the only problem was that i live in a very rural area in maine with few radio stations to choose from.
(i live close to radio stations though...) then i plug in my race scanner at dover international speedway nascar car races and listen to the drivers along with mrn radio broadcast!
i use them in a area that the radio stations are about 40 miles away.
my only complaint is that the radio reception is limited roughly to stations emitting a stronger signal.
not all stations come in great...
with its pll circuitry and telescoping antenna it receives many distant fm stations with good clarity that other radios cannot.
i've been using it to listen to am/fm stations as well as connect my mp3 player to it.
i gave 4 stars because it could use a few more station presets.
sensitivity: the tivoli pulled in my favorite fringe fm stations (60 miles out) more effectively than the eton--clear, no static, no fiddling with the radio or its little "hang-tail" antenna required.
excellent sound, reception is great (i am only about 50 miles from the stations i have tested, however).
i pick up a radio station in cleveland oh at night, cleveland is about 500 miles away from me.
i purchased this radio so i could get a hard-to-pull in fm station that i like to listen to.
it picks up the stations i wanted and then some.
but this radio with its extended fm/shortwave antenna brings in the stations i wanted.
with great sensitvity and selectivity, i'm able to get a lot of the weaker and distant stations.
i live an area with fair to poor radio reception but the sangean ats 606ap has providen very reliable reception on am, fm and shortwave stations.
many stations that usually require the radio's antenna be fully extended came in loud and clear without the antenna being extended at all on this radio.
i'm pulling in fm stations that i can't get on my car radio.
i hate manually adjusting my radio between the stations that i like to listen to.
band displays excellent stereo characteristics, and the sensitivity means capturing stations 75+ miles away is a common occurence.
maybe that person didn't understand that it's not a regular fm radio but one station that is only for emergeny news.
reception is average although some stations come in better than others.
i live in brooklyn, ny and get plenty of stations coming in on both am and fm (without even extending the antenna).
i have yet to hear the emergency weather band station.
as other reviewers have said the slider for the stations has an extrememly narrow band for each am/fm station .
some stations come in better than others.
believe it or not it is becoming difficult to find headphones(without wires) that still offer am stations so if you want one better get one soon (most mp3 players now offer fm but no am).
lightweight, stays on during strenuous exercise, the analog tuning allows you to easily pick up stations (at the gym or while you're outside).
fm doesn't work so well other than loud pop-rock stations, but am is fine.
as for reception performance they work well, however the fm antenna is in the headband, so this limits use to urban areas where there are several stations to choose from.
we live in a small town many miles from the nearest public radio station, but it picks up very well.
picks up many stations on both the am and fm band.
i've had radios with digital tuners in the past and when you unplug them to move them, they reset and you have to find your station all over again.
difficult to tune in stations with rotary tuning dial.
the radio is able to recieve a lot of stations in my area and the weather band gets the weather station for our area very strong and clear.
lauderdale/miami area where we've plenty of stations.
the small tuning dial (about the size of a nickel) makes fine tuning difficult and tuning of the noaa weather stations almost impossible.
i listen mostly to two stations, one strong, but the other one i couldn't even find until i lowered the antenna.
the tuner is good; it pulls in the public radio station that i've had trouble getting with other more expensive radios because of the local hills.
for this great price you get a pocket radio without any drift (meaning the station you listen to won't change to another station because of a loose or faulty dial), great stereo fm on headphones or
i saw this and thought it might be fun to try the shortwave on the lookout at 7200+ feet elevation, although i mostly wanted it for fm radio stations.
it picks up distant and/or low power stations fairly well with the antenna fully raised and pointed in the right direction.
some complaints have been made about weak reception, but here in the middle of michigan (out in "the boonies") i can clearly pull in even weak broadcast-strength community radio stations from 60
reception and sensitivity are quite good, and most of the biggie sw stations can be brought in with ease.
i also like the auto station finder, it just grabs the strongest signal.
when you go threw the stations for noaa and you got a clear station set it there, this is your area.
once set up i noticed that the connection to the base / charging station is weak.
i live in the mountains in a rural area and i only receive one station that is the next county over.
i live within reception of 3 different noaa stations in the dfw area (south end of tornado alley), but can barely get reception to one of them.
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