Grundig S350 ??

Posted by jdemaris on December 12, 2007 at 07:02:15 from (67.142.130.18):

In Reply to: OT Radio recommendation posted by Howard H. on December 11, 2007 at 20:07:14:

I live in a rural area and also have some other remote properties. I've fooled around with various radios. I assume you know how different AM is from FM - so your local terrain makes a big difference. I'm in a mountainous area with the nearest radio station 60 miles away. At night, due to the "ionospheric bounce" I lose all my nearby AM stations, and get French Canadian stations instead - or a few Chicago stations - and I'm in New York State.

I have the Grundig S350 that the other poster mentioned and it's reception for me has been awful on the AM and FM bands. SW works OK. It is NOT a Grundig radio - it's made in China by Tecsun and you can buy it under the Chinese name cheaper. I bought my Chinese version new for $39.
I have both the Grundig labeled S350 and the Tecsun BCL2000 and they both work exactly the same. I also have the GE Super Radio III. In most cases, the GE radio pulls in AM better than the others. With FM, none of them work as well as some cheap Walmart/Kmart type radios I have around.

As I understand it - it goes like this. One of the best cheaper radios - for years that is built for poor-reception areas - is the GE Super Radio.

A Chinese company copied it and added a few short wave bands - and thus came the Grundig S350 a.k.a. Tecsun BCL2000.

You can also still buy the GE Super Radio - but the versions keep changing. As I've been told, the originals worked great. But, there's a Super Radio II, a Super Radio III, and I think it's up to IV now. They all differ. You might want to read some reviews.

I've been told the CC Radio Plus beats them all - but I don't own one. I've gotten tired of buying radios. So far, nothing comes close to the reception I get with FM - in my 1985 Ford truck with an older Pioneer Super Tuner II radio. Part of that, I'm sure, is the truck-metal acting as an antenna - but it beats any antennas I've built here just for AM and FM reception.

Funny thing is - I've got an old Hallicrafters radio from the early 60s that beats all these new radios. I've also got a 1940s Crosley tube-radio that beats them all in FM, AM, and SW.

Do some experimenting - or read reviews - before you spend your money.

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• Re: Grundig S350 ?? John T 07:51:37 12/12/07 (5)
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