The new 909X2 hits a home run in so many respects, including build quality and design. It’s real shame to have its performance so hampered by the LSB/USB audio drop and various self-inflicted noises.

Again, as noted by others Sangean retained the extremely useful thumb wheel RF gain control. This is an excellent feature. KEYPAD Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this, Dan. Very encouraging. We look forward to publishing your updates as you get to know the 909X2 even better! Sangean ATS-909X2 Retailers: As far as the sound quality is concerned, don’t let its small size fool you. Tecsun PL88 is surprisingly loud and clear for its given size.Dave Zantow says his unit does not have this issue, so there is a possibility this is due to unit to unit variation. As you can see, with a strong signal such as 12,160 kHz — switching from AM to LSB instantly reduces listenable level, and signal as measured on the 909×2 drops to zero bars or near zero. In USB, the reduction is less severe. Regardless, having to perform adjustments with main volume just to struggle to hear any signal in SSB is a bit ridiculous. This kind of thing is not seen on the Tecsun H-501x or 990x though as Dave correctly points out, Tecsun receivers are not exactly great performers in SSB. On Tecsun receivers, there is a slight processor pause while the receiver makes the switch into LSB or USB, without the sharp reduction in listenable level. CALIBRATION ISSUES WITH NO WAY TO ADJUST

Featuring wide-band AM/FM coverage from long wave and medium wave to short wave. The DSP comes as standard (Digital Signal Processing) with the unit and includes several features which can significantly enhance reception through improved interference rejection. So, the shortwave radio signals keep bouncing up and down, reaching places beyond the horizon that you cannot see. This type of propagation is referred to as Skip Propagation. It is this Skip Propagation that allows the shortwave radio communications to travel across the globe. From "Jon Hudson" SDRplay (via Groups.io) : The current preview build of SDRconnect is just at the beginning of theI did notice a few problems. To start with, the battery life is not so great. The maximum it can last is 8 hours with the unit using the loudspeaker at normal volume. Increase the volume to maximum, and the battery life drops to 2.5 hours tops! That’s not expected. I did expect a longer battery life.

My last experience with Sangean was with the ATS-909. I liked the looks and capabilities of that receiver, and even went to the point of having mine modified by Radio Labs. But those mods were underwhelming, in my view, and the original 909 always seemed to me to be deaf when using the whip antenna. What’s interesting is that the radio comes preprogrammed with 7 NOAA channels that will alert you of weather conditions in real-time. As well, both portables come with long extendable whip antennas and windup external wire antennas for pulling in weaker and rarer SW stations, along with signal strength meters, stereo earbuds and even radio cases. Eton turned the market on its head when it introduced the still superb E1/XM which competed with the very end of SONY portable production, and co-designed with R.L. Drake added such superb features as Passband Tuning and three selectivity positions.

The Manual

The key specifications of the ATS- 909 X2 are summarized in Table 2 and can also be found in the online manual. https://tinyurl.com/aakmh7sn Out of the Box and Basic Operation You can enhance the shortwave performance using the bandwidth switch. The radio offers five methods of tuning. Those five methods include: If you are a Radio Amateur or shortwave listener and want a great portable receiver, you will want to own a Sangean ATS-909X2 World-Band Portable Radio from DX Engineering… the absolute best way to have fun listening to a quality all-band receiver anywhere you want to go! Here are many of this fantastic radio's features: As well, the CC Skywave SSB is a great performer on the AM band — especially at night — and delivers excellent stereo audio on FM when you use earbuds/headsets. CCrane is proud of the fact that this radio can run up to 70 hours on earbuds/60 hours on its built–in speaker using pair of AA Alkaline batteries. Both systems insert a carrier into the the received signal however sync detection has virtually no frequency error …”