Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash AM vs FM OT question

[Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

I always wished that I would have purchased the Sony back when they came out. I believe they were around $100 at the time, but the thought of owning anything involving IBOC was not to my liking. The only reason I have one now, is a friend sent it to me and she had no interest in it over in Korea. 

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

> Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 19:50:54 -0400
> From: wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx
> To: vroomski@xxxxxxxxx; irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash AM vs FM OT question
> 
> They're good, but not at that price, even modified as noted.  I bought one
> early on, and returned it within a week on account of the heat - I couldn't
> have operated it on anything short of masonry safely. But I also found that
> here, within 7-10 miles of my IOBOC locals, I did indeed continue to hear
> the hash, and could not get receptions on those first adjacents any better
> with the XDR than I could with my analog tuners. At this location, a Tecsun
> PL-310 does as well as the XDR did.
> 
> 
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NW Phila
> Grid FN20id
> <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
> Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2);
> modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15';
> Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Dennis Vroom <vroomski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Patrick,
> > Here's a link to a guy in Eugene, OR who modifies XDR-F1HD tuners. He
> > improves the audio, adds two fans to reduce the high heat in the XDR-F1HD
> > tuner. He sells his modified Sony XDR-F1HD tuners on Ebay. His current
> > tuner bid is $810.00.  I want to buy a Sony XDR-F1HD someday.
> > www.xdrguy.com/contact.html Dennis,
> > Kalama, WA
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