www.walgreens.com (Electronics,Radios) If you are going to be
tuning a radio while riding a bicycle,unless you rig a good neckstrap to
the radio,chances are you will drop the radio on the road and it's a
goner.I don't know about the Walgreen's stores in your area,but the
Walgreen's stores in my area almost always has some electronic thingys
on sale and if they have any AM/FM/Shortwave radios on sale,you can buy
one for about one third to about one half price off of the regular store
price.
cuhulin

wrote:

www.walgreens.com (Electronics,Radios) If you are going to be
tuning a radio while riding a bicycle,unless you rig a good neckstrap to
the radio,chances are you will drop the radio on the road and it's a
goner.I don't know about the Walgreen's stores in your area,but the
Walgreen's stores in my area almost always has some electronic thingys
on sale and if they have any AM/FM/Shortwave radios on sale,you can buy
one for about one third to about one half price off of the regular store
price.
cuhulin

The SW radio will only be listened to at night while in
the tent.

No listening will be done while riding the bike.

At night in a tent? In that case if you want to spend a little more
money,I suggest a Sony 7600GR Radio and a very good waterproof cover to
keep it dry.
cuhulin

wrote:

At night in a tent? In that case if you want to spend a little more
money,I suggest a Sony 7600GR Radio and a very good waterproof cover to
keep it dry.

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.

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

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.

wrote:

AM/FM is a vast wasteland now days so am hoping
something can be found on SW.

Maybe so, but every now and then you'll want to get a weather report or
to hear some tunes. I forgot: where will you be touring? US? Europe?
Other?

Beloved Leader wrote:

wrote:

AM/FM is a vast wasteland now days so am hoping
something can be found on SW.

Maybe so, but every now and then you'll want to get a weather report or
to hear some tunes. I forgot: where will you be touring? US? Europe?
Other?

The Sony SW100 is a general purpose receiver, which is pretty good at
FM as well as SW, MW, & LW.

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

"Beloved Leader" wrote:

Maybe so, but every now and then you'll want to get a weather report or
to hear some tunes. I forgot: where will you be touring? US? Europe?
Other?

I will tour US Rt 66.... in the United States

Will start ins southern California and come east

I reiterate, look at the Grundig Mini 300 PE . . .

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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.

You might also be interested in a small handheld Radio Scanner.
www.devilfinder.com Handheld Radio Scanners
cuhulin