[Matt Ion]

I like taking my little pocket radio along to football and hockey games to
listen to the play-by-play broadcasts, but most times, keeping a solid lock on
the AM station is an iffy prospect at best, requiring constant tweaking.

What I'm looking for is a PLL-tuned pocket-sized radio that does AM. I have one
of those little scan-only radios, but it's FM-only as well. I've looked at
Radio Shack's (aka "The Source by Circuit City" - blech, what marketing genious
thought THAT was a good name???) offerings, they have one little AM/FM unit and
a crapload of AM/FM/SW units that have a digital tuning DISPLAY, but all of
those still tune by an analog dial and are VERY touchy and don't stay locked
on-frequency until you get into the bigger $200+ Grundig sets.

Anyone have any suggestions of what to look for (something at a REASONABLE
price), and possibly where to find it in the Vancouver, BC area?

[Laurence Payne]

On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:11:57 GMT, Matt Ion
wrote:

I like taking my little pocket radio along to football and hockey games to
listen to the play-by-play broadcasts, but most times, keeping a solid lock on
the AM station is an iffy prospect at best, requiring constant tweaking.

What I'm looking for is a PLL-tuned pocket-sized radio that does AM. I have one
of those little scan-only radios, but it's FM-only as well. I've looked at
Radio Shack's (aka "The Source by Circuit City" - blech, what marketing genious
thought THAT was a good name???) offerings, they have one little AM/FM unit and
a crapload of AM/FM/SW units that have a digital tuning DISPLAY, but all of
those still tune by an analog dial and are VERY touchy and don't stay locked
on-frequency until you get into the bigger $200+ Grundig sets.

Anyone have any suggestions of what to look for (something at a REASONABLE
price), and possibly where to find it in the Vancouver, BC area?

I suspect that, at moderate price, the best loop will be that
involving your ears, your brain, your finger and the radio's tuning
dial.

[Mike S.]

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Matt Ion wrote:
I like taking my little pocket radio along to football and hockey games to
listen to the play-by-play broadcasts, but most times, keeping a solid lock on
the AM station is an iffy prospect at best, requiring constant tweaking.

What I'm looking for is a PLL-tuned pocket-sized radio that does AM. I
have one
of those little scan-only radios, but it's FM-only as well. I've looked at
Radio Shack's (aka "The Source by Circuit City" - blech, what marketing genious
thought THAT was a good name???) offerings, they have one little AM/FM unit and
a crapload of AM/FM/SW units that have a digital tuning DISPLAY, but all of
those still tune by an analog dial and are VERY touchy and don't stay locked
on-frequency until you get into the bigger $200+ Grundig sets.

Anyone have any suggestions of what to look for (something at a REASONABLE
price), and possibly where to find it in the Vancouver, BC area?

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[Matt Ion]

Laurence Payne wrote:
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:11:57 GMT, Matt Ion
wrote:


I like taking my little pocket radio along to football and hockey games to
listen to the play-by-play broadcasts, but most times, keeping a solid lock on
the AM station is an iffy prospect at best, requiring constant tweaking.

What I'm looking for is a PLL-tuned pocket-sized radio that does AM. I have one
of those little scan-only radios, but it's FM-only as well. I've looked at
Radio Shack's (aka "The Source by Circuit City" - blech, what marketing genious
thought THAT was a good name???) offerings, they have one little AM/FM unit and
a crapload of AM/FM/SW units that have a digital tuning DISPLAY, but all of
those still tune by an analog dial and are VERY touchy and don't stay locked
on-frequency until you get into the bigger $200+ Grundig sets.

Anyone have any suggestions of what to look for (something at a REASONABLE
price), and possibly where to find it in the Vancouver, BC area?


I suspect that, at moderate price, the best loop will be that
involving your ears, your brain, your finger and the radio's tuning
dial.

That's the system I'm using now. Trying to get away from that.

[Matt Ion]

Matt Ion wrote:
Laurence Payne wrote:

On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:11:57 GMT, Matt Ion
wrote:


I like taking my little pocket radio along to football and hockey
games to listen to the play-by-play broadcasts, but most times,
keeping a solid lock on the AM station is an iffy prospect at best,
requiring constant tweaking.

What I'm looking for is a PLL-tuned pocket-sized radio that does AM.
I have one of those little scan-only radios, but it's FM-only as
well. I've looked at Radio Shack's (aka "The Source by Circuit City"
- blech, what marketing genious thought THAT was a good name???)
offerings, they have one little AM/FM unit and a crapload of AM/FM/SW
units that have a digital tuning DISPLAY, but all of those still tune
by an analog dial and are VERY touchy and don't stay locked
on-frequency until you get into the bigger $200+ Grundig sets.

Anyone have any suggestions of what to look for (something at a
REASONABLE price), and possibly where to find it in the Vancouver, BC
area?



I suspect that, at moderate price, the best loop will be that
involving your ears, your brain, your finger and the radio's tuning
dial.


That's the system I'm using now. Trying to get away from that.

Found something!

http://www.londondrugs.com/Cultures/...4&ProductTab=1
http://www.londondrugs.com/Cultures/... &ProductTab=1

[Laurence Payne]

On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:36:39 GMT, Matt Ion
wrote:

Found something!

http://www.londondrugs.com/Cultures/...4&ProductTab=1
http://www.londondrugs.com/Cultures/... &ProductTab=1

Do they have particularly stable AM tuning? They may have, but I see
nothing that says so.

[Matt Ion]

Laurence Payne wrote:
On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:36:39 GMT, Matt Ion
wrote:


Found something!

http://www.londondrugs.com/Cultures/...4&ProductTab=1
http://www.londondrugs.com/Cultures/... &ProductTab=1


Do they have particularly stable AM tuning? They may have, but I see
nothing that says so.

Haven't been to the store to check them out yet, but I don't see why they
wouldn't... my damn shower clock/radio has PLL tuning and it's rock-solid, I
can't believe it's so difficult to find this feature in a "personal".