Right, the '2010, 'SW77, Grundig Sat 700, and today's E1 are certainly
a bit large for air travel, unless sw listening is something of great
priority on your trip. Plus, you don't want such radios to take the
kind of knocking that a compact portable can handle with relative ease.
I do quite a bit of road travel, where the size of these larger
portables is not such a problem. Got myself a Pelican 1450 case for
carrying the 'SW77 or '2010 and some accessories. The same case can be
used with the E1, although leaving less room for any accessories. I
have to say that I'm quite partial to this type of receiver. (and to
the semi-portable SW8). Recently made weekend trip to WVa, renting a
cabin, and got in some really good listening with using the E1 and a
WL-500 antenna: a very easy and portable set-up for such a trip, and
one which offers amazingly good performance for so little time
investment in setting things up.

That said, for overseas travel, I'll stick to the 'SW7600G or 'SW07.

junius

John S. wrote:
This may not make much sense, but I used the 2002 more than I used the
2010. And the 2010 got used but it was just a bit too big to be really
portable.


junius wrote:
Indeed, you're correct. The 7600D was the same as the 2002; 7600DS was
the same as the 2003.

http://stephan.win31.de/sony76-4.htm

Nice series, the '7600 Sonys. Even the analog '7601 held its own back
in its time. Then there was the '7600DA / 7700, the styling of which
the Degen DE-1103 seems to have been modeled after.


John S. wrote:
Is that the overseas version of the 2002?

If so I enjoyed one of those for 6 years. So much so I wore the tuning
buttons out... vbg


Ken Long wrote:
I use a Sony ICF-7600D that I bought overseas in 1985 with limited
tuning range. Once back in the states, I ordered all the discreet
parts to make it a U.S. model and now it tunes 2-30 MHZ with no gaps
and has a BFO.

Ken in Albuquerque


On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:05:11 +0000, weatherall
wrote:

I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have portable
radios.
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