RadioBanter - View Single Post - Need help finding a shortwave radio receiver for my grandpa

June 14th 05, 03:33 PM

wrote:

Thanks Jim. Yeah, I'm going to give him a call tomorrow and let him
know that prices have changed since the last time he bought a shortwave
(25 years ago). I'll let him know that the Grundig has everything but
the RF Gain Control knob and see what he wants to do. Don't think they
can afford $500 right now, though, so don't know about the Icom.
Thanks again Jim.

Ryan Cabanas

One thing you might want to consider is build quality. The Sat 800 is
built like a toy -- soft plastic. The electronics -- IF you get a
good one -- are solid, though. The ICOM R-75 and Yaesu FRG-100 are
both well built. Having had both, I like the FRG-100. Less features,
less "glamour," excellent performance.

Sold both, but only miss the Frog.

--
Eric F. Richards

"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940