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Sangean DT-400W Radio

$71.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
for emergency use or as an everyday carry radio: the new sangean dt-400w is a redesign of the highly rated sangean dt-200vx, thus you get excellent am, fm, and noaa band performance with superb
from www.amazon.com
i have to admit, that i forget to turn on the weather band, but i am glad that it is there in case i need it.
from www.amazon.com
excellent reception in all bands, for the small size of the speaker, it is also excellent.
from www.amazon.com
with the end of the television band on radio, i was hoping some one would produce an am/fm/noaa pocket radio, and sangean has done so.
from www.amazon.com
reception on the fm and wx bands are good, however if you are looking for stellar am reception this radio is a let-down.

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, Great Battery Life, Easy To Use, Tuning: Digital

2 RECOMMENDED by 31 people for BAND

Sony ICF-S79V FM/Weather/AM/TV Radio

$75.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.abt.com
the top buttons have worn out, but i have put waterproof band-aids on them and it's fine.
from www.abt.com
in addition to great reception and sound for a portable radio, what i like best is the 5 presets which allow you to go directly to channels on each band.
from www.abt.com
if you like to listen to certain radio programs uninterrupted without headphones or earpieces, carry around a small unit with both am and fm, plus a weather band, with high quality water resistance
from www.amazon.com
it is easy to set the radio dials on all three, fm, am, and weather bands.
from www.amazon.com
outstanding quality that normally you get with sony products...nice features like weather/tv band reception....speaker is pretty decent and casing is strong and water splash resistant...works with c

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, High Quality, Tuning: Digital

3 RECOMMENDED by 25 people for BAND

Sony Walkman SRF-M37V AM/FM/Weather/TV Radio

$32.00 Est. at Amazon

from chris from culver city, ca, www.circuitcity.com
the fm and am stations are still staticy, its impossible to hear the weather band indoors and most channels on the tv band dont work neither...in fact if youre buying this product because of the tv
from www.pricegrabber.com
strengths: simple, easy to use, tv/weather bands weaknesses: reception isn't perfect, headphones are nothing special, tv channels are only 2-13 (vhf) summary: this is an excellent product for
from shopping.msn.com
it has lots of room for presets, and also it has a weather band broadcast station.
from shopping.msn.com
(contrary to one of the previous reviews, the hold button will keep the radio from being turned on accidentally.) the tv band works well although i am not really interested in that feature.
from Dinko from Akron, Ohio, www.circuitcity.com
i have had the previous analog tuning and without weather band model for quite a while, and it still works great after being dropped many times on all kinds of surfaces.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Great Battery Life, Tuning: Digital

4 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for BAND

Kaito KA1103 S

$70.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this radio has quirks in user interface, the retro analog bands are simulated and occupies a large part of real estate that makes it hard to grab with one hand if i don't want to grab by the clear
from www.amazon.com
consider buying a "passport to world band radio" along with
from www.amazon.com
i used to have a sony icf2010 many years ago, which cost 3 times as much as this kaito does now, and (aside from the synchronous detector and the vhf aircraft band), it didn't stack up to this in
from www.amazon.com
single side band reception allows the listener to tune into the whole range of ham band activities as well as to monitor utility stations, some unclassified military radio activities, etc.
from www.amazon.com
the ka1103 truly surprised me, in that it's performance on all bands was excellent, and the audio easy to listen to via speaker or earphones.

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Positives: Great Sound Quality, Excellent Performance, Inexpensive, Tuning: Analog

5 RECOMMENDED by 18 people for BAND

Sony ICF-SW7600 AM/FM/SW Radio

$173.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the icf-sw7600 gr fulfills what it promises to be: a high-build quality portable am/fm shortwave radio with excellent sensitivity on all bands.
from www.amazon.com
the clock doesn't show when the radio is on and it only has 10 memories per band, but i see those as minor points.
from www.amazon.com
it's a great feature, don't buy a world band radio without it.
from www.amazon.com
since this radio picks up shortwave it would be nice to know what meter band you are on.
from www.amazon.com
the newer replacement sony ac adapter, called the ac e60a emits interference (rfi) making it unsuitable for use with world band radios.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Excellent Battery Life, Tuning: Digital

Kaito KA1102 AM/FM/SW Radio

$63.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
no other radio that i know of at this price will receive single side band signals (most "hams" use this mode).
from www.amazon.com
its many features allow for a wide range of listening options, including all shortwave bands, am/fm (with excellent performance on both the mw and fm bands) and it has an ssb function which is quite
from www.amazon.com
i use it to check the ham bands before going to my shack, and as a sniffer for rf noise in my house and the neighborhood.
from www.amazon.com
the radio is both very small and readily transportable yet the reception is still excellent on all available bands.
from www.amazon.com
the kaito outshines the panasonic with its 'wide' and 'narrow' bandwidth.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, High Quality, Nice Performance, Tuning: Digital

Sangean ATS 909 S

$282.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
to make the best use of this set, also purchase "passport to world band radio" and use it to determine which broadcasts you want to hear.(an electronics store) is selling the exact same set under
from www.amazon.com
so, i am a world band newbie, and this seemed about the right amount of money to spend on a first radio.
from www.amazon.com
scanning the shortwave band is as easy as it possibly could be.
from www.amazon.com
get the book 'passport to world band radio 2009'.
from www.amazon.com
any how,this lil world band.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, High Quality, Portable, Design: Portable

Radio Shack R1605

$5.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the ka1103 truly surprised me, in that it's performance on all bands was excellent, and the audio easy to listen to via speaker or earphones.
from www.amazon.com
single side band reception allows the listener to tune into the whole range of ham band activities as well as to monitor utility stations, some unclassified military radio activities, etc.
from www.amazon.com
i used to have a sony icf2010 many years ago, which cost 3 times as much as this kaito does now, and (aside from the synchronous detector and the vhf aircraft band), it didn't stack up to this in
from www.amazon.com
it is especially outstanding on the fm and shortwave bands.
from www.amazon.com
consider buying a "passport to world band radio" along with

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Positives: Nice Performance, Inexpensive, Easy To Use, Design: Portable

Eton S350 DELUXE AM/FM/SW Radio

$96.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.target.com
the only flaw is with the ac to dc converter used to power it from electricity, it causes a noise in the short wave band, not real bad i'm at a strech to find anything wrong with this radio for this
from www.amazon.com
the eton s350dl series is the replacment...for more on this, visit the website of "passport to world band radio" (passband.com) under "receiver news: update to edition 2006" (near bottom of the page).
from www.amazon.com
powered by d-cells which seem to last forever, the fm audio is fabulous for a $150 radio and long distant night time am band reception is simply great.
from www.amazon.com
i actually used the band charts displayed in this manual to make another radio purchasing decision tonight.
from www.amazon.com
for general world band programme listening, this radio is fantastic.

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Positives: Excellent Battery Life, Easy To Use, Good Sound Quality, Tuning: Digital,Analog

Sangean DT200V AM/FM/TV Radio

$54.00 Est. at Amazon

from buyreview from Los Angeles, CA, clickfrom.buy.com
the only thing that bugs me (and it is not their fault) is the tv band, which is great...
from Dean from Lubbock, Texas, clickfrom.buy.com
overall, the sangean dt-200vx is easy to use, is of good value, is great for everyday listening on all bands and is excellent for mw (am) dx'ing for its class.
from www.amazon.com
it is most excellent for sensitivity and selectivity, not only on fm, but also on the am and tv bands.
from www.amazon.com
it gets good reception, has a feature that allows you to program in your favorite stations even though they may be on different frequency bands and also has a great, auto-off in 90 minutes feature
from www.amazon.com
1) it has generally quite good reception on all bands, but no noaa weatherband reception is available.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Excellent Battery Life, Design: Pocket

Crane amp; Co SNR Radio

$90.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
it had more features than i needed (weather band and tv audio links), but it provided excellent am/fm reception with good audio quality for a small speaker, something i have had difficulty finding.
from www.amazon.com
have a very high interference environment for am broadcast band, and need a better quality radio to escape intense buzzing sounds from fluorescent lighting.
from www.amazon.com
moreover, the sonido has tv and weather bands.
from www.amazon.com
the weather band comes in loud and clear, another nice plus!
from www.amazon.com
weather band are great too!

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Sound Quality, High Quality, Tuning: Digital

Sony ICF-S79W Radio

$54.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the weather band is also a nice extra on this type of product.
from www.amazon.com
the sony icfs79w am/fm/weather band digital tuner shower radio is really well designed for its purpose.
from www.amazon.com
i love the fact it is digital and offers, tv/weather band features on it also.
from www.amazon.com
the sony am/fm weather band shower radio has exceeded my expectations.
from www.amazon.com
sony icfs79w am/fm/weather band digital tuner shower radio (white)

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Good Battery Life, Tuning: Digital

Sangean DT-200VX AM/FM/TV Radio

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from www.amazon.com
1) it has generally quite good reception on all bands, but no noaa weatherband reception is available.
from www.amazon.com
it gets good reception, has a feature that allows you to program in your favorite stations even though they may be on different frequency bands and also has a great, auto-off in 90 minutes feature
from www.amazon.com
it is most excellent for sensitivity and selectivity, not only on fm, but also on the am and tv bands.
from www.amazon.com
i bought this radio about a month ago and i was pleasantly surprised with its performance, especially on am band.
from www.amazon.com
the sangean dt210v and dt300vw are a little smaller and lighter (the 300 also has weather band), but no review states that they provide better am reception.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, Excellent Battery Life, Easy To Use

Grundig FR200 S

$30.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i never cared for radio, but the crank and the shortwave somehow make it more interesting, even if most of the shortwave is in spanish, and half the stations on all four bands are jesus channels.
from www.amazon.com
it also has the shortwave bands you need for the big broadcasts such as bbc, voice of america, and radio canada.
from www.amazon.com
it was fun listening to the sw bands, picking up stations from around the world.overall, a great radio at a super low price.
from www.amazon.com
the grundig fr 200 was just the small type of camping / emergency radio that i was looking for to carry on short camping trips etc.it is lite weight and has a smooth band search with a good sound.the
from www.amazon.com
the grundig fr 200 is a powerful little radio, i judge radios by their ability to pickup out of town stations on the am band.

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Positives: Good Battery Life, Inexpensive, High Quality, Tuning: Analog

Sony ICF-S10MK2 AM/FM/RDS Radio

$17.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
good, compact little am/fm radio, yet could still not pick up high-band fm channels in remote sections of the forest (minus conservative am talk shows).
from www.amazon.com
the reception on the am band is much better than any radio of this type that i have ever operated.
from www.amazon.com
its sharp silver finish is quite attractive, and it has very good selectivity and sensitivity on both am and fm bands.
from www.amazon.com
i can't believe the number of radio stations on both bands that this radio can pull in.
from www.amazon.com
am tunes up to about 1630 or so, rather than all the way up to 1710, but this probably won't be a big deal for most people, since there usually aren't many stations on that high end of the band.

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Positives: Nice Sound Quality, High Quality, Durable, Design: Pocket

Grundig S350 AM/FM/SW Radio

$95.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.circuitcity.com
as with any analog tuner, it does take a little effort to go from one end of a band to the other.
from www.circuitcity.com
the biggest disappointment that there is no longwave bands on this radio.
from www.circuitcity.com
bandwidth & lowpass filters and gain help a lot with clearing up the signal - you can turn those off too.
from www.amazon.com
i listen to the radio a lot more than i used to simply because it gets great am/fm reception and shortwave bands aren't bad either.
from www.amazon.com
it also has the shortwave bands you need for the big broadcasts such as bbc, voice of america, and radio canada.

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Positives: Great Battery Life, Easy To Use, Nice Sound Quality, Tuning: Analog

Sangean SR-33CL Radio

$28.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
this provides you with the opportunity to hear the difference between analog and the digital, and even though the digital is lossy compressed, it still trounces the analog, even when on the fm band!
from www.amazon.com
if stable, clear reception on all bands while on the move is the main consideration, i'd call this a very successful product.
from www.amazon.com
one caution, the band selecting strip on the top of the radio can pop off if you are not careful.
from www.amazon.com
yes, it does indeed have an am band (labeled as mw), contrary to some reviews, and does a great job.
from www.amazon.com
this little radio has superb sensitivity on all bands.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Great Battery Life, Easy To Use, Tuning: Analog

Kaito KA1101 AM/FM/SW Radio

$53.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the radio covers the am band (520-1710 khz), shortwave (3-26 mhz, but some frequencies are blocked), and fm and lower fm (70-108 mhz).
from www.amazon.com
this radio has a lot of pulling power on the sw bands for a radio at this price, and i tried a few in this price range.
from www.amazon.com
i think some 1102 text got mixed up here ("...with single side band (ssb) reception, the radio will transmit with a minimal amount of interference...") as this receiver is not designed to receive ssb.
from www.amazon.com
i did a lot of research, including reading around extensively in passport to world band radio, the bible of this activity, and other online sites.
from www.amazon.com
i was specifically in the market for the smallest available am/fm/sw receiver with quality performance especially in the sw bands.

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Positives: High Quality, Easy To Use, Inexpensive, Tuning: Digital

Sangean PR-D7

$80.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
there is no weather band or tv band on this like the sony, but i really mostly use the radio for am reception and talk radio which is excellent (fm is also).
from www.amazon.com
it's controls are easy, and i especially like the way you can switch bands very easily, read the "dial," and set the 12 (i think it's 12, but i'm only using 7 am and 4 fm) presets.
from www.amazon.com
nor does the pr-d7 have the noaa weather band, which, to me, is a substantial loss.
from www.amazon.com
the white ones are either ac only, powered by a crank(?!?) or have all sorts of emergency bands, etc.
from www.amazon.com
1) only 5 presets for each band.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, High Quality, Portable, Tuning: Digital

Eton E10 FM/AM Radio

$235.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the eton e10 is strong on all bands at home but in my office it gets weak fm.
from www.amazon.com
i could say that a weather/emergency band would make it better, but if there was a real emergency it would be all over am and fm.
from www.amazon.com
the slightly rubberized texture of this set just plain feels good when handling and adds to the to the overall impression that this is a "top of the line" portable multi band receiver even though
from www.amazon.com
it has a robust memory (500 presets) and complete functionality including wide/narrow band selection and an interference filter which seems to work well.
from www.amazon.com
domestic version of the chinese tecsun pl-550 all-band pocket sized radio.

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Positives: High Quality, Good Performance, Durable, Tuning: Digital

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