[BC] Re: GE Superadio III

[Powell E. Way III W4OPW]

--- cldube <cld at admin.umass.edu> wrote:

> I'm confused- do you think the SR is better than the
> 2010?

Absolutely NOT..


> "beats any other radio he has for sensitivity,
> including the Sony..."

sensitivity, but not selectivity and other things. My
Philco 46-1209 beats the Sony ICF-2010 for sensitivity
but that's it. And the Philco tunes to 1750 (!) ...


> As far as I know, the 2010 was one of the best
> portables for DX- however
> (and I know I'm going to attract lightning with
> this) I couldn't stand the 
> chuffing
> while tuning and the audio quality. I ended up
> selling mine.


I still have mine, though it no longer works on
battery power...a known fault from the beginning that
Sony never bothered to fix. 

> Even with the 
> wide bw in AM, it sounded poor to me with
> that speaker and I much prefer listening to a 7600
> even if it isn't quite as sensitive.

The 2100 has a MUCH better sync detector than the
7600. I have a VERY early digital 7600, that, well  no
longer works on MW and SW. There's a bad cap
somewhere. I don't know if it is worth sending off for
repair. The FM works. 

Powell


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