cfraser, yes thats what I meant. Like the old transiter radios. I have one from the early 90's but I haven't found a suitable replacement and I've look high and low for months, including RS, Amazon, radio websites, etc. Everything now is too thick, has all kinds of doo dads on it or not pocket portable. I'm pretty happy with the MINI400 I picked up. I also have a hand crank eton w/ flashlight, etc, so this is a different source for info/music.

Am_Fear, I am trying to move away from digital radio apps for my iPhone, as use for long term preparedness. I've tried Pandora, I Heart Radio and a few others but they suck a tremendous amount of battery and as I've mentioned in other threads, I run and cycle in desert areas that have no cell phone service, ergo, no iPhone radio apps work there. That being said, I have settled on Oo Tunes for my iPhone and use it constantly in cell areas. Every channel I listen to is there and it has police and fire scanners for most major cities including mine.