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Insignia Portable HD Radio

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I bought the Insignia portable HD radio on Black Friday, and I am impressed with it. It has sensitivity that rivals my Eton E100 and even my car radio...with just the headphone cord as an antenna. Its selectivity is also superb. I am able to get a 98.1 from 60 miles away when I am just 4 miles from 98.3, something only my car radio could do. The HD range is OK, I can get reliable HD reception 20 miles from New York City and spotty HD reception 35 miles away. Since it is very selective, it has a problem locking on to 87.74 FM (WNYZ-LP 6), since it only tunes in 200 kHz increments (something I would have complained about a month ago but I'll live with for now). The battery charges using a USB port, and lasts 10 hours decoding an HD signal at full volume. Only problem is that it overloads too easily, and when it overloads, HD reception is bad and it gets desensitized. But still, very impressive performance from a radio that's smaller than my palm with no external antenna. The HD and RDS reception is a big plus, I can't wait till the first e-skip opening next year.
 
Nick said:
I bought the Insignia portable HD radio on Black Friday, and I am impressed with it. It has sensitivity that rivals my Eton E100 and even my car radio...with just the headphone cord as an antenna. Its selectivity is also superb. I am able to get a 98.1 from 60 miles away when I am just 4 miles from 98.3, something only my car radio could do. The HD range is OK, I can get reliable HD reception 20 miles from New York City and spotty HD reception 35 miles away. Since it is very selective, it has a problem locking on to 87.74 FM (WNYZ-LP 6), since it only tunes in 200 kHz increments (something I would have complained about a month ago but I'll live with for now). The battery charges using a USB port, and lasts 10 hours decoding an HD signal at full volume. Only problem is that it overloads too easily, and when it overloads, HD reception is bad and it gets desensitized. But still, very impressive performance from a radio that's smaller than my palm with no external antenna. The HD and RDS reception is a big plus, I can't wait till the first e-skip opening next year.
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Careful - HD advocates will be all over you for listening to first adjacents! It sounds like they are using adaptive IF in the portable, something that makes it almost compelling for the serious ANALOG FM listener in the fringes. What a shame they left AM out, they probably could have made a really decent AM section if they wanted to.
 
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