an ok radio
i've had this radio for at least a dozen years. honestly, i've never been able to receive a shortwave signal on it. the speaker is small and tinny sounding. the reception on it is ok, not great. however, it looks WONDERFUL. it's really a great travel radio and looks good by the pool next to a mai tai. but at home in the kitchen, it's not so great company to me as i cook dinner. i'm looking for a newer better sounding radio.
Not Much dependability or durability
I received this model as a gift from my wife about six years ago. She thought its short wave feature would interest me. That feature never actually never worked, unless you are fluent in Russian or Polish. For most of its life, it spent more time in a dresser drawer than traveling with me. Its AM tuning was short lived, its FM tuning had a habit of drifting, and its its battery life was short, so I used its transformer function, ac to dc 4.5. Finally, the power button gave out. You would press it down. In two seconds, it would pop right out. I was checking to see if there was a repair center when I came on Amazon. Now, I'm putting it in the trash. WMT
Impossibleto receive SW
I bought this radio 2 years ago. My worst 80 dollars. It is pratically impossible to get 1 short wave station. I have tried everything. Nothing, nada. Also the slide for the volume is terrible. You can't control the volume. They should remove this radio from the market, or at least remove the short wave reception, since you can't hear nothing.
Save your money!
Beauty is deceiving. The worst thing about this radio is that the plastic on/off button will be rendered useless after one trip to the beach. Get near a grain of sand and it will cause the button to stick. Keep it inside the house and it is a marginal radio at best, and confusing to use. The plastic body is very cheap as well and seems to disolve when it gets near sun tan lotion. Thousands of these must be sitting in drawers, silenced by the elements! Junk...that's why so many ended up in the bargain bins at retailers.
Not great, but not bad
I go the "refurbished" one for $39 from J&R. It came with a broken antenna, the refurbisher had obviously overcranked the screw holding the antenna so that it smooshed out the plastic and was wobbling loosely in the wind, a quality breach obvious to any idiot by they put their worthless stamp on it anyway. so i was going to return it but they were sold out so i fixed it myself with a washer in the screw to grab a wider breadth of plastic and so far my hack is working just fine.
After all, i didnt want to pay more than $39 for a radio that gets only one sw station (the time station). ok the am and fm work great. its got a light but i dont like that its only on/off ideally it should stay on for a couple seconds. i also hate the ... Read More
