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Old 28th Sep 2017, 6:26 pm   #28
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Default Re: Multiband shortwave radio from Tesco.

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Works OK though tuning "feel" is 'orrible and nothing like a normal set- more like something with heavy duty AFC you can't turn off even on AM.
I picked up an AM/FM battery-mains portable with similar design at a Charity shop. Someone must've tried it and hated it, because it is so hard to tune, as it has the tuner knob on the tuning pot, no reduction,
Yes, it appears that this set is not a rival for the one that Superdrug sold some time ago. Do the instructions advise, "After 2 weeks, put it in a drawer and forget about it and after 2 years, donate it to the charity shop"?

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