I want to buy a car radio with shortwave. Anyone have any information on
who is making them and where I can get one. Or if you have one could you
give a consumer report? Thanks

Blau makes one of the best. Kenwood has one too IIRC.

--
Gregg
*Perhaps it's useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
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The radio is half the battle, what would you use for an antenna? Does the stock
AM/FM give enough of a signal?

jw
wb9uai

http://www.ccrane.com/am_fm_auto_antenna.asp



J999w wrote:

The radio is half the battle, what would you use for an antenna? Does the stock
AM/FM give enough of a signal?

jw
wb9uai

MFJ make a bare bones sw car radio that performs pretty good. I had one for
several years. It is great a night...only flaw is when my car was running
during the day I could only get mostly the Religous powerhouses. Ignition
messes up the sensitivity a bit. But turn the car off and I were able to
DX some during the day. It sells aroung $75 if I remember right. Coverts
your car's am band to sw.
Vermonter 05401 wrote in message
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I want to buy a car radio with shortwave. Anyone have any information on
who is making them and where I can get one. Or if you have one could you
give a consumer report? Thanks

I now have a Mazda6, which has an integrated radio.. There currently
isn't a kit to fit any other radios (we're all (im)patiently
waiting)... I was looking at some converters, especially the LFB
converter, which doesn't get installed in the dash -- and works
properly with digital head units...
The problem is the frequency range totally misses the frequencies I
need:

19 meter band ( 15100 to 15600 khz.)
25 meter band ( 11600 to 12100 khz.)
31 meter band ( 9500 to 9900 khz.)
49 meter band ( 5900 to 6250 khz.)

If anyone else has other ideas... it would be appreciated! I was
waiting to get the Sony radio once I got a new car... but I had to get
a car without
standard radio installation.... :-(

"snow" wrote in message ...
MFJ make a bare bones sw car radio that performs pretty good. I had one for
several years. It is great a night...only flaw is when my car was running
during the day I could only get mostly the Religous powerhouses. Ignition
messes up the sensitivity a bit. But turn the car off and I were able to
DX some during the day. It sells aroung $75 if I remember right. Coverts
your car's am band to sw.
Vermonter 05401 wrote in message
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I want to buy a car radio with shortwave. Anyone have any information on
who is making them and where I can get one. Or if you have one could you
give a consumer report? Thanks

I ordered the XR-CA620X from Jacky's for Christmas 2001. Total cost
with shipping and insurance was $188.30 USD. Received the radio in
three days and a nice follow-up email from their customer service
department. The radio works wonderfully with the stock speakers and
stock antenna on my 1987 Nissan Pathfinder (currently with 290,000
miles!).

Since that unit is not sold in the states, you can go to the Asian
region section on www.sony.com and research the specs there. At least
that's what I did then.

Monte B. Carroll
WC4MBC
Nashville, Tennessee USA

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:08:39 GMT, Vermonter 05401
wrote:

I want to buy a car radio with shortwave. Anyone have any information on
who is making them and where I can get one. Or if you have one could you
give a consumer report? Thanks

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:08:39 GMT, Vermonter 05401
wrote:

I want to buy a car radio with shortwave. Anyone have any information on
who is making them and where I can get one. Or if you have one could you
give a consumer report? Thanks



http://www.jackys.com/ their Sony's work fine. Many here have bought from
them...

Radio Netherlands has reviews online.

Mine still works fine many years later.

You *might* be able to get one from a Canadian or Mexican dealer if you don't
want to import from Dubai....