Re: [IRCA] SRF-59 AM test and First Impressions

["Ira Elbert New, III" <ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Last night with my SRF-59 (or should I say this morning around 1:30) I was able to make out 3 stations on 1420 alone! WKSR in Pulaski, TN, WHK in Cleveland, OH, and WVJS in Owensboro, KY. I also bagged the Cuban on 530. I am really happy so far with the SRF-59.

I'll write the Cuban up a little later and post it.

Bert New
Watkinsville, Georgia
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> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:40:44 -0500
> From: jwkral@xxxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] SRF-59  AM test and  First Impressions
> 
> Hello all and Merry Christmas plus 2 & 3. The new Sony
> 59 arrived today and sat on a table waiting to be
> demonstrating its capabilities until after work
> tonight,and after cutting and prying open a stubborn
> plastic adult proof package I put a AA cell into the
> unit and plugged in the headset and turned it on.The
> band switch was on FM so I tried it first,with the
> headphone wire still tied up and short.Audio from the
> phones is not bad with some bass response.Reception at
> an altitude of 150 feet in downtown Victoria was
> pretty good.Will try at 4 feet tomorrow to see if it
> still gets as many FMs.Switched to AM and tuned up and
> down.AM is good but can't be tested at max performance
> due to apartment electrical noise,even near a
> window.From bottom to top signals were good with
> reasonable seperation on distant signals.Detected
> tuning audio whistles at 780 and 790 with highest
> pitch in between.Next at 880 with Seattle butting up
> to 900 Victoria and no way to seperate them for
> 890.Further up distants sounded stable and clear but
> again no sign of 1050 or 60 with local 1070 too strong
> on adjacents and touching 1090.Rotating sperically for
> nulling did not allow next door signals in.Locals did
> not produce tuning whistles.Higher up signals were not
> as strong compared to bigger portable.For a more
> reliable test I'll have to take the 59 out for a walk
> or take it to work a few miles north of the city away
> from the two locals.Tuning indicator not set totally
> on channel received and is too wide to read
> accurately.A black vertical pencil line would be a
> better freq locater.More tests will have to be done
> for a better review of performance plusses and
> minuses.Bill in BC.
> 
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