hi, anyone tell me if the sony icf sw77 is a good radio please
thanks

I prefer my SW-77 to my 2010. Then again, I prefer my DE-1103 to my 2010...
Yes, it is a SPLENDID radio...



"Rikk" wrote in message
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hi, anyone tell me if the sony icf sw77 is a good radio please
thanks

It's a very good radio. It's large and heavy for a portable. Sony
stopped making it . You can buy them used.

Excellent portable set, the 'SW77. On a par with Sony's venerable
ICF-2010 in terms of performance. It's my opinion that the SW77 offers
superior performance to any compact portable set on the market today,
although the 'SW77's performance will not match that of Eton's new E1
portable.

The 'SW77's one real flaw is the chuffing that accompanies manual
tuning with the tuning wheel/disc. Other than that, I would say that
it's top-notch all the way.

If you've found a good deal on the 'SW77 and you're looking for a
premium grade portable, it's worth going for.

Best,

junius


Rikk wrote:
hi, anyone tell me if the sony icf sw77 is a good radio please
thanks

Large and heavy?????


"Merlin3rd" wrote in message
ups.com...
It's a very good radio. It's large and heavy for a portable. Sony
stopped making it . You can buy them used.

It is not a real portable radio,
becasue it must be carried around
with both hands.
A slide ruler for volume control
looks a little bit "cheapy".
On FM waves there is no
indication if you are in STEREO or
MONO mode.
And the biggest flaw about that radio
is a strong "birdie" around 3.640 Mhz (LSB, USB or CW).
But on the other side it is a very useful and nice made radio.

Rikk wrote:
hi, anyone tell me if the sony icf sw77 is a good radio please
thanks

I never did like them slide rule/them sliders up and down thingys on
radios.Them things are meant for music/audio boards,,, in my Mississippi
opinion.
cuhulin

S57BIG wrote:
It is not a real portable radio,
becasue it must be carried around
with both hands.

11 x 7 x 2 inches, 3.25 Lbs

On FM waves there is no
indication if you are in STEREO or
MONO mode.

Actually, something should be said with regard to the inferior quality
FM reception you can often expect with the SW77. While some units are
evidently not too awful, the FM section is notoriously bad on the SW77.
For some units, you must off-tune from the actual frequency in order
to clearly tune in a station. For mine, any heavy bass comes through
with horrendous distortion. My earlier comments of praise for the SW77
were for shortwave use only. I've not used it much for MW reception;
and, as stated, for FM reception, the SW77 is the pits. It would be
nice if the only problem with the SW77's FM section were the failure to
indicate stereo/mono.

And the biggest flaw about that radio
is a strong "birdie" around 3.640 Mhz (LSB, USB or CW).

Hmmm, I never noticed that before. Interesting. And true on my SW77,
too, in LSB and USB modes.

But on the other side it is a very useful and nice made radio.

All of the local area Jackson,Mississippi FM (AM radio stations too)
stations around here BOOM in real good.Most of them,I can drop the FM
antennas all the way down,and they still come in real,real good.
www.us963.com Jacksonnnnnn,,,,,, where GOD isn't dead.
cuhulin