{"id":15252,"date":"2015-10-26T08:11:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T12:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15252"},"modified":"2015-10-26T08:11:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T12:11:08","slug":"peter-recommends-the-sony-srf-s84-and-srf-18-ultralights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/peter-recommends-the-sony-srf-s84-and-srf-18-ultralights\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter recommends the Sony SRF-S84 and SRF-18 ultralights"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sony-SRF-18\"<\/a>

The Sony SRF-18<\/p><\/div>\n

In reference to our post about the Sony SRF-39FP and SRF-59<\/a>, SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Peter, writes:<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>

The Sony SRF-S84<\/p><\/div>\n

As usual a very interesting post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I sold most of my collection of receivers some years ago but I’m still interested in AM DXing and especially ultralight DXing (thats why I have three SRF59<\/a>).<\/p>\n

May I draw your attention to other receivers as well?<\/p>\n

The famous CXA1129N<\/strong> chip has been built into the SRF-S84<\/a> and into the SRF-18<\/a> as well. I use the SRF-S84<\/a> during sports. As the ferrite rod is even smaller than in the SRF-59 AM reception is a little bit less sensible but FM shines with mega sound.<\/p>\n

The SRF-18 is my favorite travel radio!!<\/a> It runs endlessly on two AA-cells, has built in stereo speakers, audio-in and audio-out, a rather large dial which is easy to use and due to a larger ferrite rod it is very very sensitive on medium wave.<\/p>\n

SRF-S84 on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

SRF-18 on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

Best regards from Germany<\/p>\n

Peter Oden<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you, Peter! Perhaps the SRF-18 can take the place of the SRF-59 as an affordable MW ultralight\u00a0that is still in production. The Amazon price for the SRF-18 is $32 US<\/a>–quite affordable.\u00a0While I don’t need<\/em> another ultralight, that price makes it very tempting.<\/p>\n

The SRF-S84 reminds me of a super compact radio I used to sneak into\u00a0my fifth grade class. I would\u00a0listen to the radio during class by concealing the receiver in an interior jacket pocket and snaking the earphone cord through my sleeve. I\u00a0would then rest my head on my left hand where the earphone was conveniently located.\u00a0\u00a0Somehow I never managed to get caught.<\/p>\n

While I’m sure my education suffered a little that year, it still makes for good memories!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In reference to our post about the Sony SRF-39FP and SRF-59, SWLing Post reader, Peter, writes: As usual a very interesting post. I sold most of my collection of receivers some years ago but I’m still interested in AM DXing and especially ultralight DXing (thats why I have three SRF59). May I draw your attention […]<\/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":[373,3781,433,3,129,3727],"tags":[495,4334,4336,4335,4337],"class_list":["post-15252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-reviews","category-ultralight-dx","tag-sony","tag-sony-srf-18","tag-sony-srf-s84","tag-srf-18","tag-srf-s84"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3Y0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15918,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/a-few-radio-deals-worth-consideration\/","url_meta":{"origin":15252,"position":0},"title":"A few radio deals worth consideration","author":"Thomas","date":"November 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning, I checked a few retailers for \"Cyber Monday\" deals and took notes along the way. 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