Small backpacking radio

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Kelhezk

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Does anyone have recommendations for a long lasting backpacking radio to turn on in the evenings?
 
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Maybe download music onto your phone.
It's a small device with a long lasting battery that's easily charged.

Or enjoy the silence.
 
are you wanting to listen to AM, FM, Shortwave? I bet shortwave would come in great being away from the city.
 
Long ago I had/packed an am/fm/weather radio that was 9v or hand crank. Weighed about the same as a transistor radio. Probably something much nicer these days.
 
Peyton00 said:
Maybe download music onto your phone.
It's a small device with a long lasting battery that's easily charged.

Or enjoy the silence.
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I don't know why but I figured they want to listen to baseball.
 
Wouldn't it be nice if someone just built a good radio that was just a radio and was immune to feature creep? No phone, no GPS, no camera, no alerts from your stock broker to buy, no bullshit. Just a radio that was excellent at doing radio things. And fit in your pocket. What a concept....
 
iveofione said:
Wouldn't it be nice if someone just built a good radio that was just a radio and was immune to feature creep? No phone, no GPS, no camera, no alerts from your stock broker to buy, no bullshit. Just a radio that was excellent at doing radio things. And fit in your pocket. What a concept....
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I would rather someone add a radio feature to the device I’m already carrying😀. I can’t wait for the day that my phone has satellite texting capabilities so I can get rid of my Inreach. One less thing to carry and charge.
 
Coach Potter said:
I would rather someone add a radio feature to the device I’m already carrying😀. I can’t wait for the day that my phone has satellite texting capabilities so I can get rid of my Inreach. One less thing to carry and charge.
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I like my InReach much better than my smartphone....no load of crap marketing emails, no enticement to doomscroll, and only the people I really want to text with can contact me. Superb battery life, GPS, and a reasonably usable on-board topo map of North America.

Of course my dislike of smartphones may also have to do with having to carry two of them (personal phone and work phone 24/7) for years prior to my retirement in 2022.

As for a simple small pocket sized radio...there are plenty of them available....but you'd have to listen to the incessant screaming voice ads.

I'm plenty happy listening to the sound of waves gently slapping the hull of my kayak...
 
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krusty said:
I like my InReach much better than my smartphone....no load of crap marketing emails, no enticement to doomscroll, and only the people I really want to text with can contact me. Superb battery life, GPS, and a reasonably usable on-board topo map of North America.

Of course my dislike of smartphones may also have to do with having to carry two of them (personal phone and work phone 24/7) for years prior to my retirement in 2022.

As for a simple small pocket sized radio...there are plenty of them available....but you'd have to listen to the incessant screaming voice ads.

I'm plenty happy listening to the sound of waves gently slapping the hull of my kayak...
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I like my Inreach too…if it’s on that means the parts of my cell phone that I don’t like (all the stuff you mentioned) is disabled😂. An Inreach is like an indicator species that way😀.
 
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