Oh, I remember quite clearly. It was a designer from Degen that was asking.





"Michael" wrote in message
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"Michael Black" wrote in message
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"Will" ) writes:
Are there ANY portable radios currently being made in Japan?
I thought that the only SW radios still actually made there are the
JRC models at many kilodollars each, and perhaps the actual
manufacturing of those has been shifted offshore, too.

Re a coming Chinese-made radio: Could this have been the
Degen 1106, the design of which actually was sold and eventually
came on the market as the Eton E5?

Or are we talking about a tabletop set equivalent to a Watkins-Johnson
or high-end JRC or the big Ten-Tec?

Because the original poster said something about a previous post here
asking about what features were desired, I'm thinking he just garbled
it.

At one point, Pete, KE9OA, did ask about features for a radio here,
but it was for an AM broadcast band receiver only. That was back in the
fall of 2003. The design did come about, but I can't recall the end
point.
Obviously, it has been a while since that happened, and I don't recall
anything about it actually going into production. The company was not
one we'd know for shortwave receivers, may not have even been one most
would recognize.

That's the only time I can remember anyone asking here about features to
put in a radio. Well, it's come up plenty of times as a fantasy game,
but I don't anyone else asking in anticipation of designing a commercial
piece of equipment.

Michael


Hello... I'm 100 % sure there was a thread here about a "wish list" for a
new Chinese sw receiver that was in the works. The thread was started by
a
person that was involved in the design/production of the radio. From what
I
recall, the radio was going to be along the lines of a Sat-800 as far as
performance goes. I still cant remember if it was a portable or a table
top. I also remember that the thread deteriorated into all sorts of
xenophobic commentary. No one remembers that ??? There were dozens of
posts
to that thread.

Michael