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• DEGEN DE1128 CHINESE Owners Manual can be found here. To be sold as the (eton) Grundig G2 "Reporter" in North America. The eton variant will use "white" backlight LED's instead of green on the Degen (I like green myself). The line in jack is a huge plus in my view (just like on the DE1121). Will also be sold in Europe as the eton "G2 Reporter". Universal Radio in the USA now has more infomation and new pictures posted on the Grundig G2 "Reporter" version . Selling price listed at $ 149.95 USD MSRP at this time . Should be for sale around April or so in the USA ? IMPORTANT NOTE : It appears that the Degen DE1128 version will be useless for North American users as Eton has requested that Degen restrict the "home model" MW to 9 khz steps only and also NO English display support to protect G2 sales. So "evil-bay" (ebay) will be NOT be the way to puchase this one for anyone in North America.
  
  Of course the HUGE plus with the G2 Reporter (over the Tecsun PL-398 MP) is that it will RECORD radio reception "off air" just like with the DE1126 and DE1127 .
  
  IF I receive enough donations, I will plan a "full page" extended Grundig G2 Reporter review for late spring . I will put any USD $$ donations torwards this starting now . As I cover above.... from this point onward....If I do not receive reader donations , I will no longer be adding ANY NEW reviews . (Updated Jan 27)
  
  
• DEGEN DE1126 and DE1127 : We have updated and restored the Degen DE1126 / DE1127 review (at the bottom of the DE1125 review page) and also I have updated my FREE 14 page PDF DE1126 / DE1127 "owners manual" . As we covered here there are MAJOR CHANGES in which new versions of the "Firmware Updates" MUST be done . We totally BRICKED our DE1127 test sample as we did the V 0.1.8 "FIRMWARE UPGRADE" wrong (no English instructions). All of this is covered in our NEW PDF manual. However Degen has removed all Firmware Updates from the web page at this time.
  
  As we had covered over the last weeks, the "Chinese" ebay dealer where our 1st Degen DE1127 sample came from could care less to make it RIGHT for MY bricked sample. After a few emails to Tecsun in Hong Kong , they did send us a DE1127 replacement (at no charge) with the latest V0.1.8 firmware installed. THANK YOU TECSUN !! No major performance differences that I can detect in this latest sample (except for "off air" recording "tick tock" noise is now on SW as well , see updated review). After talking with Tecsun, there is a reset that can be done to restore a dead 1126 or 1127 where the firmware upgrade was done wrong. But is pretty involved to get at the required 3 test points located on the front side near the keypad area , and requires VERY fine soldering and eyes . I tried and failed (too tight and small for my BAD eyes). Again see my NEW updated PDF owners manual for full details on this (480K file). Note : My new version "4.0 manual" requires adobe reader 9.0 or greater.
  
  More good news, with the donations over the last weeks ("Thank You" to Gary K., Sheng Z. and Payman A.) , we purchased a new Degen DE1126 (and NO it was NOT via "e-vil bay") , and has been added into the DE1127 review. The DE1126 has improved MW and FM sensitivity over the 1127 to my ears. The 1126 has about a 6 inch longer whip (much thicker much more durable too). The DE1127 is still a nice very SMALL device , but the DE1126 works a bit better and larger LCD (less self generated crackle noise in "off air" record too). Also the DE1126 has louder and richer audio (it has higher audio amp output) , even with headphones in use. In general the 1126 wins the horse race for me . (Updated Jan 22)
  
  
  The Degen DE1126 . Best model in the series so far in our testing .
  However it's not without bugs. Please see the review for information.
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• ZYCOMM HF7070 : Until we receive NEW SOLID information (even some "real" pictures) I have decided to TOTALLY remove the web page and all other content connected to the long overdue ZYCOMM HF7070 DSP HF receiver . More than enough time as passed in my view , and I now have to wonder (AGAIN) if it's REALLY going to happen at all ?? Last summer, the plan was to have 10 pre-production samples floating around by now, but so far that has not happened. Not even one decent picture of the receiver have been made available. IF and when we REALLY receive more information , I will then restore the page . (Jan 02)
  
  
• We try the KK5DR Icom PS-125 (power supply) fan modification . Text located 3/4 way down the old IC-756 PRO II page including a couple of new pictures . The simple modification helps to tame the LOUD fan noise. Hardest part it to PROPERLY take the case apart. Lots of screws and you could have a nasty problem if you remove the wrong ones !! Of course this will VOID the warranty. (Dec 20)
  
  
• Uniden's new entry level BC125AT handheld scanner has been FCC cleared. This new model is nothing that great (just a low end scanner), however we discovered this while looking at the FCC OET web page. It's where the scanner is made : VIETNAM (yes Vietnam). Now after talking with Dan VE4XWA, his NEW sample of the BCD396XT P25 handheld model was also made in Vietnam. He (and others including the similar BC346XT model) have had issues with the outer plastic cases cracking (or near falling apart for some) new out of the box. Make of this what you wish , but this sure does not sound good to me. GRE did clear up the PSR-800 front panel issues and this was very good news ("thank you" GRE), but I would not count on Uniden even admitting to this ?? Mind you as I have experienced with Uniden service over the years and this is about par for the course (near NO REAL customer service)....good luck !! UPDATE : Reader reports to me that his BCD996XT was also made in VIETNAM !! Perhpas the reason why the way above average "speaker failure" rate with Uniden handheld scanners of late , including the Home Partol 1 (who knows) ?? (Updated : Dec 19)
  
  
• Added Review : GRE (GRECOM) PSR-800 digital handheld "scanner" receiver. Our samples "battery cover" cracked only a bit over 2 weeks old and GRE America were NOT going to cover this under warranty. OK, after near 2 weeks of email "run-a-rounds" , they finally sent me a "replacement battery cover" (under warranty). This did NOT happen until intervention by the dealer. I take great care with all of my electronics. Another bug is the wear marks on the base keyboard plate have appeared (as it has for many) . Update : This now has been fixed and covered under warranty !!! Uses a "micro" SD card . (Updated : Dec 14)
  
  
• Updated Review : Updated text and added a new photo (bottom) to the eton "e1" LW / MW / SW / FM / XM Portable Receiver page . (Nov 23)
  
  
• Simple Way to Tame the (discontinued) Yaesu VR-5000's Nasty Overloading on HF / SW Bands". Add an external variable attenuator . We now have tested the somewhat expensive "Scanner Master ATT-20" pre-made VARIABLE attenuator . It works well and be sure and check out the added light review on my "Yaesu VR-5000" web page (located mid way down the page). A RF adapter is required as the ATT-20 uses BNC connectors . Our thanks to Dan VE4XWA for the tip and test sample. (Updated : Sep 17)
  
  
• Added Review : We review the standalone " Sangean DAR-101 " MP3 digital recorder . This is a very nice little " flash " MP3 recorder at a great price. We had a bug with the SD card(s), but fixed it. Turns out Sangean does not do a proper card format using the "on board" function (see review) .
  
  The DAR-101 features a built in 1 watt amplifier , 3 inch speaker and phone stereo 1/8 inch "line in / line output" jacks. Digital SPDIF (RCA) output too. But again the amazing part is the low "street price" price (at least in the USA). This recorder is a nice departure from the handheld ones we see about 99.9% of the time . It's 192 kbps top MP3 setting is perfect for high quality "off air" radio recording and playback and works good for music files too (even at the 128 kbps rate). Built in "one event" timer in 12 or 24 hour format. Power is with the included a "linear-analog" 9 Volt AC adapter (Yes adapter has AC output , not DC) or 4 AA batteries , and when ni-mh cells are used can be charged onboard. However , the required SD or SDHC memory card(s) are not included . With information direct from Sangean USA : Recorder generated files , transferred to a computer can only be done via the SD / SDHC card , a direct USB cable connection is NOT possible. This was a TOTAL change from the PRE-Production Sangean advertising (information now corrected on the company web sites) . The Male A type USB connector found on the recorder is only for PLAYBACK of files with a flash memory device . (Sep 14)