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Old 12-23-2008, 09:36 PM
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Good choice - I've had one for 18months or so and it's very good. Reviewers complain about the 'funny' volume control but it takes about five minutes to get used to it as a "multi-use" knob. Very sensitive, even on the whip antenna, with good filters to keep out the adjacent channel splatter on broadcast band. One word of warning - this hasn't happened to me but - some users have zapped the pre-amplifier with static charges by touching the whip antenna before the metal speaker grill. Spares are available but you'll need a very small soldering iron and magnifyting glasses! I regularly receive the NY aeronautical weather on 6604kHz from New Zealand!
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