S350 - same cheap junk as Tecsun/Eton BCL-2000,3000 !
 

David - Pow ! Amps Are Good Too ~ RHF

S350 - same cheap junk as Tecsun/Eton BCL-2000,3000 !
 

"SWL-2010" wrote in message
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"John S." wrote in message
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RHF wrote:
SWF - 'you' are the one use a "BS" here and a
"GAF and POS" there and "FU" everywhere . . .

Clearly 'your' command of some elements of the
English Language is far superior to mine ;-) ~ RHF
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You know what really amazes me about this guy is how he has
appropriated the name of the well known and exclusive school
Sidwell
Friends. We can only guess that adopting the name of an
prestigious
educational institution as his online handle gives him a momentary
rush
of self-pleasure. Who knows, maybe tomorrow he may become Notre
Dame.


Please don't say that. Notre Dame football is my favorite of all
time. I
love the Irish. I killfiled the big mouth, but I can't stop being an
Irish
fan.

I'll forgive you for being an ND fan. I went to
UD in the Donoher/Digger Phelps era. That said,
Charlie Weis is a class act.

Personally, I'd expect Duke to be the next one
rather than ND.

--Mike L.

S350 - same cheap junk as Tecsun/Eton BCL-2000,3000 !
 

Telamon wrote:
In article .com,
"John S." wrote:

RHF wrote:
SWF - 'you' are the one use a "BS" here and a "GAF and POS" there
and "FU" everywhere . . .

Clearly 'your' command of some elements of the English Language is
far superior to mine ;-) ~ RHF


You know what really amazes me about this guy is how he has
appropriated the name of the well known and exclusive school Sidwell
Friends. We can only guess that adopting the name of an prestigious
educational institution as his online handle gives him a momentary
rush of self-pleasure. Who knows, maybe tomorrow he may become Notre
Dame.

He is one of a small handful of individuals that are abusive and end up
in everyones kill file.

Then went they no longer get a response to the Trolling they come back
with a new handle. They think they are clever by using free mail
accounts and then use that to get a web based Usenet provider to hide
but if they annoy someone enough to make the effort they have their
service terminated, it just take two steps instead one.

There are a few with their own news servers but they get shut down
faster because you just go right to their IP provider or Internet
provider depending on the arrangement.


Yeah, 'fraid you are right. And I unfortunately took the bait.

S350 - same cheap junk as Tecsun/Eton BCL-2000,3000 !
 

Same cheap junk as Tecsun/Eton BCL-2000,3000 !

"Million-Dollar Looks for $100" - Analog w/digital display receivers do
not have the stability of digital phase-locked loop (PLL) receivers.

I opened up the back of the radio, before returning it to RadioShack -
it was mostly hollow inside, very cheap, low-grade plastic, and with
1960s-grade electronics. The front filter and band switches and tuning
knob are flimsy. When putting the radio back together, I was very
careful not to over-tighten/cross-thread the screws, but as soon as,
one of the screws started to tighten down, the plastic started to
crack. Because of the very cheap quality construction, the radio is
very light-out-of-the-box, until the 4 "D" size batteries are inserted.

The filters do a minimal job and only muffle the very good audio. The
RF gain control can always be set on maximum, so it only acts like a
DX/LOC switch. Even the newer model drifts off the tuned frequency,
despite a kludged fix, that only causes ergonomic problems - once a
frequency locks on, it still drifts, causing one to have to retune way
past the desired frequency, to break the lock. The S350 has significant
tuning backlash, which is partly responsible for the frequency drift.
There are images all over the SW bands, being a cheap,
single-conversion superhet. The speaker grill is plastic, the digital
readout is low-resolution, the antenna doesn't lock into place, and the
carrying handle is cheap, smelly, imitation-leather.

Instead, I bought a Radio Shack AM/FM (for AM DXing) model 12-898 for
$25; it has digital PLL tuning (prevents drifting), DX/LOC switch,
hi/low tone switch, 3" speaker with metal speaker grill, internal
ferrite-bar antenna, lock switch, 20 station memory, almost as
sensitive as the S350, and much better quality - even the antenna locks
into place.

Don't be fooled by the "Grundig" name - it used to be made in Germany,
but is now made in China, by Tecsun/Eton. Check out the Tecsun/Eton
brand of this radio on Amazon (same junk), and show, "lowest rating
first", also, look at the reviews for Grundig G2000A. Tecsun/Eton is
becoming known for marketing jazzy, pretty radios that are poor
quality/performers; they bought the rights to market products, under
the "Grundig" name, hoping consumers will think they are still made in
Germany.

With all that being said, with the restructuring of the 50K watt
clear-channel AM stations, in the 1980s, AM DXing is not what it used
to be, in the 1960s and 1970s. For example, many stations out West now
have to use directional antennas, that cannot be picked up on the East
Coast. All the hype about the CCradio, Superadio III, and S350 being,
"DX machines", is nonsense, and with the clear-channel situation,
certainly not worth the extra expense. With the Radio Shack receiver, I
can easily pick up WWL 870 New Orleans (1000 miles), WHO 1040 Des
Moines(900 miles), WABC 770 New York, and my favorite, WLW 700
Cincinnati - same as the S350. These stations can easily be picked up
with standard car radios.

For just, as little as $30 more, one could purchase the Sony
ICF-SW7600GR instead; it has digital PLL, SSB, and synchronous
detection - the ICF-SW7600GR is many times the radio compared to the
S350 (I'de be kicking myself, if I was stuck with the S350).

S350 - same cheap junk as Tecsun/Eton BCL-2000,3000 !
 

"Michael Lawson" wrote in message
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"SWL-2010" wrote in message
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"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...

RHF wrote:
SWF - 'you' are the one use a "BS" here and a
"GAF and POS" there and "FU" everywhere . . .

Clearly 'your' command of some elements of the
English Language is far superior to mine ;-) ~ RHF
.
.
. .
.

You know what really amazes me about this guy is how he has
appropriated the name of the well known and exclusive school
Sidwell
Friends. We can only guess that adopting the name of an
prestigious
educational institution as his online handle gives him a momentary
rush
of self-pleasure. Who knows, maybe tomorrow he may become Notre
Dame.


Please don't say that. Notre Dame football is my favorite of all
time. I
love the Irish. I killfiled the big mouth, but I can't stop being an
Irish
fan.

I'll forgive you for being an ND fan. I went to
UD in the Donoher/Digger Phelps era. That said,
Charlie Weis is a class act.

Personally, I'd expect Duke to be the next one
rather than ND.

--Mike L.


Well, being born and raised in Dayton Ohio, I am and always will be a UD
fan.
I watched a lot of games in the Arena coached by Don Donaher. He was a good
man, and his name will always command a lot of respect when it comes to
college basketball.
I liked Oliver Pernell. I wish he would have stayed. I dont have much to
say for the current coach. We lose way to many games. I dont follow them
much since he took over.

I have a friend who is an assistant coach on the UD Footbal coach, and they
still have a rock solid team.
I agree, Coach Weise is the man for The Irish.
I thought it was something when Notre Dame got Weis, he brought with him the
NE Patriots playbook. That was some move.

I think Brady Quinn will get the Heisman this year and hopfully, the Irish
are only maybe 1 year away from National Title.