{"id":13957,"date":"2015-07-07T06:50:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T10:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13957"},"modified":"2016-09-12T07:33:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T11:33:53","slug":"chris-reviews-the-sangean-wr-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/chris-reviews-the-sangean-wr-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris reviews the Sangean WR-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13968\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-WR-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13968\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-WR-22.jpg\" alt=\"The Sangean WR-22 (Source: Chris Freitas)\" width=\"650\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-WR-22.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-WR-22-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sangean WR-22 (Source: Chris Freitas)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to<em> SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Chris Freitas, who has informed me about a review he just published of the\u00a0Sangean WR-22 AM\/FM clock radio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisfreitas.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/05\/sangean-wr-22-review\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read Chris&#8217; full review on his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Chris Freitas, who has informed me about a review he just published of the\u00a0Sangean WR-22 AM\/FM clock radio. Click here to read Chris&#8217; full review on his blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3781,3,26,129],"tags":[2604,600,3954,5462,3955],"class_list":["post-13957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","tag-chris-freitas","tag-sangean","tag-sangean-wr-22","tag-sangean-wr-22-r","tag-wr-22"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3D7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33070,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/chris-review-of-the-sangean-wr-7-fm-radio-and-bluetooth-speaker\/","url_meta":{"origin":13957,"position":0},"title":"Chris&#8217; review of the Sangean WR-7 FM radio and Bluetooth speaker","author":"Thomas","date":"July 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Chris Freitas, who writes: I recently came across a post on the SWLing Post after I saw Sangean released the WR-7. It recently became available on Amazon and decided to purchase one after seeing your review and Radio Jay Allan's review. 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Jeff writes: I haven\u2019t had a Sangean WR-2 in a year because a year ago Southern Cal Edison fried all the electronics on our block doing unauthorized work. 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An AM\/FM radio with poor AM\/FM sensitivity has little appeal (even if it has a great\u00a0chassis). John (the reviewer) mentions what sounds like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sangean-AMFM-Radio","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sangean-AMFM-Radio.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12720,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/the-new-sangean-wr-15-amfm-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":13957,"position":3},"title":"The new Sangean WR-15 AM\/FM radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Jeff\u00a0over at the excellent Herculodg blog, is about to pull the trigger on this Sangean WR-15. I must admit, I'm mighty tempted, too--about as tempted as I get for radios lacking shortwave coverage. I love the simple design, the analog dial, and the three choices of finish: walnut, black leatherette,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sangean-AMFM-Radio","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sangean-AMFM-Radio.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":33151,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/jeff-discovers-that-the-sangean-wr-2-loses-time-when-playing-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":13957,"position":4},"title":"Jeff discovers that the Sangean WR-2 loses time when playing radio","author":"Thomas","date":"July 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jeff McMahon, who writes: I wanted you to know that my Sangean WR-2 keeps perfect time when I don't play the radio, but when I do play the radio I lose 25 minutes; the clock is 25 minutes slow in other words. 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