AM Radio/Winter DXing

[MarioMania]

What AM Radio do you Guys use for Winter DXing?

TBH, I hate AM on my Sangean DT-200X kinda mutes it

I'm on 1270, 1340 & 1600 mostly, But weak station..mutes it

I don't have access to my Super Radio II at all, So small radio has to do

The GE on the Lower Left the wire from the 9V got ripped out by mistake

I have Motor Skill Problems holding or Picking stuff up,

Tried to take the 9V out my it slipped out & Battery fell out & at the same time wire broke

GE-2710C - Has Good Sensitivity

 

[radiofan2023]

I don’t use a certain radio for winter Dxing, but I have a Zenith Royal 68, a Sangean HDR-14 & 2 Sony Walkman model SRF-M37W which also have NOAA weather band.

 

[Steve Green NEPA]

A pal of mine from Long Island had a Zenith Royal, long ago. I forget the model name/number; probably a 500. Terrific DX portable.
He would open the back of it, turn something with a screwdriver, and get better resonance on a frequency. He'd do that as quickly as smokers would tap a cigarette out of a box and light up.

 

[radiofan2023]

I also have a Channel Master like this, but the antenna end is broken:

Trans-World 6523 Radio Channel Master Corp.; USA, build 1962 ? |Radiomuseum.org

Trans-World 6523 Radio Channel Master Corp.; USA, build 1962 ?, 5 pictures, 1 schematics, 10 semiconductors, United States of America , tubes, Broadcast

www.radiomuseum.org

 

[davideduardo]

I looked at the receivers used by reporting members of the National Radio Club that were in the "under $200" category and overwhelmingly they are using the Qodosen SR 286 or SX 286.

https://www.amazon.com/QODOSEN-DX-286-Shortwave-Sensitivity-Outdoors/dp/B0DF63Z54T/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=36F02RYKC0T1W&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NeC6Wx26RF-s1j0Pdrq-tQ.xpDoeCHVauj_NUM8NEiJrBRYKaU4gzB2TXvns4VylN0&dib_tag=se&keywords=qodasen+sr286&qid=1759799843&sprefix=qodasen+sr+286%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

In the high end, it's one of the Winradio alternatives.

https://nationalradioclub.org/

 

[Xale57]

Loved the CCRadio and Grundig S350DL for AM DX back in 2008-2016. Could be biased on less technology interference. The Qodsen SR 286 is pretty decent.

 

[CTListener]

How does the old GE SuperRadio, the go-to receiver for AM DXers in the '80s, measure up to current radios?

 

[Steve Green NEPA]

Dunno about 'current radios', CT. But the GE SR II a few pals got me for my XLVIth birthday decades ago remains the go-to rig for the domestic DX deportment that slakes the white-haired needs under the headset nowadays.
Barefoot, it's gotten me the WY Test from KJJR 880, the KWOC Missouri one on 930, WOON's RI Test, WZON's from Maine, a few AMers on daytime winter skip and a wheelbarrow of those early-morning regionals from NC, WV, etc.

David E will remember an early '70's 'budget-priced communications receiver' that got some use. I got mine for $109. And that thing COOKED. With its sensitivity and mechanical filter easily providing Central American and Caribbean stations on freq's that ended in '5' plus even some regular stingy/directional DAYTIME receptions I figure I got some 500 'newies' logged off it. Best DX radio I ever owned.
That was off this:

LAFAYETTE HA-600A RADIO SOLID STATE AM/CW/SSB COMMUNICATION RECEIVER | eBay

Unit has been extensively tested and found to be functional. Check the photos carefully. POWER TESTED ONLY, UNABLE TO TEST FULL FUNCTIONALITY DUE TO LACK OF RESOURCES AND SKILLS, BACK LIGHT OF THE FRONT DIAL IS TURNING ON, TUNING NEEDLES ARE MOVING WHILE TURNING KNOBS, ALL OTHER KNOBS ARE...

www.ebay.com

Once more: I can't equate or compare the GE SR 2 to any off 'today's' rigs. A Grundig 450 I bought 12 years ago for $75 stopped working on batteries and is useless.

(It was said that the earlier HA-700 was better. I heard one and agree. The strangled fidelity on each took some getting used to, with all those sidebands chopped off. The 700 was about the same price as the 600)