Re: [IRCA] Replacing the Grundig G 5

["Powell E. Way III" <w4opw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here is the strange thing with the G3.  It should *NEVER* been sent out with 2 AA batteries. The WalWart is 4.5 volts and it really perks up at that voltage. Serious design flaw. 

Powell


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--- On Thu, 10/4/12, bill kral <jwkral@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: bill kral <jwkral@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Replacing the Grundig G 5
> To: "irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 4:03 AM
> As in a previous entry, don't replace
> the G 5 with a G 3 as IT is "deaf on MW " but selectivity
> is not bad .I was thinking of taking it across the pond but
> I'm afraid it won't perform good enough to pull in those
> seemongly more powerfull stations in Western Europe. It
> might do better on long wave there and with RDS it'll ID all
> those popular FM fun stations on screen.I did manage to beef
> up the AM by placing it inside a loop of extension chord
> wound up flat around a cardboard box.Bill in Victoria BC
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