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Rarest of the Super Radios

Thanks, Drive-In Freak:

The rarest of the Superadios is one of these...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/driveinfreak/3-5268SuperadioSeriesbox.jpg
It's a model #3-5268, and yes it is a Superadio. All in all there were four Superadios of this type:
The Super Stereo (3-6000b)
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/driveinfreak/SuperStereo.jpg

Supradio With Tape (3-5280)
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/driveinfreak/SuperadiowTape.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/driveinfreak/SuperadiowTape2.jpg

And another really rare one that I'm looking for at the moment. Sorry to hold back on everybody but I lost mine in the fire, and I want another one bad. Not to be selfish but when one comes up on eBay (and they rarely do) I'm snagging it. I hope you understand.

Not may people know about these four models for some reason, but rest assured they are the real deal. They have the same tuner circuit right down to the t.r.f. design, ceramic filter, IF stages, six gang open air caps, and antennas. Performance? Exactly the same as the Superadio 1 and 2.

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Tecsun R-2010D Digital with Analog Display Now Available

The Professor (not to be confused with me) writes (and Paul just made a similar note):

The Tecsun R-2010 has finally appeared on ebay. Only it has a "D" at the end. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TECSUN-R2010D-DSP-Analog-Radio-Receiver-12-Bands-Line-in-Digital-Display-/111094719076 

This radio has been widely anticipated as a better vehicle for the Silicon Labs si4831 "analog" chip. 

While I've liked the purely digital Tecsun ultralights, I made the mistake of buying the first radio with the si4831 chip - the Degen DE321. It was cute and tiny. And rather useless. The non-DSP (and slightly bigger) Tecsun R911 (or Kaito WRX321) and is a fine budget receiver. The DE321 is NOT. 

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And it's cheap enough. Less than $40 bucks with shipping. However, I have questions. Is it really really analog? While the digital DE1103 DOES tune across the dial without muting, the crappy (but analog) DE321 does not. This is important to me as a fine turning dial scanner. But the R-2010D ebay listing says that medium wave tuning can be changed from 9kHz to 10kH steps. OK. While a digital display may move in whatever steps a DSP chip might allow, I guess the actual tuning progresses in "steps" too. 

And if it can does or must move in steps, will there be muting or chuffing when moving across the frequencies? 

Shouldn't true analog tuning be step-free?

-prof

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The ultra-rare digital GE Superadio-Plus makes an appearance on eBay, but with issues.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GE-Super-Radio-Plus-Digital-AM-FM-Portable-Radio-/380657074025?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item58a0edff69

The story told by the owner in the description is a heart breaker. I've only seen this model a few times on eBay, and it always finishes high. Interesting to see where this one goes, even with the issues. I would definitely say this is the rarest of the Superadio variants.

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End time: Jun 13, 2013 5:27:15 PM

Item: Sangean WR-2 2 band Radio Receiver Black RDS Radio Data System AM/FM

URL: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=181154056616

Alt URL: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sangean-WR-2-2-band-Radio-Receiver-Black-RDS-Radio-Data-System-AM-FM-/181154056616

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