No, it is the three.  It's too close to my head but it is still annoying.  I
never did have a two.  Other than that, It is just what it is supposed to
be.  Yes, it is made cheaply and I would have paid more for something built
a little more ruggedly.  Better pots and better perhaps gear driven tooner
instead of that bound to fail string.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: good radio


>    Bob:
>
> Are you referring to the Super II. here?
>
> Mine has a noticeable hum as well when using the power supply, but that
> hum
> doesn't seem to exist much with the Super III.
>
> Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Humbert" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: good radio
>
>
>> Mine is good but I don't like the hum that I hear with it 6 inches away
> from
>> my head on my head board.  Is that a flaw or are thay all that way?  I
> often
>> run it on batteries just to avoid that.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 5:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: good radio
>>
>>
>> >    Howard:
>> >
>> > I think I paid $39.95 for my GE Super III. radio about a year and a
>> > half
>> > ago.
>> >
>> > I will say, though, that I think the older Super II. was better in
>> > terms
>> > of
>> > both AM and FM selectivity and sensitivity.  The Super II. also sounded
>> > better to me.  The Super III. seems to have a smaller speaker, or at
> least
>> > a
>> > speaker that gives you less of an audio range.
>> >
>> > Still, though, for $39.95, it's not a bad radio.  I just wish they
>> > would
>> > have kept the original design for the older Super II. model.
>> >
>> > Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 10:21 AM
>> > Subject: good radio
>> >
>> >
>> >> I don't know what they are charging for the super radio III but it is
> the
>> >> best AM radio I have found.
>> >> I have three of them.
>> >>
>> >
>>
>