[IRCA] Tecsun DR-910-- Another AM-DX Turkey from Tecsun

[D1028Gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello Guys,
 
     A second Gobbler has checked in for the  2009 Ultralight AM-DX Shootout. 
 
     Seeing the eBay listing for  the Chinese-market DR-910 (with the 
E100-styled cabinet and multiple  features), I unwisely ordered a model from the Hong 
Kong-based seller  "dpmega," at a cost of $27.90 plus $9.00 shipping.  After 
waiting  13 days, my package arrived here in Washington state.
 
     Far from having anything to do with  the Eton E100, the Tecsun DR-910 is 
actually a "Mini 300" in an E100  cabinet.  In an impressive display of 
creative trickery, Tecsun has  succeeded in transplanting a Turkey chassis into a 
DX eagle's cabinet, right  down to the comical (jittery) tuning display.  AM 
reception is  identical to my recently aligned Mini 300 Turkey, providing new 
challenges  in receiving the Seattle suburban stations like KCIS-630.  This 
radio's  tuning display has resolution down to 500 Hz on AM, a total farce 
considering  that its sensitivity and selectivity preclude any hope of serious DX.  
 
    By the way, the alignment procedure on the Mini 300 is  now available on 
request, for those deluded DXers convinced (like I was)  that alignment is the 
cure for their horribly-performing Mini 300.  (It  isn't!)
 
     73,  Gary DeBock
 
       
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