Thanks to Paul for this eBay radio sighting:
The Japanese version of the Sony ICF-S5W is now on ebay, item 370093186956 (Sony ICF-S5). This version has a map of Japan on the back, and AM station names of Japan on the dial, and Japanese NSB frequencies (US version has US map, and US AM station names and no NSB).
I was interested in this radio until I saw that the FM band was 76-90 Mhz. That cuts out most of our FM band!
I wish it was set up like on my 1102, which is 76-108 Mhz. on FM.
Posted by: Brian (Scooby214) | October 04, 2008 at 05:42 PM
Sometimes these radios have an internal switch that lets you set the FM to either the Japanese or US band of frequencies.
Posted by: Ed | October 04, 2008 at 05:47 PM
I've seen switches like that before, but it looks like there isn't one on the S5W. The analog tuning scale only goes up to 90.
Still... I wonder how this is as an AM performer.
Posted by: Brian (Scooby214) | October 04, 2008 at 05:49 PM
People buy/use the S5 or S5W for its AM, which is absolutely fantastic. I have one.
Posted by: Paul | October 04, 2008 at 07:03 PM
For sale on ebay: SONY ICF-S5W SSP Best Portable AM MW Radio Ever Made!!! Better the GE SUPER RADIO, C CRANE ETC
cgi.ebay.com/SONY-ICF-S5W-SSP-Best-Portable-AM-MW-Radio-Ever-Made-/150615177055?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item23115d375f
Auction ends Jun 12, 201114:40:01 PDT
Posted by: Grant | June 07, 2011 at 10:50 AM