Don,

I just got the CCrane CC-Radio-Plus, and it's the hottest radio I've 
seen in a long time.  In addition to covering MW, FM, TV (channels 
2-13), and Weather, it has both Line In and Line Out jacks.  Both 
input and output are stereo, so you can hear your favorite portable 
CD player through the radio's headphone jack, or make stereo 
recordings from the radio.  It's not 100% accessible, but it's mostly 
accessible.  If you buy it from the company, ask for Tim Hindel's 
cassette tutorial.  It will cost you an extra five bucks, but it's 
worth the money.  The radio itself costs $165, and no, I'm not 
working for CCrane.

Steve

On Wednesday 9/6/06 13:15 Donald L. Roberts wrote:
>A few questions along this line, if I may.  My wife's GE super
>radio 2 and my GE super radio 3 are both showing their age.  I
>care little about short wave because most of the international
>broadcasters no longer are there.  So in terms of medium wave and
>FM sensitivity, selectivity, and sound quality, what new
>receivers are available which are reasonably accessible and which
>perform and sound at least as good or better than the super radio
>3?  As I said, I really don't care that much about short wave as
>I still have a working Sony 2010.
>
>Thanks for ideas.
>
>Don Roberts
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 9:11 PM
>Subject: shortwave receivers
>
>
>Hi All, On the bottom end of the portable receiver curve, the
>little
>yachtboy400 and or 400PE by Grundig's a simple 40memory easily
>settable
>decent lw-mw-sw-fm portable, the little Kaito KA1102's a nice
>very little
>190 memory digital SW FM AM, with bfo, surprisingly decent cheapy
>that comes
>with rechargeable bats, charger, and all.  Then There are several
>receivers
>Sony makes with the 7600 model number.  1, I've read described as
>the 7600A,
>and bought one of that deliniation by mistake, is an older,
>"Banded SWL
>receiver, same size and similar layout to the other 7600 radios,
>it has no
>bfo and does have a tuning knob, but is not digital at all and is
>strictly
>an older swl-am-fm-lw portable, but a good one.
>Then there is the 7600D, european version and it's also called, I
>think the
>7600.  and may also be called something else like the 2002 or
>something
>similar.  It's digital, has only nine memories and no synch
>detection,
>pretty good radio, hard on bats, but only uses four AAs, as do
>all the
>7600s.
>The 7600G, is synch detected, has twenty memories, and a pretty
>dynamite
>little/same size as the others, portable, then the 7600GR, has
>more memories
>and is also synch detectored.
>Another radio you might consider is the sony sw100 a 2 AA shirt
>pocket
>clamshell type radio, synch detectored and a very good little
>set/though
>expensive.  If buying a 7600, make sure you know which one you're
>getting.
>They will all tune the LW band, lmore or less 150-400 or so, and
>tuning and
>memory setting are easy.  the nine memory unit goes used for
>anywhere from
>fifty to eighty, the G can go from fifty to a hundred and twenty,
>and the
>GR, usually more.  The sw100 goes from 150 to three hundred
>depending on
>what shape and what accessories.  Suggest you go to the universal
>radio site
>and check out their comparative review of short wave receivers,
>pretty
>revealing.  Appreciate all you guys and gals, dd.
>
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