On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:55:22 -0500, wrote:

I own a small Westinghouse AM/FM/Shortwave shirtpocket size radio.It
used to work very good for it's size.One night when I was listening to
it and I got up to go to my kitchen,the radio slipped off of my couch
and hit my hardwood floor.I guess it landed on the tuneing knob when it
hit the floor.There is sort of a little cube block thingy the tuneing
knob is associated with in the radio and a lot of tiny solder points.The
assembly broke loose when the radio hit the floor,I wouldn't mind
getting the radio repaired,but I dont think I can repair the radio.It is
not a cheap quality radio like them Bell & Howell and similar cheap
quality radios.
cuhulin

That's called a variable capacitor.

www.shop.com I saw an AM/FM/Shortwave portable radio there for $731.34
(seven hundred and thirty one dollars and thirty four cents) (for that
kind of money,it better! be a d..n good radio) (too rich for my blood)
But WAIT!,you save about one hundred and thirty one dollars! Sounds like
that coon on tv pedaling that oxyclean (phoney crap!) stuff and you can
hear him all the way to the Moon and back.
cuhulin

Stay away from Sangean's,,, the front panels on them are no good.Stay
away from Tiny Tenna's too,they never work at all.
cuhulin

SSB,that Sangean ATS 909 radio I bought from www.ccrane.com (and I
sent that no good piece of plastic JUNK back to ccrane) had SSB.I
checked it out (SSB) once in a while and some guys on there were talking
about cooking some eggs.I can easily do without SSB.
cuhulin

It's called a broken (like a broke d... dog Westinghouse radio,dude.
cuhulin

"David" wrote in message
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On 17 Aug 2005 08:00:23 -0400, Bob wrote:


I'm searching for the perfect pocket radio.

* Cover AM/FM/SW
* Digital tuning
* Smaller than 4" x 3" x 1"
* Weigh less than 10oz
* Use AA batteries
* Std 3.5mm stereo headphone jack
* Offer SSB
* Excellent & rugged "build" quality
* Excellent performance on *all* bands
* Priced less than $100
* I'd also like weather and TV (VHF & UHF) coverage.

A few candidates that I've come across and with the exception of
weather/TV for which I'd pay a little more where they fall short of my
criteria are;

Grundig YB400PE -
* Expensive and big

Grundig YB550PE -
* Still too big and no SSB

Eton E100 -
* No SSB and not great performance

Yaesu VR120
* Expensive, no SSB and terrible AM/FM


And what's up with the manufactures that seem similar? Eton & Grundig &
Tecsun? Kaito & Sangean?

Thanx,
Bob


Sangean ATS-606A is what I schlep around. No SSB. No Weather. No TV
(BTW, I've never seen a TV band radio with UHF. I also have a little
hand-held Casio TV).

Which Casio do you have David? I have a EV-670 3" that I got off Ebay. Not
too bad, though it dosent like the cold much.

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:47:37 -0500, "MnMikew"
wrote:


Which Casio do you have David? I have a EV-670 3" that I got off Ebay. Not
too bad, though it dosent like the cold much.


I have the bottom of the line one. I'm a TV engineer and I just use
it to make sure my stations are on the air. It lives on my front
seat. If my employer would buy it, I'd have a demod with a drop-down
LCD panel. But since they don't, it's this:

http://www.epinions.com/_Casio_TV970__619519

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:14:26 -0500, wrote:

Stay away from Sangean's,,, the front panels on them are no good.Stay
away from Tiny Tenna's too,they never work at all.
cuhulin

How about a Radio Shack DX-399?

I like the 1 kHz fine tune. Very handy (PLL killed AM radio, IMHO).

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1889

In article ,
David wrote:

(BTW, I've never seen a TV band radio with UHF. I also have a little
hand-held Casio TV).

Radio Shack had one, but they fell afoul of the ECPA (Electronics
Communication Privacy Act). And/Or Radio Shack's cell phone
marketing.

AMPS (the old analog cell phone system) was a great way to determine
business ethics. Ask the salesman if the phone system was private
and watch him lie his ass off. Analog cell phones used former TV
channels and the same modulation as TV, so any old TV set could pick
some or all of them on channels 70-83. And a UHF band TV sound receiver
would, too.

Mark Zenier
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)

I do own one PLL radio.Sony AM/FM model number SRF-M40W radio I bought
brand new,it runs on two AA batteries and I also own a Sony
AM/FM/cassete radio I bought brand new,model number WM-AF604/BF604
radio,the radio runs on one AA battery,it is a very nice little
AM/FM/cassete radio and useing earbuds with it,(neither of the two Sony
radios have a built in speaker) and Dolby,it puts out terrific sound and
I own many,many other older Sony Radios too.Sony makes great things,so
does Casio.
cuhulin