best portable or non-portable SW radio?
Apostle Keith Brown
short waves, and would recogmend
one, what brand?
Thank you.
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Radioguy
wrote:
Best portable: Sony 2010
Best tabletop: Kenwood R5000
Neither of these radios are in production, but are available used. I
was not clear from your message whether you were looking for a new or
a used receiver.
John Doe
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William Douglas
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For me, If you have the cash for something pretty nice I would say an IC R75
or perhaps a Drake R8 series. The Drakes get quite pricey so that might not
be feasible. I would look into the IC R 75 from Icom which would run you
between 400 to 600 depending on where you buy and if it is used or not. The
older Yaesu FRG 100 models are pretty good too but without the keypads and
are almost always used unless someone has one in stock out there.
For a portable smaller radio, I would go for a DX 398 commonly known as a
ATS 909 from Sangean. The Sony 7600GR models are excellent as well.
If I were you, I would buy a copy of Passport for World Band Radio from say
Amazon or Borders, etc. They have a nice listing of new rigs that are
currently on the market and that will also tune you into programs, etc. Band
conditions here in North Am are pretty bad right now but there are a lot of
nice catches on the lower bands below 10 Mhz. Especially at night of course.
The higher bands above 10 MHZ are reserved right now for mostly daytime
reception. Other than that, I dont know much else I can tell you.
But what I would say is that you should probably see what your interest is
in maybe by buying a smaller and cheaper rig and seeing if SW Radio is for
you. Then you could graduate up to a higher priced model say like a Drake,
IC R 75, JRC, etc.
Sony and Sangean are probably two of the better radio manufacturers out
there in my opinion. However, certain Sangean models tend to be a little
flaky.
SW4ever
model was introduced. What it doesn't have is Sychronous detection and
SSB (sideband). However it is very sensitive, has a good narrow
filter, super audio (a problem with a lot of other portables.) The
memoy system is, in my opinion, the best in a low priced (100-150$)
model.
There are 500 memorie plus, and I configured mine into 25 groups of 20
presets each, and used Page 1 for bdcsts starting at 0100 UTC, page 2
for 0200 UTC...to Page 24 serving as 0000Z (same as). Click of a
couple of buttons gets you up to 20 preset stations every hour of the
day !!
Also, there are lots of other lower priced portables, and if you are
just starting in SW one of these might be satisfactory, but you won't
be disappointed with the E10.
Igor
I haven't tried one yet, but the Kaito KA2100 (a.k.a. Redsun RP2100,
CCRadio-SW, Silicon Scientific) looks like a lot of bang for the buck.
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/portable/2100.html
http://www.amazon.com/Kaito-Synthesized-Conversion-Shortwave-KA2100/dp/B000HOJN3O
http://www.passband.com/rebadged-redsun-rp2100-only-50/
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Cato
Sony ICF7600GR, (I have an earier version... the ICF2002 also sold as
the ICF7600D). Kaito KA1101, Kaito KA1102 (with SSB) also sold
under the Degen label as the DE1101 and DE1102
Grundig G5/ Eton E5......
Super portable...you give up some features for small size and
portablility, but these are good for their size....
Eton E100...... Kaito KA11/Degen DE11
I own each of those radios,, and I like them all. The small ones
are great for throwing in a backpack along with a extra stretch of
antenna wire, or my compact TG34, (DE31MS) active loop. If you have
more money, and don't mind a larger active loop rig, see if you can
find the Sony active loop. It's better.... but not as compact and
costs a lot more.
Take a look at the reviews at Radio Intel http://www.radiointel.com/
and Eham http://www.eham.net/ at Eham go to "Reviews" then
"Receivers: General Coverage"
Also buy a 2008 copy of Passport to World Band Radio for their
reviews of receivers in the price range you are interested in.
Best regards