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Digitech AR1458 AM FM transistor radio
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Dan Merta
Here's a review video of a very small radio the AR1458 transistor radio.
At $16.95 from Jaycar in Australia it's good value. I have one & it has good performance on AM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKYFmubMQHA
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Paul Blundell
Thanks Dan. That is a good video. This is not a radio I have ever looked at much.
On Tue., 10 Nov. 2020, 21:43 Dan Merta, <dnmerta0@...> wrote: Here's a review video of a very small radio the AR1458 transistor radio.
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Dan Merta
I'm currently in Melb listening to 2RN 576Khz Sydney on it. It's picking up most of the interstate ABC stations quite well.
Tuning is a bit of a challenge, But it's fun.
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Paul Blundell
That is about the only thing I don't like, manual tuning. Still for the price I might get one and see how I go with it.
On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 10:28 PM Dan Merta <dnmerta0@...> wrote: I'm currently in Melb listening to 2RN 576Khz Sydney on it. It's picking up most of the interstate ABC stations quite well. --
Paul
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Dan Merta
Yes, It will most likely be handy to have a digital freq radio on hand to confirm stations received.
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Paul Blundell
I am still interested in getting one of these, for the price it will be good to test out.
On Sat., 14 Nov. 2020, 13:28 Dan Merta, <dnmerta0@...> wrote: Yes, It will most likely be handy to have a digital freq radio on hand to confirm stations received.
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Paul Blundell
Well I grabbed on of these today, I will report back on how it works for me.
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Paul Blundell
Over the past few weeks I have been spending more time using this.
I have found that it's good for stronger stations (mainly the 50kw big guns from Victoria). I did test it out on the FM band on my most recent session at Mt George Lookout, this has a FM broadcast transmitter close by so it suffered from some overloading but once I moved away from this it gave decent performance. Paul
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Paul Blundell
I have just posted an update to this review, with my thoughts after using this more, this includes an improvement to the tuning dial feel and audio from the new earphones I am using. https://ultralightradiodxing.blogspot.com/2020/11/digitech-ar-1458-review.html
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 12:28 PM Paul Blundell via groups.io <tanger32au=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote: Over the past few weeks I have been spending more time using this. --
Paul
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Johnny
Cool Radio! Very tempting!
Nice review/website Paul! Johnny
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Paul Blundell
Thanks Johnny, I am finding that I am enjoying using it, it brings back memories of my early days in radio.
Cool Radio! Very tempting!
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Johnny
Hey Paul,
I wanted to get one, but pretty tough to find here in the US! I could substitute my Sangean PR-35 maybe? :) J
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Paul Blundell
Does the PR-35 cover the medium wave band? It looks to be FM/DAB+?
Hey Paul, --
Paul
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Johnny
Hi Paul,
Doh!!!! SR-35, sorry about that! J
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