nrg@BBN.COM> (02/02/90)
I would like to know how good is the AN-1 antenna for the SONY-2010. Is it any better than the wire antenna provided with the set. -- _________________________________________________________________________ Narotham Reddy reddy@attctc.Dallas.TX.US reddy@nucleus.mi.org _________________________________________________________________________
postmaster@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (02/03/90)
In article <1220@nsscb.UUCP> nrg@nsscb.UUCP (G.Narotham Reddy) writes: >I would like to know how good is the AN-1 antenna for the SONY-2010. >Is it any better than the wire antenna provided with the set. > > I bought one to use with my SONY 2010. I find that it helps to get the very weak stations, but on the stronger ones it doesn't help the clarity much. I suppose the AGC in the radio is pretty effective and tends to even things out a bit. I am not using mine outdoors, as these condos where I live have a neighborhood association that regulates things like that (%*#$ totalitarians!) I plan on moving to a real house soon (in a couple of months) and plan on setting up some real antennage! -- Just the facts Ma'am
roskos@BBN.COM> (02/04/90)
nrg@nsscb.UUCP (G.Narotham Reddy) writes: >I would like to know how good is the AN-1 antenna for the SONY-2010. >Is it any better than the wire antenna provided with the set. I have both a Sony AN-1 and a Datong AD-370. The AN-1 is a nice antenna for use with a portable radio -- it comes with adapters to fit various kinds of portable radios, and it has relatively limited amplification to avoid overloading the receiver. It also looks very nice, and comes with a mounting bracket that can be installed a variety of different ways. It is nowhere near as sensitive as the AD-370, though. The drawback to the AD-370 is that it will overload small portable radios (but it has a button to turn off the preamplifier in that case). Overall I think the AN-1 is well-optimized to small portables, and is certainly a lot better than a wire antenna, at least for limited-space use. -- Eric Roskos (roskos@IDA.ORG or Roskos@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL)
roskos@BBN.COM> (02/11/90)
menon@walt.cc.utexas.edu writes: >Does anyone know how much the AN-1 costs?? $119.95 in the Grove catalog that came a couple of days ago. -- Eric Roskos (roskos@IDA.ORG or Roskos@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL) "Some countries maintain `fast time' throughout the year, in which case it becomes `standard time'." -- DMA World Map 1150 (USGS)