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]
>