I was looking around for a Christmas present for a friend's 10-year old daughter. I know that's a bit young but I figured I'd try to get her started in radio early. She's very smart and very good with anything techie.
I was looking around for beginner's shortwave radio and found something just perfect. I highly recommend this radio. It's pretty neat that even I may have to pick one up for myself.
The Tecsun PL-380 is super small and perfect for a young child. There are not many buttons to get confused over. I love the ETM feature -- which scans all of the SW bands for strong stations and stores them into temporary memory. This will be great for someone getting started.
I was a little nervous that the CB band would be included. A 10-yr old doesn't need to listen to smut on the radio. The great thing is the PL-380 doesn't even include that band -- so I'm very relieved.
Too bad they couldn't spare a few pennies for (3) AA batteries or some rechargeables but not a big deal.
It's a great price for such a cute little radio. BTW, the audio quality is really very good considering it has a small speaker!
Amazon.com: TECSUN PL-380 DSP FM stereo. MW. SW. LW. World Band PLL Radio Receiver, LCD Display, ETM Function Added: Electronics
I was looking around for beginner's shortwave radio and found something just perfect. I highly recommend this radio. It's pretty neat that even I may have to pick one up for myself.
The Tecsun PL-380 is super small and perfect for a young child. There are not many buttons to get confused over. I love the ETM feature -- which scans all of the SW bands for strong stations and stores them into temporary memory. This will be great for someone getting started.
I was a little nervous that the CB band would be included. A 10-yr old doesn't need to listen to smut on the radio. The great thing is the PL-380 doesn't even include that band -- so I'm very relieved.
Too bad they couldn't spare a few pennies for (3) AA batteries or some rechargeables but not a big deal.
It's a great price for such a cute little radio. BTW, the audio quality is really very good considering it has a small speaker!
Amazon.com: TECSUN PL-380 DSP FM stereo. MW. SW. LW. World Band PLL Radio Receiver, LCD Display, ETM Function Added: Electronics