Can you ID the radio in this photo? Click to enlarge. (photo: ABC News)
SWLing Post reader, Kim, wondered if anyone could identify the make and model of the radio (pictured right) which had been modified to contain a bomb. Terrorists used these devices recently in Thailand. ABC News featured an article and video about the attacks, but I’ve seen little about the make/model of radio that had been used.
Update: See JW’s comment below–this is an EPE model FP-103U.
Actually the radio is an EPE, marketed in Asia. It is a model FP-103U. You can order the exact model here if you are so inclined: http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/202761/210684601-436045470/110601Z-New-arrival-portable-AM-FM-SW-radio-receiver-SD-USB-MP3-player-torch-flashlight-rechargeable.html
More photos of the radios seized are here: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/slideshow/iranian-bomb-parts-15760117
Thanks, JW–Yes, in these photos, you can see why they were choice radios: very deep bodies with a lot of room inside.
Thanks, Vimal! It certainly does look like the Baygen. I have one of those, but somehow I didn’t make the connection.
Please refer to ‘Herculodge’ link
http://herculodge.typepad.com/herculodge/2012/02/ccrane-sw-radios-for-sale-as-orphans.html#comments
Keith Rennie & JD has identified the radio to be BayGen windup
http://www.ccrane.com/radios/wind-up-emergency-radios/freeplay-plus-radio.aspx