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

This is the same garbage radio, as the S350 !

Stay away from this radio. Quality control problems. With the AM
switched to narrow, the thing is deaf except for a few locals.
Sensitivity improves alot in the WIDE mode, but the tuning shifts... to
tune 880kHz, I have to tune to 890kHz to center it

The FM is also bad... living near two 50kw'ers, the entire band is
useless. The WX picked up the local station 20 miles east, but one of
the 50kw'ers would bleed in if I moved the whip around.

Bass and Treble controls are reversed and the huge knob is not easy to
work with (an UP/DOWN button would have been better).

Audio quality is OK. There is an AUX input jack. The diplay is nice,
if not a little too bright (the backlight stays on with AC... it goes
off after 5 seconds using batteries).

I got mine last Sat, it was the only one in the store.

I got this radio last Monday and, contrary to many of the posts, I have
really enjoyed the radio. I have gotten really good reception on the
MW. I live in a very rural area and in a metal building and still
pick up solid reception from WOAI which is about 400 miles south of me.
Maybe I got the "good one".

All I can say is that I am happy with this model at least for the time
being.

Hello,

I bought this new Radio Shack 12-150 and was very disappointed with
AM performance. The GE super radio is way better on AM. You can't tune
in 1 kHz steps and there is some back ground noise. I own a GE Super
radio, a Sony ICF-7600GR, and a CC Radio, they are much better
concerning AM sensitivity and selectivity. I took this radio back,
don't waste your time purchasing it!

wrote:
..

Hello,

I bought this new Radio Shack 12-150 and was very disappointed with
AM performance. The GE super radio is way better on AM. You can't tune
in 1 kHz steps and there is some back ground noise. I own a GE Super
radio, a Sony ICF-7600GR, and a CC Radio, they are much better
concerning AM sensitivity and selectivity. I took this radio back,
don't waste your time purchasing it!

I also see poor AM sensitivity. FM is reasonable. The sound is good.

The tuning knob implementation is poor.

Lou wrote:
On 11 Nov 2006 17:43:52 -0800, wrote:

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

This is the same garbage radio, as the S350 !

Stay away from this radio. Quality control problems. With the AM
switched to narrow, the thing is deaf except for a few locals.
Sensitivity improves alot in the WIDE mode, but the tuning shifts... to
tune 880kHz, I have to tune to 890kHz to center it

The FM is also bad... living near two 50kw'ers, the entire band is
useless. The WX picked up the local station 20 miles east, but one of
the 50kw'ers would bleed in if I moved the whip around.

Bass and Treble controls are reversed and the huge knob is not easy to
work with (an UP/DOWN button would have been better).

Audio quality is OK. There is an AUX input jack. The diplay is nice,
if not a little too bright (the backlight stays on with AC... it goes
off after 5 seconds using batteries).

I got mine last Sat, it was the only one in the store.

I guessed the 12-150 was a repackaged Grundig S350, SRIII, or the
original high-performance radio that RS used to carry. I had that
piece-of-crap S350, now returned to RS, and weighing in at just one
pound, as the 12-150, I should have known better (but, it had a pretty
face). Really sick of all the hype and cheap Chinese-made receivers. I
have a $25 RS PLL AM/FM 12-898 (now discontined) that performs as well
as my S350 did. If the 12-150 had a handle similar to the S350, it too
would reek of cheap imitation leather ! Good decision to take that
cheap piece of **** back to RS !

I have an Eton- Grundig S350DL and am quite happy with it. I also recently
purchased the RS 12-150 and am pleased with it also.

The reception is good in both and the sound is quite good.

For MW sensitivity I would give the edge to the 350DL and sound to the
12-150, but each serve my needs.

As for the size and weight of the 12-150 I know that it is listed as
weighing only 15oz on the Radio Shack web site, but the one I have weighs
4lbs 11oz. without batteries and measures 9" w x 12 1/2" w x 4" d.

Both radios only weigh on pound and are cheap pieces of **** !

On 14 Nov 2006 18:42:32 -0800, wrote:

Lou wrote:
On 11 Nov 2006 17:43:52 -0800, wrote:

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

This is the same garbage radio, as the S350 !

Stay away from this radio. Quality control problems. With the AM
switched to narrow, the thing is deaf except for a few locals.
Sensitivity improves alot in the WIDE mode, but the tuning shifts... to
tune 880kHz, I have to tune to 890kHz to center it

The FM is also bad... living near two 50kw'ers, the entire band is
useless. The WX picked up the local station 20 miles east, but one of
the 50kw'ers would bleed in if I moved the whip around.

Bass and Treble controls are reversed and the huge knob is not easy to
work with (an UP/DOWN button would have been better).

Audio quality is OK. There is an AUX input jack. The diplay is nice,
if not a little too bright (the backlight stays on with AC... it goes
off after 5 seconds using batteries).

I got mine last Sat, it was the only one in the store.

I guessed the 12-150 was a repackaged Grundig S350, SRIII, or the
original high-performance radio that RS used to carry. I had that
piece-of-crap S350, now returned to RS, and weighing in at just one
pound, as the 12-150, I should have known better (but, it had a pretty
face). Really sick of all the hype and cheap Chinese-made receivers. I
have a $25 RS PLL AM/FM 12-898 (now discontined) that performs as well
as my S350 did. If the 12-150 had a handle similar to the S350, it too
would reek of cheap imitation leather ! Good decision to take that
cheap piece of **** back to RS !

I have an Eton- Grundig S350DL and am quite happy with it. I also recently
purchased the RS 12-150 and am pleased with it also.

The reception is good in both and the sound is quite good.

For MW sensitivity I would give the edge to the 350DL and sound to the
12-150, but each serve my needs.

As for the size and weight of the 12-150 I know that it is listed as
weighing only 15oz on the Radio Shack web site, but the one I have weighs
4lbs 11oz. without batteries and measures 9" w x 12 1/2" w x 4" d.

Both radios only weigh on pound and are cheap pieces of **** !

My 12-150 weighs in at 4 lbs 11 oz sitting on an electronic scale, and that
is without batteries.

As I said, I'm happy with both radios, as they each serve my purpose.

Lou wrote:
On 14 Nov 2006 18:42:32 -0800, wrote:

Lou wrote:
On 11 Nov 2006 17:43:52 -0800, wrote:

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

This is the same garbage radio, as the S350 !

Stay away from this radio. Quality control problems. With the AM
switched to narrow, the thing is deaf except for a few locals.
Sensitivity improves alot in the WIDE mode, but the tuning shifts... to
tune 880kHz, I have to tune to 890kHz to center it

The FM is also bad... living near two 50kw'ers, the entire band is
useless. The WX picked up the local station 20 miles east, but one of
the 50kw'ers would bleed in if I moved the whip around.

Bass and Treble controls are reversed and the huge knob is not easy to
work with (an UP/DOWN button would have been better).

Audio quality is OK. There is an AUX input jack. The diplay is nice,
if not a little too bright (the backlight stays on with AC... it goes
off after 5 seconds using batteries).

I got mine last Sat, it was the only one in the store.

I guessed the 12-150 was a repackaged Grundig S350, SRIII, or the
original high-performance radio that RS used to carry. I had that
piece-of-crap S350, now returned to RS, and weighing in at just one
pound, as the 12-150, I should have known better (but, it had a pretty
face). Really sick of all the hype and cheap Chinese-made receivers. I
have a $25 RS PLL AM/FM 12-898 (now discontined) that performs as well
as my S350 did. If the 12-150 had a handle similar to the S350, it too
would reek of cheap imitation leather ! Good decision to take that
cheap piece of **** back to RS !

I have an Eton- Grundig S350DL and am quite happy with it. I also recently
purchased the RS 12-150 and am pleased with it also.

The reception is good in both and the sound is quite good.

For MW sensitivity I would give the edge to the 350DL and sound to the
12-150, but each serve my needs.

As for the size and weight of the 12-150 I know that it is listed as
weighing only 15oz on the Radio Shack web site, but the one I have weighs
4lbs 11oz. without batteries and measures 9" w x 12 1/2" w x 4" d.

Both radios only weigh on pound and are cheap pieces of **** !

My 12-150 weighs in at 4 lbs 11 oz sitting on an electronic scale, and that
is without batteries.

As I said, I'm happy with both radios, as they each serve my purpose.

I don't believe you, that weight is with batteries. As a repacked
S350, it only weighs 1 pound, as the spec. sheet states. The 12-150 is
still a cheap piece of ****, with switches that don't work, and a
kludgy tuning dial - I can smell crap from a mile away !

On 15 Nov 2006 20:17:46 -0800, wrote:

Lou wrote:
On 14 Nov 2006 18:42:32 -0800, wrote:

Lou wrote:
On 11 Nov 2006 17:43:52 -0800, wrote:

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

This is the same garbage radio, as the S350 !

Stay away from this radio. Quality control problems. With the AM
switched to narrow, the thing is deaf except for a few locals.
Sensitivity improves alot in the WIDE mode, but the tuning shifts... to
tune 880kHz, I have to tune to 890kHz to center it

The FM is also bad... living near two 50kw'ers, the entire band is
useless. The WX picked up the local station 20 miles east, but one of
the 50kw'ers would bleed in if I moved the whip around.

Bass and Treble controls are reversed and the huge knob is not easy to
work with (an UP/DOWN button would have been better).

Audio quality is OK. There is an AUX input jack. The diplay is nice,
if not a little too bright (the backlight stays on with AC... it goes
off after 5 seconds using batteries).

I got mine last Sat, it was the only one in the store.

I guessed the 12-150 was a repackaged Grundig S350, SRIII, or the
original high-performance radio that RS used to carry. I had that
piece-of-crap S350, now returned to RS, and weighing in at just one
pound, as the 12-150, I should have known better (but, it had a pretty
face). Really sick of all the hype and cheap Chinese-made receivers. I
have a $25 RS PLL AM/FM 12-898 (now discontined) that performs as well
as my S350 did. If the 12-150 had a handle similar to the S350, it too
would reek of cheap imitation leather ! Good decision to take that
cheap piece of **** back to RS !

I have an Eton- Grundig S350DL and am quite happy with it. I also recently
purchased the RS 12-150 and am pleased with it also.

The reception is good in both and the sound is quite good.

For MW sensitivity I would give the edge to the 350DL and sound to the
12-150, but each serve my needs.

As for the size and weight of the 12-150 I know that it is listed as
weighing only 15oz on the Radio Shack web site, but the one I have weighs
4lbs 11oz. without batteries and measures 9" w x 12 1/2" w x 4" d.

Both radios only weigh on pound and are cheap pieces of **** !

My 12-150 weighs in at 4 lbs 11 oz sitting on an electronic scale, and that
is without batteries.

As I said, I'm happy with both radios, as they each serve my purpose.

I don't believe you, that weight is with batteries. As a repacked
S350, it only weighs 1 pound, as the spec. sheet states. The 12-150 is
still a cheap piece of ****, with switches that don't work, and a
kludgy tuning dial - I can smell crap from a mile away !



The fact that you don't believe it doesn't change the fact that my 12-150
weighs in at 4 lbs 11 oz without batteries.

And once again, I'm happy with both the 12-150 and the S350DL.

Lou wrote:
On 15 Nov 2006 20:17:46 -0800, wrote:

Lou wrote:
On 14 Nov 2006 18:42:32 -0800, wrote:

Lou wrote:
On 11 Nov 2006 17:43:52 -0800, wrote:

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

This is the same garbage radio, as the S350 !

Stay away from this radio. Quality control problems. With the AM
switched to narrow, the thing is deaf except for a few locals.
Sensitivity improves alot in the WIDE mode, but the tuning shifts... to
tune 880kHz, I have to tune to 890kHz to center it

The FM is also bad... living near two 50kw'ers, the entire band is
useless. The WX picked up the local station 20 miles east, but one of
the 50kw'ers would bleed in if I moved the whip around.

Bass and Treble controls are reversed and the huge knob is not easy to
work with (an UP/DOWN button would have been better).

Audio quality is OK. There is an AUX input jack. The diplay is nice,
if not a little too bright (the backlight stays on with AC... it goes
off after 5 seconds using batteries).

I got mine last Sat, it was the only one in the store.

I guessed the 12-150 was a repackaged Grundig S350, SRIII, or the
original high-performance radio that RS used to carry. I had that
piece-of-crap S350, now returned to RS, and weighing in at just one
pound, as the 12-150, I should have known better (but, it had a pretty
face). Really sick of all the hype and cheap Chinese-made receivers. I
have a $25 RS PLL AM/FM 12-898 (now discontined) that performs as well
as my S350 did. If the 12-150 had a handle similar to the S350, it too
would reek of cheap imitation leather ! Good decision to take that
cheap piece of **** back to RS !

I have an Eton- Grundig S350DL and am quite happy with it. I also recently
purchased the RS 12-150 and am pleased with it also.

The reception is good in both and the sound is quite good.

For MW sensitivity I would give the edge to the 350DL and sound to the
12-150, but each serve my needs.

As for the size and weight of the 12-150 I know that it is listed as
weighing only 15oz on the Radio Shack web site, but the one I have weighs
4lbs 11oz. without batteries and measures 9" w x 12 1/2" w x 4" d.

Both radios only weigh on pound and are cheap pieces of **** !

My 12-150 weighs in at 4 lbs 11 oz sitting on an electronic scale, and that
is without batteries.

As I said, I'm happy with both radios, as they each serve my purpose.

I don't believe you, that weight is with batteries. As a repacked
S350, it only weighs 1 pound, as the spec. sheet states. The 12-150 is
still a cheap piece of ****, with switches that don't work, and a
kludgy tuning dial - I can smell crap from a mile away !



The fact that you don't believe it doesn't change the fact that my 12-150
weighs in at 4 lbs 11 oz without batteries.

And once again, I'm happy with both the 12-150 and the S350DL.

I still don't believe you - the S350 only weighs on pound and the
12-150 is a repackaged S350, so there is no way - you just keep
forgetting to take the batteries out. My $25 RS PLL AM/FM radio is just
as sensitive as the over-hyped S350, which I happily returned to RS,
The S350 suffers from drifting, images galore, is cheap plastic, has
cheap switches, has a smelly imitation-leather handle, an a bunch of
switches that are all hype and cheap, a plastic speaker grill, an
antenna that flops and doesn't lock into place, and a low-resolution
display - the list goes on and on ! The 12-150 is just like the cheap
piece of **** SRIII - I read a review on eham.net that the 12-150's
wide/narrow switch shorted out and the reado is no better than standard
AM/FM radios. The SRIII's switched fall off ! Enjoy, sucker !

As I said, I'm happy with both radios, as they each serve my purpose.

I don't believe you, that weight is with batteries. As a repacked
S350, it only weighs 1 pound, as the spec. sheet states. The 12-150 is
still a cheap piece of ****, with switches that don't work, and a
kludgy tuning dial - I can smell crap from a mile away !



The fact that you don't believe it doesn't change the fact that my 12-150
weighs in at 4 lbs 11 oz without batteries.

And once again, I'm happy with both the 12-150 and the S350DL.

The S350 series is a fine radio for the money and it does what it was
intended to. Which is to provide good sounding audio from stations
broadcasting on AM, shortwave and FM on a radio that is designed for
straightforward operation using no superfluous controls.

How does the AM and FM performance on the 12-150 compare with the
Grundig.

) writes:

I still don't believe you - the S350 only weighs on pound and the
12-150 is a repackaged S350, so there is no way - you just keep
forgetting to take the batteries out. My $25 RS PLL AM/FM radio is just
as sensitive as the over-hyped S350, which I happily returned to RS,
The S350 suffers from drifting, images galore, is cheap plastic, has
cheap switches, has a smelly imitation-leather handle, an a bunch of
switches that are all hype and cheap, a plastic speaker grill, an
antenna that flops and doesn't lock into place, and a low-resolution
display - the list goes on and on ! The 12-150 is just like the cheap
piece of **** SRIII - I read a review on eham.net that the 12-150's
wide/narrow switch shorted out and the reado is no better than standard
AM/FM radios. The SRIII's switched fall off ! Enjoy, sucker !

The more you post about this, the more you look like a fool.

How can a radio that has synthesized tuning be an S350 that has
analog tuning?

The S350 has analog tuning, and a frequency counter readout. That's
where at least some of the celebrated drift comes from.

But according to Radio Shack (and various people's comments about
the tuning steps) the 12-150 has synthesized tuning.

That is a pretty blatant difference.

ANd once they make that sort of "mod", there is little reason to
even believe there is anything in common between the two radios.

You should have stuck with the line about how they are equally bad,
because whether or not that is true, it's more true than claiming
the radios are the same.

Michael

jamman wrote:
I posted earlier after buying the Radio Shack 12-150 ... and I'll be
the first to admit that this radio was my first foray into DX ... but
I've been disappointed in the radio overall. It has a simplistic
attractiveness to it, and it has PLL, but the knobs are real cheap
plastic (and will probably have a short lifespan!) and the reception
hasn't been as great as I'd hoped for a radio that was boasted as being
"extreme range." The SW capabilities are very weak, but that might be
my inexperience.

Don't think the 12-150 covers shortwave. Probably accounts for it's
poor performance on those bands....!!