Anyone with both of these radios care to share veiws on the relative
AM/FM performance??
Neil Bell

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Anyone with both of these radios care to share veiws on the relative
AM/FM performance??
Neil Bell

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as when they do it from religious conviction."
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No contest, the Sony 7600GR blows the 909 away on EVERYTHING!



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ben wrote:

No contest, the Sony 7600GR blows the 909 away on EVERYTHING!

This is turning in to a 'chicken or the egg' topic. It's been debated
endlessly and is bordering on flame bait. I tried the Sony and took it
back. I have a 909 AND a 398 which was bought used. Both are excellent.
The importance of having a tuning knob wasn't evident to me until I had
to do without. The SSB performance is also better. All in my opinion, of
course.




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From: m II

This is turning in to a 'chicken or the egg' topic. It's been debated
endlessly and is bordering on flame bait. I tried the Sony and took it
back. I have a 909 AND a 398 which was bought used. Both are excellent.
The importance of having a tuning knob wasn't evident to me until I had
to do without. The SSB performance is also better. All in my opinion, of
course.

First, I'm stunned to see you make a SW-related post.

And, secondly, since I own both, I just wanted to disagree. It's easy to get
used to the lack of a tuning knob and the 7600G allows pinpoint USB/LSB
fine-tuning that you don't get on the 398.

The 7600G is also far more sensitive and doesn't eat batteries anywhere near
the way a 909/398 does.

And those are facts, Canuck! ;-)

What the hell, don't screw around, buy a Drake!




Michael Bryant, WA4009SWL
Louisville, KY
R75, S800, RX320, SW77, ICF2010K,
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Michael Bryant wrote:

What the hell, don't screw around, buy a Drake!


It's tempting, but I'm afraid of the antisocial cretinism associated
with certain models. Something to do with one of the IF stages messing
up the brain lobes..


The Winradio WR-G313i looks like an excellent receiver.

http://www.winradio.com/home/g313i.htm

http://www.winradio.com/home/g313i-s.htm


Time and money don't allow it now. I have to finish building the
garage/shop. There WILL be a corner set aside for radio stuff.


mike

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You're right about the knob. I have been tempted to try the Sony for years
but I know that, due to it not having a tuning knob, I would not use it.

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ben wrote:

No contest, the Sony 7600GR blows the 909 away on EVERYTHING!

This is turning in to a 'chicken or the egg' topic. It's been debated
endlessly and is bordering on flame bait. I tried the Sony and took it
back. I have a 909 AND a 398 which was bought used. Both are excellent.
The importance of having a tuning knob wasn't evident to me until I had
to do without. The SSB performance is also better. All in my opinion, of
course.





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http://tinyurl.com/4s9bk


mike


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You're right about the knob. I have been tempted to try the Sony for years
but I know that, due to it not having a tuning knob, I would not use it.

A tuning knob would be a neat mod' for the '7600'. Maybe the tuning knob
encoder system from the '2010' could be adapted to the '7600'.


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You're right about the knob. I have been tempted to try the Sony for
years
but I know that, due to it not having a tuning knob, I would not use
it.

A tuning knob would be a neat mod' for the '7600'. Maybe the tuning knob
encoder system from the '2010' could be adapted to the '7600'.


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I find that using the 7600gr without a tuning knob is simple enough, I might
concede to this downside of the 7600gr if it was difficult, but I find it
very simple to use the arrow keys and am getting to actually prefer the keys
to the tuning knob the more I use it.
Ben




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"m II" wrote in message
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ben wrote:

No contest, the Sony 7600GR blows the 909 away on EVERYTHING!

This is turning in to a 'chicken or the egg' topic. It's been
debated
endlessly and is bordering on flame bait. I tried the Sony and took
it
back. I have a 909 AND a 398 which was bought used. Both are
excellent.
The importance of having a tuning knob wasn't evident to me until I
had
to do without. The SSB performance is also better. All in my
opinion, of
course.



Finally common ground! I remain unable to fathom the distinct
differences between the two claimed by some--particularly in favor of
the Sony. In fact, I think that the FM performance of the 909 is
actually superior, particularly when you consider it's, at a minimum,
a somewhat better -sounding- radio. The Sony may have a slight edge
in AM sensitivity (I use a RS loop), but I'm not convinced its
meaningful, at least in the mid-Atlantic where I am.