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For Am Either Ccrane SW or one really good one sony ICF-SW7600GR ..This particular one has syc hronus detection which basically injects a crrier signal back into the am to prevent the annoying fading in and out you usually get.
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My Grundig has an excellent AM section and has the provisions for connecting an external AM antenna.
My Cambridge Soundworks table radio fills the bill. It pulls in AM stations that both of my Sony table radios don't even know are there. It's similar to the Tivoli radios mentioned in a previous post. C Crane Company has the best selection of quality AM receivers and antennae you will find anywhere. The best civilian AM receiver I've ever seen was the classic combo of the McKay-Dynek AM receiver and matching antenna. It set a standard that few have even approached, much less matched. Good luck finding one of these! If you want what may be the best wide-band AM receiver ever made, acquire a surplus AN-R390. It's a military-grade all-tube unit that was used from the 1950s until the early 1980s. With a suitable antenna it would put to shame any other receiver I have ever seen or heard. The chances of finding a working model are small but it remains the standard against which all others must be judged. It's as big as a large microwave oven and weighs 40 pounds and is full of hard-to-find parts. And, if you can find one in good shape it will sell for large $$. Of course.
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Sangean 909.
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Redsun RP2100 (Sold as the C. Crane SW in the USA) or any one of the clones of that radio sold in various parts of the world.
The FM tuner has 4 tuned circuts is vary sensitive. The AM side is very good as well & SW is very sensitive off the whip alone. |
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You can't go wrong with a Tivoli Model One.
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I have the Sony HD tuner and it does a nice job on AM. (I replaced the loop that came with it with a long piece of wire.)
A car radio might be the ticket for AM too, although I don't know how well the newer ones work. Certainly the old AM-only ones should do a great job, and I remember the AM/FM ones from the late '70s / early '80s had good AM reception too. |
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I've got the RP2100 also, and agree that it really grabs the stations, has great sound. It is perhaps the best overall radio I own... and it has RCA outputs for connection to my integrated amp; a nice touch. I bought the SSB external module and it works like a charm. Currently the radio is attached to a 60 foot horizontal wire.
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AM and modern I believe was the original request so the Tivoli's and HD's are out. GE Superradio 2's were very good, sensitive and with a big speaker. Not modern. How much do you want to spend? Portable or tabletop? Most of the expensive 'communications' type radios have poor audio due small speakers. I agree with the Redsun, but see if you can find someone with a Kaito 1103 or better still a Tecsun PL450 or PL600. Google for 'tquchina' on EPay and you'll be surprised on what you get for your money.
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Marty, by any chance are you 'tquchina'? Tecsun btw is the company that makes the Eton radios. So whether you buy Eton or Tecsun you are still getting Tecsun manufacturing and quality. You eliminate the Tivoli out of hand. Not sure why as they are in production and the quality is very good for an am/fm radio.
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There is one cheap radio that Blows away any receiver I have including my collins it's the Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner . Can't be beat spec wise either unless you go over a few thousand.I was a naysayer but now I'm a believer.
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Hi Brian - no way am I tquchina! I think he's in Hong Kong and is the export agent for Tecsun/Degen/Kaito/Redsun and all those other factories in Guangchou who also rebadge them into the Eton/Grundig range. I eliminated the Tivoli as I assumed you wanted shortwave capability but if you just want BC then fine. It seems a little expensive here (New Zealand) for a two band radio. Have a great Christmas and hope you eventually find the 'right' radio!
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Tivoli Model One and PAL are AM/FM. The AM reception is excellent.
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