I'm in Concord and they had about 5-8 of them. Just a guesstimate. I was
looking on the 4th.

Your welcome Namikis.....

That Coby is crap. I have one. It can't hold a candle to the jWIN. It isn't
even as good as the cheap Bell & Howell whose only real problem is lousy
calibration. (I have the last two, also.

Bill, K5BY

Bill,

Since you have one, what exactly IS SW 1-7? I suspect that they are some of
the International SW Bands. Which ones? What DOES the Coby cover? Also read
somewhere that it only covers up to 1610 on AM and NO FM stereo. True? Just
curious....Eric KA6USJ

I have to take back my bad mouthing the Coby CX-CB91. What all I thought were
wrong with it when I got it don't seem to be a problem now. I got mine for
about $10 from some home catalog.

Too, I'm inclined to say it is as good as my jWIN which I paid $20 for. Here
are the Coby's features and, answering Eric, the band ranges:

Stereo, with nice ear buds. (Good sound.)
Accurate digital readout of analog tuning.
A real tuning knob, albeit a bit stiff.
Good sensitivity.
Clock with alarm.
FM: 87.5-108.5
AM: 530-1700
SW1: 5.60-5.80
SW2: 7.15-7.40
SW3: 8.60-9.10
SW4: 9.85-10.65
SW5:13.35-16.05
SW6: 15.15-16.40
SW7: 20.85-23.20

Now I say... Buy one! Or more... G

73,
Bill, K5BY
SE Texas

It covers some weird ranges, doesn't? 8.60-9.10?, 13.35-16.05 + 15.15-16.40?
Weird overlap. Doesn't even cover all of some of the major bands (49M, 31M).
Even with no stereo, I'll keep the Sony 7600D as my travel anywhere radio.
At least I have full coverage AND a BFO plus 10 memories. 'Course the VR-500
is even smaller and does more (cost more too!). Still, for eight bucks, it
might be a way to introduce SW radio to a newbie.....Eric

"Eric Ferguson" wrote in message
...
It covers some weird ranges, doesn't? 8.60-9.10?, 13.35-16.05 +
15.15-16.40?
Weird overlap. Doesn't even cover all of some of the major bands (49M,
31M).
Even with no stereo, I'll keep the Sony 7600D as my travel anywhere radio.
At least I have full coverage AND a BFO plus 10 memories. 'Course the
VR-500
is even smaller and does more (cost more too!). Still, for eight bucks, it
might be a way to introduce SW radio to a newbie.....Eric


Yes I agree, but you can't honestly compare a Yaesu VR500 to a dedicated
short-wave radio. I have the VR500 and recently bought a 7600GR, there is no
comparison at all the Sony blows the VR500 away.
regards
Alan

"Valerie Wilding" wrote in message
...

"Eric Ferguson" wrote in message
...
It covers some weird ranges, doesn't? 8.60-9.10?, 13.35-16.05 +
15.15-16.40?
Weird overlap. Doesn't even cover all of some of the major bands (49M,
31M).
Even with no stereo, I'll keep the Sony 7600D as my travel anywhere
radio.
At least I have full coverage AND a BFO plus 10 memories. 'Course the
VR-500
is even smaller and does more (cost more too!). Still, for eight bucks,
it
might be a way to introduce SW radio to a newbie.....Eric


Yes I agree, but you can't honestly compare a Yaesu VR500 to a dedicated
short-wave radio. I have the VR500 and recently bought a 7600GR, there is
no
comparison at all the Sony blows the VR500 away.
regards
Alan



I agree 100%, the vr500 is a complete joke on HF, most of these cheap
multipurpose scanners are. you need something like a fairhaven to do that
sort of task.
Rikk