Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
If anyone would like to buy in the US then you will find it at Universal Radio https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/spcialty/0417.html -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io On Behalf Of Casey Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2019 3:25 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio]

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Tom Kaufman
Dane: I understand what you're saying in regard to how what you hear over the air is different than what you hear over the internet! Not all stations are this way; WSM (in Nashville, Tennessee U.S.A.) as much as I've been able to determine, is exactly the same on the internet as it is if you

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
A very general statement indeed. I can go to my local retailer and purchase a standard radio for $20. As I've explained earlier listening to radio stations on a Smart Speaker is easy in theory sometimes but doesn't always work out in practise. Some radio stations on my Amazon devices for example

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
Internet has a huge potential given the advent of 5G services but free-to-air radio still has the advantage of being heard by potentially an infinite number of listeners. FM Radio sets have gotten so much better in such a short space of time. Its now not uncommon to be able to purchase a cheap

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
A couple of things here. Often these days - particularly it seems with broadcasters from the US - the Internet Streams and free-to-air broadcasting are two completely different things. Listen to say KNX or WINS and what you get over the Internet is quite different than what you'll hear from the

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Tom Kaufman
Agreed! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019 2:12 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired A very general statement

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread -
I have few to none problems listening to radio worldwide on my smartspeaker. It is also a fraction of the cost of an intrnet or standard radio. On Sat, 17 Aug 2019, Dane Trethowan wrote: > That's the theory about Smart Speakers yes however they don't always do what > you tell them to do. > > >

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Casey
    Hi does anyone have this radio yet? If so how is the sound on A.M and is the F.M reception as good as the say it is and what about on A.M also can you set the alarm so that you could wake up to the radio as well? On 8/17/2019 11:57 AM, - wrote: I have few to none problems listening to

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Gary Schindler
Amazon has it too! With all the cell towers and computer noise in general you can't DX any more like you used to in the states. On 8/17/2019 1:37 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: If anyone would like to buy in the US then you will find it at Universal Radio

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
No, I don’t have a HDR16 but I do know someone who does and he has demonstrated it often enough to me both via FaceTime and with recordings captured directly from it. No point me getting a HDR16 as we don’t have HD radio in Australia but Tom would be the first to agree with you that the AM of

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Gary Schindler
You have the Hd-R16 like I do! The AM could be improved.. On 8/17/2019 2:08 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: Dane: I understand what you're saying in regard to how what you hear over the air is different than what you hear over the internet! Not all stations are this way; WSM (in Nashville, Tennessee

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
Point taken. I have just returned to the land of the living if you like after deliberately turning my power off for almost an hour to DX before the sun rises and even then the noise from other sources was still noticeablenoticible I must be the only person the world over who wishes for a

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Gary Schindler
That is when AM radio is the best! There is always lots of leakage from the power grid. On 8/17/2019 5:13 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Point taken. I have just returned to the land of the living if you like after deliberately turning my power off for almost an hour to DX before the sun rises

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
I had planned to set up a Network SDR receiver on some farm land the family owned. Unfortunately this land has been sold so I’m looking at setting up my SDR in the shed at the back of my residence. The setup has its own challenges when it comes to illuminating noise. Firstly I will have to track

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Gary Schindler
It isn't a bad radio. The sensitivity is quite good. I have a Marc 3 which is half the price of the Hd-R16 and it has an edge on FM sensitivity and it fits in your over sized pants pocket. On 8/17/2019 5:16 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: No, I don’t have a HDR16 but I do know someone who does

Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired

2019-08-17 Thread Dane Trethowan
So it seems yes and there are plenty worse out there. > On 18 Aug 2019, at 7:33 am, Gary Schindler wrote: > > It isn't a bad radio. The sensitivity is quite good. > > > I have a Marc 3 which is half the price of the Hd-R16 and it has an edge on > FM sensitivity and it fits in your over