Turns out my local store didnn't have one, so I couldn't check it out
this weekend. It tunes MW in 10 kHz steps, and with a button instead
of a knob? Maybe its good that they didn't have one since I would have
been very disappointed by that. Please post a review when you get one
that works and compare it to other MW "DX" portables, if you could.

RobnzBoy wrote:
The first review:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6263

RobnzBoy wrote:
The first review:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6263
How did it sound compared to the Grundig S350? What size speaker did it
have?

The 12-150 has more bass than the S350 but less treble. I don't know
what size speaker it had.

Sound quality is very subjective. I recommend that you take your
favorite radio to a Radio Shack and try them together to see which you
like better. Or better yet, take them both to the place (home, work,
etc) where you would be using it most.

The tuning knob is the large black knob with the red mark at the 12:00
position. The knob doesn't turn all the way around, though. It just
moves from 12:00 to 10:00 to go down and 12:00 to 2:00 to go up.
Here's a link to a picture of the radio:
http://tinyurl.com/y8v9vw

RobnzBoy ) writes:
The tuning knob is the large black knob with the red mark at the 12:00
position. The knob doesn't turn all the way around, though. It just
moves from 12:00 to 10:00 to go down and 12:00 to 2:00 to go up.
Here's a link to a picture of the radio:
http://tinyurl.com/y8v9vw

So it's like they have on at least some car radios (I have no idea
how common the scheme is). It's the equivalent of an UP and DOWN
button on some radios, but in the form of knob on a shaft.

Michael

RobnzBoy wrote:
The first review:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6263

This is the same garbage radio, as the S350 !

The 12-150 is definitely not the same radio as the S350. The only
similarity between these two radios is their handles and their size.

There's absolutely nothing else that the two radios have in common.

robnzboy wrote:
The 12-150 is definitely not the same radio as the S350. The only
similarity between these two radios is their handles and their size.

There's absolutely nothing else that the two radios have in common.

The only similarity, is that the 12-150 is probably a light-weight
piece-of-crap like the S350 !

wrote:
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)

Does anyone know just what features a Long Distance Radio is supposed
to have? Other than a premium price of course.

What I'd like to see in a portable MW receiver. A good audio section
like the one in the GE SR III. Both 9 and 10 KHz digital step tuning
with at least 1 KHz fine tuning. Good selectivity allowing for
split-frequency DX. Very good sensitivity. Better than average image
rejection. Synchronous detection. RF attenuator. Large ferrite bar
which can be rotated separate from the main body of the radio. Switch
allowing for disconnection of the internal ferrite bar antenna to allow
for exclusive use of an external antenna. S-meter. Make it an MW or MW
+ SW only set and tailor its performance to get the most out of those
bands. Oh, include stereo decoder. Is this asking too much?

Wayne
wrote:
wrote:
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)

Does anyone know just what features a Long Distance Radio is supposed
to have? Other than a premium price of course.