Hi Shepherd:

Count it a blessing that you live in a rural location. The reasons
I say this is because I forgot to mention a particular quirk of the
SONY ICF SW7600GR. It, like most didital radios, has less than perfect
image rejection. I live in the inner city with numerous MW stations
within a mile or two of me. I get ghost images of these stations which
pop up in various places on the dial. Most radios choke on these strong
local signals though. Oddly, the best radio I have at rejecting images
is...don't laugh...a GE SR III. It, by the way, is my most sensitive
set and I would pit it against any radio costing twice as much for
overall performance. The sad thing about the GE SR III sets is the poor
quality control issues. If you can find a good one, it's a keeper.

But, I'm happy you are pleased with your SONY. I like mine too and
it's a great set for its size and price.

Wayne
Shepherd wrote:
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RobnzBoy wrote:
The first review:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6263

This is the same garbage radio, as the S350 !

Stay away from this radio. Quality control problems. With the AM
switched to narrow, the thing is deaf except for a few locals.
Sensitivity improves alot in the WIDE mode, but the tuning shifts... to
tune 880kHz, I have to tune to 890kHz to center it

The FM is also bad... living near two 50kw'ers, the entire band is
useless. The WX picked up the local station 20 miles east, but one of
the 50kw'ers would bleed in if I moved the whip around.

Bass and Treble controls are reversed and the huge knob is not easy to
work with (an UP/DOWN button would have been better).

Audio quality is OK. There is an AUX input jack. The diplay is nice,
if not a little too bright (the backlight stays on with AC... it goes
off after 5 seconds using batteries).

I got mine last Sat, it was the only one in the store.

I got this radio last Monday and, contrary to many of the posts, I have
really enjoyed the radio. I have gotten really good reception on the
MW. I live in a very rural area and in a metal building and still
pick up solid reception from WOAI which is about 400 miles south of me.
Maybe I got the "good one".

All I can say is that I am happy with this model at least for the time
being.