{"id":20720,"date":"2016-08-22T07:44:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T11:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20720"},"modified":"2016-08-22T07:44:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T11:44:28","slug":"francis-loves-the-sony-icf-sw11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/francis-loves-the-sony-icf-sw11\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis loves the Sony ICF-SW11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sony_ICF-SW11_4\"<\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Francis, who left the following reply\u00a0on our Battery Endurance Contest Results<\/a> post:<\/p>\n

Dear Thomas,<\/p>\n

I have been using a Sony ICF-11 for 5-6 years now, still sold new at 50-70 euro. It\u2019s analog and rather well featured: FM (stereo on earbuds), LW, AM, and 9 SW bands. It runs on 2 cheap AA batteries I get in low-cost supermarket, for sure not the best ones.<\/p>\n

\"Sony_ICF-SW11_3\"<\/p>\n

Using it at least one hour a day on the speaker, I have to change the batteries after 9-12 months. I am convinced a set of good Duracell or Energizer batteries would last some more months.<\/p>\n

\"Sony_ICF-SW11\"
\nI am not a radio expert, but I am quite pleased with its audio performances, specially on LW (used most of the time ) and AM, where it is vastly superior to my Tecsun PL-660. SW looks OK for what I can say from listening quite occasionally these bands. I would be curious to see a serious review of this Sony to\u00a0know how it compares with others, but I didn’t find any on the web so far (hint?). [Yes, Francis, hint taken!]<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Sony_ICF-SW11_2\"
\nI am so pleased with this small radio that I recently bought a second one as a spare.
\nThanks for your very interesting blog and reviews.
\nFrancis<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you, Francis, for sharing your thoughts on the Sony ICF-SW11 and your photos as well!<\/p>\n

It appears Amazon.com (US) has a few options for ordering a Sony ICF-SW11–click here to show search results<\/a>. Prices vary between $50-$55; Amazon even has replacement telescopic whips available.<\/p>\n

Of course, an eBay search<\/a> will also uncover a number of SW11’s.<\/p>\n

I searched the web, but couldn’t find many other retailers selling new<\/em> ICF-SW11’s. It appears many of the ones on Amazon are imports from Japan.<\/p>\n

At $50 shipped<\/a>, it seems like a bargain to me, so I just pulled the trigger on one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Francis, who left the following reply\u00a0on our Battery Endurance Contest Results post: Dear Thomas, I have been using a Sony ICF-11 for 5-6 years now, still sold new at 50-70 euro. It\u2019s analog and rather well featured: FM (stereo on earbuds), LW, AM, and 9 SW bands. It runs […]<\/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":[3,129,43,154],"tags":[5385,495,5384],"class_list":["post-20720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","tag-icf-sw11","tag-sony","tag-sony-icf-sw11"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5oc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23691,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/the-sony-icf-7600-analog-receiver-on-ebay-49-99-shipped\/","url_meta":{"origin":20720,"position":0},"title":"The Sony ICF-7600 analog receiver on eBay $49.99 shipped","author":"Thomas","date":"January 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Only last week a reader had asked me about a good analog shortwave receiver for her grandfather. 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