Hello,

I see many people are recommending the Grundig S350. I personally
wouldn't buy that radio due to the drifting problem and no memories. I
think a child deserves better.

There is an inexpensive radio that no one mentions but is actually
very good. It is the Sony ICF-SWS35 ($90). If a Sangean ANT-60 ($15)
is clipped to its antenna, it receives quite well. No tuning knob and
no direct entry, but 50 memories (more if you count the bottom of the
bands) and easy tuning via buttons. It's easy on batteries (I use
rechargeable NiMH ones) and is small and light. Sound quality is not
bad and amplified computer speakers can be attached to the earphone
jack. The radio is dual-conversion so it has relatively few spurious
signals. Made in China, it has the best build-quality of any Chinese
radio I personally have seen. It's very simple to operate and I think
it would be very suitable for a child.

It's even suitable for me! I have two of them.

Joe

"jtaylor" wrote in message ...
He was playing with an old radio shack dx-100 that's in the wood shop the
other day and said "This is really neat. I want a shortwave radio."

(I know the dx-100 is a piece of junk.)

When I was a kid the neat thing was turning the knob slowly on the am tube
radio that glowed beside the bed, volume up, listening to signals coming out
of the crackles. Um, that's still neat.

But today sw is better because you can get a radio that won't drift.

So -

If there is a digital radio that tuned like an analog one - not just the
knob, but the SOUND; and it was not too big, and not too much $, and not too
complicated - no ssb, no sync det, etcetera - well then, I'd like to know
about it. 12th birthday is in two weeks.