SWMBO's Xmas pressie!!

After months of enquiring, I have finally been told what is SWMBO's 'most wanted' Xmas pressie ... and it appears not to exist!! The item in question is a :-

1. Digital

2. Radio/Alarm

3 Offering DAB, FM, LW (she's completely hooked on TMS cricket commentary)

4. Light enough to pack for travel and

5. Battery/mains powered.

Lots of versions which satisfy some/most of those criteria, but NOTHING with them all. This forum's response to queries is becoming legendary but I think this might be beyond even your combined talents. Success won't improve workshop access - just ease my conscience when I (yet again) forgo the delights of Xmas 'entertainment'.

Any pointers, please???

rgds

Bill

There may not be a DAB which exists which does LW

The rest is easy

The only thing I can find is an old Sony, now discontinued. **LINK** though there's a used one on ebay at the moment.

Good luck in your search. I understand your difficulty; last week's birthday present didn't seem to hit the requirements, so fingers crossed for Christmas.

Bill

We have a digitech brand available here that does fm/am/lw/sw/dab+ sold by jaycar here in Australia . ( jaycar are an electronic / tech store that sell a bit of everything from components to kits to general electrical products ) you may have a similar style of store there ? The only name i know from the U.K is maplins .

Not much use to you in the U.K i know but have you tried searching for " worlld band radio " ?

If you can't get what you want over there you may try phone apps like my tuner pro or the like as you may get the channels you like through your phone and you can use a bluetooth speaker with it as well .

Or you may have to buy two radios one that looks after the old analogue signals and a separate dab unit , the one really good thing with this is you can get a really good quality analoge unit and a reasonable dab unit for similar money that you will pay for one that does the lot and remember the more they cram into something the more comprimises they have to make on quality especially with the analogue tuning section

I had a look on ebay but couldn't see one there as it filters for local stuff first .

How about a SmartPhone app and a bluetooth speaker ? The app could be a freebee, and speaker from a car boot sale, but you have left it a bit late.
BobH

Tesco do one - World Band Radio

Just realised, this one doesn't have an alarm. close though!

Edited By Andy Holdaway on 13/12/2017 08:47:41

But if you can receive DAB, most areas can now I think, there is no need for LW. TMS is available on DAB.

Or am I missing something?

What about an internet radio. Gets hundreds of stations if you've WiFi around the house.

Probably got an alarm., but might not travel too easily!

Edited By Clive Brown 1 on 13/12/2017 08:51:29

Edited By Clive Brown 1 on 13/12/2017 08:54:40

Just realised, this one doesn't have an alarm. close though!

No DAB either

The only thing I can find is an old Sony,

No batteries and too heavy to carry

Try looking for an internet clock radio. Technically speaking it's digital, will have a radio alarm, they do them with FM and you can should be able to get TMS.

regards Martin

If you search for "DAB portable alarm" on a well known site you'll see various options

You're right, must look closer! The perils of quick searches in an open plan office!!

An interesting article about Long wave transmissions in the UK, UK is number 198

Gentlemen ... Wow!! Marvellous response but you can see the problem!! Ady's link will keep me busy for a while although I'm fairly sure that the DAB/LW combination will defeat me. Andy Holdaway's pointer to Tesco looked good until I checked the included functions - no DAB tuner. I'm beginning to think it's going to be chocolates - again ... or maybe, just maybe, a nice set of DRO scales would be acceptable???

As Professor Higgins put it, "why can't a woman be more like a man?" (apologies to Delicious Debs et al)

rgds

Bill

**LINK**

This lot should keep you busy for a while.

Not noticed LW but just about every other thing you mention seems available in this selection.

I have no connection to the retailer.

Edited By V8Eng on 13/12/2017 14:30:30

Roberts and Pure were the first two I looked at, but no LW, though I thought TMS was on DABS+
JL are good to buy from though due to the 2 year warranty.

Bill

I thought this 'does everything' bad-boy might do the job, but guess what? No DAB!

Why don't you buy the good lady one anyway? I'm sure she's worth every penny and you'd never hear the end of it!

Dave

<Slaver, drool!>

Geoff

A few years ago my Wife's old transistor radio started giving bother, it was also hard on PP9 Batteries.

I got her a DAB battery/mains one for that Xmas.

I had some trepidation about that as an Xmas present in case it was regarded as a household type gift (we don't do those), anyway to cut a long story short:- I couldn't have got her a better present (brilliant reaction) it has permanent pride of place in the kitchen tuned to a few of her favourite stations.

Has to be said that she has no interest in cricket though!

Edited By V8Eng on 13/12/2017 19:25:49