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Chris Malcolm · November 9th 06, 02:57 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:
Chris Malcolm wrote:

The performance of the SW100 and 7600GR are pretty much the same,
except that the SW100 is much smaller and has a squeakier speaker. The
SW100 os basically a miniaturised 7600. But on headphones they sound
the same (both extremely good). A ngelcted point of these radios is
that they not only have a phone socket, they have a line out socket,
and can deliver superb audio quality of FM to both earphones and an
external hifi.

Thanks for that info Chris

Size and weight ARE of importance as I plan to travel
somewhat ultra-light on this bike tour.

This tour will be abt 2000 miles. I just need
something to listen to while laying in tent at night.
AM/FM is a vast wasteland now days so am hoping
something can be found on SW.

Note h'ever that the SW100, while small in itself, is a digitally
tuned radio, and thus eats batteries at least twice as fast as an old
fashioned analogue radio. If you factor in battery weight if a long
time away from chargers or shops, you might want to trade digital
tuning performance for analogue battery economy.

Or you could devise a battery charger running off a bicycle hub dynamo
:-)

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