Sadly, the 803A has died. I'm not sure if its worth the expense to get it
fixed or not. But I'll miss that old radio. thanks for you input.

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"Dan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:18:22 GMT, "Lance Storm"
wrote:

Greetings:

I'm looking at a few SW radios to replace my old 803A....

All three are Grundig radios:

S350
YB400 PE
YBP-2000 (Mini)

None are better than what you already have, unless the 803A is
broken/dead/dying. In fact, all are quite a step down. The YB400
is the best all around radio of the bunch, but the S350 sounds much
better.

Dan

Grundig S800, S650, S700, YB400, YB550PE, S350
Degen DE1102, Kaito KA1102
Drake R8, Radio Shack DX-440
E. H. Scott 23 tube Imperial Allwave in Tasman cabinet (1936)

Lance Storm schrieb:

Greetings:

I'm looking at a few SW radios to replace my old 803A....

All three are Grundig radios:

S350

Your choice if you're a knob twiddler and don't mind plenty of images
(single conversion with no front end tuning, it appears). More a fun
radio with good sound, not a DX machine.

YB400 PE

The most serious choice of the bunch. A dual conversion portable with
everything such a rig needs, except for synch detection and sideband
selectable SSB. Good sound for the size, good FM selectivity, but some
FM images on SW, phase noise could be lower (probably still better than
on the old 803A). Would prefer Sony ICF-SW7600GR if more biased towards
shortwave and less towards FM.

YBP-2000 (Mini)

Abysmal performance for the price. No thanks.

Stephan
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