[BC] Flying off the shelves at a Radio Shack near you

[Robert Meuser]

Willie

This one uses 3 AA or the nicads, has a light and a cellphone charger.  
I also separately have a very high powered LED flashlight ready.

R


WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 08/03/2006 11:31:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>robertm at broadcast.net writes:
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>>The crank up totally analog radio.  Just bought the last one in the 
>> store. The salesman said they are selling briskly. It is AM FM and 2 
>> shortwave bands. 1010 WINS actually sounds better on this radio than 880 
>> WCBS does in digital on my Boston Acoustics. IBOC stations are a little 
>> hard to tune cleanly, but when the lights go out it will play till you 
>> can no longer crank it. Very retro.
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>This must be a new version. I have a small, blue AM/FM only version. Not very 
>retro. ;) It will run for quite a while on 2 AA batteries (days), and 
>cranking it charges a pair of NiCad's which also last quite a while. A few minutes of 
>cranking generally gives a few hours of operation. Nice little "toy". I also 
>bought an LED flashlight that has a crank-generator. It was $15 a the Cracker 
>Barrel store. A few mins of cranking keeps it lit for quite a while.
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>Back in late 1999, I bought a modest solar panel (15v @ 1a) which I haven't 
>even needed. Thankfully. (Bought it for Y2K) I know it works, since I have 
>tested it several times over the years. I could use it to keep some gel cells 
>charged, and have white LED-based light that would last for many days per charge.
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>Here at the station, we have a couple of small, battery-powered light 
>fixtures, in case the juice goes off. Being a Daytimer, it's not too often anyone's 
>here past dark in summer, but in winter, there can be staff still working past 
>5pm.
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>Willie...
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