dxAce schrieb:

Volker Tonn wrote:



uncle arnie schrieb:



Much stronger signal area than western North America.



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I took a Sangean ATS 606A with me. I wouldn't bother next time. I picked
up a "Luxus Weltempfänger mit PLL Tuner" (luxury short-wave receiver with
pll tuner) made by Elta of Germany for 9.95?, which is about $12 US or
14.50 Cdn. It does not have the MW 9 versus 10 hz adjustment so not usable
for MW in North America, but for this price it is a throw away. It uses
the Sangean wall wart which has an auto-switch and changeable plugs for the
European pin plugs and higher voltage. I bought it in Globus which is
Germany's answer to Walmart from the look of the place and unusual range of
stuff.



Now you know why europeans want a GOOD SW-RX with GREAT selectivity..:-)



And of course immunity to overload...


For a fairly sensitive portable on a short whip this may be is not that
important. Otherwise:YES.
My NRD-525 fits my needs just fine.

Also does the Sony 2010 off the whip. But NO comparison to the NRD-525.
On my FD-4 the 2010 surely needs a preselector The Yaesu FRT-7700 does
it fine there.

Volker Tonn wrote:



Now you know why europeans want a GOOD SW-RX with GREAT selectivity..:-)



And of course immunity to overload...


For a fairly sensitive portable on a short whip this may be is not that
important. Otherwise:YES.
My NRD-525 fits my needs just fine.

Also does the Sony 2010 off the whip. But NO comparison to the NRD-525.
On my FD-4 the 2010 surely needs a preselector The Yaesu FRT-7700 does
it fine there.

We were travelling light. I've damaged other radios travelling before so
have decided to take little versus big. You are very correct that
selectivity would help. The opposite problem for my situation at home
where I need to have a long wire and good noise filtering.