There was a really cool Sony unit I had several years ago............I think
it was the ICFS-5. The advertisement for this radio used to say "rediscover
the AM broadcast band". It sported an FET front end (two gang tuning), with
a Murata 6-element ceramic filter at 455kHz (CFWS455H). It didn't track too
well across the MW band, so I removed the antenna trimmer and used a
miniature Hammarlund air variable to peak the station. The radio had that
kind of slide rule drum dial similar to the Zenith Transoceanic radios, but
instead of switching frequency ranges, a new calibration scale would show
up, instead, showing station call letters for different regions of the USA.
The tuning needle was really cool................in the top center of the
needle was a tiny (read the size of the head of a pin) red LED, with tiny
green LEDs on each side of it. I gave it to a friend of mine several years
ago.........he still uses it to this day.

Pete

"Hatfield" wrote in message
oups.com...
There's a guy in Atherton (NorCal) on Ebay who has several auctions for
these cheap little Sonys. Its the SONY ICF-S10MK2, AM/FM. I bought one
and darned if it wasn't easily the most sensitve pocket sized AM radio
of a dozen or so models I've tried. Now the Giants baseball station
comes in loud and clear anywhere around town, amazing.


The FM band was crap, distortion, no stereo, but AM performance highly
exceptional, as the auction shows it's kinda large, but it fits a shirt
pocket OK.