{"id":41119,"date":"2019-12-09T09:05:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41119"},"modified":"2019-12-09T09:07:48","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T13:07:48","slug":"the-sony-icf-7600a-continues-to-impress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/the-sony-icf-7600a-continues-to-impress\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sony ICF-7600A continues to impress"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I mentioned in a previous post<\/a> that SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ed Earps, recently gifted me his Sony ICF-7600A.<\/p>\n

I’ve been having a field day with this radio!<\/p>\n

Well, many field days, in fact. Early on, I packed the ‘7600A in my Red Oxx Hound EDC pack<\/a>–it fits in the Hound’s interior pocket perfectly and is well-protected on all sides. The radio has pretty much lived in my car and truck since then, thus has gotten a lot of air time when I take short breaks throughout the day.<\/p>\n

In November, I took the ‘7600A to Mount Mitchell (6,684 feet\/2,037 meters above sea level) and to coastal South Carolina (sea level). It’s been a great radio companion and has given me an excuse to go “old school” and do a little analog band-scanning.<\/p>\n

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The ICF-7600A certainly has some strengths.<\/p>\n

For one thing, although I’ve let this radio on for extended listening sessions, I’ve yet to deplete the eneloop rechargeable batteries (Amazon affiliate link<\/em>)<\/a> I originally installed in October. Obviously, this radio will run for days on batteries–a serious plus if DXing off-grid.<\/p>\n

The ‘7600A is a fantastic portable for mediumwave DXing. Although it’s also a very<\/em> sensitive and selective shortwave receiver–especially in this class and era of analog portable–I think mediumwave may be its strong suit.<\/p>\n

On the negative side, some of the shortwave band selections are truncated and for some reason, it doesn’t have a back stand (quite an odd omission). Still, these are pretty minor cons.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the pros outweigh the cons on this brilliant vintage portable that seems to have held up very well over the years.<\/p>\n

To ensure its longevity–and as a precaution–I do think I’ll take it to Dr. Vlado<\/a> to have all of the caps replaced soon.<\/p>\n

My thoughts? If you ever stumble across an ICF-7600A at a hamfest or on eBay<\/a>, I say grab it!<\/p>\n

Post readers:<\/strong> <\/em>Anyone else love the ICF-7600A? Did I miss any major pros or cons? Please comment!<\/p>\n

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I mentioned in a previous post that SWLing Post contributor, Ed Earps, recently gifted me his Sony ICF-7600A. I’ve been having a field day with this radio! Well, many field days, in fact. Early on, I packed the ‘7600A in my Red Oxx Hound EDC pack–it fits in the Hound’s interior pocket perfectly and is […]<\/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":[3,3196,26,129,43,154],"tags":[3906,8124,495,8042,8184],"class_list":["post-41119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","tag-field-radios","tag-icf-7600a","tag-sony","tag-sony-icf-7600a","tag-sony-icf-7600a-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aHd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40538,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/the-sony-icf-7600a-at-my-happy-place\/","url_meta":{"origin":41119,"position":0},"title":"The Sony ICF-7600A at my “happy place”","author":"Thomas","date":"November 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday afternoon, the family and I spent some time at my happy place: Mount Mitchell State Park. 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