Having both of those (sw-07 sw-100) I wouldn't consider either one "rugged"
by any means.
It wouldn't take much of a drop to rip the folding lid and wires right off
of them...




"Barker" wrote in message
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The smallest and best portable shortwave radios ever made:

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

Waters & Stanton ships to the US. My orders have been received in as
little
as 1 week.
http://www.wsplc.com/acatalog/Sony_P...Receivers.html (no active
antenna)
http://www.ogormans.co.uk/shortwav1.htm#SONY ICF-SW100 (no active antenna)
http://www.unitedbuy.com/icfsw100s.html (includes active antenna AN-LP1)

The SW-07 is sweet and includes the automatic AN-LP2 active antenna.

http://parkaveelectronics.com/produc...mid=SONICFSW07
http://www.pmelectronix.com/sony-per...dio-p-708.html
http://www.unitedbuy.com/icfsw07.html

Except for Waters & Stanton I would call these places to confirm item is
in
stock.

Both of these radios are very desireable and have a high resale value.

"MaMaDoG" wrote in message
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Sony ICF-SW100 or INF-SW07
Both are superb!

wrote in message
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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?

I currently own both and they are certainly more rugged than any cheap bulky
Degan/Kaito/Redsun chinese garbage.

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
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Having both of those (sw-07 sw-100) I wouldn't consider either one
"rugged"
by any means.
It wouldn't take much of a drop to rip the folding lid and wires right off
of them...




"Barker" wrote in message
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The smallest and best portable shortwave radios ever made:

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

Waters & Stanton ships to the US. My orders have been received in as
little
as 1 week.
http://www.wsplc.com/acatalog/Sony_P...Receivers.html (no active
antenna)
http://www.ogormans.co.uk/shortwav1.htm#SONY ICF-SW100 (no active
antenna)
http://www.unitedbuy.com/icfsw100s.html (includes active antenna AN-LP1)

The SW-07 is sweet and includes the automatic AN-LP2 active antenna.

http://parkaveelectronics.com/produc...mid=SONICFSW07

http://www.pmelectronix.com/sony-per...dio-p-708.html
http://www.unitedbuy.com/icfsw07.html

Except for Waters & Stanton I would call these places to confirm item is
in
stock.

Both of these radios are very desireable and have a high resale value.

"MaMaDoG" wrote in message
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Sony ICF-SW100 or INF-SW07
Both are superb!

wrote in message
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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?

Go to a Walgreen's store in your area and see what they have in the way
of a small AM/FM/Shortwave radio.I am guessing you want something
inexpensive and if it gets dropped or wet,you won't be out much
money.Happy Biycling.
cuhulin

Scooby wrote:
I currently own both and they are certainly more rugged than any cheap bulky
Degan/Kaito/Redsun chinese garbage.

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
t...
Having both of those (sw-07 sw-100) I wouldn't consider either one
"rugged"
by any means.
It wouldn't take much of a drop to rip the folding lid and wires right off
of them...




"Barker" wrote in message
...
The smallest and best portable shortwave radios ever made:

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

Waters & Stanton ships to the US. My orders have been received in as
little
as 1 week.
http://www.wsplc.com/acatalog/Sony_P...Receivers.html (no active
antenna)
http://www.ogormans.co.uk/shortwav1.htm#SONY ICF-SW100 (no active
antenna)
http://www.unitedbuy.com/icfsw100s.html (includes active antenna AN-LP1)

The SW-07 is sweet and includes the automatic AN-LP2 active antenna.

http://parkaveelectronics.com/produc...mid=SONICFSW07

http://www.pmelectronix.com/sony-per...dio-p-708.html
http://www.unitedbuy.com/icfsw07.html

Except for Waters & Stanton I would call these places to confirm item is
in
stock.

Both of these radios are very desireable and have a high resale value.

"MaMaDoG" wrote in message
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Sony ICF-SW100 or INF-SW07
Both are superb!

wrote in message
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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?







Yea, Buddy ! Grundig/Eton/Tecsun/Redsun are all very cheap Chinese-made
crap - especially, the Grundig S350 !

Jim Hackett wrote:

Having both of those (sw-07 sw-100) I wouldn't consider either one "rugged"
by any means.
It wouldn't take much of a drop to rip the folding lid and wires right off
of them...

That's true if operating the SW100 open. But if moving about you can
operate it closed, and it comes with a little pseudo-leather
semi-pouch which closes over the lid snap, which both cushions falls
and stops the lid opening in a fall. The volume control and an earphone
jack are accessible with the pouch thing closed. Pretty robust!

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

Barker wrote:
"MaMaDoG" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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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

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

"MaMaDoG" wrote:

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

thanks

I like the folding aspect of the Sony above!

Seems to me that a folding unit might be better on a
bicycle as it would pack better

Wait a minute,,,,, where I was? Lemme get a jimmy on meself and see
where I am at.Ell,I don't knowwwww,,,,,
cuhulin

"MaMaDoG" wrote:

Sony ICF-SW100

Of all the units mentioned is this the only one that
has digital tuning?

If your seriously considering the SW-100E (E=European version), also
consider the Sony AN-LP1 antenna. This antenna was included with the now
discontinued SW-100S (S=System -N.A. version).

Without the AN-LP1/2 antenna, reception off the whip of either radio will be
compromised but still very usable.

The SW-07 (includes AN-LP2 antenna) and the SW-100 are both digital tuning
and both have a synch detector.

I personally like the ergonomics of the SW-100 but the SW07 automatically
tunes the AN-LP2 (included). The AN-LP1 has a dial for band switching.

The SW-100's case is more rugged than the SW-07. But with either radio, or
any radio for that matter, I would treat them with care.

Performance of these two radios with the AN-LP1/2 antenna are virtually
identical. The performance edge is given to the SW-100 when comparing both
radios off the whip. The SW-07 has more memory and also has a station
memory ROM chip that can be updated annually. The SW-100 has 100 memories.

Yahoo groups has a group for each of these radios with lots of good info.

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"MaMaDoG" wrote:

Sony ICF-SW100

Of all the units mentioned is this the only one that
has digital tuning?