John's Experience with the Degen DE-321

 

 

(Re-post)

I have a Degen DE-321 and have similar impressions with this reviewer's observations. I would call the tuning mechanism 'rubbery' in that when I tune it on SW, I tend to not hear a station, then suddenly do, but by then, I've tuned past it and have to go back and rock the tuning back and forth to zero in on the best signal strength.

Also, it sounds to me like the radio is 'squelching' if a signal is below a certain strength, so I hear weak stations suddenly appear and then they are gone, as if a squelch is activated. Last, I did not like the radios AM BCB sensitivity at all.

Maybe all this is just my radio, I have no way of testing several of these to find out. I'd say the tuning of the 321 is similar to the WRX911---rubbery and you have to rock back and forth to tune in a station. I'm in agreement that the radio is all digital, but the mechanical tuning could use improvement in my view.

 

Comments

[Harry]

I find it practically unusable. The 911 or R9012 much better in the ~$20 category.

[M]

isn't there a new version of DE321 coming out soon?

i have a DE321 and it is very impressive on AM, FM and SW. it catches stations other radios don't even detect.

the tuning portion needs improvement.