Sima Portable WX-17 AM/FM Emergency Alert Radio

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Summary: The perfect stocking stuffer
Review: I agree with earlier reviews that there is SOME interference on the reception, but I found that it went away when I attached an oblong formation of tinfoil to the end of the antenna, and tied it with string to the lightbulb overhead. Then the reception was particularly good. As a word of advice, however, keep batteries in it if you're planning for an emergency--because when my family had to go into the basement for several days (we heard there was bad weather approaching), we thought for the longest time that the Sima Portable WX-17 AM/FM Emergency Alert Radio by Sima was broken. It wasn't, however. It just needed batteries. We would have saved a lot of headache if we had known this. Otherwise, the Sima Portable WX-17 AM/FM Emergency Alert Radio saved our lives, and I highly recommend it for personal and/or professional use.

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Summary: Ok for the price
Review: I bought this radio because I wanted an emergency weatherband backup radio and chose it primarily by price and the First Alert brand. You get what you pay for. The AM/FM part of the radio is fine. The local weatherband is hard to catch, there's lots of interference unless you hold the radio, antenna extended, in a certain way. (Even then the reception is not very clear.) However, one of the best features is it comes with an A/C adapter.

Rating:
Summary: Ok for the price
Review: I bought this radio because I wanted an emergency weatherband backup radio and chose it primarily by price and the First Alert brand. You get what you pay for. The AM/FM part of the radio is fine. The local weatherband is hard to catch, there's lots of interference unless you hold the radio, antenna extended, in a certain way. (Even then the reception is not very clear.) However, one of the best features is it comes with an A/C adapter.