I am amazed at the price of the sony in the US here in UK you are talking around $32!!! but still great fun Jim

Bought it off Ebay, from Thinkpan in San Diego, California. The had a high rating. One of the only U.S. dealers. took 4 days to get to me. I made them an offer they couldn't refuse! Try lowering the

Maybe I'm just lucky with the QC... anyway there are still good new SRF-59s around to be bought. I plan on putting gear reduction tuning into my project rig. If I get real ambitious I'll add the LCD

The consistency of the QC on the SRF-59 is all over the map. This is why you'll hear some people praising them and others referring to them as a waste of money. I have three. The first is a true gem.

A local store had SONY SRF-59 on sale for $12 plus change and I couldn't resist picking two up. I read somewhere that the new ones aren't as good as the older ones. I'd say they must have got a dud

Got my Sony SRF-59 today.Couldn't find one locally so had to order one from company online.Played it at work in brick building at my desk with 2 computers and was really suprised at the sound quality

Thanks for the tip, I kinda gave up on rechargable's but still have the charger for NIMH so Ill give it a shot. Ginger OKC

Hi Albert, Glad you are liking your new PL-310. Been using the PL-380 here for some time. Can I ask where you purchased your PL-310? Thanks, Bill

After playing with the Tecsun PL-310 for the last 4 days I have to say it is a good little radio in most respects. The one I got though has a lot of soft-mute noise on MW that can be distracting. I

Jay your website looks great.Keep the reviews coming.Very interesting and informative.Look forward to your reviews of the Zenith's. 73 Harold Cheetham KC2VBL

Nicely done, Ginger. I drive past the WVXX towers on the way to work. That station was WCMS for more years than I care to count. Chuck Rippel Chesapeake, VA

I use Sanyo Eneloop batteries and while their slightly increased diameter makes things just a little tight, they install just fine. Chuck Rippel 2nd Generation Sanyo Eneloop

There is an international specification for battery sizes. The tolerance on size is quite a bit larger than I would have thought ideal. Most batteries are technically within the tolerance, but the

Hi Ginger, Yes the Ni-MH batteries are of a slightly larger diameter, and fit tightly in most radios. Paul S. in CT

<ginger_92@...> wrote: In a totally different radio (not even a ULR), I found that NiMH AA cells were a little too big for the AA case. I didn't realize there could be a difference in the

Anyone else have problems getting batteries to fit there radio? I have problems getting Energizer or Duracell to fit into my Kaito 1103 and the only batteries that will think about going into my

Folks, Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but as a long time member of this group and long time contributor to radiointel I'd like you to check out my very own new

Hello To All, Took a break from the recently posted ongoing Trans-Atlantic reception reports of the past thirty days since arriving at this new location. Trans-Atlantic signals still going strong ,

It looks like a PL-390 with an MP3 player added. http://herculodge.typepad.com/herculodge/2011/05/pablo-brings-us-photos-of-the-new-tecsun-pl-398-radio-with-mp3.html

For what it is worth, I have tried my new ATS-909X on LW and it receives NDBs pretty well since it has SSB. I have a coax fed random wire well over 100 feet long. The downside of this is that it