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Rating: 
Summary: for the price, this is what is called a BARGAIN
Review: 3-stars: Shortwave Listening (SWL & AM-DX) should have MEMORY!
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9-Band (AM/FM/SW1-7) Highly-Sensitive Digital Multi-Band Radio
Features:
AM/FM/SW1-7 9 World Band Receiver
High Sensitive AM/FM Tuner
Digital Display
AM/FM Tuning LED Indicator
Real Time Clock Display
Alarm Clock Function
Built in Wide Range Speaker
Built in Telescopic FM Antenna
Built in Strap for Easy Carrying
Two Way Power with AC/DC Operation Built in 3V DC Jack
Required 2 "AA" Batteries (not included) (Rayovac IC3 MiMH best)
3.5mm Headphone Jack
Frequency Range:
FM 87-108 MHz
AM 530-1710 KHz
SW1-SW7 5.95-17.9 MHz
This baby can easily fit in your travel luggage, AND
you can "afford" to give it up to a mugger w/o remorse.
Rating:
Summary: Good Deal
Review: Can't it beat for the price. Frequency is dead on with WWV. Good coverage and sensitivity. Works well with telescoping antenna but of course outside long wire is better(just don't over couple too much signal, overloads receiver front end). No BFO, so no SSB, but hey what do expect for this price!! Good deal.
Rating:
Summary: Cheap, and it works!
Review: This is a small radio with AM, FM, and some of the shortwave broadcast bands. Basically, its circuit is the same as an old-fashioned needle-dial-tuning knob radio, but with a digital frequency counter grafted on. That means that it lacks most of the features of a fully digital radio tuner (memories, slewing buttons, etc.) On the other hand, the digital display tells you just what frequency you are on. Needle-dial types are much less precise.
The speaker is small and sounds tinny to me. But the radio works well enough to be useful, and that makes it a bargain. For pete's sakes, people, it's a shortwave receiver that only costs chump change, and the silly thing actually works! You can't argue with that.
A Sangean SG622 lacks the digital display, but it covers more of the shortwave bands and performs better. But it costs considerably more, too. Anything better than that, and you're getting up into the $100 range.
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