Re: [IRCA] Sony M37V Ultralite

["HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bill;

Thanks for the review on the Sony M37V.  I have a cassette Walkman, that
I think must be electronically similar to the M37V.  It is the Sony
WM-FX421.  I have had similar experiences but not w/400 Kw stations,
just 500 watts.  :)  I have heard some good stuff on it but the further
that I go up the band, the more prone it is to overload and splatter.  I
have a local on 1590 (6 miles.  WNTS 5 Kw days, .5 nights) that gives
this radio fits, even at night.  The odd thing about the night time slop
and splatter is the fact that my QTH is between lobes.  They must
radiate well via groundwave.  Ironically no other radio in my house, or
even my car radios react to WNTS like that.  WNDE on 1260 is closer and
stronger but does not behave like it does on 1590.  I have heard that
filters will make the M37V much better and that is what my WM-FX421
needs as well, I think.  I would not have a clue how to change the
filters.

Oddly another cassette Walkman that I have (WM FS-493 Sports model) does
not have these same issues.  It has presets and such, just lile the
WM-FX421 but no high band RF issues.

73,
Dave

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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:07:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: bill kral <jwkral@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IRCA] Sony M37V Ultralite
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Hello , For anyone?bandscanning with an ultralight like the Sony M37V
here is my performance evaluation of this little receiver which went
with me on my trip to the old country which in my case is Holland where
I had a chance to operate it less than?20 KM from the two most powerfull
AM stations in the country running 400KW each and found that the two
signals on 747 and 1008 Khz were recevable all across the band until
they bumped halfway between the two with a handful of other minor breaks
from weaker or more distant signals.Further away? from the two torches
it behaved reasonably well,getting a couple of Germans ,Belgians and
Brits from across the Sea.Several Dutch AMers have gone silent or gone
to FM,where in?some locations it was plagued by multipathing of signals
since several stations broadcast from the same towers.Not a good little
receiver in large market cities or small countries with many
stations.Back on the westcoast,last night it managed
 to snag a peaking signal in a location away from my constantly
radio?noisy apartment?from a station in Idaho on 1140 with oldies most
likely sindicated somewhere and ID'd locally as Idaho's Oldies 1140
K-GEM (?),a new one for me and listenable over Calgary and
Sacramento,until washout by the other two.Since never heard before
here,a possible lower power night timer still on day power? Anyone know
where in Idaho?The other Sony with the analog tuner now performs much
better after several tries of boosting the pickup by adjusting a couple
of tuner screws and realigning the dial pointer with?an incoming signal
on one freq but not getting a match across the whole band but close
enough to see what's what and who's where.Can the digital Sony be
boosted and if so ,how? Any info is welcomed.Thanks.Bill in Vic BC


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