neat radio

[Soundguy]

As a few of you know, my primary mowing tractor is at the dealer getting some hyd work done. in the mean time I will be using my backup tractor to mow. One thing I'll miss is that my primary tractor had a fendermounted radio... other tractor doesn't..

After searching around, I found a neat little 16$ armband radio from radio shack. Uses 2 AAA batteries, has an elastic velcro arm strap that is very comfortable.. I've been wearing it all day. is AM and FM has an alarm and clock, plus a 'sleep' function to kill the radio automatically after a little while. rotary volume control, and digital tuning in .1mhz increments. Is about the size of a medium size bar of soap.. weight is negligible. Has a long set of earbuds, and actually has good reception. Has stereo.mono selector, band switch, and bass boost. also has a 'hold' button to lock the keypad to prevent settings from getting bumped accidentally. Has 10 memory settings for storing favorite stations. Earbuds are small enough that ear muffs can be worn over them.. making for a great mowing radio setup..

Also.. i noticed that radioshack was clearancing a keychain radio... size of a medium keychain with a latch.. has an led flashlight ( crappy ) and a compas.. and fm radio.. with auto tuning.. jumps to next 'available station, and volume control... also has earbuds... goes for 1.97... heck.. the earbuds are worth that.. I bought 3 pair just for the earbuds.. and the radio actually works halfway decent.. got my 3 favorite channels..e tc.

Later.. got more work to do!!

Soundguy

 

[texbaylea]

Armband radio sounds interesting. Model number?

Thanks
Vernon

 

[Soundguy]

Radioshack part number 12-820

I used it all day.. even took it to work to listen to while setting up a 50's band tonight. Good tuner.. gets lots of stations.. and I love the presets. And it is all up near my face so I can read it without the glasses being on.
Arm band radio

In this link it shows 29$.. but mine was 16.99 in the store?? maybee it was a sale? anyway.. decent little radio... I'd have bought it for 29$ knowing know how good it is.

Soundguy

 

[scott_vt]

Mornin Soundguy,
Well Im interested /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Ive got the $1.97 pair and their crap /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif If I move a little bit the plug must move and I lose all the sound /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

So the $64,000 question, is do use the good set with the small earbuds and put your hearing protection over that ? We have a couple good country stations up this way which would be good enough for me, I just wanna be able to hear some music, smoke my cigar and do some quality mowing, without hitting any rocks /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

scotty

 

[Soundguy]

Yep, I slip my earbuds in, then position my big muffs over that. Fits perfectly... Keeps the soud out, and the tunes in.

Soundguy

 

[jimainiac]

I'm addicted to my Walkman radio, but when I jump on the tractor I grab the Worktunes radio/earmuffs that I got at Home Depot. Keeps the noise down, and it's easy to reach up and adjust.

 

[Nasty135]

Well with a handle like Soundguy, I will take this info from you as an endorsement... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Scotty, I'm sure the keychain radio is probably fine , But what you overlooked was the optional "required "moonraker antenna to get signal in your location... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[scott_vt]

Mornin Mark,
Im not sure the tractor is big enough to carry that moonraker antenae /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

scotty

 

[daTeacha]

Did you ever try the windup radio CCradio pushes on the morning Farm Hour here? Supposedly is a radio, light, clock, etc. that you wind up.

 

[scott_vt]

Hi Rich,
No I have not seen that one, sounds interesting long as the spring dont break /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

scotty

 

[daTeacha]

I just went to the website (CCradio.com) and checked it out. It is not cheap. They have a lot of pretty interesting stuff, but the radio in question is AM-FM-SW, runs on house current, solar cells, or NiMH batteries. It has an LED light built in, too.

The windup is a dynamo arrangement such that roughly 30 seconds of winding gives you about an hour of listening by charging the batteries. It's intended as a power outage/survival type of unit, is fairly large, and costs about $100. They have other stuff which might appeal to the independent streak many of us here have, but nothing that I say was directly tractor related. I sent for the free catalog.

 

[KJO]

On the radios...I use the type built into the ear muffs...work ok but a little more clumbsy to wear (they are slightly larger and heavier.) Bad thing however, mowing around the grain bins...it changes stations by itself.
On the CCRadio....I have several of their products. The older wind up (FreePlay) radio without the light. Was about $100. Works ok but reciever is so so....not real selective, but ok on nearby stations. The actual CCRadio and CCRadioPlus are top of the line stuff built by Sangean. I have several myself and have given several away for gifts. After many many many hours of use...the only problem I have ever had was that the LCD display went bonkers. Radio kept working, but you can't see what station you are on and the clock numbers are garbled. The company will fix it for $50. The radios cost $165 dollars now. I paid about $100 each for them when I got them. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[RobT]

Scotty:

What kind of cigars? I prefer maduros, such as Andros, Sonador, and Romeo Y Julieta. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
RobT

 

[Soundguy]

Fwiw.. haveing used different style radio's while mowing. I have had best luck with pll digital tuners, as compaired to manual 'dial' style tuners, concerning staying locked onto a station.

Soundguy

 

[daTeacha]

Soundguy -- what do you use for an emergency radio? Car, battery powered, anything? I'm tempted by the C.Crane unit with AM, FM, and SW, but only because the survivalist in me thinks that kind of stuff is good to have, along with a good gun or two and plenty of ammo and food. Closest I've ever come to needing anything like it was during the ice storm we had in January '05 or the blizzard in '77. Power was out about a day in either case, no biggie. I heat with wood at this place and the biggest headache in '05 was lack of electicity for the water pump.

 

[Soundguy]

I have a 2" color lcd tv that also rec'vs fm and am radio.. runs on 4 aa batteries. Gets radio recep good.. only pulls 'local' channels on the tv like 2 6 9 20 on vhf, pluf 35 and 51 65 on uhf.

During the hurricanes in florida last 2 years, we relied on that to get local news broadcasts and weather updates. Turned it on about every 4 hours to get an updats. most of the news channels kep continous feed weather on.

Soundguy