"estupendo" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >....... and reception quailty must be superb ! It needs to also receive FM
    >local stations.

You won't get superb reception quality on ANY short wave
receiver. Have you considered Worldspace? It's very high
quality digital audio via satellite but you have to subscribe
to most of the programmes (BBC World Service is free) and
it's a bit iffy in the far north of Europe.

Details at www.worldspace.com

Markku Grönroos <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Isn't this just pathetic.

No, not at all. What's your problem now? Gone off the meds again?

Sangean is said to make rather good all-band portable radios. They are
sold by places like Universal Radio in Ohio and Radio Schlock sells
some of them in the USA as does C Crane.

I strongly concur that digital tuning is vital for shortwave.

You should consider a radio that covers the European longwave band as
well as AM/MW, SW, FM/VHF. Many Euopean countries have one or two
very powerful longwave station(s) that cover well beyond their
borders.

IIRC, the original poster asked for "superb" radios. Be warned that
no small portable will sound very good on its internal speaker.

In article <[email protected] .com>,
[email protected] says...
    > SONY products are very good but range is large and pricing is
    > confusing.
    > How about a Chinese made Jwin JX-M14 at under 10 UK Pounds ?

I bought the Jwin a few years ago on a whim. It's really not too bad
for casual listening. If you're only interested in local AM/FM stations
and the major SW broadcasters, give it a try -- what do you have to
lose?


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"Henry" <[email protected]> kirjoitti
viestissä:1h4fxup.1ug85lmohdsaoN%henry999@eircom. net...
    > Markku Grönroos <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> Isn't this just pathetic.
    > No, not at all. What's your problem now? Gone off the meds again?

Not at all, I am back from shopping Sony gadget.

Markku Grönroos <[email protected]> wrote:

    > "Henry" <[email protected]> kirjoitti

    > > Markku Grönroos <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >> Isn't this just pathetic.
    > >
    > > No, not at all. What's your problem now? Gone off the meds again?
    >
    > Not at all, I am back from shopping Sony gadget.

So, what makes any of this 'pathetic'???

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:39:37 +0300, [email protected] (Henry) wrote:

    >Markku Grönroos <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> "Henry" <[email protected]> kirjoitti
    >> > Markku Grönroos <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >
    >> >> Isn't this just pathetic.
    >> >
    >> > No, not at all. What's your problem now? Gone off the meds again?
    >>
    >> Not at all, I am back from shopping Sony gadget.
    >So, what makes any of this 'pathetic'???

It doesn't vibrate without the use of batteries?
--
Martin

If you look at the reviews on eham.com you will see that for a small
inexpensive portables the Kaito KA 1102 and its predecessor get the best
reviews. Ham radio operators are geeks, but we do know radios. <grin>. These
are often for sale on ebay.

Paul


"estupendo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] oups.com...
    > Please recommend a radio that provides good reception for BBC
    > broadcasts (and others) in any part of Europe. It has to be portable
    > and reception quailty must be superb ! It needs to also receive FM
    > local stations.
    >

"estupendo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] oups.com...
    > Please recommend a radio that provides good reception for BBC
    > broadcasts (and others) in any part of Europe. It has to be portable
    > and reception quailty must be superb ! It needs to also receive FM
    > local stations.

Find an old Zenith. I've looked at some of what's sold for big bucks as
shortwave receivers these days. Three chips, plus a lead weight to make you
think it actually has something inside. You might find something worth
owning by looking in amateur radio magazines.

--
Donald R. Newcomb
DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net

Robert J Carpenter wrote:
    > Sangean is said to make rather good all-band portable radios. They are
    > sold by places like Universal Radio in Ohio and Radio Schlock sells
    > some of them in the USA as does C Crane.

In the UK under the Roberts label. I've got one, very good value.

Is www.worldspace.com avilable to receive BBC free? I thought you
always needed special receiver equipment as well as some annual
subscription?

estupendo wrote:
    > Is www.worldspace.com avilable to receive BBC free? I thought you
    > always needed special receiver equipment as well as some annual
    > subscription?
    >
If you have broadband internet then you probably don't need a
satellite hookup to receive the BBC. I find I can receive more BBC
radio than I have time to listen to. AFAIK all seven of the domestic
radio channels are available, in addition to the World Service, but I
concentrate on Radio 4. I generally convert to MP3 while downloading
and then listen later on an MP3 player. (Some of the programs are
available directly in MP3.)

The beauty of the BBC is that most programs are available for seven
days on the Listen Again facility so it's not necessary to be present
for the live broadcast. On my not particularly fast computer, with
broadband I find I can download in the background while using the
machine for other purposes (Web surfing, word processing) in the
foreground.

www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

-- Ron
Hamilton, Canada

"Ronald Hands" <""rhandsNOSPAM\"@mountaincable DOT net"> wrote in message
news:[email protected] T...
    > estupendo wrote:
    >> Is www.worldspace.com avilable to receive BBC free? I thought you
    >> always needed special receiver equipment as well as some annual
    >> subscription?
    > If you have broadband internet then you probably don't need a satellite
    > hookup to receive the BBC. I find I can receive more BBC radio than I
    > have time to listen to. AFAIK all seven of the domestic radio channels
    > are available, in addition to the World Service, but I concentrate on
    > Radio 4. I generally convert to MP3 while downloading and then listen
    > later on an MP3 player. (Some of the programs are available directly in
    > MP3.)
    > The beauty of the BBC is that most programs are available for seven days
    > on the Listen Again facility so it's not necessary to be present for the
    > live broadcast. On my not particularly fast computer, with broadband I
    > find I can download in the background while using the machine for other
    > purposes (Web surfing, word processing) in the foreground.
    > www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
    > -- Ron
    > Hamilton, Canada

Yes but , no but , yes but .... you can't tune into Broadband in a 3 star
hotel bedroom in the middle of Europe.
You need to use a radio !

I've had a Sony 7660 for about 15 years now, and after circling the globe
with me several times, it's still ticking away. I'm quite sure it's long
since discontinued, but I know they have very similar models today. the
tuning is synthesized, which is an absolute must to avoid drift, and has a
host of fine tuning and sideband options. I don't leave home without it.


--
Bob

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