[Lowfer] Grundig g5 sale at Radio Shack

[k2ors at verizon.net]

The Grundig G3 has very mixed reviews (to put it mildly), see:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/8447

 I have several Grundigs, a G6, Satellite 650 and the Eton E1 and E5. 
The old Satellit 650 is by far the best of the lot and by far the most expensive.
When you buy a cheap portable ( less than $300) expect images, intermod, poor selectivity and terrible performance at LF.
Even the very best portables are marginal on LF, there is no getting around the need for a decent antenna, a good front end, and good crystal filters!

The most I ever use a portable for on LF is in the shack (or maybe down the street)  to see if a transmitter is putting out on a given frequency, but there are much better tools for that (spectrum analyzer).


73 Warren K2ORS
          WD2XGJ
          WD2XSH/23
          WE2XEB/2
          WE2XGR/1


May 22, 2010 10:13:57 PM, lowfer at mailman.qth.net wrote:

Yes, the G5 is only available at some stores.  It's a discontinued item.  I 
found only one out of the three stores within 40 miles of my QTH.

The G3 is a more modern product with synchronous AM detection, selectable 
sideband reception, etc.  But as I told the clerk at the store where I 
bought mine, I'll be using it out in the field...literally.  If I'm going to 
risk dropping a radio in the mud, I'd rather it be the $40 unit than the 
$150 one. :)

John
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