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Accurian HD Radio tried here in Australia

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dxer2_2000

Hi all

One of my DX'er firends has bought an Accurian HD Radio, mainly for better analogue FM reception.

My Impressions?

1 - receiver nice small size but very cheap, plastic look.

2 - display hard to read unless looking straight on.

3 - RDS cannot display correct info the station's are transmitting (eg wrong PTY info).

3 - FM tuner very selective, could hear ABC Newsradio 103.9 from Canberra right next to our local 104.1 2DAY-FM here in Sydney with no splatter. Sensitivity good but not quite as good as my two FM tuners listed below.

4- receiver cannot handle strong RF input as well as receivers like my Onkyo Integra T-4650 or Pioneer Supertuner III-D. The antenna on the strata building has an RF distribution amp setup which means that FM signal input & ambient noise is incredibly high, despite being 40km away from Gore Hill/Atarmon (Sydney's main TX site).

We didn't really have time to try the AM side of it.

Cheers
dxer2_2000
 
Just to clarify, when trying the roof top antenna on the strata, the Accurian didn't suffer from overload & IMD products but simply couldn't resolve any DX signals through noise or local station's overlap like my Onkyo & Pioneer FM receivers can on this same antenna.

My Onkyo has been fitted w/ two 110k Murata filters for improved selectivity in the Narrow mode. Still uses 150k filters for the Wide position.

dxer2_2000
 
Do Australian stations use CENELAC PTY mappings, like the U.K.? The U.S. has a different set of mappings (per the RBDS spec). See "Table 1" toward the bottom of this page: http://www.rds.org.uk/rdsfrdsrbds.html. I bought a Roberts MW/SW/FM receiver in the U.K. and it works fine here in the U.S., except that the PTY code are mis-mapped. One of my local "Classic Rock" stations comes up as "DRAMA," and the National Public Radio station shows "PTY 22" instead of "PUBLIC."
 
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