[IRCA] Ordered a Radio

["Michael Yule" <michaeldyule@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all - after reviewing the options I've ordered a Sangean PR D15 to 
use with the FSL. I had narrowed it down to the Tecsun 660 or 880, the 
Sangean, the CCrane 2E, and the Sony EX5MK2 and based on weak signal 
handling capability decided on the Sangean. In second place was the 
analog dial Sony, which reportedly also has great weak signal capability 
on MW. I really wanted to like the Tecsuns more, especially the 880 'cuz 
it looks so flash and it has SSB and a bunch of bandwidths, but the 
reviews and comments from users convinced me that it wasn't the one for 
me, although no doubt it's a great little radio. I just needed an 
emphasis on great MW signal handling. I would have chosen the Sony 
except for a potential intermod problem and the analogue dial would have 
been a lot less friendly for ensuring I was on the frequency I wanted to 
be on (or that I thought I was on). I chose the PR D15 over the PR D5 
because of the fine tuning on the former, but it meant that I had to 
order it from North America as the 15 isn't available in Europe as far 
as I can tell.

It's going to be an interesting experience for me going from the ELAD to 
the Sangean, from unlimited bandwidths to 1, from ECSS, SSB, Sync etc to 
AM only. It'll be like going back to my first real receiver when I was a 
lad of 14, the Grundig Satellit 6001, although with that I had the 
external SSB unit!

Regards,

Michael Yule
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