Hello.

Well, I suppose the 7600 series is next. As I said, get 'em while you
can. Probably the last SW radio which will remain in their lineup will
be the 'SW35 as it is manufactured (to a very high standard) in China.

If they had real brains, they would turn all their shortwave product
over to Aiwa, their division which has never had real direction. They
could then concentrate on their "Play Station" and have Aiwa make a
small but very consistent profit.

National, Hallicrafters, Hammarlund, Sony ... ?

Lawrence

(Geoffrey S. Mendelson) wrote in message ...
In article ,
Lawrence H. Bulk wrote:

Sony is "a ass!"

No, the're smart. Up until 1999 Sony was a consumer electronics company.
Since 1999 they have been an electronic game company that made about 10%
or so of their income from ALL of their other products.

In 1999 they made more money from the Playstation than all of their other
products combined in the history of the company.

The best thing they could do is sell off what is not Playstation related and
concentrate on their "cash cow".

Geoff.

Don't want to toot my own horn, but if you remember that I first
posted that the SW-77 was being phased out back in October when I
purchased mine for $300 from the Sony Store here in San Juan, PR. The
manager of the store told me that the receiver was no longer going to
be available this year. After that, I received a few incredulous
emails from different posters demanding where I got that information
and why was I so irresponsible in making such a post without verifying
it first from industry officials. It's unfortunate however that my
information was correct.


Marty
San Juan, PR

I own two electronic devices that were so advanced that, after
ten-plus years, they're still going strong: my HP-48SX calculator and
my Sony ICF-SW100.

Like the Sony 2010, the SW100 was one of those rare grand slams.

Yeah, I angrily retired the SW100 after the second ribbon cable
failure, but then I read how to modify the case so it wasn't such a
good wire cutter.

Now I've returned to the incredible pocket-sized receiver as my
portable-of-choice.

If Sony really is bailing from short-wave, I guess they'll just join
Hallicrafters and the rest in the hall of fame.

Then we'll just have to wait for the next innovator to come along.

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Registered Monitor BR549
The Shack on the Bayou - www.ghg.net/cliffwatts/

Drake R8, Sony ICF-SW100, Heathkit GR-64 (retired)
Realistic Pro-2006, Bearcat BC-245XLT

On 20 Apr 2004 22:02:50 -0700, (Cliff at the
Shack) wrote:

I own two electronic devices that were so advanced that, after
ten-plus years, they're still going strong: my HP-48SX calculator and
my Sony ICF-SW100.

Like the Sony 2010, the SW100 was one of those rare grand slams.

Yeah, I angrily retired the SW100 after the second ribbon cable
failure, but then I read how to modify the case so it wasn't such a
good wire cutter.

Now I've returned to the incredible pocket-sized receiver as my
portable-of-choice.

If Sony really is bailing from short-wave, I guess they'll just join
Hallicrafters and the rest in the hall of fame.

Then we'll just have to wait for the next innovator to come along.

---------------------------
Registered Monitor BR549
The Shack on the Bayou - www.ghg.net/cliffwatts/

Drake R8, Sony ICF-SW100, Heathkit GR-64 (retired)
Realistic Pro-2006, Bearcat BC-245XLT


You don't need to modify the SW100 case. There is a part number for
an updated display case and two ribbon cables as a kit. It's at
partsolver.com and costs about $20.

Regards