[IRCA] ULR: small surprise with new SRF59

[<huelbe_garcia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good morning,

about 4 weeks ago I bought from a chinese seller at eBay a SRF-59. Yesterday 
I finally received it at my work place.

I was completely deceptioned! The reception was different from an old SRF-59 
I own! Sensitivity and selectivity was, say about 70% of my old 59. And, to 
make things worse, there were images/mirroring about 100Khz down from local 
stations on MW band; and I could hear as low as 81MHz (VHF channel 5 audio) 
on FM!

I thought: would this be a pirate copy?!

No. To make things shorter, it seems to be a Sony, but clearly made in China 
(as one could read in the rear). It has a PCB with different revision and 2 
diodes more. Also, the mono/stereo now is a "FM DX/Local" switch.

After an alignment (AM tracking CT4/4 and L5) by "ear", the MW came to life 
almost as good as the old SRF59. Still, I feel there is still some 
imaging/mirroring.

I plan to publish in one or two weeks from now a more detailed report 
showing the differences of the two 'specimen' :)

73,

Huelbe
Porto Alegre, Brazil 

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