On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:56:46 -0700, Roadie wrote:

On Sep 19, 5:36 pm, willismat wrote:
Does anyone have experience and an opinion (good and bad points) about
any of these receivers:

AOR AR-3030
Bearcat DX-1000
Magnavox D-2999
Panasonic RF-3100
RF-4800/4900
RF-600
Realistic DX-300/302
Sony ICF-6700W/6800W
Yaesu Musen FRG-7

I'm looking for a backup radio that can handle a decent outdoor
antenna, and take internal batteries.
If I missed any, please add it to the list with any comments on it you

If you are looking for a battery powered oldie that will perform very
well as a tabletop, then consider the Sony 2010. It has keyboard
entry, excellent synch detector, selectable filters and yes it will
work well off an external antenna. To be honest it does a fine job on
the built-in whip.

Unless you are into radios that require extra knob twisting I would
avoid the FRG7.

Huh?! That's the 2nd best radio on the list.

The DX-302 is the knob twister. The Uniden doesn't suck, but just
barely.