Grundig G8's Auto Scan FM Selectivity Proves Strong in FM-Congested France

Thanks, Kevin S:

Speaking of the G8's FM capabilities, I just returned from being in France for a bit, where the FM station density is at least twice that in North America. Case in point - an auto-scan on the G8, which automatically scans the FM band and places stations over a certain threshold strength into memory, served up over 60(!) stations, typically spaced only 0.2 or 0.3 mhz apart. I was stunned at the station density, but this was the case at both Charles de Gaulle airport and in Strasbourg, so it was no fluke. Just about all stations in Europe have migrated from AM to FM (there's something like 20 AM stations left in all of France), so perhaps this is no surprise. As a point of comparison, here in the Seattle area, I get maybe 20 FM stations when I auto-scan.

How did the G8 handle this situation? Even with all of this RF energy flying about, the G8 was able to keep all 60+ stations completely separated, even weak stations only 0.2 mhz away from a blasting local, and received all with essentially static-free audio, and most in stereo. There were a few more stations from which I was able to get weak audio that didn't rise to the auto-scan threshold, so I was pushing 70 stations. I didn't have another radio with me, but my experience with most other receivers is that, with their poorer sensitivity and selectivity, they would have trouble even getting a whiff of many of the stations, much less receving them with good audio.