Re: [IRCA] Might mites Ultra Light SRF-59 DXing

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Walt and Joe,
 
     Sony not only has the bizarre habit of  discontinuing highly successful 
models, but recent "Ultralight" testing has  also provided two documented 
cases of Sony tinkering with highly successful AM  circuitry by stripping it down, 
then continuing to sell the same model number  without any warning.
 
     The Sony SRF-M85V Walkman model, thoroughly  discussed yesterday on the 
list, was a classic case of surreptitious sabotage  that turned a great AM 
radio into a rather mediocre FM-stereo toy.
 
     The Sony ICF-S10Mk2 AM-FM mono model, highly  regarded in years past, 
has become a stripped-down turkey, incapable of any  fringe reception.  In the 
recent "shootout," it was spared only for  humanitarian reasons.
 
     For those of your considering a purchase of an  SRF-59 or SRF-M37V, my 
advice would be to act quickly.  For Sony's top-of  the-line Made in Japan 
SRF-T615 pocket radio, however, it's unlikely that Sony  would tinker with its 
"flagship" model by stripping it down, in my  opinion.
 
                                                                              
               73,  Gary 
 
        



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