Hi Pat,

Travel down to the border areas of Texas and listen.  <GRIN>  You had better
be bilingual.  At least it's not the same show repeated over and over again.
<SMILE.  What's been interesting for me is when I was in Europe and
listening to the MW band there.  Very interesting indeed although the 9 kHz
spacing is a real pain to count.

I read someone's remarks about the older C Crane radio but I think that was
before the twin coil loop.  I noticed their new one has that built in.  I
was also reading in Popular Communications recently about the Grundig
Satellite 750 and wonder if anyone has had a chance to play with that one.

See you later and very 73. 


 
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX
 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 18:35
To: [log in to unmask]
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.