Aloha! Does anyone know anything about shortwave or world band radios? I'm looking to get a portable one for my father for Christmas. He grew up on radios and still loves listening to radio programs. He used to have a small/portable shortwave/world band radio but hasn't worked in quite some time.
I've done some online research but I thought I'd ask BLF for some info and/or experience on these radios. I know absolutely nothing about this so any help/info/experience would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Don wrote:
"But as I said long ago, you are more likely to be killed by a dead fish dropped by a seagull in the Sahara Desert than by a lithium ion
Grundig is usually the go to brand for these.
You can also get him a cheap laptop and internet service :).
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There are many good manufacturers.
I have Degen DE-1203 and Tecsun PL-600. Both are excellent shortwave receivers, with full band coverage and also SSB band.
I bought both from Ebay and its prices are budget if compared to other receivers like Kenwood, Icom...
Thanks guys. He has a laptop but it's a little bit too overwhelming for him sometimes. He doesn't even use it anymore. I'd like to get a shortwave or world band radio that has a manual tuning knob instead of a digital tuner. The one I've been looking at is the Sangean ATS-909 but am open to any other suggestions.
Here another link:
http://www.sangean.com/products/products_main.asp?pid=11
Don wrote:
"But as I said long ago, you are more likely to be killed by a dead fish dropped by a seagull in the Sahara Desert than by a lithium ion
I can recommend this. SSB and 18 preset memories. Small and very portable. Have used it all over the world
with good results.
Cheap quality is good - Expensive crap isn´t
Hmm... it seems all the Grundigs et al are now made by Tecsun anyway.
If you're feeling a tad adventurous, you might want to try the new PL-606 DSP radio. Very inexpensive, uses the latest tech, and supposedly quite good.
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