Sony ICF-SW77 - The best portable shortwave radio !?

[@robinj.9329]

Before I watch your video; I recall reading reports and reviews on this radio for months after it was first offered for sale. NO ONE seem to like it much. Everyone thought the older Sony 2010 was by far, a better receiver for the serious shortwave listener. I still have, and enjoy the 2010 I bought back in the 90's! Runs great.

[@jimcricket285]

I have my SW77 in the kitchen and tuned to FM radio. It's connected to mains and is left switched on almost permanently, for years.

[@LivePDOfficerInterviews]

Very nice radio in very good condition for sure. You should be very proud to own it! Still, from my experience, I would take the Sony 2010/2001D all day long. Not only my opinion but the opinion of most experts as well my friend. But that doesn’t take away from the beauty of your radio… Yours is one of the best ever made for sure!

[@teunaydin]

I have 2010 audio better also reception due to 120 cm ant

[@NSNorfolk]

Having owned both, it plays 2nd fiddle to the ICF-2010. Still, a very nice portable radio.

[@echohunter4199]

One day I’ll get one of these for the collection, just a great little radio. Especially for the time it was initially released.

[@MrBrian8749]

I also think if not the best it's one of the best. It's one of the most professional looking portables Sony ever produced. thanks for the video. Brian

[@jeffking4176]

I really wish Sony made these higher end Short Wave radios still. Tecsun does quite well, but they just aren’t like these old Sony radios. 📻🙂

[@echohunter4199]

I concur, it seems that companies like Sony are all dropping out of quality shortwave radios so these older radios are getting harder to find. I prefer quality shortwave radios because I want a “stand alone” technology that can’t be controlled by a third party unless they have some serious frequency jammers.

[@Radiodog]

Now I want one! Nicely done video. Thanks for sharing.

[@themojoboys]

Excellent radio indeed! But the best one is the ICF 2010! Thanks for posting :)

[@iamostafa]

Robert Johnson what is the best for current decade?

[@bormattiu]

Son y ICF 2010

[@KandiKlover]

@@iamostafa ICF-sw7600gr. Blows these 2 radios away easily.

[@hectorhernandez4571]

Que elegancia de radio me gustan mucho gracias por compartir estas bellezas saludos desde Medellín Dios los bendiga un abrazo grande ❤

[@prestonnevins]

Hey, I have that exact model! Got it in...1992? It does have the disadvantage of "chugging" as you turn the dial, so super-fine tuning is tough, but it's a really nice radio.

[@chinesefake]

A great radio no doubt but very unfriendly in its interface. I got rid of mine due to it not being "fun" to use. You will always get better results if you enjoy operating the radio. I have an AR3030 and various old analogue radios. My basic setup took a few years to get right. My tip for new SWLs is to find a radio ANY radio that you enjoy using. Chances are you will take more time with your antenna and spend longer on your listening which will probably garner better results. And remember, if it ain't there no radio is gonna get it!. Love and Pirates.

[@manglaram5506]

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[@RJDA.Dakota]

I have one of these radios and I really liked it a lot. It was a great receiver but then it recently died. This radio has only one big fault and that was the mute on tuning.

[@flatulenceone]

One of the most common reasons for this particular radio dying is its capacitors, which leak and dry out, over time. There are a few folks across the world who work on this radio, including one or two in the United States. You can read up on this problem, by perusing the discussions about this radio in the Sony ICF-SW77 group on Yahoo. FYI. I just had mine repaired, and am impatiently waiting for it to arrive on this Thursday (7-24-2019).

[@ricardobbblanco]

Great radio. Thanks

[@amithunnare007]

I have Sony icf sw55... Works great ... I keep it like an care like an Diamond piece of Art made my Japanese People ... Sony is Best man.... 🤗😊📻📻📻📻📻🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵📣📣📣

[@sparkie119]

Probably has much better audio than my Icf-2010-I know it costs more. Wish I would have bought this model when they were still being made by Sony. Dam fine receiver, nonetheless.

[@MrDuncl]

Having already bought a Sony 2010 I thought this would be an improvement. However, I preferred the 2001D / 2010 so sold the SW77. Like other people have commented tuning this gives more chuffing than Thomas the Tank Engine.-

[@sunnylm2045]

just courous regardless of the sound, how is the sensitivity compare both SW77 Vs 2001D?

[@vladimir-dxdx7653]

Please tell me, did you change the capacitors for better reception on SW or are there original capacitors from the manufacturer. Bought a Sony SW30 two years ago and there seems to be some extra noise when listening. The newer Grundig and Tecsun have a weaker noise. It is recommended to change the capacitors. Receiver from the mid 90s.

[@NsndoBrasil]

Most Sony radios the problem that all users complain about is the change of station system the steps should be 10 in 10hz or 9 in 9hz

[@rafael55]

It's not the best radio, but it's very good. It eats up batteries so you better use it at home were you can plug it to AC. The antenna is very thin. The capacitors sometimes leak and ruin the electronics. And it's super expensive! I like the panasonic 2200. The eaton E1, sony 2010. Grundig Satelit 500 and 700, these have the best audio of all portables.

[@jtownshend]

Very good video. It may be the best one, but it misses a variable attenuation, which for me is very important. As for the Volmet stations you have stored, I am able to tune one from New York on 10051KHz lsb here in Southern Brasil.

[@Prisoner_X]

Beautiful radio if it works

[@Mikexception]

Perfect radio it that kind. Personally I prefer radios without memorization of stations because force me each time to check allso always it's something new to discover ....or nothing at all:).. .

[@SangiTariq]

I love this Radio.

[@dannyleahy9165]

My ICF-2010 quit working. It was a great radio

[@poikaa3]

One of the best of the SONY short waves! Better than the ICF-2010 and that radio receiver is great! Good video showing this!

[@NsndoBrasil]

The best radio among so many Sony so many Grunding so many National so many Tecsun and others out there the best I find to use day at night, well lit uses little batteries and to change tracks very simple the stations change every 10 hz Am Sw at 5 at 5Hz when you are at 41mt for example and when you enter the radio amateur range, it warns you of audio and messages. Super sensitive sound good. This Sony sw77 for example you have to keep spinning the Knobs straight on the tracks ours is 1 in 1hz in SW the same thing changing tracks so ours is just like the Sony ICF-2010 tires the finger of turning so much to change tracks so it is horrible . The acceptable is still Sony SW55 in my opinion.

[@aureliusprimus]

Very nice receiver with deep sound !! Do you recommand it ?😀

[@rafael55]

9 years latter.... This is a great radio until the capacitors go bad. But now a days I don't see why we should spend a bunch of money on a radio if the SW band is not so interesting any more. In my area there is not much to listen to.

[@مهندس_علي]

so wonderful

[@kingdarius5252]

Sadly this radio suffers from the same problem as all other Sony products TERRIBLE antenna construction! The antenna on mine got warped and bent out of shape just a year or two after purchase. Still, an extremely powerful radio. There is nothing like it on the market today (some would argue because it has no use anymore, but I wouldn't necessarily agree with that). I love shortwave!

[@o00scorpion00o]

Today of course the big radio manufacturers no longer produce multiband radios which is a real shame. Tecsun are probably the largest producer of these radios today and make decent radios except they use a flawed DSP chip so on SSB the sound quality is harsh with distortion and is a real disappointment and as a result SYNC doesn't work, it sounds absolutely awful and the 4 Khz filter dies not work on SSB. Too expensive to have such issues and it's their last flagship portable, so they say. Sad to end it like that, they had since the PL-880, S-8800 to fix this DSP issue but didn't. The PL-330 funnily enough sounds a lot better on SSB, still some distortion and has that awful muting while tuning but a really good radio for it's size that works very well with external antenna and doesn't overload so easy and the 4 Khz filter works on SSB. Shame they couldn't at least get the much more expensive 990x to sound as good. Due to the small size of the PL-330 it's not so easy to use as a base radio, it's not as sensitive on the whip so you would need 20 off feet or more of wire to attach to the whip but a small radio like this with SSB is definitely worth having. The New Sangean ATS-909 x2 has internally generated noise while using the whip but works extremely well with external antenna but has no filtering options for SSB which is unthinkable today but SSB sounds so much better than the sangean and you can even use SSB on SW to reduce interference form unwanted sources, on the 990x it's impossible because the audio quality is so bad. One of the best portables still available to buy new is the Tecsun PL-680 analogue radio, it sounds really good ON SSB and SYNC is decent but for the money the price vs performance can't be beaten. With the Bonito MA-305 whip antenna and PL-680 you will have one mega receiving station. No point using telescopic whip as you will miss so many signals. The Three radios today I recommend are the PL-330 ( if you can live with the tuning mute ) and the Original Malahit SDR from Russia, the malahit works best with external antenna, the DSP 2, stay away from clones from China. The Tecsun PL-680, price vs performance can't be beat.

[@GeorgiBancov]

Great receiver!

[@wesleymccurtain166]

I can only dream for now....

[@ilovealbundy]

+wesley mccurtain Me too ;-)

[@htmonly88]

me too

[@itakeyourphoto]

+wesley mccurtain No need to dream,, I have one for sale

[@gabrieljuarez6721]

Hey put short wave bands not fm FM is easy to capture station , but short wave there is the problem.

[@sereniamama]

magnifico aparato...

[@edd526]

Only comparison of two or more radios can show the advantage or disadvantage of ICF-SW77. I don't like interruptions while scanning in this model.

[@gabrieljuarez6721]

Sr. In this type of Radiost the FM/am bands aren't important

[@AidanTheLoverBoyOhDwyer]

hello to all shortwave enthusiasts i am a shortwave n00b hobbyist i have seen a few shortwave radios not as fancy as all of yalls i bet the ones i have seen have two different bands sw1 and sw2 what's the difference you guys need your help bros

[@MrDeseovb]

nice video, what is the best ? Sony ICF-7600gr o Sony ICF-SW77 is the same quality?

[@BestTruckWebsite]

its a Wellbrook loop ACTIVE LOOP ANTENNA ALA100M L/M AP.

[@laurasmart4555]

I live in Mallorca. Can I get the BBC on this model (Radio 4 to be precise)?

[@WOLFRENO007]

please support i have sony ICF-sw33 whats the (antenna wich you used is an active loop from Wellbrook) to give you all this and if you can send to me how i can made it please

[@NsndoBrasil]

Nobody can stand spinning this Kinobs. This should be every 5 khz

[@nickmahy4125]

What external antenna is being used?

[@sasa-qq9em]

You are in which country

[@RichardWalla]

Comment avoir cette radio?

[@saturnfirepaw]

Nice World Receiver.

[@ChrisHattan]

I have the ICF 2010/201D already and am bidding on a 77 too

[@omarballuz2313]

I kindly ask you about the price of yhis radio and where can I find it

[@OdionProductions]

Omar Balluz I have one. But they go for a lot.

[@jacobmaranga4697]

Are this radio's still available and where?

[@EfficientTrout]

ebay and it will be expensive

[@ibrahimmakinta1585]

Where will I get to buy in Nigeria?

[@SANTONSANTO]

Where from I can buy it ?

[@sebenzalover]

Can you please recommend me a portable analog radio? not digital.up to 200 dollars

[@rafael55]

+sebenzalover The panasonic 2200 is very good. Might be a little more than 200 but worth it.

[@htmonly88]

tecsun pl-680 or tecsun 880

[@ชาญชัยเล้าเถลิงศักดิ์]

ซื้อแพงมั้ยครับ.สอบถามท่านผู้รู้และซื้อได้ที่ไหน

[@naitom2464]

ทาง sony discontinued ไม่ต่ำกว่า 15 ปีแล้ว รุ่นสุดท้ายคือ sony icf-sw7600gr แตก็ discontinued ไป 10 ปีแล้ว

[@ชาญชัยเล้าเถลิงศักดิ์]

ของมือสองราคาพอไปพอมา..มีมั้ยครับผม..

[@marescressi1009]

I thought the 2010 was the best, anyway Sony stop making shortwave radios a long time ago.

[@HugDeeznueces]

For real!? WTF???

[@MyNephewIsTough]

Do you mean the 2010 model?

[@KandiKlover]

2010, sw77, Sw7600gr. All similar great radio. 7600gr was available until 2017

[@BOHEMIANMEX]

What kind of antenna is connect to your radio?

[@danwalkley304]

Waited ages to get one.. years in fact. Then sold it a week later. Awful manual tuning.. chg chug chug...killed it for me

[@KandiKlover]

Is that a power adapter on side?

[@KandiKlover]

Krin Bouch bitchin

[@Kuraio]

+Kandi Klover (Fursuiter Furry) hey it's another furry

[@KandiKlover]

Yu Lei oh ya

[@NsndoBrasil]

How to set to AM at 10khz at 10hkz and Sw 5kHz at 5kHz

[@ΓΑΛΑΝΟΣΤΕΚΜΗΡΙΩΜΕΝΟΣ]

Spesial

[@cedr1808]

Pourquoi le titre est en anglais alors qu'on entend des radions francaises

[@ahmedali-fy7kz]

هل هذا للبيع

[@tropenband]

Better than ICF-2010??

[@1mchartmann]

no

[@DonCooks1]

I've got the Icf sw-33

[@mukhtarjubriljubril33]

please send me the price so that i will make an oder please i need it ogent

[@سلامعثمان-ع3ب]

رائع ياريت عندي وحده

[@jeffking4176]

📻👍🙂‼️

[@carlosbazan7198]

Cuanto quieres por el SONY

[@lonnieke]

ham?

[@ชาญชัยเล้าเถลิงศักดิ์]

อยากได้จัง ราคาแพงมั้ยครับ

[@naitom2464]

ทาง sony discontinued ไม่ต่ำกว่า 15 ปีแล้ว รุ่นสุดท้ายคือ sony icf-sw7600gr แตก็ discontinued ไป 10 ปีแล้ว ตอนนี้ที่น่าสนใจก็ Sangean ATS-909X แต่ค่าตัวก็เอาการอยู่

[@igorpollick2599]

very dissapointed--all bad electrlitics

[@ksa22s]

اعقب مزينه