Re: [IRCA] Sony MW DX Receiver

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

To Joe and others:
 
     Nick is absolutely right that the ICF-EX5 has a  spurious reception 
issue, which is not a major problem here in the moderate-RF  environment of 
Puyallup, WA, but may be for your own location.
 
     To Nick's comments, I would also add that all of  the enclosed 
documentation is in Japanese, and that although Audio Cubes  will keep a 1-year 
warranty card on file for you, the radio must be returned to  Japan for any warranty 
repair or maintenance.  The list of Japanese MW  stations on the dial face may 
be a real curiosity here in North  America, but unless you are a TP DXer 
dreaming of targets, it will probably be  of little practical value.  Finally, if 
you enjoy doing alignments and/or  maintenance on your radios, this is 
probably not the receiver for you, as  its surface-mount construction and the 
absolute unavailability of a Japanese  service manual make it very difficult to 
maintain (as I am discovering very  clearly, in attempting to reduce the spurious 
reception issue).
 
                                                                            
73 and Best Wishes,    Gary     



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