Rating: 
Summary: Superb Portable World Band Radio
Review: This little radio comes with a nice case, "earbud" style earphones, batteries and a clear, concise manual.Performance-wise, the radio does wonderfully. It successfully picks up all of the strong shortwave stations (i.e., BBC World Service, Radio Canada International, Swiss Radio International) and many of the weaker ones. When an antenna wire was added, performance improved as one would expect. The clock and alarm features are an added bonus. I personally didn't think I would use them, however, they are remarkably useful. The wake-up alarm ("Human Wake System", as named in the documentation,) works very well. In addition, having a world clock comes in handy when listening to world band radio. I leave mine set to G.M.T. (UTC) so that both my local time and UTC time is displayed -- very useful for world band listening. I would recommend this radio to anyone who needs a portable world band radio for casual listening. For more serious listening, like "DXing", you may want to look at Grundig's other products.
Rating: 
Summary: Frequent Traveler
Review: This little radio comes with a nice case, "earbud" style earphones, batteries and a clear, concise manual. Performance-wise, the radio does wonderfully. It successfully picks up all of the strong shortwave stations (i.e., BBC World Service, Radio Canada International, Swiss Radio International) and many of the weaker ones. When an antenna wire was added, performance improved as one would expect. The clock and alarm features are an added bonus. I personally didn't think I would use them, however, they are remarkably useful. The wake-up alarm ("Human Wake System", as named in the documentation,) works very well. In addition, having a world clock comes in handy when listening to world band radio. I leave mine set to G.M.T. (UTC) so that both my local time and UTC time is displayed -- very useful for world band listening. I would recommend this radio to anyone who needs a portable world band radio for casual listening. For more serious listening, like "DXing", you may want to look at Grundig's other products.
Rating:
Summary: Superb Portable World Band Radio
Review: This little radio comes with a nice case, "earbud" style earphones, batteries and a clear, concise manual. Performance-wise, the radio does wonderfully. It successfully picks up all of the strong shortwave stations (i.e., BBC World Service, Radio Canada International, Swiss Radio International) and many of the weaker ones. When an antenna wire was added, performance improved as one would expect. The clock and alarm features are an added bonus. I personally didn't think I would use them, however, they are remarkably useful. The wake-up alarm ("Human Wake System", as named in the documentation,) works very well. In addition, having a world clock comes in handy when listening to world band radio. I leave mine set to G.M.T. (UTC) so that both my local time and UTC time is displayed -- very useful for world band listening. I would recommend this radio to anyone who needs a portable world band radio for casual listening. For more serious listening, like "DXing", you may want to look at Grundig's other products.
Rating:
Summary: Great portable radio
Review: This radio is a great portable radio. First of all, don't expect amazing performance, it's above average for it's class, but it's not going to outperform a $250 radio. I listen mostly to the BBC, Swiss Radio International and Radio Canada International, which are all strong stations. They sound very strong as they should. I have on occasion listened to Serbian radio, which worked out well, also. Once you have a station tuned, the audio quality is very good. On FM, don't expect the quality to outperform your stereo -- we are talking about a world band radio here. MW (or "AM Radio" as it's called here in the States) comes in very strong, even in high RF environments, like a computer data center. The case is great. Why? You can throw the radio in your bag and not have to really worry about it. I didn't think the clock would be useful, but it is very useful. I leave it set to UTC so I can have a local clock and UTC clock simultaneously. Definately a recommended purchase for someone who needs an inexpensive, simple, world band radio.
Rating:
Summary: Great portable radio
Review: This radio is a great portable radio. First of all, don't expect amazing performance, it's above average for it's class, but it's not going to outperform a $250 radio. I listen mostly to the BBC, Swiss Radio International and Radio Canada International, which are all strong stations. They sound very strong as they should. I have on occasion listened to Serbian radio, which worked out well, also. Once you have a station tuned, the audio quality is very good. On FM, don't expect the quality to outperform your stereo -- we are talking about a world band radio here. MW (or "AM Radio" as it's called here in the States) comes in very strong, even in high RF environments, like a computer data center. The case is great. Why? You can throw the radio in your bag and not have to really worry about it. I didn't think the clock would be useful, but it is very useful. I leave it set to UTC so I can have a local clock and UTC clock simultaneously. Definately a recommended purchase for someone who needs an inexpensive, simple, world band radio.
Rating:
Summary: Good and Dependale Radio
Review: This radio is jst plain dependable and good. Almost all stations come in clear. You can get a lot of shortwave stations from it. I can get BBC every night and for [that price] it's a wonderful deal for traveling and just regular listening. I recommend this radio to many people because it's light and is great for beginners like me.
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