My Faulty Sony ICF-SW11

Seeing as I am also into shortwave (mainly) radios, here is another radio from my battery of consumer world radios.

Bought in 2007.

It is a portable analog radio (with 9SW, MW, LW and FM bands) so you shouldn't expect much from it in terms of functionality, also the analog tuning dial has its very obvious limitations, like being unable to determine exactly the frequency you are tuned in to or being unable to tune precisely to a given frequency.

That said, I liked its shortwave reception when I used it a bit soon after I bought it, and thought that it was pretty good on shortwave, all things considered.

However it then developed a major problem with the tuning dial - the pointer first refused to move - then recently regained that ability but the range is shifted upwards somewhat but it doesn't seem to affect ability to tune itself. Described in below video in Russian.

Also it seems now that its reception ability has deteriorated a little - 9 years after it was bought.

Sony still has a couple other much more advance shortwave radios but I am not sure if they still make them or just sell out old stock.

But this radio is still made by Sony and the serial numbers are over 2,000,000 now.

In any case I hardly ever use it now.

llya's Radio Shack: My Radios: Sony ICF-SW11: Here is another radio from my battery of consumer world radios. Bought in 2007. It is a portable analog radio (with 9SW, MW, LW a...