SY-8801 AM/FM radio - A modern transistor radio worth having

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  1. Hyperscope

    Hyperscope Well-Known Member S2G Supporter

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    SY-8801 "Beautiful Radio" is about $20 on e-bay.
    After 4 months I sent for another "spare". It is a good little radio.

    4AA runs it for about 5 weeks of daily 3 to 4 hours use. AA cells are deeply depleted to about 1.0v prior to failure :thumbsup: Good sound from speaker. Strong backlight. Very good battery run time. Can accept 5v USB power too.

    Has 20 memory presets to store frequencies if you want.

    Volume control is a large knob on the side.

    With headphone the FM output is stereo.

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  2. Valentin

    Valentin Well-Known Member

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    Nice to see a new PLL radio, as lately most of the new ones are DSP which all have the problem of ghost stations due to lack of any pre-selection filters.
     
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