Jonathan Says He's Getting Too Much Background Noise on His Grundig G6

 

 

 

 

I notice a lot of my Tecsun, Grundig, and Redsun radios perform well outside but are prone to noise from interference indoors (Sangean worksite radios do a good job of repelling interference). My most dramatic example was my Redsun RP-2100/C.Crane CSW, which suffered a lot of AM background noise indoors but sounded great outdoors. Jonathan describes the same problem with his Grundig G6:

I recently purchased a G6. I am quite happy with it. But I get a lot of noise in my reception. Inside my room, with a 23 foot wire extended outside, I still get the noise. Outside the G6 performs okay. I was really expecting to hear more stations. Don't get me wrong, I can hear stations; however, not that many and they are not that clear.

When I take my G6 outside, I do not experience much noise. But, even with a 23 foot wire attached, I still do not pick up that many stations.

I am going to return my G6 and get a Tecsun PL660. Do you think that this would be worth the trouble?

 

Comments

[Terry]

Try a loop antenna, which you can rotate to null the noise from computers, power lines, etc.

http://www.kr1st.com/swlloop.htm

[Steve]

Huh, sorry you're having problems with your G6.

I bought one of these for my dad, and, er, "tested" it before giving it to him. I found it to be just as sensitive as my Sony 7600, and with better speaker sound to boot. Also, bandscanning was easier with the G6's thumbwheel (the Sony has tuning buttons instead of a knob, which for me is its biggest drawback).

Good luck, hope you can get better performance out of your radio.