Despite the small price of this little Sony will offer a sound shortwave reception. The difference to larger and expensive equipment, although detectable, us he has however supplied reliably for many years in southern France with the "Deutsche Welle". The FM reception is very good, the medium wave reception as well. The strange band selection, with slider, has worked reliably unexpectedly today. With a set of batteries, the radio is playing almost an entire summer (of course not without interruption.
Pros: Long battery life, ease of use Disadvantages: linear scale, no digital frequency display or storage.
Summary: Here, Sony omitting all additional power-hungry (PLL, frequency display, etc.) a true endurance runner with good reception properties in the program. If you like looking a little station is going to have fun with this radio.
