{"id":20440,"date":"2016-08-07T10:44:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T14:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20440"},"modified":"2016-08-07T11:10:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T15:10:24","slug":"update-2-sangean-dt-160cl-v-sony-srf-39fp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/update-2-sangean-dt-160cl-v-sony-srf-39fp\/","title":{"rendered":"Update 2: Sangean DT-160CL v Sony SRF-39FP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sangean-DT160CL<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been eighty\u00a0seven (!!!) hours since I started the Sangean DT-160CL versus Sony SRF-39FP endurance test<\/a> and both radio are still going strong.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/a>

My iPhone stopwatch has been tracking the test.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve tuned both radios to my SSTran AMT3000<\/a>\u00a0AM transmitter which is currently re-broadcasting the UK 1940s Radio Station<\/a> on 1570 kHz.<\/p>\n

The Sangean DT-160CL still shows two of three segments on the battery indicator (see above).<\/p>\n

The Sony SRF-39FP seems to have no indication of quitting anytime soon–it’s still sensitive and audio sounds great.<\/p>\n

I believe the Sony SRF-39FP is rated for 80 hours of playtime, and I’m sure if I had turned it on and off numerous times during the test, it might have had an impact on battery performance. It’s still going strong, though.<\/p>\n

I am using\u00a0advanced alkaline (CVS Brand)<\/a> batteries in both radios. These should give each radio better battery life than standard alkaline or rechargeables.<\/p>\n

Regardless which radio wins this test: both have already proved themselves “Holy Grail” battery misers!<\/p>\n

I’ll be monitoring the radios very closely today as we pass the 90 and 100 hour mark!<\/p>\n

\"Sangean-DT160CL-BatteryIndicator\"<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong><\/em>: Shortly after making this post–at almost exactly 88 hours and 30 minutes into the test–the Sangean DT160CL’s battery indicator lost a battery indicator segment. It’s now only showing one of three battery segments. Could the end be near for our DT-160CL? Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

Follow this review thread by bookmarking the following tag:\u00a0Sangean DT-160CL v Sony SRF-39FP<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been eighty\u00a0seven (!!!) hours since I started the Sangean DT-160CL versus Sony SRF-39FP endurance test and both radio are still going strong. I’ve tuned both radios to my SSTran AMT3000\u00a0AM transmitter which is currently re-broadcasting the UK 1940s Radio Station on 1570 kHz. The Sangean DT-160CL still shows two of three segments on 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":[373,3781,836,3,26,129],"tags":[600,5315,5288,5286,495,4329,4330],"class_list":["post-20440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","tag-sangean","tag-sangean-dt-160-cl-unboxing","tag-sangean-dt-160cl","tag-sangean-dt-160cl-v-sony-srf-39fp","tag-sony","tag-sony-srf-39fp","tag-srf-39fp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5jG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20396,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/update-sangean-dt-160cl-v-sony-srf-39fp\/","url_meta":{"origin":20440,"position":0},"title":"Update: Sangean DT-160CL v Sony SRF-39FP","author":"Thomas","date":"August 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been thirty seven hours since I started the Sangean DT-160CL versus Sony SRF-39FP endurance test and both radio are still going strong. 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