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To: Cheapskate

The Grundig YB 400 has been phased out, I think it was replaced by the YB 500, which is a bit cheaper. It has a ton of functions, and is just a cool looking compact radio, eapecially my new 'black' one! (Thanks, OCC!)
The CCradio is a really nice radio too.
Dont buy the YB 300- very little functionality and station pickup compared to the better models.


172 posted on 07/30/2006 7:18:27 PM PDT by carmenbmw (My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
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To: carmenbmw

are those twin ferrite coil AM MW antennas as good as advertised?


299 posted on 07/30/2006 7:59:01 PM PDT by isom35
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To: carmenbmw

There has been a whole slew of Grundig Yacht Boy confusion since Eton purchased the Grundig name for portable radios. I used to have a YB400 with the German eagle on the back, which supposedly was one of "the good ones" Of course, I blew the circuitry on that one night.

There is a new Eton G4000A that looks a lot like the YB400, but reviews are bad for it.

http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mtrevu%20Eton-Grundig%20G4000A.pdf

Passport to World Band Radio puts out a book every year with the latest testing, etc. Even if you just sit for 30 minutes reading the latest reviews at Barnes and Noble can keep you from getting a stinker. Of course, most of the shortwave people LOATHE the CCRADIO...but only because it only gets AM and not Shortwave.




364 posted on 07/30/2006 8:19:50 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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