[Electronics-Talk] Portable radio

Mon May 10 14:22:20 UTC 2021

Oh my ... a bit ironic huh! Yes well I didn't mention the Earthquake we experienced here in Northern Virginia too!

It was surreal as although we occasionally experience mild tremors, I never imagined that a real earthquake would happen in this area.  We all evacuated the office building and I had a laptop with me and although our work WiFi was still online, accessing the webpage of the local CBS affiliate it was a challenge as it took forever for the webpage to load.  There too, cellphone access became very difficult.  

Always have a backup plan as when streaming tech isn't accessible, then have a low-tech backup plan such as a portable radio.

BTW: I saw more than one version of the Skywave radio form CCrane on Amazon.  There's a version with aM/FM/Aircraft/Weather and another one that is cool for amateur radio that has shortwave with SSB.

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Yes, I still remember some of the voicemails my sister left me and the final one was asking if I was dead and telling me she loved me. 
I also remember not knowing for a good 24 hours where my mom was, she was on a plane that day. 
Ten years later, we had an earthquake here, which isn’t common and my sister and I could text within minutes. We had at&t and my husband had Verizon and I couldn’t get hold of him. We always said that at&t’s slogan should be “we beat out Verizon during an earthquake” 

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Exactly, this is deviating a bit but yes, talk about feeling as though one has been cut off from everybody.  I couldn't even get in touch  with john to let him know I was ok and on my way home and just barely made it out of the area with the help of a co-worker who lived nearby as they closed down Arlington BLVD/Route 50.  

Technology is truly amazing! And I'm sure glad it's there!

Amanda

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Yes, that’s what I tell my kids when we talk about 9/11, you truly didn’t know and couldn’t find out where anybody was. I’m not sure they grasp that. 

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Yes, and on nine eleven, if all that other stuff was available back then, cellphone service was non-existent, at least here, anyway.  All you got was that fast busy signal.  Pam.

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Amazon has a number of hand held radios.

If you want a larger one, they have one from Panasonic that I purchased one for when the power is off.
They offer other models from Sony ans even have CCrane.
You will see a lot of older models which say they offer TV but that's out of date information since TV is moved to a different frequency band.

I like the rest of you do miss my Sanjien (I might have mis-spelled that
brand) models.  I remember getting to my office with Verizon on North Courthouse Road in Arlington, VA on 9/11.  The traffic was extremely slow coming in close to 9:00AM and I was running late since I was supposed to arrive by 8:30 but due to the traffic, ... and well we know why but we found out afterwards about the plane which crashed into the pentagon which was directly en route to my work location.  I heard about the  crash into the Twin Towers but initially they reported it as a small plane ... little did
we know.   My work location was about a mile from the pentagon and a couple
of co-workers thought it was another one of the taller buildings in Arlington, VA where the ABC affiliate TV station was and it was then owned by USA Today.  Alas, it was the pentagon.

All this to say that I relied heavily upon that little radio I had to listen to to local TV coverage and of course when I got into my cubicle, I listened additionally and by then reports were being aired about the third jet.

One can stream obviously via an iPhone or similar but it was just easier to press a couple of buttons on the radio.

Someone mentioned that there are other sources for TV broadcasts.  However, many are delayed and many simply won't be available during major power and internet infrastructure outages.

I do appreciate it though, that we do have more flexibility in how we receive radio and TV broadcasts.

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I have a small radio I like a lot, but I'm having trouble finding anything like it anymore.  I think it's a Sony.

It's just like the transistor I had as a kid.  No presets, lights, or any other battery-draining silliness.  Just a volume dial on one side and a station dial and AM/FM switch on the other, with a speaker in between.

It's small enough to fit in my pocket, and loud enough to hear easily.

I've tried buying other small radios, but they all seem to have flashing lights or something that kills the battery in a week or two.

Does anyone know of a simple, old-fashioned radio like the one I'm so fond of?

Tracy

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