"Lucky" wrote in message
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"Michael" wrote in message
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This might be good to have as a "knock around" radio.

http://www.heartlandamerica.com/item...asp?SKU=75493#

Comments ???

Michael

Hello Mike,
I think the Sony SW7600GR is a good knock around radio for the price. You
can get them new as low as $130. It doesn't have a tuning knob but that's
the only thing that's "missing" off it.

OK, you spend double what you wanted to, but you end up with a great radio
with lots of features and built to last. Plus it's a Sony. Read the
reviews on it. Everyone loves them. I don't think they are too fragile to
be a knock around radio.

I found it on Amazon for $132.88 new. If you have good credit and qualify
for Amazons Visa credit card, it's yours for $102.88 $30 off. But even
if you don't qualify, for $132 you get a real radio. Or look for a good
used one.

http://tinyurl.com/bgna8

and reviews

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1534

Good luck
Lucky

Hiya, Lucky....

I already have the Sony 7600gr. To be honest, I wouldn't consider it to be
a "knock around" radio. It is my favorite portable by far, and I have tried
just about all of the well known sw portables including the YB-400 and the
ATS-909. I consider my 7600gr a prime travel radio to be well kept and
cared for. I also use it for at home listening through my PC speakers at
times over my R-75 because the 7600gr has a ssb selectable sync and can deal
with hets and QRM that the R-75 can not clean out in AM mode. I also have a
GE-SR III that I used for MW, but I like that radio too much to use as a
"knock around" radio.

I had in mind, buying an inexpensive MW, SW, FM, TV,Weather "multi" radio
with decent AM sound quality. I want it to take out in the yard and listen
to when I do yard work or wash the car and the like. Something that I
wouldn't mind accidentally spraying with the hose, or dropping off of a
ladder :-) I have one of those "Info-Mate" radios that you see on e-bay all
the time, but I keep that inside to use as a "last ditch" radio if the power
goes out and I dont have batteries left. That "Info-Mate has one of those
hard cranks on it so, I'd hate to mess it up outside.

I'd consider any inexpensive portable with a decent size speaker that can
get MW, FM and SW. TV and weather would be nice too.

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Respectfully,

Michael

Location: New Jersey
Primary Receiver: R-75 with full Kiwa mods
Antennas: G5RV, 200ft "Frankenstein" roof wire
Additional Radios: 7600GR,KA-1101,KA-1102
PL-550, KA-989, Info-Mate 837, GE-SR III
Westinghouse H-104 (seven tube)
Web Site: http://md_dxing.tripod.com