starman ) writes:
The Dawn Soliloquy wrote:
http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/sw8.html This unit is not portable and is $800.

The SW8 is certainly portable. It has a handle, runs on batteries or AC
and is considerably smaller/lighter than the Grundig Sat-800, which is
also considered a portable. The current price for a used SW8 (late
model) is about $500.

www.dxing.com/rx/sw8.htm says that it's around $400, & it's been offered here
for less than that. It also has a high enough build quality to carry around by
the handle or in its canvas carrying pack.

While the Sat-800 may have the same electronics (why some like it), its build
quality is too poor to carry it around (and if you did, they only viable way
to do so, is to perch it on your shoulder like a ghetto blaster) and too poor
for mobile/marine use. It only excels for tabletop use.