[IRCA] SRF-59 History

["Karl J. Zuk" <karlzuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been reading all your comments regarding the SRF-59 with great interest.
 
I purchased a SRF-59 in 2002 or 2003.
The design I was sold was not really spectacular on AM or FM. 
It was what you would expect from a $15 Walkman.
 
The quality of AM reception was OK. 
I remember being able to hear WWKB Buffalo for the first 20 minutes or so of my commuter train trip to NYC in pitch darkness (around 5 am local listening inside the train.) WWKB is about 300 miles away from me - clear channel 50 kw directional east. 
 
After about a year's use, the tuning capacitor wore through its thin plastic insulation sheets and began to short out below about 900 kHz. 
Again, AM reception was just OK to maybe a little better than adequate. No razor sharp filtering in any case!
FM was very susceptible to overload, especially when listening while walking across Manhattan a mile or so from the Empire State Building and Times Square transmission centers.
 
I also found the plastic flexi-tuning gizmo to be just extraordinarily cheap and flimsy.
 
Bottom line: Sony must have made some radical changes in this design while retaining the model number.
 
It must be an entirely different radio now.
 
Karl Zuk   N2KZ
> From: D1028Gary@xxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 02:45:18 -0500> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [IRCA] All Hail the SRF-59!> > OK Bruce,> > The DT210V sounds good enough to be a worthy contestant in the next > (2008) Pocket Radio Shootout, after this year's competitors slug it out. It > will be ordered ASAP (as if I really needed any persuasion). 9 kHz splits with > memories is a great advantage, although my own experience leads me to doubt > that any digital pocket radio can equal the SRF-59's selectivity. Sony has > packed some mean power in that SRF-59 design, and if you can adjust to the > analog tuning, it's truly a DXer's dream machine.> > > 73, Gary > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest > products.> (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)> _______________________________________________> IRCA mailing list> IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca> > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers> > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org> > To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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