Re: [IRCA] New radio...

["Russ Johnson" <k3pi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's okay.

The biggest negatives are that it is pretty deaf off the whip on SW.  Battery life isn't the greatest.

With a small loop for MW and an external antenna for SW, you should do all right.

If you decide to sell it off later, you might want to invest proceeds into the radio it succeeded, the ATS-803A / DX-440.  It has it's quirks too but I think it is better radio.  They show up all the time on ebay in the $50-$80 range

Let us know what you think when you have had some time with it.

73
Russ Johnson

Russ J---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Jim" <jn97rk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:10:24 -0500

>Hello all!  
>
>Recently, I sold 3 radios that have been collecting dust in this my shack.  One was the Ge SuperRadio III, the other a little Realistic DX-395 and a Realistic transistor radio.  All three worked.
>
>I took the proceeds and added some $$$ and have purchased the Sangean ATS-818ACS which covers LW, MW, SW and FM.  Has a built in cassette recorder.  My thinking is that since my wife and I like to travel, it'd be nice to have a full coverage radio with record capability to take along.  Maybe I should have asked first in this forum, but does anybody have any negative experiences with this radio?  Like I say, a bit late now but I figure Sangean makes a decent radio.
>
>I would like to ask again if anybody has photos of their shacks, or photos of themselves in their shacks that I could post on my website, http://www.n4fxc.com ?  If all you have is a photograph, and not an image that you can email, I'd be happy to scan the photo and send it back.
>
>Jim Nall
>2104 Gateway Ct
>Louisville, KY  40299
>
>Thanks to Marc DeLorenzo for sending me a photo of his radio room with him in it.  Already posted on my site.
>
>73,
>Jim Nall - N4FXC
>
>
>


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