{"id":13304,"date":"2015-05-20T07:48:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T11:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13304"},"modified":"2015-05-20T07:53:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T11:53:27","slug":"sangean-blames-am-interference-on-power-supply-and-government-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/sangean-blames-am-interference-on-power-supply-and-government-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sangean blames AM interference on power supply and government regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sangean-AMFM-Radio\"<\/a>After the Sangean WR-15 received low marks for AM reception in an Amazon review, Bob of Sangean America\u00a0replied that\u00a0poor reception is due to the radio’s switching power supply–a design that is federally mandated.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Jeff over at the Herculodge for posting this (click here to read the full response)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s a shame the WR-15 can’t accommodate internal batteries as battery operation this would solve the problem.<\/p>\n

If I owned the WR-15, I would simply replace the switching type power supply with a regulated power supply.<\/p>\n

Looking at the back of the WR-15\u00a0(below), it appears it\u00a0requires\u00a012 volts DC, 1.2 amps and an adapter with a positive center tip. Though I’m judging this only from the image, the plug looks to be a common size.\"WR-15-back\"\u00a0I bet I have a power supply that would fit the bill in my junk drawer.<\/p>\n

Bob, at Sangean America, claims moving the radio at least one foot from the power supply should help<\/a>. In truth, I believe much of the noise may be conveyed by the power cord itself, though I may be wrong.<\/p>\n

It’s a shame Sangean engineers couldn’t compensate somehow for the noisy power supply as it seems this radio was actually marketed to AM radio enthusiasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the Sangean WR-15 received low marks for AM reception in an Amazon review, Bob of Sangean America\u00a0replied that\u00a0poor reception is due to the radio’s switching power supply–a design that is federally mandated. Many thanks to Jeff over at the Herculodge for posting this (click here to read the full response). It’s a shame the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,6,3,26],"tags":[3842,2940,4089,453,600,3720,3841],"class_list":["post-13304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-manufacturers","category-news","category-radios","tag-am-noise","tag-herculodge","tag-qrm","tag-rfi","tag-sangean","tag-sangean-wr-15","tag-switching-power-supply-noise"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3sA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35551,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/bedside-radio-jeff-ousts-the-sangean-wr-2-in-favor-of-the-grundig-g4000a\/","url_meta":{"origin":13304,"position":0},"title":"Bedside radio: Jeff ousts the Sangean WR-2 in favor of the Grundig G4000A","author":"Thomas","date":"January 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Our friend, Jeff McMahon, over at the Herculodge blog has just replaced his bedside radio--he writes: Inexplicably, the Sangean WR-2 wasn't getting 89.3 KPCC without static, distortion, and bleed-in from another station, over the last few weeks, even with the wire FM antenna attached to the back of it. 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