"David" wrote in message
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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

I watching Ebay for one of these
http://www.epinions.com/_Casio_EV4500__619514

MnMikew wrote:


I watching Ebay for one of these
http://www.epinions.com/_Casio_EV4500__619514




You might also look at the Trinity CT-V710.

It's a 7 inch wide screen LCD with a built in rechargeable battery.

I think the Degen 1102 is as close as you're gonna get...



"Bob" wrote in message
. 14...
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

If that degen doesn't burn out and burn your house down,that is.I flat
dont want one.The Great Escape movie is on tb (tb,Dennis the Menance)
now.
cuhulin

I like the yaesu vr-500. As a communications receiver, it's a jack of
all trades master of none, but it still works pretty well for what it is
and it offers all the coverage and modes you are after in a diminutive
size. I find the biggest difficulty with this type of radio is antenna
as no single antenna will fit the bill. I have a couple of rubber ducks
for it and a wire on a bnc for hf listening. I still seek the perfect
antenna for it. Battery life on 2 aa's is decent as well. It uses the
3.5 mm jack, but is mono and not stereo.

Thanx everyone for the feedback. Seems I'm not the only one at least
possibly interested in a good pocket radio.

How about if I double my budget to $200 and give a little on the size
requirement to maybe 5" x 4" or thereabouts. (I'd like to use this radio
while backpacking so too big or heavy and I suffer or the radio gets left
behind which is also the logic behind wanting rugged build quality and
weather band coverage)

I can probably live without the stereo headphone but still need std jack
size. SSB would be nice but I guess this can be low on the list.

Does this create new candidates?

If I were to consider something like the Grundig YB-500PE as a
possibility it appears to be the same as the Tecsun PL-230. Are "same"
radios the same quality or for instance does Grundig have higher
standards or slightly different technical spec? And who makes what for
who? Radio Shack = Sangean? Grundig = Tecsun? Kaito? Degen?

One other "twist" is digital broadcasts... Am I going to finally buy some
radio only to find nothing to listen to on a SW radio without digital
receive capability?

Thanks again for all the help,
Bob



Bob wrote in
. 14:

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.

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:49:10 GMT, (Mark Zenier)
wrote:


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)
You can also listen to analog 800 phones 21.4 mHz below the actual
phone call on many scanners.

Sometimes I hear some gals and guys dialing a message service on my
scanner radio.
cuhulin

I listen to what they are saying too.I used to listen to some real
juicey dirt on my scanner radio before they got them spred spectum
telephones.oooooo la la!
cuhulin

Yaseu radios are good,so I have heard before.I dont own one though.
cuhulin