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Looking for good digitally tuned radio with clock

Posted on 01/06/2016 7:58:02 PM PST by West Texas Chuck

Every couple of years I have a temper fit and smash a clock radio with my 22 oz. ball peen hammer.

We just lost another one tonight. I sent the most recent one to Hell, with a nice taste of my anger.

My wife will thank you all for a solid recommendation.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: clock; digital; radio
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To: jocon307; West Texas Chuck

Yes, I have a very good Sangean as well.


41 posted on 01/06/2016 8:59:31 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: West Texas Chuck

I used to do in televisions just before I married Mrs. RQSR, but I had a great excuse. It was during J. Carter administration.


42 posted on 01/06/2016 9:02:29 PM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: West Texas Chuck

I don’t have good reception. A local station blasts the area, making it difficult to tune other area stations.

My solution was to use my laptop and android tablet. Each has a radio app/program. They don’t have all stations, but they do have the talk stations I primarily listen to in the morning and afternoon — WMAL or KSFO.

My clock radio is used primarily for the clock in the bedroom. It gets static on the radio bands.


43 posted on 01/06/2016 9:02:50 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: West Texas Chuck
Look no further: Tivoli Audio Model Three

Or the Model Ten

You can thank me later.

44 posted on 01/06/2016 9:04:57 PM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: BerryDingle
Why is Ted smashing that clock? :)


45 posted on 01/06/2016 9:10:16 PM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: HollyB
But, then I read your page. You're a funny guy.

But, he's funny how? Funny like a clown? he amuses you? He makes you laugh? He's here to f***in' amuse you?

(hopefully, you've seen Good Fella's)
(If not, it's a movie quote. Don't get upset)

46 posted on 01/06/2016 9:12:01 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: 9YearLurker; West Texas Chuck

I see a few others mentioned them as well. They really get the “radio/clock radio” concept. To them it is not old hat.

Hey, Modernity, we can’t stream everything!


47 posted on 01/06/2016 9:12:22 PM PST by jocon307
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To: West Texas Chuck

Dear WT chuck. I am an avid reader. Little old lady mysteries, Sherlock Holmes investigations, even soviet spy novels. Please get a battery operated radio, no matter what. Or, buy a big lovey wall clock , and a small battery operated radio as its faithful companion that lovingly displays the time on the ceiling.

With the way things are going, I’m afraid you won’t make it to the porch to demolish it, when immediate self electrification is so close at hand, and the news is just so crazy/lousy/an infuriating!

Good hunting, from someone who sees both sides!

P.s. Set the kitchen alight today while seasoning a cast iron pan with paper towels. Now I have that rugged charred spar looking floor!

Mazey, who likes being obeyed once in a while.


48 posted on 01/06/2016 9:19:45 PM PST by Mazey (Missing the soft green hills of Western PA)
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To: Mazey
P.s. Set the kitchen alight today while seasoning a cast iron pan with paper towels.

Next time try vegetable oil.

49 posted on 01/06/2016 9:27:47 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: West Texas Chuck
 

You might want to check out this little model.   You can park it in the back yard, and use it to wake up the whole town.

You can set it to one of these polka stations down there in Texas.  (That should be a hit with all the neighbors every morning, and you may even be able to run for elected office there after setting that up.)

Another one you might want to consider is one of these hammer-resistant clock-in-a-rock models, with a radio in the back.   You can hit 'em, but you can't hurt 'em.

 

50 posted on 01/06/2016 9:31:27 PM PST by Heart-Rest ( "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil!" Isaiah 5:20)
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To: West Texas Chuck

What is a HD tuner? If it is not the AM band, I would not buy it.


51 posted on 01/06/2016 10:21:50 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Autonomous User

I’m looking for a good digital radio too. The Micronta 63-765A may not be easy to find. I think you would be buying an used radio.


52 posted on 01/06/2016 10:28:29 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Nailbiter

Heathkit is not the Heathkit of years past. This company that has taken over the Heathkit domain has only one radio receiver ($149.95)with no digital display and a few upgrade kits for previous kits.


53 posted on 01/06/2016 10:37:22 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: West Texas Chuck

Get a shower radio!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA04E0F04037&Tpk=shower%20radio

They are water proof

This one is NICE

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2HK29M2376&cm_re=shower_radio-_-9SIA2HK29M2376-_-Product

Here is a cheaper but more basic one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4P01ZR9599&cm_re=shower_radio-_-0H9-01JP-00024-_-Product

Newegg is a decent place to get special electronics

I recommend searching for a shower clock radio since one for the shower should be waterproof enough for all purposes in the bathroom


54 posted on 01/06/2016 10:51:18 PM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

The reviews at Amazon were mostly 5 stars for the Sangean PR-D15. The built in NiCad charging system is a winner because there are many times you cannot get access to AC.


55 posted on 01/06/2016 10:56:28 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: West Texas Chuck

I felt your pain. Years ago, I wanted the same thing, but it never happened.

But it would be cool if local terrestrial content could be aggregated over the digital spectrum without the headache of licensing.


56 posted on 01/06/2016 10:59:27 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: jonrick46

Thanks I did not actually go to website, my original comment was going to be a joke.


57 posted on 01/06/2016 11:18:20 PM PST by Nailbiter
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To: Nailbiter
I have actually a fine, working Heathkit AR-15 receiver that I built:


58 posted on 01/06/2016 11:29:53 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: West Texas Chuck

If you are seriously getting so angry you are smashing things with a hammer, what you need is help. You don’t need a new radio.
And your wife should insist on it.

Because unless you are joking...that’s scary, dude.


59 posted on 01/06/2016 11:44:02 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: West Texas Chuck
I'm still using one of these from the 1980s.

I don't trust the alarm on it any more though.

60 posted on 01/06/2016 11:46:06 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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