From what I read, both the Superradio 3 and CCradio are single conversion.
And you won't get much selectivity. My Radio Shack dx-398 is double
conversion and I get better selectivity.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: bitter disappointment!
> Kris and Tom,
> I heard about the Super radios too late to get anything but the
> three. And I like it a lot.
> We also have the seven or eight year old C. Crane radio here and the
> G E outperforms it big time. The Crane has the NOAA frequencies and
> that is an advantage and it also had the old TV VHF channels which
> was kinda nice for news and such but the G E has much better
> sensititivy and selectivity on A M and the F M is probably equivalent.
> The really sad part of this whole scenario is that night time A M is
> nothing like it used to be. It's all call in radio which in my
> opinion is a huge waste of bandwidth and the same ten shows are
> repeated nationally so all you hear is duplicates of the same
> crap. And near Chicago and I suspect all major radio markets, HD
> makes adjacent channel listening about impossible. Won't even go in
> to the "when I was young" rant cuz. then everyone will know how old I am.
> Thanks.
> Pat, K9JAUAt 10:54 AM 1/17/2011, you wrote:
>>I agree, Tom. I have both the two and the three, also. I like them
>>both,but the two is far superior to the three in my opinion.
>>
>>
>>I have seen a couple of the C Crane radios and I'm not that impressed.
>>I'll
>>take the super radios over them any day. I think the C Crane are way over
>>priced. When you see what GE was able to do with the two and three for a
>>really reasonable price and, you compare them to the C Crane radios at
>>much
>>higher prices, for me it is not worth it.
>>
>>Kris
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 7:23 PM
>>Subject: Re: bitter disappointment!
>>
>>
>> > Well, I have a 3 and a 2 here, and will use that 2 until it doesn't
>> > play
>> > any more! (grin)
>> >
>> > And, I do think the sound of the 2 is far better than the 3.
>> >
>> > The base and trebble controls really make a difference on the 2, while
>> > on
>> > the 3, they are marginal.
>> >
>> > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 2:11 PM
>> > Subject: Re: bitter disappointment!
>> >
>> >
>> > I have a 3 here. It's ok but from what I understand, the 2 was the one
>> > to
>> > have. The Secrane radios seem to perform well but I doubt they sound
>> > as
>> > good as the super radios since they don't have that big case and
>> > speaker.
>> > Lou
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 9:57 AM
>> > Subject: Re: bitter disappointment!
>> >
>> >
>> >> Wow, that is really troubling!
>> >>
>> >> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 8:29 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: bitter disappointment!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> It looks the same, but far worse than the GE 3.
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