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I still receive a surprising amount of questions about mobile (car/in-dash) shortwave receivers. We have a dedicated category to all things mobile shortwave but it is certainly a radio category with comparatively few options.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rob Gray, who writes: I recently returned back from a three-month trip in Africa (Namibia, South Africa, and Morocco) and had a couple of shortwave-related items that you might be interested in. The rental car in Namibia had shortwave capabilities in the in-dash radio!…
On the topic of shortwave radios in automobiles, SWLing Post reader, Chris, writes: "Seven years ago, I purchased a Sony Car Stereo with a Shortwave receiver from the Shortwave Store in Canada. It works remarkably well especially on those summer trips to Northern Wisconsin and Michigan when I can get…
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who writes: Here is an interesting one [I saw] on eBay this morning. A SONY marked SW33 SW portable, but of course it’s NOT the ICF-SW33 model you (or I ) are thinking of. Click here to view on eBay. Looks…
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3 thoughts on “eBay find: Sony CDX-GT260S car shortwave radio”
Henry Van Kainen
I had that radio on my old MB Sprinter van in New Zealand.
I bought it in the hope of listening my old country Finland on SW. But to my disappointment, Finland had stopped SW transmissions couple years later!
Now I am living in Australia and have 2010 MB Sprinter which has Sound5 headunit. By entering test mode, I can enable narrow SW band, 5.8 -6.2 MHz. Occasionally listening Radio NZ SW programs.
I take my battery receivers such as my SONY ICF-2010 and Tecsun PL-660 or 880. Sometimes my HAM gear goes and all the times I have two meters and 70 cm. My Kenwood F6A goes along and it has all mode HF receive. But no in dash like the SONYCDX.
73 Rod W8GRI
I have a Blaupunkt MP76 receiver in my vehicle and it has a shortwave band that received just between 5800-6200 khz. The problem with it is that the vehicle (a 2001 Chevy Blazer) generates too much RF interference for it to be listenable except on some nights when reception is very strong.
I still receive a surprising amount of questions about mobile (car/in-dash) shortwave receivers. We have a dedicated category to all things mobile shortwave but it is certainly a radio category with comparatively few options.
I had that radio on my old MB Sprinter van in New Zealand.
I bought it in the hope of listening my old country Finland on SW. But to my disappointment, Finland had stopped SW transmissions couple years later!
Now I am living in Australia and have 2010 MB Sprinter which has Sound5 headunit. By entering test mode, I can enable narrow SW band, 5.8 -6.2 MHz. Occasionally listening Radio NZ SW programs.
I take my battery receivers such as my SONY ICF-2010 and Tecsun PL-660 or 880. Sometimes my HAM gear goes and all the times I have two meters and 70 cm. My Kenwood F6A goes along and it has all mode HF receive. But no in dash like the SONYCDX.
73 Rod W8GRI
I have a Blaupunkt MP76 receiver in my vehicle and it has a shortwave band that received just between 5800-6200 khz. The problem with it is that the vehicle (a 2001 Chevy Blazer) generates too much RF interference for it to be listenable except on some nights when reception is very strong.