Back behind The Factory's burnished long bar, Patrick squints through all the whirring green and red and yellow lights, all the heaving bodies, until he catches the eye of a quiet mod man who sits back in the shadows with his blonde wife, seeing and unseen.
My understanding on the 398/909 is that Sangean built the radio this way basically for the European market...to prevent overloading. If you search this newsgroup, you will find mods mentioned (by the great mod man RickW) that correct this condition.