I started feeling the itch for a new radio. The Raddy RF886 sells for about $26, but Amazon had two 10% off coupons. It fits my Swiss Army Knife category as a radio, computer USB speaker, USB speaker and a flashlight with SOS siren. The radio side has MW, SW, FM, VHF and Weather with alerts. It lacks AIR band and MP3 capability.
It’s supposed to arrive tomorrow (August 14).
One thing surprised me, the quality of the manual. This one is good.
Pre-receipt thoughts
It looks like the major problem will be tuning. There’s obviously no direct frequency entry, nor are there any shortcuts beyond a meter band button for shortwave. It has auto tune storage (ATS) and perhaps that’s the way to go.
The Raddy RF75A is notably insensitive on shortwave and I’m anticipating the same here, but I’ll have to wait and see. The manual says it has a 5W speaker, so it could be quite loud.