hi i'v looked and looked but cant find a light weght small and high quality radio has any one got one . and where can i get one . with ear phones i think thanks
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I've got a Roberts Sports Radio - it's at least ok - depends what you mean by high quality I guess. Roberts do several - see here. Sony are probably the class leaders though - this should be pretty good - I had an earlier version which was fantastic - hours of fun at night listenening to Radio Moscow on short wave.
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 use the one on your mobile m.
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hi the iphone has not got a radio i'v recentley picked a plug in iphone radio while in hong kong but its rubish
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 I have a Sony - but a slightly smaller version than that ALS mentions - it is top class.
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hi the iphone has not got a radio i'v recentley picked a plug in iphone radio while in hong kong but its rubish hi, Alot of my friends use the iphone and they all download the relevent station app, ie, if you want to listen to absolute radio, download the absolute app. however the battery on the i phone is poor at the best of times so i dont know how using apps will kill the battery. m.
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 I've spent many many evenings listening to radio in a tent. The issue is that sometimes its difficult to have with headphones as the wire catches you as you dress / move / cook, etc so I'd recommend ones with speakers. I also find FM signals can be weak in certain places, e.g. Wastwater I could only get Manx FM, so consider ones with AM, not as good audio quality but more stations choice. Also avoid those with the manual tuners, they drift off signal easily I have been well impressed with the Roberts one I bought in John Lewis, its wearing very well. It has a "lock" button so you don't accidentally change channel and it has a sleep function so you can fall asleep listening and it will auto-turnoff to save batteries.
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 I once picked up a Casio FM Card RD-10 in a junk shop for a couple of quid. It's credit card sized, about 2½ credit cards thick, and weighs only 18g. In other words, nothing! You still see the odd one advertised on eBay for around £100, if you're really lucky.
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It's worth knowing that FM radio signals are polarised, which means that some stations are best picked up with a vertical ariel and other with a horizontal one - the difference is huge. Also just getting the ariel/headphone lead away from the ground is a good idea. I often find with my Roberts that I can only get FM reception if I hook the headphone lead (which is also the ariel) to the apex of the tent so that it dangles vertically and listen through the speaker. Here is a list of all the UK FM transmitters and their polarisation.
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 Loads on amazon, best to get one with a speaker, unless you never intend to "share" it with freinds.
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 Like Ed H I also had a Sony, one of these in fact but an earlier model, it hasn"t changed much http://www.sony.co.uk/product/rad-personal-radio-walkman/srf-m37l The earphones are the aerial. I used it in The Highlands a lot and it picked up FM great in the mountains once you were some height in the hills. I've spent many nights in glen bottoms listening to 5 live football in my tent, it would never struggle with MW anywhere.
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Handy link, this is the one I have; I mainly listen to SW - World Service (as I am irretrievably dull  )
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thanks verry much guys apsoutley brill responce . in the end i'v gone for the Sony warkman SRF-M97 am fm supa light 59g £65 . I will be chequin it out this week end in the Rhinog's it's got no speeker to keep the weight down short wave would have been good but too heavy i'll report back
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Amazing! 20/30 years ago every little cheap "tranny" would do the job perfectly well anywhere in the country.
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