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Auto radios with SW?
Can anyone comment on or recommend aftermarket car radios (or radio/CD
player decks) with shortwave reception capability? For example, some of the European radio/decks included SW bands, though I don't know if they are available here in the US. I'm wondering whether that would be worth the extra cost, and whether half-way decent SW reception would be available on such receivers. Jim Cate |
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Auto radios with SW?
"JimC" wrote in message . .. Can anyone comment on or recommend aftermarket car radios (or radio/CD player decks) with shortwave reception capability? For example, some of the European radio/decks included SW bands, though I don't know if they are available here in the US. I'm wondering whether that would be worth the extra cost, and whether half-way decent SW reception would be available on such receivers. Jim Cate Sony XR-C5600X http://www.shortwavestore.com used to sell them www.jackys.com If you by this Sony model from a local dealer you risk getting the USA model WITHOUT shortwave coverage. |
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Auto radios with SW?
"JimC" wrote in message . .. Can anyone comment on or recommend aftermarket car radios (or radio/CD player decks) with shortwave reception capability? For example, some of the European radio/decks included SW bands, though I don't know if they are available here in the US. I'm wondering whether that would be worth the extra cost, and whether half-way decent SW reception would be available on such receivers. Jim Cate Sony XR-C5600X http://www.shortwavestore.com used to sell them www.jackys.com If you by this Sony model from a local dealer you risk getting the USA model WITHOUT shortwave coverage. It seems neither link above has the XR-C5600X listed any longer. Has another Sony SW radio been discontinued? Shortwave radio is dieing... Get an HD Radio! |
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Guerite© wrote: "JimC" wrote in message t... Can anyone comment on or recommend aftermarket car radios (or radio/CD player decks) with shortwave reception capability? For example, some of the European radio/decks included SW bands, though I don't know if they are available here in the US. I'm wondering whether that would be worth the extra cost, and whether half-way decent SW reception would be available on such receivers. Jim Cate Sony XR-C5600X http://www.shortwavestore.com used to sell them www.jackys.com If you by this Sony model from a local dealer you risk getting the USA model WITHOUT shortwave coverage. It seems neither link above has the XR-C5600X listed any longer. Has another Sony SW radio been discontinued? Shortwave radio is dieing... Get an HD Radio! Get am HD radio? Our local dealers don't carry them and don't seem to know when they will be available. Also, what about HD broadcasting? What's the schedule for broadcasting HD radio? Is there a deadline, as there is for the implementation of digital TV? In any event, it seems that it would be a hassle to get an up-to-date AM/FM/SW unit with CD player and have it installed at any of our local dealers. Jim |
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"JimC" wrote Get am HD radio? Our local dealers don't carry them and don't seem to know when they will be available. Also, what about HD broadcasting? What's the schedule for broadcasting HD radio? Is there a deadline, as there is for the implementation of digital TV? In any event, it seems that it would be a hassle to get an up-to-date AM/FM/SW unit with CD player and have it installed at any of our local dealers. Jim JVC KD-HDR1 with built-in HD Radio tuner . satellite radio-ready http://www.crutchfield.com/S-LDCbS48...g=266150&I=257 KDHDR1&search=HD List of HD & XM/Sirius ready tuners http://www.crutchfield.com/S-LDCbS48...?o=v&search=HD &pm=3&skipvs=T&g=266150&showAll=1 Add-on car HD radio tuners: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-LDCbS48...?search=HD&pm= 3&skipvs=T&o=v&g=599 |
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Auto radios with SW?
On Mar 2, 2:07 pm, "Guerite©" wrote:
"JimC" wrote in message . .. Can anyone comment on or recommend aftermarket car radios (or radio/CD player decks) with shortwave reception capability? For example, some of the European radio/decks included SW bands, though I don't know if they are available here in the US. I'm wondering whether that would be worth the extra cost, and whether half-way decent SW reception would be available on such receivers. Jim Cate Sony XR-C5600X http://www.shortwavestore.comused to sell themwww.jackys.com If you by this Sony model from a local dealer you risk getting the USA model WITHOUT shortwave coverage. Back in 2001 or so, I purchased the Sony XR-4950X from Jacky's. It's unfortunate that they're no longer offering the shortwave-capable car stereos. The '4950X is a reasonable performer and incorporates the same receiver section as is in the 'C5600X. Admittedly, the single bandwidth filter is just a tad broad. I heard plenty on the '4950X when I was driving the car in which I had the unit installed. It was definitely a worthwhile purchase, as Jacky's did not jack up the price quite to the degree that the Shortwave Store did. In any case, if you see on of these Sonys on eBay new or used, they're worth considering. I used to regularly tune in to a variety of major (and minor, for that matter) broadcasters while on the road. A few things that weren't so great about these Sony car stereos: 5 kHz tuning increments; a frequency gap from about 7600 kHz to 9500 kHz (the omission of 9400-9495 kHz was really annoying); scan-tuning skipped a lot of signals, while up-down 5 kHz step tuning required an initial 3 or 4 second depression of one or the other of the up/down seek buttons (on the whole, the arrangement was not entirely optimal for driving, if you were seeking to locate a particular frequency that the scan tuning wouldn't stop on). junius |
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Auto radios with SW?
"JimC" wrote in message . .. Can anyone comment on or recommend aftermarket car radios (or radio/CD player decks) with shortwave reception capability? For example, some of the European radio/decks included SW bands, though I don't know if they are available here in the US. I'm wondering whether that would be worth the extra cost, and whether half-way decent SW reception would be available on such receivers. Jim Cate Here's a review of one from Monitoring Times: http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mtrevujun06.pdf -Brian |
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Auto radios with SW?
On Mar 2, 9:36 am, JimC wrote:
Can anyone comment on or recommend aftermarket car radios (or radio/CD player decks) with shortwave reception capability? For example, some of the European radio/decks included SW bands, though I don't know if they are available here in the US. I'm wondering whether that would be worth the extra cost, and whether half-way decent SW reception would be available on such receivers. Jim Cate The BBC world service comes in fine on my XM radio. ;-) |
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Auto radios with SW?
My '68 VW came with a Blaupunkt AM/FM/SW radio, that worked for about
five years. I considered it a good deal. -- Ron Hardin On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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Auto radios with SW?
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wrote: On Mar 2, 9:36 am, JimC wrote: Can anyone comment on or recommend aftermarket car radios (or radio/CD player decks) with shortwave reception capability? For example, some of the European radio/decks included SW bands, though I don't know if they are available here in the US. I'm wondering whether that would be worth the extra cost, and whether half-way decent SW reception would be available on such receivers. The BBC world service comes in fine on my XM radio. ;-) But Glenn Hauser said, last week, that Sirius was preempting their World Radio Network channel with sports broadcasts. Mark Zenier Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com) |
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