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Borg Johnson
Just received a new Borg Johnson HS-912R radio this afteroon that I won off ebay last week ($9.95 Delivered). Havent got to play with it much yet but Radio Netherlands booms in loud! Great gobs of Spanish speaking stations, a great many Asian stations, Cuba of course, and what sounded like some German and French speakers. VOA is there, naturally. Seems like it does good for a cheap radio, especially considering Im on the bottom floor of a 2 story apartment complex of 8 big brick buildings. I can barely pick up TV in here with rabbit ears from Nashville (TN) 50 miles away. So, as a casual listener, Im quite happy with it. We like to sit outside at night in warm weather, and I think it will do even better then. Seems this will be a good little knock around radio to take camping, etc.. Runs on 2 D cells, so batteries will last practically forever, I imagine. Im looking to get a Kaito 1103, but had to delay that a bit as I just bought a (used) boat and have to get that all set up. Beyond that, Im looking at the Emerson MBR-1 as well. Just wondering if anyone else in here has tried these little Borg Johnson radios? Thanks, Nathan |
Borg Johnson
"Nathan Bates" wrote in message ... snip Just wondering if anyone else in here has tried these little Borg Johnson radios? Never even hoid of 'em. But now that I have, I'll go do a bit of searching. Glad you got something that works well on the cheap! Jackie |
Borg Johnson
Good find. I am looking for a cheeper portable that I can keep for a
while and then give to my niece. I just gave her a Hallicrafters table top, but I don't think her papa will put up an antenna for her. We are the Borg-Johnson. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. |
Borg Johnson
Well, I read up on the other el-cheapo radios like the Bell & Howell, Walgreens Lifelong, etc., and the Borg-Johnson seemed like the best deal for the money. It has the extended FM range (64Mhz-108Mhz), MW (526Khz-1606Khz), lower TV channels, and SW broken up into 9 bands from 4.70Mhz to 21.95Mhz. Not full continuous coverage, but not bad. Most of what Im getting inside the apartment is in the 4.70Mhz to 10Mhz range. Above that seems pretty quiet, and Im assuming thats because Im in among all these big brick buildings. It doesnt have an external antenna jack, so I plan to get a clip on wire to try outside (well, inside too) when the weather warms up. I think its a good radio for someone just getting started. Or to just knock around with. Its solid, heavily built. Over a half pound without batteries, like a brick with the 2 D cells installed. Tunes pretty smoothly. Sound quality is fairly good. They seem to be on ebay regularly for about $10 plus $5 or so shipping. Dug around on there and got mine a little cheaper. For the price, Id say it would be hard to beat. Was just waiting on the Star Trek Borg reference, knew it was coming :o) Regards, Nathan |
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I am considering the following: World Wide Radio - Borg Johnson 25,000mi A nationally advertised $79.95 only $14.95 + $6.00 Std. Shipping or $7.00 Rush Shipping Large LCD - screen shows radio frequency Sliding multi-band selector - DX and local modes Built-in L.C. circuit and 10-stage selector switch 520 KiloHz to 1710 KiloHz range LC 560 MegaHz to 108 MegaHz Built-in Ultra-Power speaker system Fine-tune amp control system Ear-phone jack for headphones Telescopic, rotating antenna User guide and stations listings included free Clock with alarm www.usasd.com Click on Buy Binoculars and this radio is an alternative or additional choice. I am trying to find out more about it by researching the internet... Does it pick up AM/FM, etc? Hope this is a help to you... Clyde Binoculars Yes, Radio ? Humble Servant Leader ministering to the needs of others |
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A nationally advertised $79.95 only $14.95 + $6.00 Std. Shipping or $7.00 Rush Shipping Large LCD - screen shows radio frequency Sliding multi-band selector - DX and local modes Built-in L.C. circuit and 10-stage selector switch 520 KiloHz to 1710 KiloHz range LC 560 MegaHz to 108 MegaHz Built-in Ultra-Power speaker system Fine-tune amp control system Ear-phone jack for headphones Telescopic, rotating antenna User guide and stations listings included free Clock with alarm [/quote] www.usasd.com Click on Buy Binoculars and you will see this radio is an alternative or additional choice. I am trying to find out more about it by researching the internet... Does it pick up AM/FM, etc? Hope this is a help to you... Clyde Will I order Binoculars? Yes, Will I also order additional Radio? Unknown? Need additonal information! Humble Servant Leader ministering to the needs of others [/quote] |
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