John, thanks for your very detailed review of this radio!

If y'all happen to see junkinjudy on eBay,she owns a G.E.Super Radio
model no 7-2880B like mine.Her radio still looks just like brand new.I
can tell y'all though,she will not sell her radio.She and her hubby live
in Jackson.
cuhulin

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 04:07:43 UTC, "John Plimmer"
wrote:

I've had a Redsun RP2100 for a couple of months now and can confirm that it
is far superior to my GE SRIII.
I regularly picks up stations 4,000 to 6,000 miles away.
It's just no contest with the SRIII, as it is digital, very quiet, lovely
sound and VERY sensitive on the MW band.
See my comment at:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6055

Buy it from tqchina on eBay, as he offers excellent service and has the
radio with the English markings (lypn has the Chinese markings)
John,
It sounds like you are ecstatic over the radio! How do you think that
it shapes up compared to the RF-2200? I have one of those with the
rotating rod antenna and it still is very sensitive and gets good BCB.
I asked you a while back about getting good BCB DX, I live on the
coast here in Hobe Sound, FL, one mile from the beach. What kind of
loop antenna would be good that you could recommend. I read that you
have a Datong, but what about the other loops?


--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

Ecstatic is the right word - the Redsun RP2100 is the best 100 bucks I have
ever spent on a portable.
Unfortunately I have never seen a RF-2200 in South Africa so can't comment
on that.

I did send you a detailed reply on this group to you regarding your original
query - if you missed it you will have to look it up in the archives.

At my home QTH my main antenna is the RF Systems DX1 Pro that gives
outstanding results on LW and MW. I did recommend to you if you want a loop
to look at the Wellbrook's - the ALA1530 or ALA100.

When I go on DXpeditions I take along my Kiwa MW Loop that performs equally
well with a well laid out 1,000 foot beverage antenna
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A.
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop, POARDT Roelof mini-whip
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"Count Floyd" CountFloyd@MonsterChillerHorrorTheater wrote in message
news:g40vCXBzNU8x-pn2-cZyDLlrG5qbM@localhost...
John,
It sounds like you are ecstatic over the radio! How do you think that
it shapes up compared to the RF-2200? I have one of those with the
rotating rod antenna and it still is very sensitive and gets good BCB.
I asked you a while back about getting good BCB DX, I live on the
coast here in Hobe Sound, FL, one mile from the beach. What kind of
loop antenna would be good that you could recommend. I read that you
have a Datong, but what about the other loops?

Mike M. wrote:
Hi,
I have an old GE Superradio that works well. I purchased a CCPlus
radio that has a problem with LED readout I am told is common.
Any AM radios currently in production that are good DX machines?
Thank you.
Mike McM.

With the looming possibility of nighttime AM IBOC being approved, I
wouldn't spend too much on an AM DX "machine". I had a piece of junk
Grundig S350, but returned it for a cheapie $25 Radio Shack model
12-898 AM/FM PLL, that works just as well as the over-hyped S350. I
think all this talk about "DX machines" is just hype.

As recently posted on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/7600GR/

Rated #1 in Japan for MW. Has Sony's famous Synch Detector with Wide and
Narrow filters.
Pictu
http://www.ecat.sony.co.jp/audio/rad...CF-EX5&PCT=274
Buy:
http://www.audiocubes.com/product/So...ble_Radio.html


"John Plimmer" wrote in message
...
I've had a Redsun RP2100 for a couple of months now and can confirm that
it
is far superior to my GE SRIII.
I regularly picks up stations 4,000 to 6,000 miles away.
It's just no contest with the SRIII, as it is digital, very quiet, lovely
sound and VERY sensitive on the MW band.
See my comment at:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6055

Buy it from tqchina on eBay, as he offers excellent service and has the
radio with the English markings (lypn has the Chinese markings)

--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"wavetrapper" wrote in message
ups.com...
I have heard two glowing reports about this new radio, including from
the author of this review - whose opinion I value very highly. The
Redsun RP2100

http://www.radiointel.com/review-redsunrp2100.htm



Bob Miller wrote:
On 3 Oct 2006 16:13:01 -0700, "Mike M." wrote:

Hi,
I have an old GE Superradio that works well. I purchased a CCPlus
radio that has a problem with LED readout I am told is common.
Any AM radios currently in production that are good DX machines?
Thank you.
Mike McM.

If you bought your CCRadio from the C.Crane store, they will replace
the display for $25, plus you pay to ship to them. They cover shipping
it back.

bob
k5qwg

If iboc winds up being on full time,day and night,,,, what is the use in
buying a good DX Radio anyway? About four or five years ago,I bought a
radio at Sears.The radio is Stereo (but not real quality stereo,if you
know what I mean?) AM FM with a CD Player on top of the radio and two
seperate speakers.I have the radio put up somewhere now and as usual,I
would have to move a lot of my junk out of the way to even get at the
radio.It is a grey color radio and I think the brand name is something
like Sound (whatever it is,similar to those GPX radios.Some of those off
the wall brand name radios are really good at DXing AM stations) I paid
about $30.00 for the radio.I am pretty amazed at how well it picks up
long distance AM stations.
cuhulin

) writes:
Mike M. wrote:
Hi,
I have an old GE Superradio that works well. I purchased a CCPlus
radio that has a problem with LED readout I am told is common.
Any AM radios currently in production that are good DX machines?
Thank you.
Mike McM.

With the looming possibility of nighttime AM IBOC being approved, I
wouldn't spend too much on an AM DX "machine". I had a piece of junk
Grundig S350, but returned it for a cheapie $25 Radio Shack model
12-898 AM/FM PLL, that works just as well as the over-hyped S350. I
think all this talk about "DX machines" is just hype.

ONe of the really nice things about a digitally tuned radio is of
course it's easy to get exactly on frequency.

There are a couple of FM stations just beyond regular reception
(well one got bumped this week when a local station came on the frequency).
Having them programmed into my bedside radio (a Delco digitally tuned
car radio running off a 12v supply) means it's really easy to check
them, and hopefully receive them when they are receivable. An analog
receiver requires a lot of constant tuning to get the same thing.

Likewise, when the band is open, it's easy to put some frequencies
into the memory rather than the local stations, again to allow for
easy frequency jumping. This also applies to AM.

And of course, it's far easier to identify a station if you can
start with a known frequency, something not always the case with
a lot of analog receivers if they aren't good shortwave receivers.

"Good AM receiver" is actually a spread. Just about anything will
get some results, all one has to do is start tuning. I think
sometimes people think they need to start with something better
before they can hear any DX.

THe SUper Radio gets touted in these threads, but not only is
it analog, but it's not that much better than the average AM
radio. Car radios often are better performers.

But yes, for this level of receptiion, a digitally tuned receiver
likely is a good choice, because of that ease of tuning. If someone
doesn't actually tune up and down the band because it's too much
trouble, they'll never hear any DX.

Of course, a third level requires much better equipment, because
at that point one is struggling at a far weaker signal level, likely
with a lot of interference. That's when the bells and whistles come
in, and those sure aren't there on the Super Radio or the low end
receivers.

Michael

Has Sony's famous Synch Detector with Wide and Narrow filters.

Oops, not filters! It has selectable sideband synch detection (USB & LSB).

Michael Black wrote:
Likewise, when the band is open, it's easy to put some frequencies
into the memory rather than the local stations, again to allow for
easy frequency jumping. This also applies to AM.

Last Sunday night was Yom Kippur and all of the Israeli stations went
off the air. On the sabbath they usually transmit a carrier.

There was a short period if the band had been open for me to listen
to DX stations before the fast started, but unfortunately the bands
were not "open". :-(

Geoff.
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