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In Reply to: RE: Disappointed with Sangean 909 posted by Awe-d-o-file on November 20, 2015 at 15:28:16:
Sorry to read of your disappointment with Sangean's 909, Awe-d-o-file. Have a Ratio Shaq DX-398 variant from '98 which is still going strong. Has long-since outlasted an original generation Sony 7600G (replaced stock 398 speaker with 7600G's, though). But it too has a hard time with all that nowadaze medium-n-short wave digital interference which permeates Sactown. FM reception, however, has always been exemplary. Since 909/398s came from the same factory as N.A.D. & Proton, it probably employed a similar f.m. section. Minus Larry Schotz' noise reduction system. BTW, just like the 909, Sangean's 803-A (DX-440) also benefited from exterior antennas. As well as having its' rf gain control dimed. Sangean's 909 was proclaimed to be the last receiver one would ever need in their full page ads. How ironic it proved to be true. Not because the 909 couldn't be improved upon, but because several years later international broadcasters abandoned short wave for internet. 909s still have fine reception of ham-n-utility stations. Of which those broadcaster-empty station-storage pages could easily be filled with. You'd probably be better served, Awe-d-o-file, by Grundig's Yacht Boy 400 (also badged YB400PE-n-G4000A). Similar over-all stellar performance with simpler operation. Does a slightly better job fighting digital hash, too. 73s-n-Happy Holidaze para Sactown
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