dylanwinter
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I bought new radio for the boat
this one
Roberts Argos £17
this one
Roberts Argos £17
great boat radio from Argos
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Searush
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I have an old car radio in mine, works great with the aerial lying along the back of the shelf it is mouted on. If it ever dies (over 30 years old now) then a replacement will be no more than a fiver from a scrap yard & will just slot straight into the existing hole.
Seperate radios like that are a problem for storage, very likely to fly out of wherever you put them if you miss-time the overfalls (& there are lots of them to get wrong round our way!) Plus they need a seperate supply of batteries (car radios are 12v).
Seperate radios like that are a problem for storage, very likely to fly out of wherever you put them if you miss-time the overfalls (& there are lots of them to get wrong round our way!) Plus they need a seperate supply of batteries (car radios are 12v).
causeway
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I have one of these, works off the the 12v lighter socket with a mini-usb adaptor.
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Does DAB which means i can get BBC 6 Music. Only station worth listening to most of the time IMO.
5v So it doesn't use much power
edit:downsides are proprietary battery and no headphone socket.
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Does DAB which means i can get BBC 6 Music. Only station worth listening to most of the time IMO.
5v So it doesn't use much power
edit:downsides are proprietary battery and no headphone socket.
Seajet
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I have a small Roberts FM/MW/LW radio cassette, it has a timer so is ideal to set to record the morning shipping forecast.
Force 4 do them for around £40 but I'm told other places do them cheaper if you can find them.
Force 4 do them for around £40 but I'm told other places do them cheaper if you can find them.
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sailorman
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what has voltage to do with power consumption
causeway
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yes you're correct but it does have a low power consumption.
Boathook
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Low compared with what? I heard that these dab radios used a lot of power when compared with an old fashioned analogue radios.
AngusMcDoon
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davidpbo
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I'll stick with my ITT Euromarine Radio cc. 1974 very battered. Takes C cells which last more than a season.
jerrytug
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Snap! Mine's so battered it's barely recognisable,but works like new.
V1701
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I have the same one, batteries last ages & sound not at all bad. A good cheap radio...
dylanwinter
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AA's
the other thing is that it uses AA batteries - as does everything on the boat
keeps life simple
and you can buy they cheap from Maplins - they seem to last as long as expensive ones
D
the other thing is that it uses AA batteries - as does everything on the boat
keeps life simple
and you can buy they cheap from Maplins - they seem to last as long as expensive ones
D
josephmoore
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I've got one of those battery powered radios with the wind-up handle and a little solar panel on top. Lasts all day if it has some charge to begin with and the solar panel can do its job... plenty loud enough to hear it and yet not disturb everyone else in the vicinity.
+1 for not having stuff hard wired in when you're on a small boat.
+1 for not having stuff hard wired in when you're on a small boat.
causeway
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it uses .5 of an amp max, just had a look at the plug
paulferris1964
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I have the same as Dylan - brilliant piece of kit for very little money. Has sat on the boat for 2 years, winters an' all, and still going strong
SteveTibbetts
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I inherited an old 70's radio 2 boats and 7 years ago. It's still got the sames D cells in it and working fine. I think we're going to have to have an accidental radio drowning as I rather fancy a new DAB one so I can listen to 4 extra
dylanwinter
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CreakyDecks
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I have the exact same one as Dylan. I bought it because the fancy one I had before with all the digital electronic add-ons like auto tuning, presets, alarm clock etc just ate batteries. I imagine DAB would be even worse. The Roberts is all old style manual controls, so no power wasted.
ianc1200
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Have the same as the OP, in fact two, one covered in antifoul etc, one perfectly clean. Brilliant little radios; however both have lost their SW/MW/LW slider somehow. Mainly stays on 198 LW for the cricket in summer anyhow.
