Hi Bill; Thanks for the review on the Sony M37V. I have a cassette Walkman, that I think must be electronically similar to the M37V. It is the Sony WM-FX421. I have had similar experiences but not w/400 Kw stations, just 500 watts. :) I have heard some good stuff on it but the further that I go up the band, the more prone it is to overload and splatter. I have a local on 1590 (6 miles. WNTS 5 Kw days, .5 nights) that gives this radio fits, even at night. The odd thing about the night time slop and splatter is the fact that my QTH is between lobes. They must radiate well via groundwave. Ironically no other radio in my house, or even my car radios react to WNTS like that. WNDE on 1260 is closer and stronger but does not behave like it does on 1590. I have heard that filters will make the M37V much better and that is what my WM-FX421 needs as well, I think. I would not have a clue how to change the filters.
Oddly another cassette Walkman that I have (WM FS-493 Sports model) does not have these same issues. It has presets and such, just lile the WM-FX421 but no high band RF issues. 73, Dave ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:07:44 -0700 (PDT) From: bill kral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [IRCA] Sony M37V Ultralite To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hello , For anyone?bandscanning with an ultralight like the Sony M37V here is my performance evaluation of this little receiver which went with me on my trip to the old country which in my case is Holland where I had a chance to operate it less than?20 KM from the two most powerfull AM stations in the country running 400KW each and found that the two signals on 747 and 1008 Khz were recevable all across the band until they bumped halfway between the two with a handful of other minor breaks from weaker or more distant signals.Further away? from the two torches it behaved reasonably well,getting a couple of Germans ,Belgians and Brits from across the Sea.Several Dutch AMers have gone silent or gone to FM,where in?some locations it was plagued by multipathing of signals since several stations broadcast from the same towers.Not a good little receiver in large market cities or small countries with many stations.Back on the westcoast,last night it managed to snag a peaking signal in a location away from my constantly radio?noisy apartment?from a station in Idaho on 1140 with oldies most likely sindicated somewhere and ID'd locally as Idaho's Oldies 1140 K-GEM (?),a new one for me and listenable over Calgary and Sacramento,until washout by the other two.Since never heard before here,a possible lower power night timer still on day power? Anyone know where in Idaho?The other Sony with the analog tuner now performs much better after several tries of boosting the pickup by adjusting a couple of tuner screws and realigning the dial pointer with?an incoming signal on one freq but not getting a match across the whole band but close enough to see what's what and who's where.Can the digital Sony be boosted and if so ,how? Any info is welcomed.Thanks.Bill in Vic BC _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
