On Tue, 18 May 2004, S Narayan wrote:

Sony radios are cheap

In every sense of the word. Sony = garbage.

I notice you're crossposting to three autos-related newsgroups
(rec.autos.driving, misc. and tech), so I must assume you're talking about
car audio. I'll have to take your word for Sony not excelling against some
of the big-name mobile audio receivers.

However, you also posted on "rec.radio.shortwave," where the general
consensus is that Sony manufactured some of the finest portable "World Band"
receivers ever made.

-- Stinger

"Daniel J. Stern" wrote in message
.umich.edu...
On Tue, 18 May 2004, S Narayan wrote:

Sony radios are cheap

In every sense of the word. Sony = garbage.

"Daniel J. Stern" wrote in message
.umich.edu...
On Tue, 18 May 2004, S Narayan wrote:

Sony radios are cheap

In every sense of the word. Sony = garbage.


Cheap = inexpensive, that's what I meant with regards to Sony SW radios. On
the other hand, Sony makes radios for various consumer markets and I am sure
there are some which are garbage. The Sony ICF-2010 which was manufactured
first in 1985 was one of the best portables out there and was only
discontinued a couple of years ago. If you knew anything about SW radio, you
wouldn't make the blanket coment you did and cross post this to
rec.radio.shortwave.

In article ch.edu,
says...
On Tue, 18 May 2004, S Narayan wrote:

Sony radios are cheap

In every sense of the word. Sony = garbage.



No doubt. I've got a Sony Dream Machine and the front end rejection on
it is crap. Even though it's tuned via PLL you still get to hear the
strongest stations near the one you want to listen to instead of the one
you want to listen to.

i have experience with converters. i even built one with eight crystal
sockets to cover several bands! just calculate the crystal needed to
cover whatever you want to hear. my advise is to keep your portable and
put your time into rigging an outside antenna for your car, perhaps a
modified cb antenna. the converters work but are a pain to calculate
what frequency you are on. the portable radio will beat it on
convenience and performance, no matter how cheap it is.

"Daniel J. Stern" wrote:

Not to mention the fact that countries are going off shortwave wholesale.
BBC's gone, India's gone, Ausria's almost gone...guess if you want to hear
China, you can do that...

I don't know what you're using for a shortwave receiver but I'm still
hearing the BBC and India just fine.


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David wrote:

You're kidding, right?

Gonna hang an R-8B under the dash like a FrigiKing aftermarket air
conditioner out of the J. C. Whitney catalog?

People listen to shortwave radio mainly for the diversity and the less
Anglocentric viewpoints. Satellite radio, in particular Sirius, goes
a long way to satisfying that need, without driving you batty with
static and flanging.

On Mon, 17 May 2004 01:44:30 GMT, Tony P.
wrote:

In article ,
says...
aside from the fact that it ain't free anymore...

There are lots of high end communications receivers that mount very
nicely in cars. They are made by cos. like Yaesu, Kenwood etc.

They aren't cheap - probably start around $500 but you can listen to
everything.

No he wasn't kidding. I use a Drake SW8 in the car with a roof mounted
whip antenna. I run the audio through the car stereo. Works great.


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On Tue, 18 May 2004, S Narayan wrote:

Sony radios are cheap
In every sense of the word. Sony = garbage.

Sony makes radios for various consumer markets and I
am sure there are some which are garbage. The Sony ICF-2010 which was
manufactured first in 1985 was one of the best portables out there

I agree, I had one. But guess what, Mr. Van Winkle: This is not 1985.

DS

On Tue, 18 May 2004, Stinger wrote:

consensus is that Sony manufactured some of the finest portable "World Band"
receivers ever made.

No debate, they did, but since we don't live in the past and must evaluate
a manufacturer based on its present-day output, I stand by my original
statement.

DS

I bet the chicks really dig it...

On Tue, 18 May 2004 21:06:21 -0400, starman wrote:

David wrote:

You're kidding, right?

Gonna hang an R-8B under the dash like a FrigiKing aftermarket air
conditioner out of the J. C. Whitney catalog?

People listen to shortwave radio mainly for the diversity and the less
Anglocentric viewpoints. Satellite radio, in particular Sirius, goes
a long way to satisfying that need, without driving you batty with
static and flanging.

On Mon, 17 May 2004 01:44:30 GMT, Tony P.
wrote:

In article ,
says...
aside from the fact that it ain't free anymore...

There are lots of high end communications receivers that mount very
nicely in cars. They are made by cos. like Yaesu, Kenwood etc.

They aren't cheap - probably start around $500 but you can listen to
everything.

No he wasn't kidding. I use a Drake SW8 in the car with a roof mounted
whip antenna. I run the audio through the car stereo. Works great.


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