Another Radio Lover Who Can't be Cured

Herculodge Reader "WC" Gives Us His Radio Collection with Brief Comments on Each

MY RECEIVERS As of April '09

CCRadioSW ... (RP2100) Nice reception and sound Decent on batteries

CCRadio Plus (AM/FM/TV/WX) (Kiwa audio and sensitivity upgrades)

Drake R8

Eton E1 XM Satellite/AM/FM/Shortwave Announced as the Satellit 900

Eton E10 Nice take travel radio reception good

Eton E100 Small well built travel radio

Eton S350DL (Kiwa audio upgrade)

Eton S350 for sale

Icom R75

Icom R71A (Kiwa upgrades .... including memory board)

Grundig G5 .. Had an E5 and they do not perform as well.

Grundig Satellit 800

Grundig Yaght Boy 400 for sale

Grundig Yaught Boy 500 Another favorite with RDS for FM

Kenwood R 1000 (Kiwa audio & power supply upgrade)

Kenwood TS-140s (amateur but used for SW receive.. no TX)

Panasonic RF- B65

Panasonic RF- 4800

Radio Shack DX-398

Realistic 12-655 TRF AM "Dx-er" "OLDIE"

Realistic DX-66 for sale

Realistic SW-60 Sold

Realistic SX-190

Realistic DX-302 for sale

Realistic DX-390 for sale

Realistic DX-392 for sale

Sony ICF-2010's With full Kiwa mods. Just sold 1 of 2.

Sony ICF-5900W (X 2)

Sony ICF-6500W

Sony ICF-7600GR

Sony ICF-7600

Sony ICF-SW55 Very nice

Yaesu FRG-7 (Kiwa upgrades)

Zenith TransOceanics ..... D7000Y & R7000-1

　

PAST RECEIVERS

Grundig Satellit 700 (full compliment of Eproms) Bells $ whistles...static prone!

Grundig Satellit 750 El Junko!!!!!

Kenwood R-5000 died 3 hours after private purchase! PLL

Panasonic RF-3100 nice

Panasonic RF-2200 Great analog

Realistic DX-160 Great beginners set

Realistic DX- 400 good receive but very limited features

Realistic DX- 440 (Sangean ATS 803A)

Sony ICF-SW77 Many bells and whistles ... lousy sound

Sony ICF-7700 Average .... Not to be confused with FRG-7700

Yaesu FRG-100B No keypad noise floor no better than FRG 7700!

Yaesu FRG 7700 Great analog receiver ....... no memory installed

Yaesu FRG 7700 #2 .. Just traded April '09 Memory board installed.

Tivoli Model 1 ..... AM/FM table

Many others of lesser value

i.e.

Nordmende

Panasonic

Aiwa

Realistic

GE

ETC.

Scanners

Current....

Bearcat 898T "800" band

Alinco DJ-10X DC to Daylight coverage including "Cell"  Just Sold

Uniden 246T Handheld ... "800" band.... less cellular

Realistic "Race Track Pro 99" ......... "800" Band .... no cell

Realistic Pro-34 Cell band .... full 800 coverage

Past

Realistic Pro-2006 Cell band

Realistic Pro-43 Cell band

Pro-26

Pro-2021

etc. ... many others(Realistic basic scanners)

MISC.

Sony AN-1 Active antenna

MFJ-959B Tuner/Preamp

MFJ-1026 Noise cancelling signal enhancer .... works great!

Discone antenna

9:1 Balun ..... 80' longwire (zig zagged on 35' yard)

TPA ACTIVE ANTENNA ... Ameco

GE SR3 and SR1(X 2) (AM/FM ... good for dxing even on FM!

Comments

[Drew]

Wow! What a nice collection, and i thought I had too many receivers my self. But I'd love to to see your collection, heck in the future you should also look in to going on a DXpedtion for AM / shortwave signals, away from household Big Screen TV, Florescent lights, light dimmers, computers ect. You definitely have the gear, as soon as your two darling daughters, will be old enough so that your wife can manage them without your help, so you can have some fun! :)

[Radio Russ]

Is that all? Meh. :-D

[Angelo]

E-Bay 250622481438
A cool looking cheapie and my guess is that it's a half decent performer---similar to my Caprice radio.

[Angelo]

Another E-Bay gem:
370371344456
I think it's "Hipster" not "Flipster."
Anyway, it doesn't get anymore 1970's than this. I love some of the Lloyds designs.

[Keith Beesley]

re 370371344456: Far out, man!!!

[twitter.com/ClarenceOddbody]

I've actually been looking at the Grundig Satellit 750, the latest model is said to be an improvement, and reviews are widely positive; I'm surprised at the "El Junko" label WC uses. Does anyone (including WC) own one and want to comment?

[Blake]

I know it is a hard decision to get the 750 due to some of the mixed reviews. I have only grown fonder of mine since my posted comments here:

http://herculodge.typepad.com/herculodge/2010/04/blakes-first-look-at-the-second-edition-grundig-satellite-750-sw-radio.html

I was going to get the 350 just to use as an outdoor SW radio that would play loud enough. Since paying extra for the 750 was not a big deal to me I figured it had to be as good or better than the 350 for this purpose. I am very glad I got the 750. There is no other radio on the market now that I would choose over it. I also like the audo line in that is on the front of the radio. I plug my iPod in and listen to podcasts like Coast to Coast while in the back yard. Works beatifully. It plays at a room or back yard filling volume without the sense of strain I now notice with my other radios (excluding my Tivoli Model 1). If my 750 were accidentally destroyed I would purchase another one ASAP.

[Mike S]

oh god, the flipster is cool!! I may have to throw my hat in for this one.