On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:48 PM, farmerik <farmerik@...> wrote:

There are 5 more new DSP radios on ebay which look like they might be ULR's.

DEGEN DE 15, DE 17, DE 1123, DE 1125.

I have two DE1123s, both purchased through an Amazon seller. I like
the form factor - Walkman-sized, very thin. Compared to the Tecsun
radios, though, there are limitations. AM performance is definitely
not comparable, doubtless because whatever internal antenna is being
used has to be tiny. I've been afraid to open it up for fear of not
getting it back together again, so I don't know for sure. I believe
it's set for an audio bandwidth of 2 kHz (not 3 as with the
G8/PL-300WT) so you might be able to do something with it for DXing in
a pinch. On FM, it's as free of front-end overload as the Tecsun
radios, but just slightly less sensitive. I blame the tiny telescoping
antenna that stretches out only to be a little more than a foot long.
That's way too short for FM. I don't believe it uses the headphone
cord as an antenna.

It has SW, but I've never done much with it. It does not have LW.

It runs on 3 AAAs and can recharge them. Both of mine came with
rechargeable batteries.

All controls are pushbutton. The memory system is very easy to use.

It can also record, in mono, at very low bitrates. I don't find this
capability to be useful and discount it in any comparison with other
DSP radios.

It also has the usual alarm capabilities.

Bottom line: if you buy it, buy it to replace an FM walkman-type
radio. It does well at that.

I have a Grundig M400, which looks just like the DE15. I don't think it has a DSP chip, however. It's not a very strong performer on MW. I used it one or twice and then put it away.

Keith

There are 5 more new DSP radios on ebay which look like they might be ULR's.

DEGEN DE 15, DE 17, DE 1123, DE 1125.
Kchibo KK-D202

Has anyone tried any of these?