Good "knock around" radio ???
 

This might be good to have as a "knock around" radio.

http://www.heartlandamerica.com/item...asp?SKU=75493#

Comments ???

Michael

I'll pass...

All-in-one radios at seeming bargain prices do not in my experience do
anything very well.

- Looks like all froofy design.. expensive too..

rather get a "real" radio

http://www.radiointel.com/review-GrundigS350.htm

"Dan" wrote in message
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- Looks like all froofy design.. expensive too..

rather get a "real" radio

http://www.radiointel.com/review-GrundigS350.htm


I'll second the S350 as a good general-purpose travel radio.

Or look for a good used DX-390 on eBay. Smaller, lighter, better built,
and much, much better performance.

"Dan" wrote in message
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- Looks like all froofy design.. expensive too..

rather get a "real" radio

http://www.radiointel.com/review-GrundigS350.htm

Grundig Traveler VII

The Trav7 is the very tiniest in size, probably the only true pocket
model ever made.

Best receiver (most sensitive) I've ever heard with the antenna whip
collapsed fully down. But with the whip fully extended sensitivity
doesn't improve much, and there is no antenna jack.

Antenna up: sensitivity is F (compared to other portables)

Antenna down: A (it beats the **** out of my Sony 7600 whips down;
whips up the Trav7 is a joke compared to the Sony).

But for a rig with everything in the pocket and phones, IPOD style, the
Traveler 7 beats all, amazing.

It is dual conversion.

It didn't sell because there is no band switch, so you have to use up
all the 10 SW memories to jump from band to band, so in effect there
are no memories left to dedicate for fave stations. So really, you have
to manual tune up and down the band, or use direct entry of freqs.
which are hard to remember.

The rigs I prefer are a desktop R75 and good outside antenna, and the
Grundig Trav7 for anything away from base.

"Michael" wrote in message
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This might be good to have as a "knock around" radio.

http://www.heartlandamerica.com/item...asp?SKU=75493#

Comments ???

Michael


I have that same radio in the Radio Shack brand name. It's not bad. I
bought mine about 2 years ago for 50 bucks. What it does, it does well, and
the sound is very good. It's not a super sensitive SW radio, but it does
receive SW stations, and it does not drift. Am/FM are adequate, and clear.
You can receive CB and some TV chamnels, stuff like that. It's fun to tune
around on. The dial is not very acurate, but not many cheap analogs are.
As you say, a knock around radio, that is what it is.

I use it, when I find a station I want to listen to for awhile, I flip it
on, while I DX with other receivers. It stays on the stations, and gives
you a loud clear signal. For 50 Bucks, it was worth it.

I noticed some guys mentioned the Grundig S 350. I bought mine at Radio
Shack last year for a 100 bucks, and it was worth every penny. I like it,
but I have also seen other people in this group say it's junk, they hate it,
etc.

In article .com,
Hatfield wrote:
Grundig Traveler VII

The Trav7 is the very tiniest in size, probably the only true pocket
model ever made.

Best receiver (most sensitive) I've ever heard with the antenna whip
collapsed fully down. But with the whip fully extended sensitivity
doesn't improve much, and there is no antenna jack.

Antenna up: sensitivity is F (compared to other portables)

Antenna down: A (it beats the **** out of my Sony 7600 whips down;
whips up the Trav7 is a joke compared to the Sony).

But for a rig with everything in the pocket and phones, IPOD style, the
Traveler 7 beats all, amazing.

It is dual conversion.

It didn't sell because there is no band switch, so you have to use up
all the 10 SW memories to jump from band to band, so in effect there
are no memories left to dedicate for fave stations. So really, you have
to manual tune up and down the band, or use direct entry of freqs.
which are hard to remember.

Yes. This is the Tecsun PL-707A, which still shows up on eBay at very low
prices. It's been on a few international trips with me and always pulls
them in.

FWIW, my Grundig YB-400PE has served me very well outdoors, many times,
whether camping, picnicing, etc. Granted, it's more expensive than the
radio mentioned in the original post, but I think the performance you
get is worth it. I think if I was looking for another "outdoor" radio I
would look at the S350, though, since it seems a little more "rugged".

I had one of those. It only lasted me 16 years before it died. It spent
8 of those years as my garage radio. Good and durable.