sid wrote:

I want to buy a reasonably portable am/fm/sw radio. I want to take it
to India (where AM frequency by far still rules) for my mother and
hence it has to satisfy certain requirements

sound quality is important - lots of pocket SW radios these days skimp
on speakers.

It has to be very simplistic - just a tuning and volume dials and band
selector. Digital tuning can be nice esp since you can have one touch
tuning but the number of buttons on face should not be confusing -
otherwise analog is preferred since she is quite used to seeing where
the slider stops.

reasonably portable - may be 7-10 inches long with 2-4 AA battery
opearation. I read about GE superradio but it seems big needing 6 D
cells. Also it doesn't have any SW band.

AM reception is very important. I just bought a panasonic RF-B11 it
looks/feels cheap for the $50 spent on it and the AM reception is
almost non-existant.

I honestly don't like 9-10 SW bands as you have to endlessly change
bands and keep sliding up and down - in analog radios. One or two SW
bands which receive only the strongest local (within country)channels
would be nice.

The price should be reasonable - around $50 for an analog.

Is there anything out there?

Another idea might be to contact Jose Jacob, a SWL in India, and see what he
might recommend that would meet local requirements well.

You can reach him at:

vu2jos AT yahoo.co.in

I'm certain he'd be willing to assist you.

dxAce
Michigan
USA