Barker wrote:
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I'm riding my bicycle on a long distance bike tour next
summer. Will be camping out along way

What small rugged model SW would you guys advise for
such a trip?

Sony ICF-SW100 or INF-SW07
Both are superb!

The SW100 was my choice for backpacking and camping many years ago. I
was impressed enough to buy another when it got broken.

The smallest and best portable shortwave radios ever made:

Agreed.

The Sony ICF SW-100 is very good but needs the AN-LP1 antenna to perform
well.

Many folk have suggested that Sony's little wire extension aerial,
about 15 feet of wire in a little plastic reel that clips onto the
aerial, gives as good results as AN-LP1 if erected vertically (e.g. up
into a tree), and sometimes better.

For home listening I've strung out a 25 foot nearly vertical wire,
which gives a good improvement over Sony's 15' reel. If reception was
a problem backpacking (which I've never found in the UK -- the fully
extended whip is nearly always good enough, and the reel for difficult
cases), I'd simply consider taking some extra wire along. Very thin
stuff is fine. With some string and a stone you can throw the string
over a branch and pull up a vertical wire.

http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/gadgets/SW100.html

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Chris Malcolm DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]