It sounds to me like your E100 very likely has something wrong with it. There are many E100 owners in this group and maybe some of them also have a Sangean DT-200V. If you can I'd return it for an exchange. I don't think stations that aren't blowing the doors off such as your 5 KW at least 20 miles away should be a problem for an E100.
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--- On Sun, 9/21/08, Jay Heyl <yahoogroups@...> wrote:
I've not done extensive head-to-head tests, but I'd have to put my
E100 behind my DT200V. I've not used the DT400W so I don't know how that compares.