Decent, small portable radio for off-grid hut?
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Colin123
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How about one of these...
I've had mine quite a while with no problems, I use it in my caravan when I don't have a phone/wifi signal.
Sony ICF-SW7600G Vintage World Band Receiver | eBay
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Used radio,works fine,no box, no damage to antenna, mostly used for shortwave listening of stations all over the world.Great radio.Uk bids only please </p>
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I've had mine quite a while with no problems, I use it in my caravan when I don't have a phone/wifi signal.
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mikeyb
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Love how they cleaned it up for the photos, or is that just to make it look 'vintage'How about one of these...
Sony ICF-SW7600G Vintage World Band Receiver | eBay
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Used radio,works fine,no box, no damage to antenna, mostly used for shortwave listening of stations all over the world.Great radio.Uk bids only please </p>www.ebay.co.uk
I've had mine quite a while with no problems, I use it in my caravan when I don't have a phone/wifi signal.
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mikeyb
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Barrymagrec
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It`s a seven transistor autocorrect.He might if he knew that it was
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Free, collect from Leeds or Cowdenbeath, Fife.
I know the OP is in Scotland. If that means Dumfries or Inverness, no dice. If Edinburgh or thereabouts, happy days.
mikeyb
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notaclue
pfm Member
Love how they cleaned it up for the photos, or is that just to make it look 'vintage'
A frequent drawback with old radios on eBay. Years of dust and finger gunk.
boon
pfm Member
PP9 ?
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
I miss my tiny Sangean/roberts analogue worldband radio - cost less than Ā£30, could fit in a pocket, batteries lasted for aeons and it sounded great. Finally got battered into submission being used for the garage, gardening and travel.
I'd buy a new FM portable set, rather than an old Hacker, Roberts or old worldband set.
The former eat batteries and the latter have a million surface mounted components that could go bang.
I recently tried to resuscitate a 20 year old analogue roberts worldband set - the tuning string had ceased to grip any of the wheels - and ended up wasting a lot of time to no avail.
DAB radios also chew through batteries compared to a basic FM/AM portable.
Maybe something like this?
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I'd buy a new FM portable set, rather than an old Hacker, Roberts or old worldband set.
The former eat batteries and the latter have a million surface mounted components that could go bang.
I recently tried to resuscitate a 20 year old analogue roberts worldband set - the tuning string had ceased to grip any of the wheels - and ended up wasting a lot of time to no avail.
DAB radios also chew through batteries compared to a basic FM/AM portable.
Maybe something like this?
Sony Portable Radio with speaker
Powered by two AA batteries and featuring an included hand strap for enhanced portability, this compact, horizontal AM/FM radio is the perfect travel companion. Whether youāre listening through the built-in speaker or via headphones, youāll always be able enjoy great monoaural sound ā anytime...
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Rockmeister
pfm Member
That's a huge list of musts for offgrid man but
onne of the modern roberts portables run on batteries, are portable, sound fine, have AM and FM and are not too expensive used.
notaclue
pfm Member
I miss my tiny Sangean/roberts analogue worldband radio - cost less than Ā£30, could fit in a pocket, batteries lasted for aeons and it sounded great. Finally got battered into submission being used for the garage, gardening and travel.
I'd buy a new FM portable set, rather than an old Hacker, Roberts or old worldband set.
The former eat batteries and the latter have a million surface mounted components that could go bang.
I recently tried to resuscitate a 20 year old analogue roberts worldband set - the tuning string had ceased to grip any of the wheels - and ended up wasting a lot of time to no avail.
DAB radios also chew through batteries compared to a basic FM/AM portable.
Maybe something like this?
Sony Portable Radio with speaker
Powered by two AA batteries and featuring an included hand strap for enhanced portability, this compact, horizontal AM/FM radio is the perfect travel companion. Whether youāre listening through the built-in speaker or via headphones, youāll always be able enjoy great monoaural sound ā anytime...
Someone on eBay has a batch of old, unused, what looks likes B-stock analogue Roberts world radios for a very reasonable Ā£20. I used to have the same model and was decent-ish for the money, as I recall. Though there's not enough to listen to on SW these days to make it worth buying for me.
Roberts R871 Shortwave, AM/FM Radio for sale online | eBay
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wulbert
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Iām being far too fussy, youāre right. This one seems to fit the bill but a bit pricey.
I saw on a radio geek forum someone describe Roberts radios as āthe Dansetteā of radios, but Iām sure this will be snobbery. They always sounded decent to me. Maybe he was describing their repairability.
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ex brickie
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If off grid means no electricity (ie needs to be battery powered) and no wifi for internet radio, then you may as well get any decent make of vintage FM/AM portable radio. My experience of DAB in Scotland has been poor (as in very variable signal and certainly no use in rural areas).
Have you looked for a Roberts - then get some rechargeable batteries? Roberts have a lush non-fatiguing sound and Iāve used them in rural areas for FM
How often do you use the shed? If not that often then there must be lots of portable options
Have you looked for a Roberts - then get some rechargeable batteries? Roberts have a lush non-fatiguing sound and Iāve used them in rural areas for FM
How often do you use the shed? If not that often then there must be lots of portable options
wulbert
pfm Member
Aye, no mains services. But decent 4G. I hadnāt considered 4G as being part of the āgridā (of physical infrastructure) but perhaps these days it is.
I like the feel and sound of old radios. Using the phone to get music takes me out of a relaxed mood a little. I guess Iām just a sentimental romantic.
Plus thereās something companionable in knowing that other people are tuned into the same program and music at the same time.
Yes, I think youāre right about rural DAB, itās not great. DAB seems to need a strong signal to work well. And digital interference is horrible to listen to, whereas FM hiss is mildly comforting.
Whaleblue
Southbound
Completely agree. There are relatively few things nowadays where you know youāre connected to other human beings purely through dint of a shared listening/watching experience.