Hello everyone,

Can somebody give me some links to reviews giving the differences between these
radios ???

Basicaly, the Sangean PT80 seems to be close to the 505 or 606 made by the same
manufacturer...

Are the differences "internal" ?

Thanks in advance,

Charly

Since I didn't find what I wanted, I made it...

In fact the PT80 (aka Grundig Yacht Boy 80) is an expensive small little
radio... I don't speak about performances, I did not try it. I'm just speaking
of features as listed on the manufacturer's web sites and so on.

Compared to the ATS 505 and 606, the PT 80 is in between the two former in size,
it has the SSB and tuning knob of the 505 but lacks the PLL.

I would say, if you need SSB takes the cheaper, 505 else take the smaller 606.

But the Kaito/Degen beat them all by far with a lots of features for a much
lower price...

http://calebrun.free.fr/radio/kaito-sangean.html

Hope this helps,

Charly

Whatever radio(s) you are thinking about buying,isn't it a good idea to
find out if the radio(s) is UL Approoved? (spelling,Approoved? my
fingers are too numb to look it up) (numb from the waist up,,,, and
waist down)
cuhulin

wrote:
Whatever radio(s) you are thinking about buying,isn't it a good idea to
find out if the radio(s) is UL Approoved?
[...snip...]

Thanks for the reply but....

What does mean UL ???

I'm still a newbie in this area...


Charly

UL means United Laboratories,I think.Most appliances in U.S.A.are UL
Approoved,,, for safety reasons and there usually is a little tag/decal
that says so.
cuhulin

wrote:
UL means United Laboratories,I think.Most appliances in U.S.A.are UL
Approoved,,, for safety reasons and there usually is a little tag/decal
that says so.
cuhulin

Well, close (but no Klintoon cigar).

It actually means "Underwriter's Laboratories" and it (used to) mean
that the device was approved from an electrical safety viewpoint.

Unfortunately, some manufacturers have gotten pretty slick at dodging
around things. For example, they will put the UL sticker on the power
cord (which *is* indeed UL approved), but the device is not--they hope
the customer will *presume* the entire device is UL rated.

Our Chinese friends can get even worse. I was talking to an acquaintance
that was investigating getting some devices manufactured in China, he
asked the Chinese rep about UL approval and the rep said, "Sure, for
another 10 cents per unit, we will put on the UL label". Either way, the
rep was incredibly naive or incredibly crooked.

Let the Buyer Beware!