Great thought, but would the build quality be good? Sony's
Chinese-made ICF-SW35 is excellent, the best of any Chinese-made
portable I have seen. Even the Chinese-made Sangean ATS-606A is very,
very good; but, as we all know, the Grundig Satellit 800 has never had
consistency of quality. (Don't misunderstand - I like very much my
Sat. 800. But I had to have the encoder and some knobs replaced and
the set generally refurbished by Drake, for $109, after less than four
years of careful use and care. My wife even made a cover for the radio
which I keep on it when it is not in use.)

I'm a bit dubious about a sophisticated radio, designed elsewhere,
being manufactured in China.

Lawrence

(RHF) wrote in message . com...
LHB,

If in-fact Sony is getting out of the Shorwave Radio 'business'.
Then they may be able to leverage their current SW Radio Knowledge
Base (Design and Patents) into a deal with a Chinese Manufacture
for a Percentage of the Company and a 'share' of the Up-and-Growing
Chinese "Made" Radio Market.

Imaging a Tecsun GEM China built Sony ICF-2010 'clone' for under $200 )

jm2cw ~ RHF