Dane and Rich, Thank you for your advice. Dane, if I came across as though I was questioning the overload of the single-conversion unit, please know that was not my intention. I was just trying to explain why I was surprised that was the case. If that wasn't clear, I apologize.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Sun, 29 May 2011 21:57:45 +1000, Dane Trethowan wrote: >Yep, there are some really good radios around but the trouble is its always >difficult to find a good one, you not only want something which is good and sensitive but something which is selective. >For example the CC Observer radio is extremely sensitive but not very >selective so if you're trying to receive a weak station beside a strong one >then you may have trouble with the strong station leaking over the weaker one making it inaudible. >As I said earlier you do get what you pay for often and the sangean sets are a >case in point, I spoke about the wooden cabinet tabletop radios that company makes, they actually build or built radios for CCrane, I think they built the CCrane, CC+ and CC II. >You spoke of battery life? That's one very good point about the CC EP, it will >run for 350 hours on a set of 4 d size batteries, not bad at all! >On 29/05/2011, at 9:50 PM, Rich De Steno wrote: >> A very good pocket radio is the Sony ICF-S10MK2 Pocket AM/FM Radio, Silver, >> which is sold by Amazon for only $10. I have used it for years and it is surprisingly sensitive with decent selectivity. It also seems to run forever on the two AA batteries. >> >> Rich De Steno >> >> >> On 5/29/2011 2:02 AM, Steve Jacobson wrote: >>> Dane, >>> >>> I just wouldn't expect this to be a problem with a double-tuned loop. It >>> has been pretty common for medium wave radios to only have single conversion >>> even when the short wave bands have double conversion. If the loop tunes >>> too broadly, a strong medium wave station can theoretically overload even >>> the front end of a dual conversion radio. Some of the older Sony's >>> suffered from this, for example. Therefore, I'm disappointed to here this >>> is the case. >>> >>> Does anyone have recommendations for a sensitive AM and FM pocket radio? >>> I've been really frustrated with how pocket radios seem to overload badly >>> on FM in high-level input areas. I have a Grundig Yachtboy which I like, >>> but it is a little bigger than I want to carry around and I just don't >>> listen to >>> shortwave much any more. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Steve Jacobson >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Steve Jacobson >>> >>> On Sun, 29 May 2011 02:41:07 +1000, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! >>>> Since the CC EP radio got a mention in a roundabout way I'd like to say a >>>> few words regard this set. >>>> Yep, its very sensitive no doubt about that but it does have some problems >>>> and this is understandable given the price, after all $70.00 is a very >>>> small >>> price to pay for a radio. >>> >>>> If you're living near a very strong medium wave transmitter as I do then >>>> it may be that your CC EP won't perform at its best due to interference >>>> from that >>> transmitter, this I'm told is due to the "Single Conversion" circuitry used >>> in the CC EP. >>> >>>> To Illustrate the point, suppose you're tuning through the medium wave >>>> band, you think you're hearing signals from far away when actually you're hearing >>> what appear to be ghosts or shadows of the local high powered transmitter >>> instead. >>> >>>> The Solution? Well there are several you can try, the most obvious is to >>>> spend say $50.00 more and purchase the CC SW which has a Dual Conversion >>> circuit and you notice the difference straight away. The CC SW is not >>> perhaps exactly as sensitive as the CC EP but its far more selective for >>> one thing >>> and you certainly don't get the ghosting or shadowing I spoke about for >>> another, I've several CC Radios and I reckon the CC SW would have to be the >>> best CC Radio set I own. >>> >>>> I reviewed the CCSW on Blind Cool Tech a little while ago so you'll find >>>> the review there. >>>> Blind Cool Tech also has a review of the CC EP from last year and I've >>>> just done a review of the CC II radio which is more sensitive than the CC >>>> EP >>> however it suffers from the same problems due to its single conversion >>> receiving circuit, this review is still awaiting approval to the blind cool >>> tech site. >>> >>> >>>> On 02/01/2000, at 5:09 AM, tim cumings wrote: >>>>> Don I'd recommend the cc radio e p from c crane. It's a portable am/fm >>>>> analog >>>>> radio that costs about $70. It has very nice tone and sensitivity and >>>>> works well on both bands. On >>>>> Fri, 27 May 2011 20:19:00 -0700, Donald L. Roberts wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I am looking to find an A M F M table radio which doesn't cost much more >>>>>> than $100 U.S. The primary considerations are sensitivity, selectivity, >>>>>> image rejection, and of course sound quality. Although I don't really >>>>>> care whether it is PLL or analog, I doubt that much analog stuff is >>>>>> being manufactured. Obviously, for a bit more than $100, I am not going >>>>>> to find a great radio. But please tell me what gives the best bang for >>>>>> the buck. >>>>>> >>>>>> Incidentally, the unit does not need to play CDs or have audio inputs. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for ideas. >>>>>> >>>>>> Don Roberts >>>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
