Well, you might have to buy an older model, well built perhaps. Or buy
a newer one but get a good protective case for it and take really good
care of it.
I own a Sony ICF-2002, (the same as the ICF-7600D, only difference
is one was for Euope, the other for North America). I purchased the
radio new in the early '80s when it came out. I've taken good care of
it and it still has nothing wrong with it and runs like brand new. Was
I just lucky? Perhaps. But it is a great radio and I've certainly
gotten my money's worth from it. Sorry, not for sale.
Try to find a good used one and buy it perhaps.
Here is some info.. http://stephan.win31.de/sony7600.htm




My 2002 was also purchased when it first came on the market. I have used it
almost daily for about a quarter of a century. It has sat in the sun and the
dirt when I am gardening, been dropped more times than I can remember -
currently is in the garage workshop where I use it at least 3 or 4 days a
week. Works as well as it ever did, but shows some cosmetic injury from 25
years of rough use.

It can't compare with my Lowe HF-150 for SWBC performance on the weak ones,
and SSB leaves quite a bit to be desired; but it always works when I ask it
to.

It is not in the same class as a 'real' receiver with multiple filters,
notch filters, DSP etc. etc. but for an affordable, portable, reliable
receiver it has been very good to me.

If you really want one that will last you need one of those heavyweight
'boat anchors' from the 1930s to 1960s - they seem to last forever with a
bit of care and capacitor replacement, but tend to be a tad large and heavy.
I've had a few, both tube and solid state and they are fun, keep the shack
warm in winter, but need to be left in one place. I have a BC-348 which will
probably still be a reliable receiver a hundred years from now, if I ever
get around to replacing the wires the mice chewed on - at least the first 70
years don't seem to have bothered the hundreds of them still in use.

Dave