How does one see that it handles SW? I don't see any specs on the page you cite,
nor any link to click on.

James Boyk

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Al Patrick wrote:

http://69.0.240.84/product/product.asp?prod_id=2586

Ken Finney wrote:

I'm in the market for a couple of car radios, and I must that peculiar
tastes,
because I can't find anything I like from a human factors
perspective. It
would be REALLY nice if it received SW also. Given the number of
companies making small SW radios, I wish one of them would repackage
a good one into a auto-friendly package. I may try doing that to one
of my
old Radio Shack radios.

Go to http://69.0.240.84/

In "advance Search" type stereo

Select Sony brand

Leave the price range blank.

I have an older XR3750 that has served me VERY well for years.

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Go to Google. Type in Sony & XR & stereo & SW

You might be surprised what you find.

Al

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James Boyk wrote:

How does one see that it handles SW? I don't see any specs on the page
you cite, nor any link to click on.

James Boyk

*
Al Patrick wrote:

http://69.0.240.84/product/product.asp?prod_id=2586

Ken Finney wrote:

I'm in the market for a couple of car radios, and I must that peculiar
tastes,
because I can't find anything I like from a human factors
perspective. It
would be REALLY nice if it received SW also. Given the number of
companies making small SW radios, I wish one of them would repackage
a good one into a auto-friendly package. I may try doing that to one
of my
old Radio Shack radios.

Al Patrick wrote:
Go to http://69.0.240.84/ , In "advance Search" type stereo, Select Sony brand, Leave the price range blank.

I'm missing the boat. Doing the above got me a list of units, some of which
included SW (judging only by their having SW presets; but when I clicked on
indiv. units, I got lists of features like "Stereo audio outputs" and "Radio
bands," all of which said "N/A," "Not Applicable," instead of giving the
relevant info.



Go to Google. Type in Sony & XR & stereo & SW
You might be surprised what you find.

This was definitely more worthwhile. One unit has a "Brass/Treble control";
presumably there's also a Brass/Bass control. I hope they have other sets of
controls for Strings, Winds and Percussion. Seriously, I must not have the cast
of mind to deal with these things. But thanks anyway.

James Boyk

On Wed, 26 May 2004 07:04:26 -0700, James Boyk
wrote:

Al Patrick wrote:
Go to http://69.0.240.84/ , In "advance Search" type stereo, Select Sony brand, Leave the price range blank.

I'm missing the boat. Doing the above got me a list of units, some of which
included SW (judging only by their having SW presets; but when I clicked on
indiv. units, I got lists of features like "Stereo audio outputs" and "Radio
bands," all of which said "N/A," "Not Applicable," instead of giving the
relevant info.


Yeah their catalog is not good right now but teh ones taht say SW have SW and
are all basically similar in their SW coverage.

Lots of us have bought shortwaves from them,

I'll go ahead on your recommendation---as soon as I hear back from Jacky's with
good answers to some questions. Their web site sure is "lazy," though.

And I *wish* I understood why Sony, as the only company with good-quality
inexpensive synchronous detection w/ selectable s/bm doesn't incorporate it into
these units. (I wish I understood why they discontinued the superb 2010, too, in
favor of these oddball models w/ weird interfaces and without the 32 memory
buttons.)

James Boyk


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Don Brady wrote:

Yeah their catalog is not good right now but teh ones taht say SW have SW and
are all basically similar in their SW coverage.

Lots of us have bought shortwaves from them,

On Sun, 30 May 2004 10:59:48 -0700, James Boyk
wrote:

I'll go ahead on your recommendation---as soon as I hear back from Jacky's with
good answers to some questions. Their web site sure is "lazy," though.

And I *wish* I understood why Sony, as the only company with good-quality
inexpensive synchronous detection w/ selectable s/bm doesn't incorporate it into
these units.

Perhaps they will do that one day.

(I wish I understood why they discontinued the superb 2010, too, in
favor of these oddball models w/ weird interfaces and without the 32 memory
buttons.)


The Sony shortwave in my car has worked flawless for years - even after I
submitted it to wrong voltages and such when installing it.

It's fine for listening to the BBC, Deutsche Welle, CBC, and actually much
weaker stations too. I love it.

James Boyk wrote:

And I *wish* I understood why Sony, as the only company with good-quality
inexpensive synchronous detection w/ selectable s/bm doesn't incorporate it into these units.

I was thinking the same thing the other night when I was listening to a
talk show from a distant AM station on the car radio. Every time the
signal faded the audio became too distorted to understand. I'm hoping
that Pete's (KE9OA) sync' detector will be available in some kind of
outboard unit which can be connected to the IF section in a car radio.


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"Brian" wrote in message thlink.net...
Would you just use the cars existing antenna? Just curious.


Brian

Hey Brian!
I don't kow much about the technicalities of shortwave,but I started
by strapping a TecsunPL 230 to my sunroof with a velcro strap and
having the antenna sticking out.
(That works)
I sold the car with the sunroof and was shortwaveless =-(
(WBCQ is GREAT on the weekends)
also during the week http://www.thepowerhour.com
is pretty good for natural cures and news Clearchannel won't give you.
Then theres Alex Jones http:www.infowars.com
for blood curdling news weekdays follwed by Jack Blood
http:www.jackblood.com
So I missed getting my shows in the car and
....a freind of mine who used to be a British Sportscar nut said most
English cars used to come
with AM/SW
(Jaguars especially)
I got to thinking
I had this wild idea of clipping a wire to the antenna
(by the spare tire you can just clip to the connection with an
alligator clip,you can probably even clip or insert a thin wire by the
radio end but I couldn't get my hand in there) and run a wire and clip
to your radios SW antenna,I hope to get an small plug to replace the
alligator clip soon because the Tecsun has an antenna input.
Anyway...
YES your regular car antenna will work!
I asked a guy at radio shack about what kind of antenna I would need
and he told me I had to buy a special one and was showing me all sorts
a diagrams and how many feet the wire had to be for certian stations
and dipoles and yadda bladah da,he made it sound impossible.
(It was stumping him cuz I'm sure nobody ever asked him before =-)
But it isn't.
I never listen to the experts LOL
And I'm no radio technician but am an experimenter when I wat to get
something accomplished.
Your car antenna works fine for the cost of a double ended aligator
clip thingie,and some wire.
I've also got a personal CD Player with a wireless
FM transmitter on the way and plan on plugging that(Transmitter) into
the SW's headphone jack.
Then the shortwave will be coming in over my big stereo.=-)
I used a cell phone holder bracket thingie swivel base and put velcro
I had laying around on the radio,and the swivel thing and it's even
mounted now for pennies. PS
If you ride a bike by the way you can clip a wire from the antenna of
a shortwave radio to any metal part of the bike and you get as good
reception as can be expected
(just saying)
Too bad BPL is on it's way here...till then you can get it in your
car without a lot of expensive stuff.

peace

On Mon, 24 May 2004 00:33:52 GMT, "Brian"
wrote:

Would you just use the cars existing antenna? Just curious.



I find that the existing antenna on my Toyota Corolla works fine with my
Jackys-bought Sony shortwave radio.

(I posted another note to this effect but it doesn't show up.)

Can anyone tell me the diff. between Sony's 620X and 640 models? The former is
offered by the Canadian outlet at $199.95; the latter, by Jacky's at
substantially less. On the other hand, Canada responds helpfully to email;
Jacky's does not; so I'd rather deal w/ Canada.


James Boyk