RadioBanter - View Single Post - Anyone using RS 12-150 AM/FM/WX radio?

[email protected] · November 5th 06, 01:49 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

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It's brand new at Radio Shack. Long distance digital with memory
presets for $49.99. Gets 100 hours on 6 D cells or plug it in.
Connections for external antennas. George (MN)

Very interesting looking radio - I wonder, what's up with the switches
on the front panel ? I am a bit leary of these types of radios, after
my experience with the Grundig S350 - the S350 and SRIII are touted as
being high-performance, but my RS model 12-898 (discontinued) is about
the size of a Sony 7600GR and gets just as good reception as my now
returned S350. Obviously, the RS 12-150 has about an 8-inch
ferrite-bar, as the S350, but at this point, it doesn't really seem to
matter that much. I looked up my zip-code, but there are no 12-150s
available anywhere in stores - too bad, I'de like to check one out.
Good catch, I hadn't heard of this radio. Anyway, if AM nighttime IBOC
gets approved, we can throw our DXing radios in the trash. The 12-150
doesn't have a user manual online, yet - too bad.

I've never heard of it either, thanks for the tip. I'll pick one up
this weekend as my local RS lists it as in stock. Good thing they have
the 30 day return policy just in case its not what its billed to be.
If it doesn't tune in 1 kHz increments its not even leaving the store!
Any idea of who actually makes it? It doesn't look anything like the
current RF-2200-wannabe Chinese radios on the market.

Ten bucks it's from China !

So what. 10 years ago radios were from either Taiwan or Hong Kong,
which are for all intents the same as China.

I did luck out with my RS 12-898, being
Chinese-made, but it was "custom made" for RS, and is pretty decent
quality. Are all RS radios "custom made" ? :-)

I would imagine Radio Shack does send specs to the maker, yes.

So what ? Look what happened to the quality of Eton/Grundig, once they
started to be made in China. The 12-150, must be a re-packaged S350,
with it's light-weight design and large size. Speaking from experience,
these high-performance AM/FM radios are all fluff !