitivity for rural area reception. Must be 120VAC power source. Battery power can be optional but not necessary. Can be table or portable. As far as AM goes, you can make a huge difference with almost any radio by adding an external antenna. I live in southeastern Arizona and reception becomes sporadic at night (not to mention the number of frequencies that are dominated by Mexican stations). I can often peak up stations on my ATS-909 by using my inductively-coupled Select-A-Tenna loop and carefully tuning and rotating the loop. I can't speak for the other external AM antennas -- I'm sure that there are others that would work substantially better. Northe N6KO Green Valley AZ Selectatennas rule! I could get WLS at 3 in the afternoon in Texas with one of those and an AE3805. |
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I just bought a grundig G5 at radio shack for $150 it works pretty good.
it's am fm sw ssb. It works good with an external antenna. The twin coil ferrite antenna works great for am. I also use a old magnet cb antenna that I stick on the top of my house at night and that works really good with am also. |
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