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Jukka wrote:
I am looking for portable radio with following specs:

-suitable for air travel (max.1 kg)
-FM/AM/SW and AIR-band
-RDS
-(signal strenght meter)
-sounds near like Tivoli Audio Model One
-world time


I know of no radio that meets these criteria. Perhaps Sangean's
ATS-909 will come closest to meeting your requirements. It's a tad
less than a kilo in weight. Has FM/AM/SW & RDS, but no Air band. It
has a signal strength indicator, and a clock that is visible even when
the radio is in use. The audio is fairly decent on this set, but I
don't think you're going to find any compact SW portable that has audio
quality approaching that of the Tivoli.

I had an ATS-909, but I didn't keep it. I'd go with the Sony
ICF-SW7600GR. The Sony, however, does not have RDS, nor does it have a
useful signal strength meter (the word "Tune" is displayed when a
signal's strength is above a certain threshhold). The audio is not
quite as pleasant as on the Sangean, and it's certainly nowhere in the
realm of a Tivoli Model One. The clock and frequency display share the
same space, so you can't view them simultaneously. The Sony does have
synchronous detection circuitry which is very nice in reducing adjacent
channel interference on SW and in alleviating some of the fading
effects that occur on shortwave. No air band on this one, either.


One other advantage to the 909 is the tuning knob.
I'm not crazy about the tuning buttons on my 7600 GR.