I have a DT-200V and have no complaints. This is my second one. The first
one I had for 5-6 years and it never failed me until I dropped it one too
many times. The second one I have had for two years. The drops were due to
my clumsiness and no fault of the clip or radio itself. I am amazed it took
the number of shocks it did before the final hit. When it came time to
replace it I did look around and found nothing that matched it (size,
feature, sensitivity, built-in speaker.) I did not know of the Sony that
was mentioned by someone else and I can not speak to the other Sangeans as
no one carries them in my area any more, so maybe they are more sensitive,
but as I mentioned I can't complain about the DT-200V. I primarily listen
to FM and am able to pull in the NPR station 50-60 miles away. I use mine
for fishing, walking the dog, running, sitting at the mall while the wife
shops. Even have been known to use it gatherings when what's on the radio
is more interesting than the ceremonies taking place. I pretty much take it
with me where ever I go.

Larry
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Larry Dawson )
"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes." Thoreau

Larry Dawson wrote in message news:2004020109593050878%ldawson@beatricenecom.. .
I have a DT-200V and have no complaints. This is my second one. The first
one I had for 5-6 years and it never failed me until I dropped it one too
many times. The second one I have had for two years. The drops were due to
my clumsiness and no fault of the clip or radio itself. I am amazed it took
the number of shocks it did before the final hit. When it came time to
replace it I did look around and found nothing that matched it (size,
feature, sensitivity, built-in speaker.) I did not know of the Sony that
was mentioned by someone else and I can not speak to the other Sangeans as
no one carries them in my area any more, so maybe they are more sensitive,
but as I mentioned I can't complain about the DT-200V. I primarily listen
to FM and am able to pull in the NPR station 50-60 miles away. I use mine
for fishing, walking the dog, running, sitting at the mall while the wife
shops. Even have been known to use it gatherings when what's on the radio
is more interesting than the ceremonies taking place. I pretty much take it
with me where ever I go.

Larry


Larry, I'm not too proud to admit that I have on occasion used my
Sangean to listen to sports talk during late night Christmas Eve
services. I place the radio in my shirt pocket underneath my coat and
run the earbuds up my neck, then I don a knit cap which I don't
remove. I am a sinner and will surely burn:)

Regards,

Grumpus


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Larry Dawson )
"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes." Thoreau

Larry:

After reading your post, I'm going to
compare my analog Sony SRF-59 to my
digital PPL Sangean PPL DT-200V using
the local FM NPR station as a broadcast
source.

How many hours do you get out of a
set of AA batteries on your Sangean
DT 200? Do you use headphones or
the speaker?

THe SRF-59 goes for over 100 hours on
FM using a single AA battery, so I use
it at work.

Tom Welch