Butch,
It does mute the audio when you scan by 5 or 10 KHz steps, but the audio
doesn't mute when you scan by 1 KHz steps. Perhaps not as good as we'd
like, but at least there's a choice.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: December 07, 2014 13:02
Subject: Re: Sony icfsw7600gr questions befor buying:
> Is this the tipical keyboard entry digital radio? My main complaint on
> many in the past is they mute the audio when tuning.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Sun, 7 Dec 2014,
> Steve Dresser wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>>
>> You can't expect the same performance from a portable that you get from a
>> high-end receiver. That said, however, I think this Sony is about as
>> good a
>> portable radio as you can find. It's small, easy to use, and as others
>> have
>> said, has good selectivity and dynamic range for a portable radio. As
>> far
>> as I know, it's the only portable in it's price range that has
>> synchronous
>> detection, and said synchronous detection works quite well. I've found
>> that
>> mine works better if you use the wire antenna that comes with the radio
>> instead of the internal whip, although this might not be as much of a
>> problem if I were operating the radio in a less noisy environment, such
>> as
>> outdoors. I'll test that when the weather warms up, but I have no desire
>> to
>> take the radio outside in the middle of a New England winter.
>>
>> If you really want this radio, you'd better move fairly quickly since
>> Sony
>> is discontinuing it according to the sales people at HRO. On the other
>> hand, if you're willing to wait, you might be able to pick up a used one
>> for
>> less than the $131 Amazon price which, by the way, is substantially
>> cheaper
>> than the original price of $189.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: December 06, 2014 16:42
>> Subject: Re: Sony icfsw7600gr questions befor buying:
>>
>>
>>> I have been thinking about a portable radio, what are your
>>> recomendations of this one. Are there any others you might recomend. I
>>> have used the sycrones detector on AM. on other radios, and I like it.
>>> Thanks.
>>> Mike
>>> KD2CDU
>>> On 12/2/2014 6:11 AM, Don Breda wrote:
>>>> Hi Jim.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry! Forgot about your message and just realized I never replied.
>>>>
>>>> It is a portable AM FM shortwave radio that covers 150khz to 30mhz plus
>>>> the fm broadcast band.
>>>>
>>>> It also receives sideband and has a syncronus detector for AM
>>>> reception.
>>>>
>>>> Its quite a good portable for the money $131 on amazon.
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>>>
>>>> On 11/26/2014 1:33 PM, Jim Gammon wrote:
>>>>> Don, just curious what this radio does? Is it one of those old
>>>>> large tabletop radios like the Zenith that picks up everything
>>>>> from 200 KHZ up to 30 MHZ? Too bad there's so little to be heard
>>>>> on the shortwave broadcast bands these days. I did listen too,
>>>>> and enjoy the ham DX program from Radio Havana the other night.
>>>>> Even looked up the host on QRZ. Happy Thanksgiving! Jim WA6EKS
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Don Breda <[log in to unmask]
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Date sent: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:32:06 -0500
>>>>> Subject: Sony icfsw7600gr layout:
>>>>>
>>>>> Wondering if anyone has a verbal description of the controls etc.
>>>>> for
>>>>> the radio.
>>>>> Couldn't find one on I can work this thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>> w a 2 i w c
>>>>>
>>>>> Don
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Don Breda <[log in to unmask]
>>>
>>
>>
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