I used to listen to "Coast to Coast AM" but gave up out of sheer frustration.
There are three stations that I can pick up that carries it, but all three fade in and out.
I spend more time trying to find a station that's still audible when one fades, but usually when one fades out, they all do. :gigglemad

Comes on here from an FM station in Knoxville. Fading not a problem...

Dang! Coast to Coast AM on FM! Who'd a thunk it!?!

A well used Eaton E5... decent SW performance, very good AM and the best FM performance that I have ever observed in a hand-held portable (and I have tried a bunch), decent sound for a 3" speaker and great stereo when used with decent headphones.
Radio intel review here:
http://www.radiointel.com/review-etone5.htm

jr

Four years later I'm still using that 75-cent Juliette :)

I have a number in rotation, of course :D, but two that have been getting heavy use lately are a Radio Shack 20-125 (not worth a darn on SW, but decent reception and audio on AM/FM, and the option of a very LOUD wake-up buzzer, good for those mornings when I need some extra help getting out of bed), and an old Realistic Patrolman 6.

G'day all, I have an 'old' GE Superadio MK.2 on my bedside table and it is a top AM/FM portable radio with great RF performance and very nice audio quality too. Regards, Felix (vk4fuq) aka catman.

Were any of those made for the export market, or do you use yours with a transformer?
Are your AM stations 9 KHZ apart, or 10 KHZ.
You need a manual tuned for that. :yes:

G'day mate, I believe that model were sold all over the world. Mine uses either 6 'D' Cell batteries or straight into a 240 volt mains socket.

We use nine kilohertz channel spacing in Australia but as the tuning is manual so channel spacing is not an issue if I understand your question. Regards, Felix (vk4fuq) aka catman.

That's exactly what I meant, regarding channel spacing. All the models made for the U.S. or Canadian market were straight 120v, 60 htz models.
I have a real early model that doesn't have external antenna terminals. :sigh:

G'day mate, regarding external antenna jacks, well a simple ferrite rod 'coupler' works very well and actually provides some additional selectivity. Regards, Felix (vk4fuq) aka catman.

I have one of those Select-A-Tenna gadgets, I picked up at a thrift for a buck. It works great with a radio that doesn't have an RF stage. AFAIK, it's a $65 USD joke.
It's even made in Wisconsin! :thumbsdn:

This little Panasonic isn't the best radio I have but it's convenient to grab so it's what I've been using lately:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...ovember230.jpg
I have a Nordemende Transita that I really like but I busted the antenna completely off of it, really messed it up. I need to just rig something up and stop worrying about how it looks.

Cool looking Panasonic! Search tune? Free turning dial with no stop?

jr

Exactly-I like gimmicks! Keywound motor for the search.