Both My Tivoli PAL and My Eton Sound 100 Fail to Get 103.1 FM

I've had my Tivoli PAL on the piano in the living room for almost 4 years now. Today as my wife and I built Ikea furniture, we wanted to listen to 103.1 FM, an indie rock station, but my PAL failed me. I brought an Eton Sound 100 into the living room. It failed also. They're both on the sale block now. I have no idea what I'll get for my blue PAL. Someone is selling their used one for $350, which is a joke. I'll start at $140 and go down from there if I don't get any bites. As far as the Sound 100 goes, I'll be lucky to get $50-60. But I need to sell these radios to make room for a pair of vintage of Panasonic radios, circa 1976, that I've recently purchased on eBay. My guess is they'll grab 103.1 just fine. We'll see.

A few radios I currently own that DO get 103.1: C.Crane CSW, Eton S350 DL, Boston Acoustics Horizon Solo, Kaito 1103, and my Grundig G4000.

I mention this because if a radio grabs a weak FM station, it's a good measure of its sensitivity.

Comments

[gerald johnson]

jeff why wont these higher end radio manufacturers put a telescoping, swiveling antenna on these table radios?? can you imagine a tivoli one with a decent swivel whip?

[Jeff McMahon]

I would love to think the Tivoli One with a swivel whip would be a dream radio, but the PAL, which has a telescopic antenna, still has trouble with weak FM stations.