9 BAND World Radio By Bell and & Howell

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000G1WLO6
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,474 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 7, 2006

Product Description

Product Description

Now you can travel anywhere and hear what's happening at home! World radio picks up local stations when you're on vacation or picks up foreign stations when you're at home. Great for storm and weather warnings too. How exciting! Powerful 9-band world receiver gives you information from around the world whenever you want it. Knowledge from the entire firmament, the cradle of humanity, can be yours! Receiver amazingly pulls in international views from all over the globe, while the AM/FM radio function gives you the local perspectives. Never wonder what the rest of the world is thinking; just tune in and hear for yourself. Make your own judgments on any political affairs, hear about what is affecting family and friends in other areas of the world, and check out the weather before you travel anywhere. Fits easily into luggage so you can be instantly aware of the goings-on at home. News from around the neighborhood and around Mother Earth. Unit has a telescopic antenna, wrist strap, band selector, battery slot, AM and FM indicator, power jack, earphone jack, power switch and volume control.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This doesn't qualify as a radio, October 21, 2007

By	Traditional One (Boone, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This thing does not qualify as a radio in any regard. Well .. OK, it kinda looks like one, but a the photo will work just as well as the actual item. If you're looking for your first SW radio, spend a few extra bucks and get something else. The cheapest radio you can find on Amazon from Kaito (ie the WRX911)or Eton (ie The Mini) will outperform this thing by a mile.
My recommendations for a budget SW radio .. the Kaito KA1101 or KA1102 .. both excellent performers.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's okay..., January 26, 2007

A Kid's Review

PROS- Does a lot of bands SW,MW(AM),FM w/TV band
CONS- The reception is awful. I can barely pull in any SW stations, and if I can it's hard to hear and I have to move the radio in the perfect place. FM and AM reception is fair to average. I noticed the tuning of FM is way off from where it says, for example I pick up 104.7 on what looks like 101.5 on the radio.

In conclusion, it does a lot of bands but it's reception is awful and it's hard to tune.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage, December 8, 2008

By	J. Pawlowski (Allentown, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I knew this was a painted plastic radio, but the picture made it look more shiny, metallic, & cool than it really is. It's a very dull paint job in reality.

AM & FM stations bleed through & over throughout every shortwave band, drowning out most of the shortwave signals that should be there.

I did pick up 1 church SW station on the higher bands in the day. I picked up Cuba, some more church, & voice of America in the evening. The hash of a dozen or more local AM & FM stations interfering across every SW band made getting anything else impossible.

It wouldn't even qualify it as a starter SW radio. A beginner would get so fed up
with the radio, they'd give up the hobby.

A 2 transistor regenerative SW radio I made when I was 12 in under an hour picks up more SW stations day & night than this radio.

AM reception is good for an under 10 dollar radio (I paid 8 bucks for it). OK for moderate AM DXing.

The AA batteries last a long time, so it's efficient.

I wasn't expecting any big sound from a small cheap radio, but I have many smaller & cheaper radios that have better sound quality.

FM reception is terrible. Worse than most bargain basement radios.

It does not pick up analog or digital TV channels.

Don't buy it for it's looks, it looks much duller than the picture.

Don't buy it for SW either, because it's almost useless at that. For starter SW, I'd recommend the Grundig mini 300.

Don't buy it for music either. FM reception & the sound quality is bad compared to others in this price range, & even smaller radios.

Recommended for AM talk radio & moderate AM DXing... nothing else.