Hello yes new grundig is not good. But having said that the 650 also had its faults. For a receiver over a thousand bucks the sync function was not any good. On the 800 mill the drake sync. Was much better. As a collector of shortwave its always a pleasure to see videos such as your. BestReards. RON. Z. WA3090SWL. THE NORTH AMERICAN SHORTWAVE RADIO AND TOY ROBOT MUSEUM.