Nice set. Sensitive. Good sync detector. Drawbacks lay primarily in
the chuffing that accompanies tuning wheel/disc use and the horrible FM
reception.

Some folks don't find this size particularly portable; I guess b/c
we've become so accustomed to more compact portable sets. But such
compact sets don't offer the performance of an SW77.

Sure, it'll be more portable than your R72. And it's good on
batteries/cells. While not ideal for SSB reception, it's certainly one
of the better portables for such applications (50 Hz tuning
increments).

There're loads of threads about the SW77 in the rec.radio.shortwave
archives:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...rch+this+group

You can see here where someone compared their SW77 against the R75:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...7b2ac931ddd57a

Anyway, loads of info on the archives. Do check it out.

You pretty much said it all but there is a mod to reduce the chuffing. I
hesitate to cal it an anti-chuffing mod because it STILL chuffs, just not as
bad.
It is my second favorite portable. The 5900w is my favorite rfor all
different reasons, of course...



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Nice set. Sensitive. Good sync detector. Drawbacks lay primarily in
the chuffing that accompanies tuning wheel/disc use and the horrible FM
reception.

Some folks don't find this size particularly portable; I guess b/c
we've become so accustomed to more compact portable sets. But such
compact sets don't offer the performance of an SW77.

Sure, it'll be more portable than your R72. And it's good on
batteries/cells. While not ideal for SSB reception, it's certainly one
of the better portables for such applications (50 Hz tuning
increments).

There're loads of threads about the SW77 in the rec.radio.shortwave
archives:


http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...p=rec.radio.sh
ortwave&q=SW77&qt_g=1&searchnow=Search+this+group

You can see here where someone compared their SW77 against the R75:


http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...ad/thread/f4d9
108385428e44/7a7b2ac931ddd57a?q=SW77&rnum=1#7a7b2ac931ddd57a

Anyway, loads of info on the archives. Do check it out.

I have never owned a Sony SW77 before,but from what I have read about
them before,they are good radios.
cuhulin