Sony ICF-S10MK2 Pocket AM/FM Radio, Silver by Sony
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Digital camera reviews of Sony ICF-S10MK2 Pocket AM/FM Radio, Silver
Digital camera Review: AM Radio Lovers, Buy Something Else
Summary: 2 Stars
My review focuses only on AM radio: it's terrible because of the use of inferior components.
This radio has good FM reception and sounds fine. But the shill who claims to be a shortwave listener / ham must have pretty low standards for radio quality.
I was unable to tune in a radio station broadcasting on AM on the other side of town!
After buying my ICF-S10MK2 from ebay (no returns allowed, nothing to lose) I decided to open it up to see what size of bar antenna it had. The ferrite bar antenna in this is very small, about half the amount of ferrite relative to the antenna in my Sangean SG-622 FM 12 Band Shortwave World Band Radio, which I abused for over 7 years before it finally gave out. (It had been dunked in the tub many times, repaired repeatedly, and otherwise misused)
I actually took the ferrite bar antenna out of the Sangean SG-622 and created an AM antenna for my portable ham radio, which works great.
In short, this product is a fine FM receiver, with good loudness, but if you want AM, look elsewhere.
Digital camera Review: AM Reception not that much good
Summary: 4 Stars
Every thing is good except AM reception. I know abt this before I bought after reading reviews. Rest all good. A fine tune wheel will add more value for this piece..Digital camera Review: AM reception not particularly good
Summary: 2 Stars
I wanted to listen to AM sports broadcasts so I bought a generic boombox from the drugstore. And... the AM reception was not very good. Buzzy, crackly, hissy, and generally annoying. Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, indoors, the boombox could get maybe three stations with clarity that they won't give you an earache, and maybe 15 in total. So I reviewed the reviews, and bought myself a Sony ICF-S10MK2.
And in a side-by-side head-to-head comparison: the Sony ain't no better than the generic boombox. In fact, it's exactly the same. Oh well.
PROs: small size, and it's really cheap. CONs: tinny sound quality (of course), eentsy finicky tuning wheel, and not very good AM reception.
I would suggest using this outdoors only, and praying that the transmitter's antenna is within sight.
But two stars because it's so inexpensive.
Digital camera Review: AM/FM Radio
Summary: 5 Stars
Great inexpensive little radio. Wish we would've had it for Ike, when our power was out for 5 days and we didn't know what was going on for a day or two.Digital camera Review: AM/FM Radio that delivers way above its price
Summary: 4 Stars
I picked up one of these radios, not really expecting much because of the low price. I'm delighted to be able to say that the radio is far better than I expected. It's your basic AM/FM radio with a jack on the side for a mono earphone. Tuning is done via the old-style analog wheel, but there is an LED on the front which lights up when the signal strength is good. And good is an understatement. I easily listen to San Francisco stations here in Sacramento (90 miles) and the sound quality is just fine. Since the radio isn't digital, there are no station pre-sets or memory, but the tuning dial is pretty accurate, and I've not had any trouble finding my favorite stations. I'm going to purhase a couple of more of this radio. One will stay with the camping equipment, one in my emergency supplies, etc.
I wasn't expecting much for a $10 radio. This is one of those rare occasions where you get more than you paid for. Count me as a happy customer!