{"id":16979,"date":"2016-01-23T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T02:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16979"},"modified":"2016-01-21T22:43:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T02:43:23","slug":"val-compares-his-sony-srf-59-with-the-srf-39fp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/val-compares-his-sony-srf-59-with-the-srf-39fp\/","title":{"rendered":"Val compares his Sony SRF-59 with the SRF-39FP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sony-SRF-59-and-Sony-SRF-39FP\"My buddy, Jeff MacMahon,\u00a0over\u00a0the Herculodge<\/a>, forwarded the following message from his reader, Val:<\/p>\n

[P]robably some people who are still interested in AM radio will be surprised to see pictures of the\u00a0Sony SRF-59.<\/em><\/p>\n

[The] Sony SRF-39FR is an excellent receiver made special for Federal Prison in US.<\/em><\/p>\n

It is an incredibly sensitive and selective receiver able to pick up every AM frequency. <\/em><\/p>\n

Somewhere on the Internet, I found a picture of the SRF-59 [which implied that it had the]\u00a0same circuitry as the Sony SRF-39FR.<\/em><\/p>\n

I bought SRF-59 from Source Electronic to compare two radios. I was so disappointed after testing the SRF-59.\"modern-sony-srf-59\"<\/em><\/p>\n

It is absolutely a different receiver compared with the SRF-39FP. It doesn’t stay close for performance. I opened it (see photo above) and (surprise!)\u00a0it was missing a few capacitors…What a shame….<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing this, Val.<\/p>\n

My advice? Don’t throw the SRF-59 away yet, Val! While it isn’t quite on par with the SRF-39FP, it is still quite an amazing MW DX ultralight.<\/p>\n

I would suggest that you check out Dave Richard’s blog where he details how to tweak the SRF-59 for top performace<\/a>. Dave’s article includes excellent detail and great photos. Click here to view<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My buddy, Jeff MacMahon,\u00a0over\u00a0the Herculodge, forwarded the following message from his reader, Val: [P]robably some people who are still interested in AM radio will be surprised to see pictures of the\u00a0Sony SRF-59. [The] Sony SRF-39FR is an excellent receiver made special for Federal Prison in US. It is an incredibly sensitive and selective receiver able […]<\/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":[373,3,3196,3727],"tags":[495,4329,493,4330,494],"class_list":["post-16979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-ultralight-dx","tag-sony","tag-sony-srf-39fp","tag-sony-srf-59","tag-srf-39fp","tag-srf-59"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4pR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14878,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/pocket-dx-finding-the-sony-srf-59-and-srf-39fp\/","url_meta":{"origin":16979,"position":0},"title":"Pocket DX: Finding the Sony SRF-59 and SRF-39FP","author":"Thomas","date":"October 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I have two of the Sony SRF\u00a0series pocket AM\/FM radios: the grey SRF-59 and the clear SRF-39FP. 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