Sangean Radio Reviews

"In the UK, the Sangean ATS-909 is also marketed as the Roberts R861...The Sangean ATS-909 is also marketed by Radio Shack (Tandy stores) as the DX-398...Price is an important factor for many people when they buy a shortwave portable radio for travelling around...In August 1996 the Taiwanese company of Sangean launched its latest portable, the top of the range ATS-909...Some radios in this price category offer synchronous detection..." read more »

"The Sangean HDR-1 has a built in telescoping antenna which worked as well as the T-style FM antennas of the other receivers in the detached house test...Do either Sangean radios, HDT-1 or HDR-1 have a ferrite antenna...designs are all involved in order to work well..." read more »

"As powerful as a pocket radio gets Somewhat awkward interface It is said in radio engineering circles that all possible advances in improving radio reception reached a pinnacle decades ago...As anyone who has used some of the classic radios of ages past can attest, there are burled wood, chrome, hand-wired, and even......" read more »

"I gave the radio five stars as it has great reception, good sound quality, it is easy to use, well designed, and is very high quality...I highly recommend it if you are looking for a great radio to wake up to in the morning...I would recommend it highly, especially for larger bathrooms or just larger rooms because the sound is very sufficient and no tinny sounds..." read more »

"I bought this radio based on other recommendations, and I'm glad I did...The reception and sound is adequate, the size is just right, solid build, and good ergonomics...Sound quality is good, and the unit feels just right in the palm of your hand, the crank seems like it will last..." read more »

"Sangean Electronics offers the ATS 404 that tunes continuously shortwave bands and any frequency in-between...The data and images provided by Aztekcomputers under this Agreement have been subjected to numerous control mechanisms to ensure its’ accuracy..." read more »

"Sangean launched the ATS-505 in the USA during March 2000...It is an affordable radio offering good performance and some features of more expensive radios...The titanium matte finish ATS-505 (centre) is larger then the ATS-404 (left) and slightly smaller than the ATS-909 (right...The next afternoon, around 20 UT about 3 hours before local sunset, All India Radio on 7410 kHz gave good reception..." read more »

"This is one of the very few "Dual Conversion portables(almost pocker size...Tunes in 1 kH increments in AM..." read more »

"Here's the bottom line with this radio......Has good features and no additional useless features...Wanted a radio to combat interference and improve range in bad receptor areas..." read more »

"I also own a 20-year-old GE Super Radio and a Sony SW7600GR, both get very good AM reception, but neither of them compare with the PR-D5...What is astounding to me is that the PR-D5 gets very good AM reception in an office environment...I listen to a lot of AM and in my opinion the PR-D5 is as good as it gets for the price..." read more »