RadioBanter - How is Grundik YB400PE

Where were you when nothing but Gundig=Tecsun/Kaito=Degen were all that were
preached about around here?

We are losing some of the best models of consumer SW receivers because
people are fooled into buying strictly on price and/or a big speaker sound.
This market is not very big so if you don't support the manufacturer of the
better receivers by spending a few more pesos they will simply disappear.
Then the only radio you will be able to buy is the pathetic offerings of
Eton=Gundig=Tecsun/Kaito=Degen. (Made in China by laborers paid less than a
dollar a day and work/live in deplorable factory conditions.)

Hey, its your choice. But don't complain when your choices become smaller
and smaller and the quality lower and lower.
Or else succumb to the ridiculous prices for discontinued models on EBay.

"€ Dr. Artaud €" wrote in message
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"Andrey Savvin" wrote in news:Ju-
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Hi,
I am going to buy 400PE. How is it good?
Thanks.

Buy ANYTHING but the Sony 7600GR.

Gawd, how hackneyed the sound of it is anymore. It's like selling a woman
a car, it has to be RED.

300,000,000 people in this country, and before we're done, there will
only be one radio to buy since everybody has to have the same friggin
model. It's a good thing that we didn't have computers years ago to do
online model comparisons, else we would only have had one model of
everything. Look at all the antique radios, people actually bought
different things years ago, they didn't want the same that everyone else
had.

Buy the Grundig, it's a nice radio. Buy a Sangean, they have several
choose from. If you resist the Sony, you will be pummeled with "the other
radios don't have synchronous detection". So what. I have the Sony
7600GR, a Radio Shack DX-398, a Radio Shack DX-396, a Yaesu FRG-100, an
Icom R-75, and a Radio Shack DX-302.

Trust me, there is not that much difference between the portables in
similar price categories. I use the Radio Shack DX-396 more than the Sony
since the DX-396 has longer battery life and the antenna is used
retracted below 7000 (or so) KHz.

The Sony has better battery life than the DX-398 and is slightly more
sensitive, BUT the DX-398 has many more features, front panel selection
of Sideband, with separate selection of USB and LSB, a Dial for tuning on
the side, etc.

Years ago, there was an off beat comedy show, "The Young Ones", from
England. In one skit, there was supposedly a Swedish man talking to a
friend. One man was asked by the other what kind of car he had, and he
replied "A Volvo". In turn, he asked his friend what kind of car he had,
and he replied, in an exaggerated tone "I own a Volvo". Substitute Sony
7600GR for Volvo, and, of course, radio for car.

Buy anything but the Sony. If you are buying the Grundig used, and the
price is right, and the radio is fully functional, buy it without
question. If you are buying new, and have the money, consider the DX-398
(available as the ATS 909 from Sangean).

If you have the money, buy a tabletop radio while you can. I believe that
the Icom R-75 was discontinued, but still available, and possibly the
Yaesu FRG-100 was also discontinued, but is still available. You WILL SEE
a difference in performance between the tabletop units and the portables.
There is also the Palstar R30, designed and made in the U.S.
http://www.palstar.com/r30.php

http://store.advancedmart.com/rasu909moand.html

Good luck, have fun. I'm going to killfile this thread since I don't wish
to see the pandemonium that ensues as others push the Sony as well as the
Grundig and others.

Dr. Artaud