"Tr" wrote in message ...
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:26:12 +0100, "Alan"
wrote:

Hello
What are your views on both the YB400 and the Sony 7600G, which one would
be
the better buy for listening to the radio-hams on HF, and general
short-wave
listening

There is a good comparision of Sangean ATS-909, Grundig YB400PE and
Sony ICF-7600g at the Radiointel sait "What Is The Best Shortwave
Travel Portable With SSB Reception":
http://www.radiointel.com/portwars.htm

I myself obtained YachtBoy year ago or so. Prefered it to Sangean
beacuse of beter FM reception and longer battery life. Quite
satisfied so far, only missing rotary turning knob. And SSB good be
better too. Sangean is deffinitely more sofisticated and I liked it a
lot, but it's a battery eater and I think that's a big minus for
travelling radio.

BTW Radiolabs is making a modificated Sangean ATS-909 called RadioLabs
- Super 909. They change display, increase front-end sensitivity,
change the IF filters, speaker and modify the audio filter curves,
add the anti-mute mod (Grundig YB400 needs this mod very badly too)
and remove the detent from the tuning knob. They sell that kind of
modified Sangean for $329.95 or they can do the mods to your own
Sangean for $109.95.

Several people have expressed their displeasure with the RadioLab mods.


It's sad that there is no compnay dealing with such Grundig YB 400
mods. So far I've only found a webpage describing antimute mod and
some others, but there is very little info about
(http://members.aol.com/rickw999/grundig.htm)

Tr11

Several people have expressed their displeasure with the RadioLab mods.

How so? I was thinking about getting them done to my 909.

"Paul" wrote in message
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Several people have expressed their displeasure with the RadioLab mods.

How so? I was thinking about getting them done to my 909.

Very negative effect on SSB performance.