{"id":43314,"date":"2020-05-13T11:05:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T15:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=43314"},"modified":"2020-05-13T11:05:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T15:05:51","slug":"ed-discovers-a-shortwave-portable-marketed-to-visually-impaired-listeners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/ed-discovers-a-shortwave-portable-marketed-to-visually-impaired-listeners\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed discovers a shortwave portable marketed to visually impaired listeners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ed, who writes:<\/p>\n

While perusing products for a disabled family member, I came across this shortwave portable for visually impaired listeners. Its HF coverage is limited to 2300 – 21950KHz, but it also receives
\nstandard AM & FM and plays mp3 files from a microSD card. Interestingly, its advertised features include, “Large easy to see buttons, Large LED display screen, Unique memory and delete design”!<\/p>\n

This could be a piece of Chinese junk, but I’ve long been drawn to weird and unusual radios, no matter how well they perform. For $39.95 this radio might be fun to play with and give to a
\nvisually-impaired friend or family member if it works. Do you or any SWLing Post readers know anything about this strange radio?<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.maxiaids.com\/ez-fm-am-sw-multiband-radio-mp3-speaker<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Post readers:<\/strong> Please comment<\/a> if you have any experience using this radio!\u00a0 I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this model marketed under other brand names.<\/p>\n

Thanks, Ed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ed, who writes: While perusing products for a disabled family member, I came across this shortwave portable for visually impaired listeners. Its HF coverage is limited to 2300 – 21950KHz, but it also receives standard AM & FM and plays mp3 files from a microSD card. Interestingly, its advertised […]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[3717,3719],"class_list":["post-43314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-visually-impaired","tag-visually-impaired-shortwave-listeners"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bgC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38539,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/the-sangean-pr-d17-an-am-fm-stereo-radio-designed-for-those-who-are-visually-impaired\/","url_meta":{"origin":43314,"position":0},"title":"The Sangean PR-D17: An AM\/FM stereo radio designed for those who are visually impaired","author":"Thomas","date":"July 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Doug Hunsinger, who notes that Universal Radio is now shipping the Sangean PR-D17. 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