Or the Model Ten
You can thank me later.
I like to lay in my bathtub and read, and I like to be able to see what time it is. A huge part of my interaction with the local AM radio waves involves listening to various talk radio dudes, maybe a podcast or two fed from my phone, and when I get static or keep having to retune it just pisses me off.
I want a digitally tuned radio, with a clock display I can see from the tub under the current lighting setup, that does not piss me off. I need clear reception, the kind you get from a digital tuner, all these crappy dial-tuned POS things I get from WalMart are not within the scope of this project. They will all end up in Hell.
I want a nice clock radio and I'm willing to spend more than $10 if the product works properly. Something with a reasonably small footprint. Someone please point me in the right direction.
My marriage may depend on it. She Who Must Be Obeyed is tired of listening to me cuss at the top of my lungs and smash the snot of of the crappy devices I have owned so far, out on the back porch.
I guess that gets old, from her perspective. Please, help me save my marital bliss and still listen to the facking radio in my bathroom.
I used to do in televisions just before I married Mrs. RQSR, but I had a great excuse. It was during J. Carter administration.
I don’t have good reception. A local station blasts the area, making it difficult to tune other area stations.
My solution was to use my laptop and android tablet. Each has a radio app/program. They don’t have all stations, but they do have the talk stations I primarily listen to in the morning and afternoon — WMAL or KSFO.
My clock radio is used primarily for the clock in the bedroom. It gets static on the radio bands.
Or the Model Ten
You can thank me later.
Dear WT chuck. I am an avid reader. Little old lady mysteries, Sherlock Holmes investigations, even soviet spy novels. Please get a battery operated radio, no matter what. Or, buy a big lovey wall clock , and a small battery operated radio as its faithful companion that lovingly displays the time on the ceiling.
With the way things are going, I’m afraid you won’t make it to the porch to demolish it, when immediate self electrification is so close at hand, and the news is just so crazy/lousy/an infuriating!
Good hunting, from someone who sees both sides!
P.s. Set the kitchen alight today while seasoning a cast iron pan with paper towels. Now I have that rugged charred spar looking floor!
Mazey, who likes being obeyed once in a while.
You might want to check out this little model. You can park it in the back yard, and use it to wake up the whole town.
You can set it to one of these polka stations down there in Texas. (That should be a hit with all the neighbors every morning, and you may even be able to run for elected office there after setting that up.)
Another one you might want to consider is one of these hammer-resistant clock-in-a-rock models, with a radio in the back. You can hit 'em, but you can't hurt 'em.
Get a shower radio!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA04E0F04037&Tpk=shower%20radio
They are water proof
This one is NICE
Here is a cheaper but more basic one:
Newegg is a decent place to get special electronics
I recommend searching for a shower clock radio since one for the shower should be waterproof enough for all purposes in the bathroom
I felt your pain. Years ago, I wanted the same thing, but it never happened.
But it would be cool if local terrestrial content could be aggregated over the digital spectrum without the headache of licensing.
If you are seriously getting so angry you are smashing things with a hammer, what you need is help. You don’t need a new radio.
And your wife should insist on it.
Because unless you are joking...that’s scary, dude.
I don't trust the alarm on it any more though.
“Every couple of years I have a temper fit and smash a clock radio with my 22 oz. ball peen hammer.”
Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.
If you have to wake up for a marathon, make sure it doesn’t have a separate volume control for the alarm.
It's excellent on AM. Very selective — you can listen to distant stations even if they are close to local stations.
Maybe too selective. It could use a wide setting for stations without a problem. Would improve the mid and hi range, thus helping intelligibility.
It also has excellent FM reception. My primary use of which is to set its clock via RDS. This enables the alarm feature to wake up precisely at the beginning of whatever AM show. Without RDS, its clock is not so good — gains about 4 seconds per day.
It's too big to fit in your pocket, but way smaller than a boom box (although, at close quarters, it is an adequate FM boom box).
It has an auxiliary input, so you can plug in your favorite podcast source (in my case an $18 media player).
Depending on usage patterns, it needs recharging every two or three weeks.