[IRCA] Re Sony ICF-EX5

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

At 02:51 19/02/2007, you wrote:
>As most medium-wave DXers know, after Sony  discontinued the top-rated
>ICF-S5W in 1981, it has never returned to the USA  market with a 
>medium-wave DX
>specialty portable.  But a little-known fact  is that the Japanese 
>market has had
>a phenomenally successful medium-wave DX  receiver sold continuously since
>1985... the Sony ICF-EX5.
>      Since this radio was strictly designed for the  Japanese market, to my
>knowledge, it has never been offered for sale here, and  the documentation on
>the web is almost all in Japanese.  Intrigued with the  Japanese reports of
>outstanding sensitivity and selectivity, I placed a couple  of orders for the
>radios, eager to test the ICF-EX5 against my  ICF-S5W.
>      To my surprise, when properly aligned (a simple  procedure), the
>sensitivity of the ICF-EX5 was generally equal to the ICF-S5W,  and 
>it has the added
>benefits of a synchronous detector circuit, and  double-conversion 
>circuitry.
>That's not to say that all is perfect.. the  dynamic range seems a little
>worse than the ICF-S5W, and the Japanese written on  the dial will not please
>everybody.  But, at a price of $175 delivered  (from sources such as audio
>cubes.com),


Thanks for mentioning this, Gary.  I'd never heard of it, and its 
picture looks like an analog ICF-2010.  What fun!

Good price too, as the price in Japan seems to be pretty much the same.

best wishes,

Nick






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Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, B.C.
Canada

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