#133075 - 05/16/08 06:44 PM
Re: New radio for your "whatever" bag
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Try Amazon for the mini 300
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#133079 - 05/16/08 07:44 PM
Re: New radio for your "whatever" bag
[Re: Kris]
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Hi Kris, On that note... What do you recommend for a radio (primarily for SW), but that can get am/fm; but is very portable. I was looking into the ICOM r5 with a couple antena's to get what I need, but if something smaller exists (with less bells, whistles and bands), i'd be really interested. Any ideas?
You could try the Eton E5 AM/FM Shortwave Radio available at http://www.amazon.com/Eton-E5-AM-Shortwave-Radio/dp/B000EINRA8or the Roberts R876 PLL Digital World Radio, both of which are excellent as portable SW radios. Slightly expensive but high performance SW radios. For home use the Freeplay Summit is also very good being a quality product with good quality reception and sound for such a small radio. Oh it doesn't require any batteries either, which can be pretty useful in an emergency. http://www.amazon.com/Freeplay-Summit-Sufficient-Multiband-Radio/dp/B00069J6CI
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#133080 - 05/16/08 08:02 PM
Re: New radio for your "whatever" bag
[Re: MDinana]
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I've got one of the Countycomm radios and its great. Small, good sound, dial tuning with digital display. The small LED light is a nice touch.
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#133082 - 05/16/08 08:25 PM
Re: New radio for your "whatever" bag
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In that class I went with the Sony ICF-SW7600. Excellent radio, portable but not pocket size.
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#133094 - 05/16/08 11:01 PM
Re: New radio for your "whatever" bag
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Hi Kris, On that note... What do you recommend for a radio (primarily for SW), but that can get am/fm; but is very portable. I was looking into the ICOM r5 with a couple antena's to get what I need, but if something smaller exists (with less bells, whistles and bands), i'd be really interested. Any ideas?
You could try the Eton E5 AM/FM Shortwave Radio available at http://www.amazon.com/Eton-E5-AM-Shortwave-Radio/dp/B000EINRA8or the Roberts R876 PLL Digital World Radio, both of which are excellent as portable SW radios. Slightly expensive but high performance SW radios. For home use the Freeplay Summit is also very good being a quality product with good quality reception and sound for such a small radio. Oh it doesn't require any batteries either, which can be pretty useful in an emergency. http://www.amazon.com/Freeplay-Summit-Sufficient-Multiband-Radio/dp/B00069J6CIAnything smaller? I was thinking of something more of an 'EDC' size... Thanks for the response.
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#133098 - 05/16/08 11:38 PM
Re: New radio for your "whatever" bag
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Hi Kris, There used be available the Sony ICF-SW100 World Band Radio. It was extremely compact for its performance still being a full Digital PLL SSB capable SW radio. I can't think of anything which is currently smaller than this for its performance. It was also very expensive at around $300-350 USD. http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProduct.a...ldband+ReceiverBut I can't find any online retailer still stocking this particular model as it appears to be discontinued. 
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#133133 - 05/17/08 02:48 PM
Re: New radio for your "whatever" bag
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Thanks... but that the 'style' of radio i'm after. As small as possible, but still a high quality unit.
any idea why its discontinued?
***another question: how does a sw radio like that compare to a scanner like an icom r5?
Edited by Kris (05/17/08 03:11 PM)
Edit Reason: added another question
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#133147 - 05/17/08 07:48 PM
Re: New radio for your "whatever" bag
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In that class I went with the Sony ICF-SW7600. Excellent radio, portable but not pocket size. That actually looks to be a very nice radio, with a pretty decent price ($150.00) considering that it has full digital PLL SSB capability. The customer reviews on Amazon also all seem to suggest that this is probably one of the better SW radios on the market today. I had given some thought to picking up one of the County Comm SW radios for awhile, although this Sony really appears to have several features that would be worth the extra money. Jim
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#133152 - 05/17/08 09:05 PM
Re: New radio for your "whatever" bag
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The one thing it does not have is an AC adapter. Battery only even though it has a 6V DC input. The plug from my old Sony 6V adapter is too fat.
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#133161 - 05/18/08 12:52 AM
Re: New radio for your "whatever" bag
[Re: Paragon]
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In that class I went with the Sony ICF-SW7600. Excellent radio, portable but not pocket size. That actually looks to be a very nice radio, with a pretty decent price ($150.00) considering that it has full digital PLL SSB capability. The customer reviews on Amazon also all seem to suggest that this is probably one of the better SW radios on the market today. I had given some thought to picking up one of the County Comm SW radios for awhile, although this Sony really appears to have several features that would be worth the extra money. Jim I agree, its a nice radio, just wish it was smaller. My father in law has one, and I killed 3 hours with it before I knew it was 3 hours.
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