Hi Russ.

Sorry to say, but the thing I found most interesting about your post was 
the 27 inch Torus loop.  Would you mind telling me more about it like where 
you got it, how much do they cost, how do they connect to the radio, 
etc.  I'd love to get something really good for broadcast DXing.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 06:31 AM 9/8/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>Here's my experience I had with the super radio III.
>
>During the day, I use some of the following stations for testing reception.
>I don't use my loop unless noted.  All these stations are 70 miles south of
>my location.
>
>KSRK, 540 AM, Carmel Valley.  The Superradio had slightly better reception
>than my Dx-398
>KIDD, 630 AM, Monterey was a different story.  I heard KFRC 610 AM with low
>audio.  If I used my Torus loop then I could receive KIDD.  I can pick up
>this station on my DX-398.
>
>KSCO, 1080 AM, Santa Cruz.  I would either hear the audio from KTCT, 1050 AM
>or KFAX, 1100 AM.  I tried using my Torus loop with no luck.  I normally
>listen to KNX 1070 at night for the drama hour, KSco Saturday afternoons for
>The Golden Age of radio with my Dx-398.
>
>Using my 27 inch Torus loop with the DX-398, I get better selectivity than
>the CCradio, Ge Superadio, direct frequency access, great sensitivity!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:01 PM
>Subject: Re: receivers
>
>
> > Hi Richard, the super radios were and maybe are still made by General
> > Electric/"G E."  The original, made late seventys to early 80s I think,
> > was
> > a quite sensitive/selective, and  good sounding for its' size, FM, AM,
> > strictly mono, strictly analog,  117vac and or 6 D cell receiver with ext
> > FM, AM, Ant, And Ground Screws in back left, FM rod ant on top, pretty
> > good
> > sized ferrite loopstick antenna for AM inside.  fold down {toward rear}
> > handle on top, power button on top right front, and vertacle row,/top to
> > bottom, large tuning, treble, base, and volume knobs down the right front,
> > with fm-am and fm-A F C/updown 2position flip switches, side by side,
> > between tuning and treble knobs.  has maybe 6by9 speaker most of left side
> > of radio, with metal grill/screne, dile across front of radio near the
> > top,
> > and 3eighths inch mono phone jack on righthand side of radio.
> > Super Radio 2, Probably early eightys to around 90 or so, somewhat similar
> > lay out, but with tuning knob on right side rather than front of radio,
> > and
> > earphone jack is stereo.  Not quite as selective or sensitive, but close.
> > Super radio 3, early ninetys to now, I guess, about the same size with, as
> > I
> > remember them,  wide narrow am and am and or fm stereo switches on front
> > near where other switches were located, sounds good, but terrible_
> > sensitivity _Especially on FM, and even worse selectivity on both fm and
> > am.
> > All Are My Oppinions, I've owned both several of the original models, and
> > one of the 3s, which I _____Very quickly got rid of!!!!! Boy What a
> > disappointment.  I've used though never owned a super radio 2.  None of
> > them
> > are perfect, I've experienced dial cord brakeage on the originals, have
> > run
> > across several originals in pawnshops etc, bought a paint spattered ugly
> > one
> > at a hamclub yardsale for $5 and was thrilled to get it.
> > I don't know of anything in the price range that comes anywhere near what
> > they do, except one of the old, and I mean early to mid sixtys
> > channelmaster
> > table model portable type units, about the size of a 9inch tv, with rabbit
> > ears on either side of the top for FM, as well as fm, am, and ground
> > screws
> > on rear, similar dial layout but with fm-am knob inside tuning knob, and
> > phone jack on front.  This one had no AC supply in it, ran off either 6 or
> > 9
> > D cells, and I'd love to have one.  The little Sony 7600G and the sw100S
> > are
> > pretty good AM-FM units, with SW, and frankly, the Grundig yb400 and 400PE
> > make good FM-AM units, don't sound as good as the Supers, but do alright,
> > and the dx398/Sangean 909 is one of the best AM radios in the price class,
> > especially if you use a stereo headphone cord in the external antenna jack
> > and find the individual center conductor that corresponds to the AM
> > antenna
> > input.  Another pretty good little FM-AM unit, though not as good as the
> > ones mentioned above but a very simple, stable, and fun fm am sw portable
> > though not ssb compatible is the radioshack dx375.  But enough of my
> > rambling. dd.

Louis Kim Kline
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