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January 19th 04, 12:29 AM

(Geoffrey S. Mendelson) wrote in
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How would a "good set" of batteries help security to know that it's a
radio and not a bomb?

Oh, and as often as I use Google for searches, it seems that one only
gets primarily U.S. based stores. Do you have any links to radio and
electronic stores in Israel?

There is an incredible monotony in the U.S. retail stores, I'd like to
see some direct links to European, Australian, or Israeli stores.
Obviously many stores maintain that they will not sell restricted items
(such as unblocked scanners from Canada or England) to U.S. residents, or
the few that will sell won't promise delivery (i.e. you pay, but if
customs confiscates the item, obviously there is no refund from the
company). I'd just like to see if other models of radios are available.
Unfortunately, with today's global economy, most of the electronics are
probably made in China anyway, bearing different manufacturing labels as
required.

I still have a Ferguson FM stereo radio that was made in England about 30
years ago. Very unusual, some transistors are hand soldered to resistors
(the junction being above the circuit board). The unit has a whopping 12
watts per channel RMS, and the power supply has massive capacitors. If
the unit is unplugged while playing through the speakers, several seconds
elapse before the sound starts to diminish.

Regards.

In article , Jay wrote:

Make sure it has a good set of batteries so you can show the security
people that it's a radio and not a bomb (this is not a joke). The
power system here is 230 volt 50Hz.

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