The Sangean HDR-15
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Schuster who writes:
Hi Thomas,
Sangean has quietly buried yet another AM/FM HD radio in the PDF of their US 2019 catalog [download as a PDF].
It’s the HDR-15 which appears to be a small clock radio/phone dock [photo above].
Also, in their European catalog [click here to download as PDF] they are transitioning all of the model names to a more descriptive grouping. So the SR-35 is now the “Pocket 100”, the DT-160 is now the “Pocket 160”, and the DT-800 is the “Pocket 800”.
There is also a new DAB+ portable, the DPR-64 (em … er …”Pocket 640“) whose cabinet is rounder and smaller than the DPR-65 (em … er … “Traveller 650“) whose cabinet they adapted for the American HDR-14. Wonder if there will be a forthcoming US HD-radio portable based on this cabinet design. This looks very interesting to me as a potential DAB+ travel radio, priced at about $100 and already available from several European and Australian electronics houses.
Thanks for the tip, Mike! I enjoyed checking out both the US and European catalogs. Sangean is certainly embracing DAB+ and HD Radio.
I see Sangean also includes two shortwave radios: the ATS-909X and ATS-405.
In the EU catalog, they’re referred to as the “Discover 909X” and the “Discover 405.”
Click here to view the Sangean EU website and here for the Sangean US website.
…it is annoying that Sangean/CCrane don’t have ONLY digital readouts WITHOUT the blinking seconds displays!…the “blinking seconds” are an annoyance for insomniacs, especially if you are conscious of this, as this is as bad as counting sheep in your sleep. Why doesn’t Sangean et. al. just use hours & minutes display just as the other radio companies do? I purchased a Sony ICF-7600 in 1990, and it didn’t have the blinking seconds, so why do other do this now? They can use to toggle for seconds, but not continuous seconds.