SeeingEyeDogg wrote:

Sony made AC adapters ARE available that work very well with ALL their
shortwave radios. I know because I have Sony AC adapters for the 7600GR,
SW100, SW-07 & SW-55. They all work exceptional well and are very quite.
Except that their price is prohibitive for most people in this newsgroup.


Care to expand on that? How is it possible for the fine denizens of this
group to buy expensive radios (1) and yet not be able to finance an
adapter?


mike

(1) cuhulin excepted. If it's not three dollars he doesn't want it.

Dear Mike,

To comment:

The original AC adapter Sony made for the ICF-SW7600GR was a very good
one. However, that model was discontinued a couple of years ago and has
been replaced with one with a similar name but dreadful performance
with the radio.

Most AC adapters for the '7600 are priced in the $15.00 - $20.00 range.
This is very high for what you get. The price for eight rechargeable
NiMH batteries and a charger is not much, if any, more and you get
portability which is just as good AND FAR QUIETER operation. As the
'7600GR, off its whip, is not the most sensitive of receivers, this
quiet operation is very important. Even when used with an AN-LP1, which
affords excellent "hearing of signals," battery operation is, in my
opinion, far better than use with an AC adapter.

Note that I'm not "knocking" the receiver - it is designed with a
better-than-the-portable-average dynamic range so it can handle a fair
external shortwave antenna without overloading. (Its MW sensitivity is
superb with just the internal ferrite antenna.) Its SW sensitivity off
the whip is adequate for the more powerful stations and the radio is
sensitive enough that you can in fact do some DXing with it just with
the whip. However the ability to handle an external antenna without
overloading is much more important, in my opinion, than "raw"
sensitivity off a whip.

Best,

Joe

P.S. Universal's AC adapter for the '7600GR is not only dreadful, but
also overpriced. I understand you can buy the same adapter from another
source for 1/3 Universal's price but even then - why would you want to?
I have one and if you like music and want to hear your radio "hum,"
that's your adapter! ;-)

Any radio that works.
cuhulin

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Any radio that works.
cuhulin


Sony are usually reliable.

Ray O Vac is the Best.Just take it from me.I have been useing Ray O Vac
Batteries since the 1940's. www.rayovac.com
I dont mess with that other sissy greasy kidstuff.
cuhulin

NiMH batteries.Screw! those kinds of batteies! LQQK,about seven years
ago,I owned an Ericcson cell phone.Either it came with a NiMH battery,or
later on I went and bought a new NiMH battery for that Stupid piece of
junk cell phone.A couple of years later,that NiMH battery went stone
cold dead!,,, wouldn't take a charge at all,I am telling y'all.y'all can
have all the NiMH batteries y'all want.I dont want anymore of that over
priced and over rated Crap!
cuhulin

"m II" wrote in message news:ZLj0g.31538$4S.402@edtnps82...
SeeingEyeDogg wrote:

Sony made AC adapters ARE available that work very well with ALL their
shortwave radios. I know because I have Sony AC adapters for the 7600GR,
SW100, SW-07 & SW-55. They all work exceptional well and are very quite.
Except that their price is prohibitive for most people in this
newsgroup.


Care to expand on that? How is it possible for the fine denizens of this
group to buy expensive radios (1) and yet not be able to finance an
adapter?


http://www.partsolver.com/
https://www.partstore.com

Sony Part# 147612111 $94
ADAPTOR, AC (AC-E600)
Input AC 110-120V or 220-240V ~50/60Hz 7 Watts
Output DC6V ~ 300mA
Requires "World Traveler" type AC "Conversion adapter" available at Radio
Shack or Sony part# 156900821 "Conversion adaptor". Ref:
http://kropla.com/electric2.htm

Sony's U.S. version 6V AC Adapter (110-120V input only) for a 7600GR is
"AC-E604". But that model is difficult if not impossible to find. The
"World Traveler" version is above is still available and can be used with
any Sony shortwave radio requiring 6V (Ex: SW-55).