Originally Posted By: NorCalDennis
Have you considered a decent portable shortwave receiver?

I recently purchased a Sony ICF-SW7600GR.

It's small, light weight but sturdy, and seems to have great range. 4 AA batteries should get you about 40 hours of life.

The radio has great reception of the area AM/FM Stations, includes NOAA weather channels, and access to the full spectrum of short wave channels.


I also own a Sony ICF-SW7600GR and haven't found any NOAA weather channels (162.xx MHz). What frequencies do you dial in to hear NOAA?

BTW - I love the Sony's AM/FM reception and the SW bands (with SYNC Selection;USB and LSB reception) come in better than any other portable I've owned (although my new Eton E1XM is giving it a run for it's money and my old Sangean 183A still works).

FWIW - I also like Satellite Radio, although I decided to go with XM (the E1 was XM ready). My wife took a lot of convincing, particularly when she considered the cost of the monthly service. The number and variety of stations is beginning to interest her. I also went with XM because I'm a baseball fanatic and Sirius had the NFL package, not the MLB package.


Edited by BrianTexas (03/21/08 12:48 AM)
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