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Sony car shortwave radio?
That would be the Kenwood RZ-1, not too bad, but not exactly DIN sized, I
had one in the 90's. It was close but no cigar. Philips made the DC-777, which was a pretty good one, DIN sized, 25W per chan apms, as I recall. I had one in a Corvette and a Cougar. Pretty good, but 30-something inch antenna is a bit small for weak DX, but still not bad. I have now a Sony Xplod Series XR-4950 that I need to install one of these days. It has (again, I think I have this right) 40 watt amplifiers X4, but only two RCA outs for external amplifiers. Also called a XR-C5100 I got mine from Jacky's but I recently checked and that stuff is no longer shown, and I could not find one... But ebay may be a good place for a DC-777 or a XR-C5100, XR-4950X XR-4900 The Kenwood may be a better receiver, but now made for car radio replacement. No Stereo on FM, etc. Does have AM, FM narrow, FM-Wide modes. GeorgeC george at d y b dot com wrote in message ... On Jan 1, 6:05 pm, "mc" wrote: Sony makes a car stereo system that includes shortwave radio. How well does it perform? Would I actually be able to hear at least the major international outlets (BBC, RCI, etc.) while driving across town? I'm a ham and have been an avid SWL in the past -- away from it recently -- but am also a linguist and would like to hear various languages regularly (including something in Spanish with more intellectual content than the local hit parade, or whatever it is). I understand that this radio would not be for serious DXing. Any experiences? Thanks. I saw the specs once. You would not be impressed. If you are just going to listen to the BBC, then satellite would be your answer. From a shortwave perspective, Sirius is better than XM. XM just has the BBC. Kenwood made a small DIN sized DC to daylight radio, with daylight somewhere around 900Mhz. The last one I saw on ebay was being sold by RadioMart (TM). I recall it was rare and most excellent. ;-) |
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Sony car shortwave radio?
On Jan 1, 9:47 pm, "GeorgeC" wrote:
That would be the Kenwood RZ-1, not too bad, but not exactly DIN sized, I had one in the 90's. It was close but no cigar. Philips made the DC-777, which was a pretty good one, DIN sized, 25W per chan apms, as I recall. I had one in a Corvette and a Cougar. Pretty good, but 30-something inch antenna is a bit small for weak DX, but still not bad. I have now a Sony Xplod Series XR-4950 that I need to install one of these days. It has (again, I think I have this right) 40 watt amplifiers X4, but only two RCA outs for external amplifiers. Also called a XR-C5100 I got mine from Jacky's but I recently checked and that stuff is no longer shown, and I could not find one... But ebay may be a good place for a DC-777 or a XR-C5100, XR-4950X XR-4900 The Kenwood may be a better receiver, but now made for car radio replacement. No Stereo on FM, etc. Does have AM, FM narrow, FM-Wide modes. GeorgeC george at d y b dot com wrote in message ... On Jan 1, 6:05 pm, "mc" wrote: Sony makes a car stereo system that includes shortwave radio. How well does it perform? Would I actually be able to hear at least the major international outlets (BBC, RCI, etc.) while driving across town? I'm a ham and have been an avid SWL in the past -- away from it recently -- but am also a linguist and would like to hear various languages regularly (including something in Spanish with more intellectual content than the local hit parade, or whatever it is). I understand that this radio would not be for serious DXing. Any experiences? Thanks. I saw the specs once. You would not be impressed. If you are just going to listen to the BBC, then satellite would be your answer. From a shortwave perspective, Sirius is better than XM. XM just has the BBC. Kenwood made a small DIN sized DC to daylight radio, with daylight somewhere around 900Mhz. The last one I saw on ebay was being sold by RadioMart (TM). I recall it was rare and most excellent. ;-) Yes, that was the beast. The dimensions listed here are DIN. http://www.rigpix.com/kenwood/rz1.htm |
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