On Oct 19, 12:03 am, FedUp wrote:

That is something I have to think about. I do like the simplicity of
this little unit I got at Radio Shack.
Just turn it on, extend the antennae and select the band. If the ICF-
SW35 works sort of similar, that
might be the best thing for me, instead of having to learn all this
arcane stuff. If I really get into SW, then
I can eventually go for something much more complicated, with more
features, and more capabilities.

, and it is

much more complicated in use, more so than your post leads me to
believe you want. If I'm wrong in this assessment, then check out the
ICF-SW7600GR on Amazon, Universal Radio, AES, or another site. You can
also read reviews on eHam. It is, far and away, the best compact
portable shortwave radio ever made (my opinion, of course). But I do
not believe it is what you really want, at least from what you said
and the questions you've asked. Such a radio would be, I'm afraid,
VERY intimidating to you such that you would either pack it away or,
worse, sell it.

I think you are right.


I don't think you should find the '7600GR intimidating. After all,
cuhulin has one of these radios and presumably he's capable of using
it. From some of the content in his replies in this thread, you can
see just how idiotic this guy is, and yet, he presumably operates his
'7600GR successfully...