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überarbeitet am 14.11.2007
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Under the label of Siemens, many Korean made shortwave travel
radios from Sangean have been sold in Germany.
Everytime, I asked a Siemens sales representative at a Radio Fair about the
differences between the Siemens and the usually reasonnably cheaper Sangean
sets, I got the answer, that the circuitry has been improved and has been
specially adapted for the German market. Personally, I never got absolutely
convinced, that there have been significant improvements made, over the fact
that the design had been changed to a beautiful black-golden appearence...
The reception quality seemed to be very similar i.e. identical, bit the market
price in Germany didn't. Here in Switzerland, the sets have been for sale
under both names from different importers.
Siemens started it's travel radio production career with the RK-641/RK-651, the successor
of the Sony ICF-2001, better known as Sangean ATS-803. The RK-670, the twin of
Sangeans ATS-818CS with it's integrated cassette recorder got quite popular
among shortwave listeners, who liked to record the weekly letterbox programs or
DX digest of the favourite External Service on tape.
Shortly after the announcement of the RK-777, almost identical to the ATS-909 with it's
superior SSB capabilities and RDS decoding, Siemens declared to withdraw from
the consumer electronics market in Germany - I doubt that very many sets have
been sold under the RK-777 label.
Thankfully, Sangean products are now available under their original label
from a German importer.
Travel Radios
RK-621 / Sangean SG-789:
single conversion, FM, LW, MW, 7xSW (49-13m), analog dial |
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RK-622:
miniature receiver, single conversion,
FM, MW, 7xSW (49-16m), analog dial |
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RK-631:
simpler single conversion, FM, MW, 7xSW (49-16m),
analog dial |
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RK-641/ Sangean ATS-803:
double conversion, FM, LW, MW, SW
150 kHz - 29,999 MHz, FM-FM, AM, SSB (BFO),
direct frequency keypad entry, 9 memories, clock / timer |
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RP-647 G4/ Sangean ATS-800A:
single conversion, FM, MW, SW 3,2-7,3 and 9,4-21,75 MHz,
digital frequency readout (5 kHz), 20 memories, clock / timer |
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RK-651 / Sangean ATS-803A:
double conversion, FM, SW 150 kHz
- 29,999 MHz, FM-FM, AM, SSB (BFO),
improved version with 2 IF bandwidths 6,8/2,8
kHz, direct frequency keypad entry, 9 memories,
clock / timer |
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RK-659 / ATS-606A:
double conversion, FM, AM 153 - 29995 kHz; FM, AM,
2 IF bandwidths, digital frequency readout 1 kHz,
direct frequency keypad entry, 54 memories, clock / timer |
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RK-661/ ATS-808A:
double conversion, FM, LW, MW, SW 1,6 - 30
MHz, FM, AM, 2 IF bandwidths,
digital frequency readout 1 kHz, direct frequency keypad entry, 45
memories, clock / timer |
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RK-665 / Sangean ATS-818:
double conversion, FM, LW, MW, SW 1,6 - 30 MHz; FM, AM, SSB(BFO),
2 IF bandwidths, digital frequency readout 1 kHz,
direct frequency keypad entry, 45 memories, clock / timer |
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RK-702:
simpler single conversion, FM, MW, 5xSW(49-19m),
world time clock and timer |
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RK-709:
single conversion, FM, LW, MW, 9 x SW (75 - 13m),
clock / timer |
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RK-712:
single conversion, FM, LW, MW, 9xSW(75-13m),
world time clock and timer, similar to RK-709 |
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RK-713:
single conversion, FM, MW, 8xKW, world time clock |
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RK-721:
single conversion, FM, MW, 7 x SW (49 - 13 mB) |
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RK-759 (1993):
FM, MW, KW 1715 - 29995 kHz;
digital frequency readout 5 kHz, 45 memories, clock / timer |
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RK-765
/ Sangean ATS-818A / Realistic DX-390 (1993):
double conversion, FM, LW, MW, SW 1,6 - 30 MHz; FM, AM, SSB(BFO),
2 IF bandwidths, digital frequency readout 1 kHz,
direct frequency keypad entry, 45 memories, clock / timer |
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RK-777 / Sangean ATS-909:
double conversion, FM, LW, MW, SW 1,6 - 30 MHz, FM-RDS, AM, AM-Sync, SSB(BFO),
2 IF bandwidths, digital frequency readout 100 Hz,
direct frequency keypad entry, 306 memories, clock / timer,
scanning functions |
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World Band Radios with Cassette Recorder
RK-670 / RK-770 / ATS-818CS /
Realistic DX-390 (1993):
double conversion, FM, LW, MW, SW 1,6 - 30 MHz; FM, AM, SSB(BFO),
2 IF bandwidths, digital frequency readout 1 kHz,
direct frequency keypad entry, 45 memories, clock / timer,
mono cassette recorder |
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