Tag Archives: Weather Radio

Before the battle: iRonsnow IR-688.

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Kevin

I have a new radio this week, an iRonsnow IR-688 emergency radio. I bought it on sale for $34.99 from Amazon, not to collect or to test, but to sit in the window and get weather alerts. It did arrive, … Continue reading →

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Mesqool CR1015 — a radio you perhaps have not seen

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Kevin

I bought my Mesqool CR1015 (or CR1015WB) from Amazon back in April of 2022 as part of a bundle with a larger weather radio. In the bundle, it only cost $9.11, so what the heck? The original version of the … Continue reading →

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HanRongDa HRD-701 — Many Features, tiny package

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Kevin

As one can see from the photograph, the HRD-701 is one of the smallest shortwave radios on the market, but its designers packed in a world of features underneath that small exterior sporting just 7 buttons, a switch and two … Continue reading →

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Keepers

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Kevin

I’ve been interested in shortwave radio since I was a teenager, and over the decades I’ve owned quite a few shortwave radios. Now it’s time to downsize and I’ve been selling radios on eBay right and left, 61 so far. … Continue reading →

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