S57BIG wrote:
It is not a real portable radio,
becasue it must be carried around
with both hands.

11 x 7 x 2 inches, 3.25 Lbs

On FM waves there is no
indication if you are in STEREO or
MONO mode.

Actually, something should be said with regard to the inferior quality
FM reception you can often expect with the SW77. While some units are
evidently not too awful, the FM section is notoriously bad on the SW77.
For some units, you must off-tune from the actual frequency in order
to clearly tune in a station. For mine, any heavy bass comes through
with horrendous distortion. My earlier comments of praise for the SW77
were for shortwave use only. I've not used it much for MW reception;
and, as stated, for FM reception, the SW77 is the pits. It would be
nice if the only problem with the SW77's FM section were the failure to
indicate stereo/mono.

And the biggest flaw about that radio
is a strong "birdie" around 3.640 Mhz (LSB, USB or CW).

Hmmm, I never noticed that before. Interesting. And true on my SW77,
too, in LSB and USB modes.

But on the other side it is a very useful and nice made radio.