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grundig/eaton mini 300
i recently bought a mini 300 radio. i previously was using a mini 100 at
work but it didnt last long. the 100 was fragile and not suited for any but the most delicate use. i would NEVER consider buying another 100 under any circumstances. the 300 seems to be of higher quality. first, the plastic is designed better. the case is very nice, with great fit and finish. the surface is dense and shiny, almost like it was polished. there are no mold marks or swirls or flashing marks anywhere! the display is large and simple. all buttons and switches are captured by the case so that nothing can pop off and be lost. the painted lettering seems to be epoxy or similar paint. it is thick to the extent that the lettering is slightly raised by the thickness of the paint. all lettering including the miniscule band and frequency information is crisp and hard and very well printed. the case feels good with rounded corners and smooth seams. it feels sturdy with no flexing or the tick and pop of cheap thin plastic. now on to its performance... the buttons are stiff and at first dont seem to work but this is not as it seems. all buttons require a firm solid push to respond and so are not easily actuated while holding and fiddling or jangling in your pocket. the exceptions to this are the volume and tuning dials. tuning is very fast and delicate. fine tuning takes small slow movements of the thumb wheel that approach the limits of my ability. (but then consider that i am an old and arthritic construction worker with carpal tunnel syndrome and numbness of the extremities!) the entire band is covered by three strokes of the wheel. tuning is VERY fast! sensitivity is very good all things considered. it seems like this radio hears off its whip as well as my sangean ats 505 and ats 606 radios, and MUCH better than my ats818 is off its own whip. selectivity is another matter. this filter is as wide as the big blue sky! the slot is about three tuning steps wide on sw! holy crap!! well, its not as bad as it sounds. the wide filters are a bonus because of the drift! holy crap! (did i already say that?) this thing drifts like a sailboat! a channel is like a message in a bottle! at first i was put off by the wide selectivity and the gruesome drift but after using this radio for a while it really is not too bad. the wide selectivity compensates for the frequency drift to an extent and allows for the best audio response possible. all things considered i think its a good compromise. the drift settles down in a while and the digital display makes it easy to touch up the tuning. after all it is a cheap analog radio. the sound is fair for a two inch speaker, and its loud! so loud in fact that its easy to distort and overload the audio. the headphone jack is loud too. it really needs attenuation. on the other hand the high power output available at the headphone jack allows the use of an outboard stereo speaker. a mono plug does not work at the phone jack, stereo only. am reception is good for a miniature radio, better than many. one odd thing is that the fm/sw whip seems to be active on am also! under certain conditions, like in the car for instance when am reception is difficult just extend the whip and am improves noticeably and seems omnidirectional! very odd. fm is pretty bad. it needs a local/dx switch or attenuation. fm front end overloads badly in town. out in the country it is much better. battery life is great! the cheap Chinese generic batteries included are still going strong after three weeks. all in all i am very happy with this radio despite its shortcomings. its a very fun radio to play with. it has easy bandscanning and all that charm that analog sw radios have, yet looks and tunes like a cheap 60's am 6 transistor radio. it comes in several outrageous colors (i bought yellow) or the traditional basic black for the more conservative among us. the price was kind of salty by my standards ($40) and ordinarily i NEVER pay full price for a sw, but still i am satisfied with this purchase. this radio is handy to carry, is good looking and fun to use. seems like a good buy. if it hold up on the job remains to be seen. |
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i dont use paragraphs...... or proper punctuation for that matter. why?
'cause i am lazy...... and i dont have to. you should thank your lucky stars for my automatic spell-checker! |
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Jim wrote: i dont use paragraphs...... or proper punctuation for that matter. why? 'cause i am lazy...... and i dont have to. you should thank your lucky stars for my automatic spell-checker! ************************************************** ************************** Lots of writers work outside of conventional rules of composition: e.e.cummings, Kerouak, Joyce, for example. Curiously, hack writers who churn out mountains of pointless drivel seem to always follow "the rules." Don't let grammar get in the way wnen you have something to say. There is a class of pecksmith critics who love to pick at writing errors while missing the whole point of the communication. That's why good writing teachers at elementary school encourage writing efforts that probably contain lots of errors. |
grundig/eaton mini 300
On 18 Feb 2006 11:12:24 -0800, "ve3..." wrote:
Jim wrote: i dont use paragraphs...... or proper punctuation for that matter. why? 'cause i am lazy...... and i dont have to. you should thank your lucky stars for my automatic spell-checker! ************************************************* *************************** Lots of writers work outside of conventional rules of composition: e.e.cummings, Kerouak, Joyce, for example. Curiously, hack writers who churn out mountains of pointless drivel seem to always follow "the rules." Don't let grammar get in the way wnen you have something to say. There is a class of pecksmith critics who love to pick at writing errors while missing the whole point of the communication. That's why good writing teachers at elementary school encourage writing efforts that probably contain lots of errors. It's a matter of common courtesy to use some visual anchors when you cannot control the final appearance of the work. The font and spacing on web pages, various newsreaders, etc. is not rigidly fixed, versus a roll of UPI paper in a Hermes typewriter. |
grundig/eaton mini 300
In article .com,
"ve3..." wrote: Quite correct. Paragraphing is an important part of writing. And so is inductive development, knowing that the gerund always takes the possessive case, and so forth. But the average poster to this site is not a professional writer. The best writing you can hope for here is from the guys who took 'bonehead Engish 101 for engineers" or at the Tech Skule. Actually, the post objected to is an an example of "stream of consciousness" technique which has many adherents in that it flows similar to the way people talk and think. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (composed on the back of an envelope) is one of the best examples of written language designed for speech. I belong to the "bonehead Engish 101 for engineers" group but I know better then to post a reply without quoting appropriately. I don't know who you are replying to or what they posted because you did not make it part of your reply. Post news, information and answer questions and help people in the hobby. Post informed opinion. Quote people you respond to in the thread. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
grundig/eaton mini 300
Jim wrote:
i recently bought a mini 300 radio. i previously was using a mini 100 at work but it didnt last long. the 100 was fragile and not suited for any but the most delicate use. i would NEVER consider buying another 100 under any circumstances. the 300 seems to be of higher quality. first, the plastic is designed better. the case is very nice, with great fit and finish. the surface is dense and shiny, almost like it was polished. there are no mold marks or swirls or flashing marks anywhere! the display is large and simple. all buttons and switches are captured by the case so that nothing can pop off and be lost. the painted lettering seems to be epoxy or similar paint. it is thick to the extent that the lettering is slightly raised by the thickness of the paint. all lettering including the miniscule band and frequency information is crisp and hard and very well printed. the case feels good with rounded corners and smooth seams. it feels sturdy with no flexing or the tick and pop of cheap thin plastic. now on to its performance... the buttons are stiff and at first dont seem to work but this is not as it seems. all buttons require a firm solid push to respond and so are not easily actuated while holding and fiddling or jangling in your pocket. the exceptions to this are the volume and tuning dials. tuning is very fast and delicate. fine tuning takes small slow movements of the thumb wheel that approach the limits of my ability. (but then consider that i am an old and arthritic construction worker with carpal tunnel syndrome and numbness of the extremities!) the entire band is covered by three strokes of the wheel. tuning is VERY fast! sensitivity is very good all things considered. it seems like this radio hears off its whip as well as my sangean ats 505 and ats 606 radios, and MUCH better than my ats818 is off its own whip. selectivity is another matter. this filter is as wide as the big blue sky! the slot is about three tuning steps wide on sw! holy crap!! well, its not as bad as it sounds. the wide filters are a bonus because of the drift! holy crap! (did i already say that?) this thing drifts like a sailboat! a channel is like a message in a bottle! at first i was put off by the wide selectivity and the gruesome drift but after using this radio for a while it really is not too bad. the wide selectivity compensates for the frequency drift to an extent and allows for the best audio response possible. all things considered i think its a good compromise. the drift settles down in a while and the digital display makes it easy to touch up the tuning. after all it is a cheap analog radio. the sound is fair for a two inch speaker, and its loud! so loud in fact that its easy to distort and overload the audio. the headphone jack is loud too. it really needs attenuation. on the other hand the high power output available at the headphone jack allows the use of an outboard stereo speaker. a mono plug does not work at the phone jack, stereo only. am reception is good for a miniature radio, better than many. one odd thing is that the fm/sw whip seems to be active on am also! under certain conditions, like in the car for instance when am reception is difficult just extend the whip and am improves noticeably and seems omnidirectional! very odd. fm is pretty bad. it needs a local/dx switch or attenuation. fm front end overloads badly in town. out in the country it is much better. battery life is great! the cheap Chinese generic batteries included are still going strong after three weeks. all in all i am very happy with this radio despite its shortcomings. its a very fun radio to play with. it has easy bandscanning and all that charm that analog sw radios have, yet looks and tunes like a cheap 60's am 6 transistor radio. it comes in several outrageous colors (i bought yellow) or the traditional basic black for the more conservative among us. the price was kind of salty by my standards ($40) and ordinarily i NEVER pay full price for a sw, but still i am satisfied with this purchase. this radio is handy to carry, is good looking and fun to use. seems like a good buy. if it hold up on the job remains to be seen. You can buy a Degen for $50 on ebay that has digital tuning and much better build quality. The Grundig/Eton is made by Tecsun, and one of their cheaper models. If you're paying US prices for a radio, you're paying too much and/or are getting too little. Ebay is your friend. |
grundig/eaton mini 300
On 18 Feb 2006 13:39:16 -0800, "ve3..." wrote:
Quite correct. Paragraphing is an important part of writing. And so is inductive development, knowing that the gerund always takes the possessive case, and so forth. But the average poster to this site is not a professional writer. The best writing you can hope for here is from the guys who took 'bonehead Engish 101 for engineers" or at the Tech Skule. Actually, the post objected to is an an example of "stream of consciousness" technique which has many adherents in that it flows similar to the way people talk and think. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (composed on the back of an envelope) is one of the best examples of written language designed for speech. People gotta breathe... |
grundig/eaton mini 300
On 18 Feb 2006 13:39:16 -0800, "ve3..." wrote:
Quite correct. Paragraphing is an important part of writing. And so is inductive development, knowing that the gerund always takes the possessive case, and so forth. But the average poster to this site is not a professional writer. The best writing you can hope for here is from the guys who took 'bonehead Engish 101 for engineers" or at the Tech Skule. Actually, the post objected to is an an example of "stream of consciousness" technique which has many adherents in that it flows similar to the way people talk and think. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (composed on the back of an envelope) is one of the best examples of written language designed for speech. http://www.bobdylan.com/linernotes/another.html |
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