How is the AM Reception? How about inside office buildings?
1147044
I don't use AM, only FM and the reception is excellent. I use it on my desk at my house, that is on the 5th floor.
1147045
I have it in my house on the 5th floor. I don't use the AM, only FM and it's excellent. Hope I can help you.
1001621
It's tough to recommend this radio for am? I've had trouble with am signals. I don't use am on this radio. I think it depends on where you place the radio. There are a lot of buttons on this radio and it takes some time to get used to. If you are operating in the dark I think that you might at times hit the wrong button. Overall I do like it.
1339537
I live in a basement apartment and my intercom works great. We have a rather long hall connecting the kitchen to the living room (that's where we placed ours) and the reception is great. Hope this helps.
33160
I bought this for my husband and he has had no problems with reception at his work place. He uses a Blackberry, which we measured for magnetic field. It was a very high reading (7-20 milligauss) when out of the case. In the case it was within the acceptable range. Hope this helps.
2214795
I found the FM reception to be above average and, that is with a cell tower close by. I did get my radio fixed within 10 working days and was given free shipping...so very good customer service.
640376
Hi, it's pretty good. My favorite station is hard to pick up where I live, but it comes in very clear on this. It's also easy to set the stations. On my last Sony, after the batteries died (for back up), I couldn't ever figure out how to set the stations again! BTW, I just tested the AM band as well as the public station that is probably about 60 miles away, and the reception is clear on those too!
809098
Hi Susan,I have enjoyed mine now for three years. The reception is affected by the weather I have noticed. Usually what I do is put it in the cradle over night and have it record the programming I like. That way when I go to the gym in the mornings I have several hours of music available to me. The signal inside the gym is intermittent and it is affected by the structure of the building. So if you don't mind this it will be an awesome portable satellite radio I absolutely love mine.
2067674
I have found that the antenna used indoors does not work very well.I have heard the best way to receive shortwave is to set up a good antenna outdoors and run it inside.
1209934
I didnt add an FM antenna. I added a Terk Indoor AM antenna which improved the AM reception quite a bit. The FM reception is fine the way it is in this area.
839415
Hi Marilyn, and well, I can say yes, that it can pick up stations in my building. My building is brick in the front, wood frame in the back. If you live in a high-rise, most of those types of buildings have steel framing, and just as long as you were in a building with windows, I would imagine that your reception would be fine. UPDATE: I had an idea, and I took the radio downstairs into my cellar, which is very old with very thick stone walls and heavy steel I-beams to hold up the floors of the house. The radio performed perfectly, on AM and on FM, so I can say yes, even when surrounded by heavy construction, this radio will perform. Hi Marilyn, and well, I can say yes, that it can pick up stations in my building. My building is brick in the front, wood frame in the back. If you live in a high-rise, most of those types of buildings have steel framing, and just as long as you were in a building with windows, I would imagine that your reception would be fine. UPDATE: I had an idea, and I took the radio downstairs into my cellar, which is very old with very thick stone walls and heavy steel I-beams to hold up the floors of the house. The radio performed perfectly, on AM and on FM, so I can say yes, even when... » Read More Hi Marilyn, and well, I can say yes, that it can pick up stations in my building. My building is brick in the front, wood frame in the back. If you live in a high-rise, most of those types of buildings have steel framing, and just as long as you were in a building with windows, I would imagine that your reception would be fine. UPDATE: I had an idea, and I took the radio downstairs into my cellar, which is very old with very thick stone walls and heavy steel I-beams to hold up the floors of the house. The radio performed perfectly, on AM and on FM, so I can say yes, even when surrounded by heavy construction, this radio will perform. « Show Less
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It really depends on how much metal the building has. Metal may ask like an antenna and grab the signal before it gets inside the building and take it to ground. If the inside walls have metal 4x2's that is also metal the knocks down the signal. If you have old fluorescent lights and the transformers are in metal FM should work OK and AM in most cases should work. If you have updated fluorescent drivers and even some LED drivers you may have issues with AM. AM may not work well near many machines including a computer. This is why you have problems in large offices it is not how the radio works. Most homes are made with wood, stone and bricks. Radio goes right through these and there is not a good path to ground. It goes bet through wood and the thin wires inside the walls are not enough to grab most of the signals to ground. FM has more energy (higher frequency) and it much less to get noise. It does not like bouncing off other buildings when you get the same signal at two slightly different times. If you can, listen to Radio on line - they may not like you doing this.
119233
I do not know about a large office building, but i use it in a Dental lab with Fluorescent lights and i have no problems.I never had any problems with reception doing anything or anywhere. A great radio, not like Sony etc.
17409
Yes, with the plug in antenna the FM reception is good. However, AM is terrible.
1892757
For the cost and the size of the unit the FM reception is really good. The only problem is that there is no antenna so you have to use the headphones that come with the unit to get the best reception. I work in a rural part outside of Atlanta and I work in a metal booth that is totally inclosed. I have had reception issues with other headsets and this is by far the best. Hope that helps
639414
I live in an concrete apartment building on the 1st floor. I can go outside to the car, dumpster, and mailbox (100+ feet). Never had an issue with interference from my phone or any interference for that matter.
39029
Sorry, but I never use AM. But I can tell you that the FM works significantly better than any of my previous alarm clocks.Cheers.
294416
well, I do not use mine in such a location, but, I do work in just such a building. The radio i use there is of better quality like this one, but to get better reception we attached a single strand of bell wire to the antenna and ran it up past the ceiling tile and poked about two feet out through the hole the phone wire comes in and just let it hang outside. not a real good antenna, but signal was boosted enough to give us clear tuning. This radio would be a good choice to use in this way.