"Mike K." wrote in message
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On Oct 30, 8:45 pm, RHF wrote:
On Oct 29, 4:15 pm, "Mike K." wrote:

... and I'm wondering what sort of good replacements are available at
a reasonable price. I got my radio from my grandfather when he gave up
on his radio hobby and realistically can't afford to spend more than
$100-$150 to replace it. The main thing the replacement would need to
do would be to pull in MW and SW signals as the Grundig still works
flawlessly with FM broadcasts.

- Does anybody have ggood suggestions for a
- poor student who enjoys tuning in to the world?

Mike K.,

You already have one the PC that you are using will
provide you with the Audio of many/most AM/MW
and Shortwave Radio Broadcasters -via- the Internet

In the 21st Century Broadcasting has become
WebCasting and you can Listen to the World

But where's the fun in that? I just find something magical about
listening on a real radio!

Mike

And even better than that, on one you've built yourself from scratch (try
THAT with a digital radio, especially one for IBOC, since they will never
sell individual licenses).

Bob Dobbs wrote:
Mike K. wrote:
I just find something magical about
listening on a real radio!

Nostalgia for me is smelling the dust cook off the tops of the tubes and hearing
the first hums and crackles as you wait for stations to pop out of the old paper
cone speaker. Of course the E1 is a real treat after one of those sessions.

I still have those feelings. The new radios seem to be "appliances"
rather than radios. Nothing beats sitting up late in a dark room with
the old tube radios glowing, feeling the heat from the tubes, turning
the dials slowly, and THEN getting a DX station!

On Oct 29, 6:15*pm, "Mike K." wrote:
... and I'm wondering what sort of good replacements are available at
a reasonable price. I got my radio from my grandfather when he gave up
on his radio hobby and realistically can't afford to spend more than
$100-$150 to replace it. The main thing the replacement would need to
do would be to pull in MW and SW signals as the Grundig still works
flawlessly with FM broadcasts.

Does anybody have ggood suggestions for a poor student who enjoys
tuning in to the world?

Get it fixed IMO. :-)