Michael schrieb:

Hi,

I recently saw a Sony ICF PRO80 radio at a used electronics store. It was
boxed, mint with leather case and manuals all for 50 bucks. (Canadian)

Grab it!

I did a web search but didn't find much info. Has anyone owned one of these
and if so, is this worth buying?

The ICF-PRO80 was an ICF-PRO70 with a converter to cover the frequencies
over 108 MHz (up to 216 or so?). The '70 covered 150 kHz to 108 MHz
continuously (in the int'l model), and as a shortwave receiver it's
supposed to be noticeably quieter than the '2002/7600D in spite of not
being that much younger or different in circuitry. Rather battery
hungry, though.

The price is cheap, it has a 'never been
used' look to it and seems to cover a wide band of freqs. Plus, it's pretty
cool looking when holstered in the leather (Probably 'Pleather' or Vinyl
case) It *is* a Sony...any thoughts?

You can hardly go wrong with it. The only notorious weak point I'm aware
of is the audio caps, those electrolytics weren't very reliable.

Stephan
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