I **LOVE** my Sangean ATS909. I take it on every out of town trip, listen to
HF and BC stuff with it. Makes a great travel alarmclock. It could use a
little more Bass on the FM band, but it sounds good with headphones. I use
it with NiMH batteries as it can be rather hard on them...Eddie

"Love2camp5" wrote in message
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I somewhat new to the shortwave listening hobby, but have always preferred
the
AM to the FM band. I have two radios now, and neither one really fits the
bill
for me, so I'm trying to purchase one that will serve both purposes.

I have a CC radio, which is good for the AM (although the display went
after
only a year) and have a Grundig Yacht Boy 400PE. The Grundig sounds great
on
FM, but the AM volume is about half of the volume when I'm listening to
the FM
band. It's just not good enough for moving around the room without
feeling
like I'm straining to hear it. If I turn the volume up any more, it
sounds
awful. It also has a constant hum in the AM band, no matter where in the
house
I go.

So I see my choices a The Sangean 818ACS (like the tape idea, as long
as
the speaker is still good), the Sangean 909, or the Grundig S350.

The 909 is probably the same size as the YB400, so the AM reception will
be the
same, I'm guessing. Don't know how the sound compares.

The 818ACS - don't know how small the speaker is since the tape is built
in.

The S350 would be the right one - but analog and no way to store stations.

I'd like a combo of the three...any advice or comparison info would be
appreciated between these three and my YB400. Also - perhaps there's
something
out there I'm missing.

Thanks!
Linda
Pennsylvania