Alpine radio reception

Smithy said:

I appreciate that some outdoor purists will be horrified but I am looking
for a lightweight radio to keep me company in my tent on Alpine backpacking
trips (I assure you that I would only ever use it with earphones, never on
loudspeaker mode!). My requrements are:
1. Extremely lightweight
2. Earphone socket
3. Digital tuning
4. Receives short wave

Quoted message said:

Any suggestions?

Have a look though http://www.ogormans.co.uk/Shortwave.htm for some
candidates...

Pete.
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Smithy said:

1. Extremely lightweight
2. Earphone socket
3. Digital tuning
4. Receives short wave

I wonder if the Sony ICF-SW 100 is still available. Really small and
extremely lightweight, but very fine shortwave reception AFAIK.
Unfortunately, I could not afford it a few years ago ...

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On the final point, has anyone any knowledge of
French/Swiss/Italian/German stations transmitting in the Alpine
regions with an output similar to BBC Radio3?

In which language? And what is the output of BBC Radio 3 like?

vG

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Volker Gringmuth said:

Smithy wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

On the final point, has anyone any knowledge of
French/Swiss/Italian/German stations transmitting in the Alpine
regions with an output similar to BBC Radio3?

In which language? And what is the output of BBC Radio 3 like?

Music is an international language. Radio 3 is the classical (and
other serious stuff like jazz) music station of the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Phil Cook said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

On the final point, has anyone any knowledge of
French/Swiss/Italian/German stations transmitting in the Alpine
regions with an output similar to BBC Radio3?

In which language? And what is the output of BBC Radio 3 like?

Music is an international language. Radio 3 is the classical (and
other serious stuff like jazz) music station of the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/

I see. Now, the problem with the Alpine region is that it covers parts
of at least five countries 🙂

As for German stations, "Bayern2Radio" is what you're looking for.
Frequency information see <http://www.br-online.de/br-intern/technik/ukw-mw..html>.
Most German stations transmit on FM only, rarely SW or MW.

In the German-speaking part of Switzerland, "Radio DRS 2" will be fine
<http://www.drs.ch/drs2.html>.

vG

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How about an MP3 Player - The Ibead has a radio but not shortwave, it'd at
leat give you an option if you dont get a signal?

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"Smithy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I appreciate that some outdoor purists will be horrified but I am looking
for a lightweight radio to keep me company in my tent on Alpine backpacking
trips (I assure you that I would only ever use it with earphones, never on
loudspeaker mode!). My requrements are:
1. Extremely lightweight
2. Earphone socket
3. Digital tuning
4. Receives short wave
(5. Ideally receives only classical music, news and weather and blots out
pop, adverts and moronic disc jockey chatter)

Any suggestions?

On the final point, has anyone any knowledge of
French/Swiss/Italian/German stations transmitting in the Alpine regions
with an output similar to BBC Radio3?

TIA

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Quoted message said:

Smithy said:

1. Extremely lightweight
2. Earphone socket
3. Digital tuning
4. Receives short wave

I wonder if the Sony ICF-SW 100 is still available. Really small and
extremely lightweight, but very fine shortwave reception AFAIK.
Unfortunately, I could not afford it a few years ago ...

You mean like this? http://tinyurl.com/6c8r8 £180 seems like a lot to pay
for a radio......

HTH
Andrew

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@DESPAMvirgin.net says...

Quoted message said:

I appreciate that some outdoor purists will be horrified but I am looking
for a lightweight radio to keep me company in my tent on Alpine backpacking
trips (I assure you that I would only ever use it with earphones, never on
loudspeaker mode!). My requrements are:
1. Extremely lightweight
2. Earphone socket
3. Digital tuning
4. Receives short wave
(5. Ideally receives only classical music, news and weather and blots out
pop, adverts and moronic disc jockey chatter)

Any suggestions?

On the final point, has anyone any knowledge of French/Swiss/Italian/German
stations transmitting in the Alpine regions with an output similar to BBC
Radio3?

TIA

I've got a Sony:

http://www.electronics-
online.co.uk/acatalog/Sony_ICFSW100E_World_Band_Receiver_ICF_SW100E.html

Fantastic radio, the reception is excellent and it's both small and
light.
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Regards

Nick

Volker Gringmuth said:

I wonder if the Sony ICF-SW 100 is still available. Really small and
extremely lightweight, but very fine shortwave reception AFAIK.

I still have mine, I thinks it's still available - comes with me on all
my overseas trips - and sea kayaking trips to remote parts of Scotland!

Andrew McGleish said:

Quoted message said:

I wonder if the Sony ICF-SW 100 is still available. Really small and
extremely lightweight, but very fine shortwave reception AFAIK.
Unfortunately, I could not afford it a few years ago ...

You mean like this? http://tinyurl.com/6c8r8 £180 seems like a lot to pay
for a radio......

But it is a 'proper' shortwave radio. I'm afraid you do have to pay for
quality! The extendable wire ariel does help BTW with shortwave
reception.

Quoted message said:

£180 seems like a lot to pay

seems an awful lot for a radio to me too,
when I used to make trips to China, I'd buy a cheap local SW radio (at
most £10-00) , it always did the job of getting BBC (except in places
where the Sonys didnt either), seemed about the same weight or lighter
too; a number of people had expensive Sony radios, and assumed that
because they were more expenive, that they were better, I never got a
good answer about what they got for the money that I didnt; except for
push button for this that and the other (alarms and things), the
reception seemed to be the same; I was happy to tune in with the dial.
I considered these radios to be throw away, to last me the journey and
beyond or to ditch when I wanted to loose weight (not that they have
much weight but it all adds up)
I like having things like radios that I dont worry about, leave them
lying around and not worry about a valuable object being stolen,
In the alps I assume the tent will be for the valley, so it may be
good to have a cheap radio left in the tent while you are up in a hut
or day walking.
One area where cheap radios do fall down is robustness, the plastic is
often dodgey, but they carry on recieving even after a few cracks in
the case.
even if you got a £10-00 radio every year for 18 years, it would be
the same as one Sony, assuming the Sony lasted 18 years and technology
hadn't made it redundant

I think a cheap radio would probably do the job just as good
but I cant recommened a model as I have not bought a SW radio in the
UK

I am happy to hear from expensive radio owners about what benefits the
expensive models genuinley give over cheap.

Carl <[email hidden]> writes

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Quoted message said:

£180 seems like a lot to pay

I think a cheap radio would probably do the job just as good
but I cant recommened a model as I have not bought a SW radio in the
UK

I am happy to hear from expensive radio owners about what benefits the
expensive models genuinley give over cheap.

I paid over £100 for a Roberts multi-band compact radio a few years ago,
but then I bought a cheap (£25?) personal radio/cassette player with
headphones which will clip on my belt, which is more useful.

Both have PLL (push-button) circuits, because dial tuning is a PITA as
far as I'm concerned, and the reception is less stable, with a kind of
phase distortion as you walk around near the set.

I also use a PLL set as an alarm clock, and another in the dining room
to switch on R4 at 18:30 every evening for the comedy shows.

The Roberts was slightly over-priced, but it would be ideal for keeping
in touch with the World Service from abroad.
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Gordon Harris

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

£180 seems like a lot to pay

Quoted message said:

I think a cheap radio would probably do the job just as good
but I cant recommened a model as I have not bought a SW radio in the
UK

I am happy to hear from expensive radio owners about what benefits the
expensive models genuinley give over cheap.

I have an expensive Sony, I've had it for years. As a regular traveler,
work as well as leisure, it has served me well all over the world.

To be honest expensive is relative, I didn't think it was that bad for
the quality, also I didn't pay the UK price for it so it wasn't as
expensive as all that.

To my mind it was worth the money.

I also have a Roberts FM radio at home, that cost me a lot of money for
a portable but I feel it was worth every penny, the reception and sound
quality are superb, even if it isn't stereo, it only having a single
speaker!

When you consider that I spend most of my life listening to one or the
other they work out quite cheap really.
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Regards

Nick