makes this the ultimate World Band Receiver, with the just the press of a button to tune in major worldwide stations such as the BBC, Voice of America and others, wherever you may be; EEP ROM chips with updated frequency information will be made available for purchase annually, offering you the continued convenience of easy memory access to the major shortwave broadcasters
provides an extremely accurate method of tuning with ideal stability to reduce station drift to a minimum
allows fast, precise station reception by fine tuning at 1kHz intervals
are displayed on the LCD and may be changed or edited to reflect your changing presets
provides for connection to external recording device, an especially useful feature for capturing programs at times when real-time listening is not possible
offers a new feature of automatically being tuned by the radio to increase signal reception, helps provide high performance against noise interference, and folds for storage
for optimum multi-mode reception and reduced interference on AM bands for optimum overall sound
lets you capture distant stations directly, with the ease of using a pocket calculator
calls up your preprogrammed favorite stations
lets you set the built-in alarm to sound at two different times, wake you to two different radio stations, and fall asleep to the radio while shutting itself off at a preset time
makes it easy to connect radio to standard household current and conserve battery power
reduces fading and annoying "beat" frequency interference from adjacent stations as well as distortion due to fading in AM reception
lets you quickly and easily listen to stations that have been preset in memory, allows you to tune stations directly by frequency or manually, and by scanning all available stations
lets you swiftly tune in as many as 80 stations whose frequencies you have saved into memory
is a Universal Time Coordinator (UTC) for setting current local time and the time difference between your location and any other, easily adjustable by setting to the names of major cities around the world
permits connection to external antenna (including Sony Active Loop Antenna, supplied) if desired for increased receptivity
is a convenient guide and background manual to shortwave listening around the world
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