Sangean Portable Radio - ATS818ACS |
 enlarge | Brand: Sangean
Category: CE
Buy New: $207.69
New (2) from $207.69
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 121184
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10
MPN: ATS-818ACS
ASIN: B00092PFRM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Features:
| • | AM/FM STEREO/SW | | • | BUILT-IN PROGRAMMABLE CASETTE RECORDER | | • | ALL SHORT WAVE BANDS FROM 120m TO 11m | | • | SINGLE SIDE BAND AND CW RECEPTION | | • | RADIO/BUZZER CLOCK ALARM |
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Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
AM/FM STEREO/SW BUILT-IN PROGRAMMABLE CASETTE RECORDER ALL SHORT WAVE BANDS FROM 120m TO 11m SINGLE SIDE BAND AND CW RECEPTION RADIO/BUZZER CLOCK ALARM CONTINUOUS TUNING ON ALL BANDS 54 MEMORY PRESETS AM WIDE/NARROW FILTER DUAL TIME DISPLAY ADJUSTABLE SLEEP TIMER RF GAIN CONTROL DUAL CONVERSION RECEIVER SIGNAL STRENGTH & BATTERY INDICATOR 5 TUNING METHODS TONE CONTROL AND SAFETY LOCK AC ADAPTER INCLUDED SIZE:11.5x7.5x2.5 inches WEIGHT:70.50oz
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Customer Reviews:
Great tuner -Poor quality construction January 6, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Hi folks its Vince the radioman. I have a large selection of radios and love to do compares and share my thoughts. The Sangean 818acs is a valuable radio to have since its one of the only radios with SW and a built in cassette player which also records directly off the radio . It has a very good tuner , AM and SW sections are great . It has SSB and a wide/narrow control.The FM is good. The built in sound is only fair because the cassette player takes up a lot of space so they compromised with a smaller speaker . The 818 is available without the cassette player and has a much better( excellent) sound . There are some drawbacks to this radio...its very heavy and bulky, its poorly constructed( Im on my second radio) and the noise from the cassette mechanism is really annoying. The cassette broke down after about two months of usage and the DC power supply shorted out after about a year. The dealer replaced it . Also the battery usage is off the chart.The problem is the only other choice for a SW radio with a cassette player is the legendary Sony SW1000T which is about three times as expensive and out of production.However for DXing one does need a radio(at times) that will record broadcasts . This is the only deal in town. Love it or leave it. Like the title states...great tuner -poor construction.
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