Appreciate advice on what brand of radio to buy, Have been looking at a Sangean ATS 505 I was useing the ATS- 803A Which I think was a great unit, but after a couple of years it died on me !
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Re: New Sanagean Any Good?
I've got a Sangean ATS606 - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/ ... /3319.htmlvictor2121 wrote:Appreciate advice on what brand of radio to buy, Have been looking at a Sangean ATS 505 I was useing the ATS- 803A Which I think was a great unit, but after a couple of years it died on me !
Similar to the 505 but it doesn't have a BFO for SSB signals. Until recently it was my main shortwave radio (my new amateur rig is wideband receive). Excellent performance all round but really needs an external speaker as the inbuilt one is small and tinny.
Like all radios it could do with more memories and alpha tagging would help but other than that I'm really happy with my Sangean.
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I have and recommend the Sangean ATS 909. No idea why such a good radio would RIP, rather sad really. Hope you have good luck. You will like the fact the ATS 909 has a narrow filter to stop the high pitched squeals and a gain control. I never use my ATS 505 since having the 909. Hope this helps!
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Robb Wise,
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Robb Wise,
Scanning Tasmania
www.scanningtasmania.org
Uniden UBC9000XLT & UBCD 996 & 396T. Icom RX7. SW: Sangean ATS 505 & 909