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chased by collectors, with working models that were considered some commercial radio station, JRCs
units typically snagging between of the best portable shortwave were known for top performance
$75 and $100. If the original radios of the era. An ICF-5900 is and the best technology, including
external speaker is included, it can a holy grail for many shortwave the pioneering use of LED displays
raise the price $10-20. collectors, usually priced from for frequency readout. Today, these
This Grundig RF-160 shortwave Realistic also offered the $150-$200. radios are scarce and will set you
from 1966 played in stereo! Patrolman line of multiband radios PANASONIC— Panasonic back several hundred dollars, if you
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons) in the 1970s, many of which released a handful of shortwave can find one.
GRUNDIG— Grundig started offered shortwave coverage in models as far back as the 1960s.
in post-war Germany in 1945, addition to public service bands. But, it was the late-70s RF-
earning worldwide acclaim for These enjoyable radios can often be 2200 that became legendary. It’s
its consumer electronics. By the found for under $50. considered one of the best portable
1950s, they were the largest radio YAESU— Japan’s Yaesu is shortwave radios ever built. A good
manufacturer in Europe. Grundig best known for making amateur condition RF-2200 will run about
radios of that era are remarkable radio gear. In the mid-1970s, $150 today.
pieces of technologically and Yaesu introduced the FRG-7
modernist styling. From the 1970s receiver which was considered an
to 1980s, Grundig introduced exceptional radio of the era. While Tube radios from the 40s and 50s like this
successions of the Satellit line, the original model didn’t feature National are often called “boat anchors” due
to their weight. (Photo: Joe Haupt)
prized by enthusiasts because of digital tuning, it outperformed
their advanced circuitry and early most of the radios based on digital This is just a sample of what’s
adoption of digital tuning. circuitry. Expect to pay around available - other good options
TANDY/RADIO SHACK— $200 for a good working FRG-7 include National, Kenwood, and
Radio Shack marketed a popular today. The Panasonic RF-2200 is considered by many Drake, just to name a few. Whatever
line of shortwave gear under the SONY— Sony introduced the best portable shortwave ever made. you buy, there’s a certain romance
brand name Realistic during the the world’s first digitally- JAPAN RADIO CO.— If to listening to shortwave stations
1960s and 70s. Most of it was synthesized shortwave, the you had money 40 years ago and on vintage equipment. Modern
made by Japan’s General Research ICF-2001, replacing dials and wanted the best receiver money plastic can’t replicate the feel of a
Electronics. The most popular tuning knobs with keypads and could buy, it probably would have beautifully-balanced tuning knob or
model, the DX-160, had features digital readouts. It would forever been a Japan Radio Company a room bathed in the glow of the dial
beginning listeners wanted, yet sold change communication listening. (JRC) radio. Looking like a lights as you listen to a broadcast
around $130. DX-160s are still Ironically, the analog ICF and CRF component from the rack of a from halfway around the world.
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