Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!CUVMA!SWL-L Date: Thu, 18 Jan 90 13:28:15 EST Reply-To: aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu Sender: Short Wave Listener's List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was From: "a.e.mossberg" Subject: Re: Sangean ATS-803a: clarifications requested X-To: swl-l@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Jan18.170524est.59297@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: bitnet.swl-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu In article <1990Jan18.144203.24297@IDA.ORG> roskos@IDA.ORG (Eric Roskos) writes: >The dial on the side, incidentally, is one of the few things I don't >like about the radio... it has a "lightweight plastic" feel. The other I agree. I suspect that the knob will be the first thing to go bad on this unit. It has a very cheap feel to it. Probably if it was damped a little bit, it would have a better feel. >things I don't like about it are that the BFO dial is *very* small, and Which makes it harder to quickly tune in SSB.. >I can't figure out how to set the seconds on the time of day clock to >synchronize it with WWV. The manual lists the steps to display the >seconds in the section on setting the clock, but then adds a sentence >that says that the seconds function won't work while it is in >time-setting mode. I gave up. I don't think there really is a way. aem -- a.e.mossberg / aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu / aem@umiami.BITNET / Pahayokee Bioregion Sex education classes are like in-home sales parties for abortions. - Phyllis Schlafly