{"id":62033,"date":"2025-02-10T08:01:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T12:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62033"},"modified":"2025-02-10T08:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T12:02:55","slug":"carlos-explores-the-sony-icr-n20-a-unique-radio-nikkei-experience-from-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/carlos-explores-the-sony-icr-n20-a-unique-radio-nikkei-experience-from-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Explores the Sony ICR-N20: A Unique Radio Nikkei Experience from Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Carlos Latuff<\/a>, who shares the following guest post:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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SONY ICR-N20 Quick Review<\/h1>\n

by Carlos Latuff<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last century, several Japanese electronics manufacturers such as Sony, National-Panasonic, Hitachi, and Sanyo produced radio receivers aimed at the Japanese public and which had a peculiar characteristic: they came with crystal lock, preset frequencies from Radio Nikkei, which in the past was known by the acronym NSB (Nihon Shortwave Broadcasting) or “Radio Tampa”. For more information about this station, check out this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of these models is the Sony ICR-N20, which, based on the date of the instruction manual I found on the Internet, must have been produced in the late 1990s. The device measures 150 mm \u00d7 75 mm \u00d7 36 mm and weighs 400 grams (with batteries). It has a 6.6 cm speaker (8 ohms) and a headphone output.<\/p>\n

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This device is analog and operates on the following frequencies:<\/p>\n

Shortwave:<\/p>\n