I liked this video Bruce! I have a large collection of transistor radios and I have to say that except for its b.f.o., my rf2200 is my best. Can't beat its tone quality either!!
I owned the Panasonic back in the 90s and remember one drawback that it had. If I remember right the IF is 2MHz and on shortvawe it would pull in the image station from the band beside the wanted band. Weaker but still very anoying. Very sensitive though. Thanks for the comparison. Three very good radios and a lovely place you have there.
The superb Performance of the Panasonic RF 2200. It was indeed the first of it’s kind. And in most cases as in mine, the Panasonic is very robust and built like a tank. Love this radio on shortwave!
While being a good performer, I take issue with the idea that the RF2200 is "built like a tank". It has a very fragile circuit board with thin traces. Even a small amount of battery leakage can eat through the lower traces and render the radio a useless brick. I've repaired a few of them for this problem. The Zenith is truly built like a tank. The chassis is handwired and made of steel. No printed circuits at all. All transistors plug in.
Westinghouse SevenSea Multiband: any comments? I found one in thrift store for cheap - no replacement for my uncle's Zenith which I loved when a child back in the 50's
All 3 are fantastic radios. What I noticed is that most great radios are geared for or stress one or two bands and the other bands are well, good but not exactly Mt. Rushmore. Sony’s best transistor radio included in the video and there you indeed DO have the Mt. Rushmore of transistor radios between swap meet price and NOS price. I myself enjoy an AMPLIFIED DX experience with the treble and bass set perfectly. So I have two Superadio IIs. One I’ll use regularly and the other one I’ll just check on from time to time because it’s NOS in the box. If someone has one for sale the best advice I would give is after demonstrations find out if it were made in Malaysia 🇲🇾. Those are the only ones you should consider.
Good comparison! It is amazing and thrilling test! Ive long thought the RF2200 is the strongest as far as the sensitivity goes, but I need to update my thoughts now. That great and only a huge GE? who has exited from home electronics earlier in 80s ? The Superadio is super. But after all, I love the Transoceanic, tube is better. I have not mine though.
Their antennas actually are aligned for each reception. The RF-2200’s gyro antenna is being rotated, so there’s no need to rotate the radio itself - unlike the other radios.
You fail to acknowledge the tone controls are very important for reception the SR2. Bass helps greatly in bringing stations out of the static and reduction of the same helps eliminate sideband splatter. The difference between the SR2 and Panasonic is next to nil.
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Very high quality, multi featured, beautiful radios of the golden era of the 70's!
Thank you for this video!
I liked this video Bruce! I have a large collection of transistor radios and I have to say that except for its b.f.o., my rf2200 is my best. Can't beat its tone quality either!!
I owned the Panasonic back in the 90s and remember one drawback that it had. If I remember right the IF is 2MHz and on shortvawe it would pull in the image station from the band beside the wanted band. Weaker but still very anoying. Very sensitive though.
Thanks for the comparison. Three very good radios and a lovely place you have there.
Great video Bruce. Hard to beat the RF-2200...I love mine.
tha great rf-2200 dr-22 Truly one of the greatest radios in this category
The superb Performance of the Panasonic RF 2200. It was indeed the first of it’s kind. And in most cases as in mine, the Panasonic is very robust and built like a tank. Love this radio on shortwave!
While being a good performer, I take issue with the idea that the RF2200 is "built like a tank". It has a very fragile circuit board with thin traces. Even a small amount of battery leakage can eat through the lower traces and render the radio a useless brick. I've repaired a few of them for this problem. The Zenith is truly built like a tank. The chassis is handwired and made of steel. No printed circuits at all. All transistors plug in.
@RJDA.Dakota I agree with your view because I am also a man who like National Panasonic. Their quality in those days were very high.
@@johnstone7697Thank you for sharing this valuable information!
Westinghouse SevenSea Multiband: any comments? I found one in thrift store for cheap - no replacement for my uncle's Zenith which I loved when a child back in the 50's
I’ve never had the chance to try any of these radios, but if it comes to the ‘good looks’ department, I think the Transoceanic wins hands down.
Yes, I also think that the Zenith wins for good looks but for the features it will be the Panasonic.
All 3 are fantastic radios. What I noticed is that most great radios are geared for or stress one or two bands and the other bands are well, good but not exactly Mt. Rushmore. Sony’s best transistor radio included in the video and there you indeed DO have the Mt. Rushmore of transistor radios between swap meet price and NOS price. I myself enjoy an AMPLIFIED DX experience with the treble and bass set perfectly. So I have two Superadio IIs. One I’ll use regularly and the other one I’ll just check on from time to time because it’s NOS in the box. If someone has one for sale the best advice I would give is after demonstrations find out if it were made in Malaysia 🇲🇾. Those are the only ones you should consider.
I don't think that any of these models were made in Malaysia or China, because they had come to the market a long time ago.
Good comparison! It is amazing and thrilling test!
Ive long thought the RF2200 is the strongest as far as the sensitivity goes, but I need to update my thoughts now. That great and only a huge GE? who has exited from home electronics earlier in 80s ?
The Superadio is super.
But after all, I love the Transoceanic, tube is better. I have not mine though.
Every radio stay on different angle to transmitting radio station. How it possible to compare them this way?
Good point
Their antennas actually are aligned for each reception. The RF-2200’s gyro antenna is being rotated, so there’s no need to rotate the radio itself - unlike the other radios.
Why can't a trimmer capacitor be replaced?
You fail to acknowledge the tone controls are very important for reception the SR2. Bass helps greatly in bringing stations out of the static and reduction of the same helps eliminate sideband splatter. The difference between the SR2 and Panasonic is next to nil.
Honestly i have lits if vibtage boombox but when iy comes yo reception panasonic is the best reception of all