None of the hand crank radios work well. Better to go solar and recharge the batteries in a radio that is a good radio.

I have a Sangean 803A and a Sangean 818, they both work well for a portable. I don’t use them much, only when camping. At home I have an Icom R-70, this is an unbelievably good radio. It picks up things clearly that other radios don’t even hear. I can from my home in Toledo (just south of Detroit) hear USAF aircraft and Coast Guard aircraft in the Gulf of Mexico. But it weighs 20-pounds. I love it.

I also have a few older tube shortwave radios, A Collins (another great radio. Almost as good as the Icom.) Hallicrafters and a Zenith Trans Oceanic. They all have been rebuilt and work well.


PS I love Annie, he’s funny to listen to.