{"id":1284,"date":"2011-08-06T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2012-05-23T17:16:26","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T21:16:26","slug":"the-most-durable-portable-shortwave-radios-for-traveling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/the-most-durable-portable-shortwave-radios-for-traveling\/","title":{"rendered":"The most durable portable shortwave radios for traveling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A great portable radio is your passport to the world while traveling, even in remote areas.<\/p><\/div>\n

I receive a lot of emails from SWLing.com readers, quite often from those who about to embark upon international travel–sometimes to remote locations–and who are looking for a durable travel shortave radio. \u00a0These travelers are looking for a basic travel radio which, while it might not need to survive being submerged underwater or dropped from a cliff, will hold up in the semi-protected environment of a suitcase or backpack experiencing some rough baggage handling.<\/p>\n

I travel a great deal myself, and always carry a shortwave radio with me (actually, I usually take more than one). Here are some considerations I use to determine which radios go in my bag or pack, and thus make good travel companions:<\/p>\n