It's so good on batteries I use it as an FM radio

Me, too. I carry mine around the house and yard, when I'm busy with this and
that. Also, I use for batteries those that no longer work in my memory-equipped
radios. G

I have no problem, though, reading the digital dispplay, although I see its
transparent covering is becoming slightly discolored.

The other two I gave to my local teenage grandson and the teenage girl next
door, along with a huge notebook, each, of organized SWL and SW station info.

Bill, K5BY