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Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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? |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
Kaito 1101 : Multi band- Speaker - Antenna jack . My favorite for backpacking on the A.T., excellent am ..fm.. sw.. reception for price and weight. |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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Kaito 1101 : Multi band- Speaker - Antenna jack . My favorite for backpacking on the A.T., excellent am ..fm.. sw.. reception for price and weight. Thanks Pretty robust unit? Not flimsy made? |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
FR-200. Not "real" small but has the advantage of not needing batteries.
Crank away... P.S. I wasn't referring to speed when I said crank away.... wrote in message ... 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? |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:19:08 GMT, "Jim Hackett"
wrote: FR-200. Not "real" small but has the advantage of not needing batteries. Crank away... P.S. I wasn't referring to speed when I said crank away.... wrote in message .. . 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 have a Kaito 105 that's smaller than the 1101 and fairly rugged, and the reception is nice. |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
"Jim Hackett" wrote:
FR-200. Not "real" small but has the advantage of not needing batteries. That thing looks pretty bulky I have to have small, compact and lightweight as I'm riding this bike abt 1500 miles and every ounce saved is worth it |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
Grundig Mini 300 PE
wrote in message ... 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? |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
justin david wrote:
I have a Kaito 105 that's smaller than the 1101 and fairly rugged, and the reception is nice. ok thanks will have a look |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
Sony ICF-SW100 or INF-SW07
Both are superb! wrote in message ... 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? |
Small rugged SW for long distance bike tour - Sony SW-100 or SW07
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 ... Sony ICF-SW100 or INF-SW07 Both are superb! wrote in message ... 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? |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
"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 |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
Wait a minute,,,,, where I was? Lemme get a jimmy on meself and see
where I am at.Ell,I don't knowwwww,,,,, cuhulin |
Small rugged SW for long distance bike tour - Sony SW-100 or SW07
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 ... Sony ICF-SW100 or INF-SW07 Both are superb! wrote in message ... 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? |
Small rugged SW for long distance bike tour - Sony SW-100 or SW07
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 ... Sony ICF-SW100 or INF-SW07 Both are superb! wrote in message ... 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? |
Small rugged SW for long distance bike tour - Sony SW-100 orSW07
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 |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
"MaMaDoG" wrote:
Sony ICF-SW100 Of all the units mentioned is this the only one that has digital tuning? |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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. wrote in message ... "MaMaDoG" wrote: Sony ICF-SW100 Of all the units mentioned is this the only one that has digital tuning? |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
"Libertad" wrote:
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). remember this is for a long distance bicycle ride now. Cant carry everything you know. G |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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 |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
i use a rat shack dx399(sangean 606) in a dumptruck. its very durable!
it even fell out and got run over in the mud once! it looks a little rough but still works perfectly. i also use a grundig mini 300 while working construction. it hangs off the back of my baseball cap in its little protective cover with the antenna sticking up above my head. that would work perfectly while riding a bike. battery usage is great! i get almost 2 weeks on two aa cells. (watch out that you dont poke any eyes out with the antenna sticking up!) |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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 |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
wrote in message ... "Libertad" wrote: 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). remember this is for a long distance bicycle ride now. Cant carry everything you know. G The AN-LP1/2 fold up into the provided flat pouch about 8" square. Very easy to pack and well worth the money. FYI: Used SW07 w/box, manual, antenna, $300 http://www.universal-radio.com/alert.html |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SonyICF-sw100/
wrote in message ... "Libertad" wrote: 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). remember this is for a long distance bicycle ride now. Cant carry everything you know. G |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
Jim wrote:
i use a rat shack dx399(sangean 606) in a dumptruck. its very durable! it even fell out and got run over in the mud once! it looks a little rough but still works perfectly. snips Let's see - got run over in the mud (by the dump truck?), but looks only a "little " rough? My, you are a charitable fellow! ;-) Bruce Jensen |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
Put that radio that got run over by a dump truck on Ripley's Believe It
Or Not. www.ripleys.com and hand me a bottle of Fred Sanford's Ripple. cuhulin |
Small rugged SW for long distance bike tour - Sony SW-100 or SW07
Barker wrote:
"MaMaDoG" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... 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/] |
Small rugged SW for long distance bike tour - Sony SW-100 or SW07
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/] |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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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/] |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
Jim wrote: i use a rat shack dx399(sangean 606).... I'll cast another vote for the DX-399. Mine came with a universal power supply. The wall wart can run on 110 or 240 volts AC, and there is an adapter that lets you use US- or European-style outlets. The big disadvantage is that they were discontinued years ago. I don't know if you can still buy the wall wart separately. If you can, it will work with the Sangean 606. You won't be in a tent every night. I guess that every radio recommended will receive not just SW, but MW and FM as well, and maybe LW too. You will want to hear the local news and weather. |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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. |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
I reiterate, look at the Grundig Mini 300 PE . . .
wrote in message ... 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. |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
You might also be interested in a small handheld Radio Scanner.
www.devilfinder.com Handheld Radio Scanners cuhulin |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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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. Note h'ever that the SW100, while small in itself, is a digitally tuned radio, and thus eats batteries at least twice as fast as an old fashioned analogue radio. If you factor in battery weight if a long time away from chargers or shops, you might want to trade digital tuning performance for analogue battery economy. Or you could devise a battery charger running off a bicycle hub dynamo :-) -- Chris Malcolm DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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/] |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
"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 |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
www.devilfinder.com Route 66
Take a camera with you on your Bicycle trip and post some photos when you get back.Watch out for Scorpions and Snakes out there in those Desert areas. cuhulin |
Need small rugged SW for long distance bike tour
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www.devilfinder.com Route 66 Take a camera with you on your Bicycle trip and post some photos when you get back.Watch out for Scorpions and Snakes out there in those Desert areas. cuhulin will do are the scorpions and snake a real problem? especially when sleeping on ground at night? If yes...any ideas on how to manage that problem? I'm taking a hammock tent so will hang it up if I can find tow supports.... but will just lay it on ground when no supports see link http://www.hennessyhammock.com/ |
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