{"id":35595,"date":"2019-01-15T04:52:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T08:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35595"},"modified":"2019-01-15T08:48:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T12:48:28","slug":"jeff-is-displeased-with-sangean-buttons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/jeff-is-displeased-with-sangean-buttons\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff is displeased with Sangean buttons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Jeff McMahon, who writes:<\/p>\n

After my wife complained about our Sangean radio button problems, I made this post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Our Sangean radios are good performers for FM reception and speaker sound. They are reasonably priced. For user-friendly radios to use throughout the house, the kind that my wife and daughters enjoy using, Sangean is the best bet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, for me a general use Sangean is not my first choice. Because I am an FM reception fanatic, I prefer more of a high-performance radio, the kind that has an SW port, so I can connect a wire antenna to the radio, which usually results in improved FM reception. That’s why I have a Grundig G4000A next to my bedside table. But for the rest of my family, it’s a Sangean affair.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, I should point out a consistent flaw, one that my wife complained about this morning: Three of four of our Sangeans have button problems.[…]<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article at The Herculodge.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jeff McMahon, who writes: After my wife complained about our Sangean radio button problems, I made this post: Our Sangean radios are good performers for FM reception and speaker sound. They are reasonably priced. For user-friendly radios to use throughout the house, the kind that my wife and daughters […]<\/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":[3,26],"tags":[4464,600],"class_list":["post-35595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","tag-jeff-mcmahon","tag-sangean"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9g7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15903,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/jeffs-solution-to-increasing-fm-performance-on-the-sangean-u3\/","url_meta":{"origin":35595,"position":0},"title":"Jeff’s solution to increasing FM performance on the Sangean U3","author":"Thomas","date":"November 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jeff McMahon (at the Herculodge), who writes: I upgraded my Sangean U3 with a male to female iMBAPrice 6 foot stereo audio extension cable 3.5mm, which I plugged into the U3\u2019s auxiliary port. 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