Best receivers for best range

Mark · 2023-06-21T06:24:42Z

We all want more range with our mini stations and the receiver quality greatly determines how far you can go. Not all radios are created equal. You can have two radios side by side and one can receive stations that are not heard on the other. I have a BETS-1 FM station here in Canada and I can take a crappy radio and be lost across the street and another one can hear me around the neighbourhood. The two main ingredients needed AM or FM is sensitivity but with FM bad radios image strong stations all over the band and wipe out weaker ones. So strong signal image rejection especially with FM is just as important.I have listed here currently made and available quality receivers that will do wonders for getting the best range with AM and FM outside of car radios.Sangean.....MMR-99, MMR-88, PR-D12, PR-D18(SG-104), PR-D15, PR-D7, PR-D4W, and surprisingly H-205.Sony.....ICF-506Tecson....PL-880Ccrane....EP PRO, CC solar(newer model)Eton....Field.In addition GE supers and Sony ICF-38 are all readily available on Ebay and are great performers.Now to add since going AM in the USA is more popular with hobbyists because of the very restricted field strength allowed for FM here's some receivers that put the most into AM sound quality besides reception and have bandwidth adjustments for better AM fidelity to make your station sound better. AM can sound very good and it's the bad receivers and even hi fi tuners/receivers that just stick AM in as an afterthought that give it a bad rap as not sounding any good.Here's the radios that have bandwidth adjustment and make your station sound better. Unfortunately nothing can be done about electrical interference, which also can kill range.CCrane EP PRO, CCrane CC solar, Sangean MMR 99, Eton Field, Tecson PL 880.Also GE Super 3 which is readily available.I give out Sony ICF-506(not too expensive) to anyone in my area that would be a listener and has no radio or a crappy one that's not good.

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Sangean PR-D18
https://radiojayallen.com/sangean-pr-d18-dsp-amfm-digital-portable-radio/

Posted : 06/08/2023 11:36 am

Roy

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@mark Yep that's the one I'm returning...

Posted : 06/08/2023 11:40 am

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How does this one(PR-D18) compare to other receivers in the same location? Or other Sangean models?
Info may be interesting to others?

Posted : 06/08/2023 11:49 am

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@mark I have a GREADIO T26 that has a good receive and audio very good for AM radio. Not so much the built in speaker but headphones are. I'd say the built in speaker is could be better. It's really hard to find anyone making a good AM receiver with good audio quality.

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Posted : 06/08/2023 11:58 am

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