Dear Mr. Wiebe,

This may sound as though it's coming out of left field (or even from
out of the ballpark), but it seems to me that you do not need a
"top-flight" FM receiver for the purposes you intend. Correct me if
I've misunderstood you, but it seems to me that you need only a
receiver which can be listened to via headphones during services,
internal loudspeaker not needed or desired, extreme sensitivity and
selectivity not needed, but ease of use and stability a requirement.

As I said above, this may be "off the wall," but here goes: my wife is
an inveterate dollar-store shopper and often (TOO often) she drags me
with her. Both in California and Ohio, at large dollar stores, we've
seen FM receivers with headphones (no speaker) for $1.00! I bought one
just to see what you get for a dollar and, believe it or not, it
works. No tuning dial or frequency readout, but the radio "scans" the
band until it finds the signal the listener desires. You could tell
your congregants to "tune" until they hear your service (which is
probably low in the FM band so they would not have to scan very far).

It just seems to me that this might be just the item for which you're
looking. You could buy 100 of them for less than 6 $20.00 radios! Even
if someone inadvertently walked off with one, it would be no loss. And
believe me, no one would deliberately steal one!

Just a thought which I hope is of some use to you.

Best,

Joe

"Ron Wiebe" ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote in message ...
What would you recommend? I need a decent, small pocket FM radio with
digital tuning for $50 or less. It is imperative that it does not have an
internal speaker - it must be listened to through the headphones only. I
did like the button lock switch on this unit.

regards
Ron Wiebe

Dear Mr. Wiebe,

This may sound as though it's coming out of left field (or even from
out of the ballpark), but it seems to me that you do not need a
"top-flight" FM receiver for the purposes you intend. Correct me if
I've misunderstood you, but it seems to me that you need only a
receiver which can be listened to via headphones during services,
internal loudspeaker not needed or desired, extreme sensitivity and
selectivity not needed, but ease of use and stability a requirement.

As I said above, this may be "off the wall," but here goes: my wife is
an inveterate dollar-store shopper and often (TOO often) she drags me
with her. Both in California and Ohio, at large dollar-stores, we've
seen FM receivers with headphones (no speaker) for $1.00! I "had to"
buy one just to see what you get for a dollar and, believe it or not,
it works. No tuning dial or frequency readout, but the radio "scans"
the band until it finds the signal the listener desires. You could
tell your congregants to "tune" until they hear your service (which is
probably low in the FM band so they would not have to scan very far).

It just seems to me that this might be just the item for which you're
looking. You could buy 100 of them for less than six $20.00 radios!
Even if someone inadvertently walked off with one, it would be no
loss. And believe me, no one would deliberately steal one!

If the above interests you, why not try contacting the manager of a
local dollar-store and see if they can obtain some of those radios for
you. (They might even give you a small discount on purchase of a large
quantity!)

Just a thought which I hope is of some use to you.

Best,

Joe

"Ron Wiebe" ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote in message ...
What would you recommend? I need a decent, small pocket FM radio with
digital tuning for $50 or less. It is imperative that it does not have an
internal speaker - it must be listened to through the headphones only. I
did like the button lock switch on this unit.

regards
Ron Wiebe

Dear Mr. Wiebe,

This may sound as though it's coming out of left field (or even from
out of the ballpark), but it seems to me that you do not need a
"top-flight" FM receiver for the purposes you intend. Correct me if
I've misunderstood you, but it seems to me that you need only a
receiver which can be listened to via headphones during services,
internal loudspeaker not needed or desired, extreme sensitivity and
selectivity not needed, but ease of use and stability a requirement.

As I said above, this may be "off the wall," but here goes: my wife is
an inveterate dollar-store shopper and often (TOO often) she drags me
with her. Both in California and Ohio, at large dollar-stores, we've
seen FM receivers with headphones (no speaker) for $1.00! I "had to"
buy one just to see what you get for a dollar and, believe it or not,
it works. No tuning dial or frequency readout, but the radio "scans"
the band until it finds the signal the listener desires. You could
tell your congregants to "tune" until they hear your service (which is
probably low in the FM band so they would not have to scan very far).

It just seems to me that this might be just the item for which you're
looking. You could buy 100 of them for less than six $20.00 radios!
Even if someone inadvertently walked off with one, it would be no
loss. And believe me, no one would deliberately steal one!

If the above interests you, why not try contacting the manager of a
local dollar-store and see if they can obtain some of those radios for
you. (They might even give you a small discount on purchase of a large
quantity!)

Just a thought which I hope is of some use to you.

Best,

Joe

"Ron Wiebe" ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote in message ...
What would you recommend? I need a decent, small pocket FM radio with
digital tuning for $50 or less. It is imperative that it does not have an
internal speaker - it must be listened to through the headphones only. I
did like the button lock switch on this unit.

regards
Ron Wiebe