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Mike S. wrote:

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Ron Wiebe ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote:
I realize that this question has nothing to do with shortwave, but could not
think of another group to post this question. I read several posts here and
this seems like a knowledgable group so here goes...

Our church is planning to purchase a translation system that will transmit
on the regular FM band. I am looking for recomendations for mini digital FM
radios that cost around $20. I was looking at the Coby CX-9, but am rather
leary of buying it without recommendations. Has anyone tried this radio
before, or does anyone have a better sugestion? It would not be a big deal
to buy one to try it out, but we need 20 matching radios and I would prefer
to buy them in one purchase.

Coby is low-end junk. I'd look at what Sony or Sangean have in that prive
range. C. Crane (www.ccrane.com) usually carries all, or most, of the
Sangean line and are an excellent dealer to boot.

This reply is just a reflexive spew. Cheap Sony stuff is junk, too.
The OP was looking for small FM broadcast band radios, not a reliable
shortwave.

The church will probably have a problem with stuff walking out the
door, if only for reasons of forgetfullness, not malice. I'd look for
something even cheaper, perhaps some "credit card" radio that could
be fixed tuned.

I've had fair luck with GPX (a.k.a. Yorx) stuff, but you get what you
pay for.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident