Yep, still use that machine, like its sound and would appreciate the firmware update if it offers anything useful.
Sent from my iPad On 20/12/2011, at 9:42 PM, "Jamie Kelly" <otrja...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dane, > > Do you have a PTX1 still? I have a firmware update for WiFi and DAISY online > delivery if so. > > Jamie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] > On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan > Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2011 7:10 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Radio Notes > > Hi! > > I purchased a Sangean ATS909X "World Band" receiver quite some time ago and > I'm now only putting the set through its paces. > > I could write pages and pages about this unit and I'll do that on my blog in > the future I'm sure but I do feel that this set deserves praise for its SSB > reception. > > Tuning round the 8-9MHZ frequency range this morning I was able to listen to > the "Flying Doctors" service, the reception wasn't brilliant but I was able > to identify the organisation and "Julia Creek", that's a town in Central > Australia. > > Now I've never received this before and - whilst Its obviously possible to > receive the service as I proved - I always thought you'd need a bigger > aerial than I was using, I just used the built-in telescopic whip of the > radio which is around 6 feet long. > > Perhaps what makes things different these days is the absence of a lot of > traffic from the SW bands. > > For those interested in this radio I recommend it as it is one of the few > these days to offer both dual conversion circuitry and a variable RF-gain > control across all frequencies from 100-29999KHZ. > > The set also comes equipped with a very nice "DSP" which brings the radio > alive! when listening to medium-wave broadcasts where a strong signal is > next to a waker one, the DSP allows the weaker signal to be heard > intelligibly. > > For those who have a computer then you can add extra facilities to the radio > by use of the data sockets on the bottom, what these extra facilities > actually are I'm not sure but I suspect you can hook the radio up to your > computer to use software which will decode morse, teletype and DRM > broadcasts. > > Just a few first thoughts for what they're worth <smile>. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
