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Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:49:13 -0400
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    Well, Bob, maybe they'll come out soon with a GE Super IV that will be
made better.

We can always hope.

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Humbert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: good radio


> 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.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >
>

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