Cheap Short Wave Radio Alert....
 

I was over at Big Lots the other day and saw a Coby CX-CB91 radio on sale
for $7.99 It had a digital display and alarm. Says it tunes AM/FM and SW
1-7. Have no idea if it covers the extended AM band or what exactly SW 1-7
is. Went to the Coby website, and that's all it said too.....If I didn't
already have a travel SW radio in the trunk (Sony 7600D, bought at a thrift
store for $9.95) and a Yaesu VR-500, plus a 2010, and an ATS-909, might have
considered it.

Anyway, a heads up for what it's worth....Eric

Thanks for posting this info - will check the local Big Lots...

"Eric Ferguson" wrote in message
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I was over at Big Lots the other day and saw a Coby CX-CB91 radio on sale
for $7.99 It had a digital display and alarm. Says it tunes AM/FM and SW
1-7. Have no idea if it covers the extended AM band or what exactly SW 1-7
is. Went to the Coby website, and that's all it said too.....If I didn't
already have a travel SW radio in the trunk (Sony 7600D, bought at a
thrift
store for $9.95) and a Yaesu VR-500, plus a 2010, and an ATS-909, might
have
considered it.

Anyway, a heads up for what it's worth....Eric

I was just at Big Lots, Saturday, to look at their $10 4-man rafts (that
they didn't have).
I didn't see any shortwave radios at ANY price. This was in Modesto...



"Eric Ferguson" wrote in message
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I was over at Big Lots the other day and saw a Coby CX-CB91 radio on sale
for $7.99 It had a digital display and alarm. Says it tunes AM/FM and SW
1-7. Have no idea if it covers the extended AM band or what exactly SW 1-7
is. Went to the Coby website, and that's all it said too.....If I didn't
already have a travel SW radio in the trunk (Sony 7600D, bought at a
thrift
store for $9.95) and a Yaesu VR-500, plus a 2010, and an ATS-909, might
have
considered it.

Anyway, a heads up for what it's worth....Eric

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

"Eric Ferguson" wrote in message ...

I was over at Big Lots the other day and saw a Coby CX-CB91 radio on sale
for $7.99 It had a digital display and alarm. Says it tunes AM/FM and SW
1-7.


There are a few nine-band Coby radios in the eBay SW radio category.
This is one. Is this what you saw? The "buy it now" price of these
radios is $34.99. I like the Big Lots price better. This model has a
digital display, so it may not be the same radio that Big Lots is
selling.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...7537 776&rd=1

SW radios at eBay in general:

http://electronics.listings.ebay.com...stover rideZ1

Yes, Beloved Leader, that is the *exact* radio at Big Lots, packaging and
all. Big Lots definitely has the better pricing. Eric

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