Aiwa WR-D500 Multi-Band Shortwave Radio Reciever | 
 enlarge | Brand: Aiwa
Category: CE
Buy New: $58.00
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 112650
Color: Black
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
MPN: WR-D500
Model: WR-D500
EAN: 4905524088670
ASIN: B000F4J8ZE
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Multi Band Synthesizer Tuner (FM/MW/SW1/SW2) | | • | 20 Station Preset Memory | | • | Auto Tuning | | • | SW Meter Band Selector | | • | Digital Clock |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
3 Point Battery Check LED IndicatorOn Timer / Sleep TimerIncluded: Earphone, Carrying Case, SW Guide Book, Wired Antenna.
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| Customer Reviews:
1995 closeout model, outdated undercoverage design, average performance. September 11, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
1995 closeout model, designed for europe, missing key frequencies used in North America, overall features and average sensitivity make this radio worth about one third the current asking price I paid, good for collecting only, not for serious dxing.
AM- Good for strong signals and rejection of adjacent 10 Khz signals.
AM- Poor interference rejection, Local/DX switch useless against strong EMI
AM- Weak signals - fair to muddled depending on composite transmission noise present on given frequency.
FM- good sensitivity/selectivity picks up a weak 100 mile distant signal over rough terrain, a signal most grundigs won't touch except for the $100+
models.
SW- Missing a lot of frequencies as the coverage does not include contiuous
coverage, it only generates reception for metered coverage bands and the gaps between them are obviously large, no overlap.
Audio- underpowered, (for the amount of batteries used- 4 AA's) even with the tone set to high, forced to turn it up all the way to hear it clearly in a quiet room on some bands, like FM, AM/SW tone strength depends on signal power received, there is no unity gain amplification to compensate for weak signal reception, all this in a 12-13 year old design, I like some
features and dislike other shortcomings, but overall I deducted 1 star for
no overlapping metered non-continuous SW coverage and I deducted another
star for the price I paid for this radio when for half this price I can
buy a nearly flawless Tecsun or Redsun radio with every possible shortcoming this radio has resolved and surpassed in design except for a few areas.
I liked the Aiwa WR-D500 for the:
-Battery compartment design reduces battery leakage contribution.
-Radio Pouch, covers radio completely and it doesn't smell like recycled gas pump hoses like some products made in China do.
-Reel antenna extension, reel housing type, not wad of wire cheapo style.
-It's not a DAK piece of junk performance-wise, but it's shortcomings leave
it borderline DAK in what is missing from it's performance.
I don't like the Aiwa WR-D500 because:
-Low audio power for 4 AA's.
-Poor SW coverage, no overlap, no direct entry, no continuous coverage.
-No dial light.
-No Stereo?
-Mono (earbud) earphone? (what were they thinking?)
-No tuning knob/fine tuning.
-No SSB, (even a $45 Degen DE1102 has SSB! $69 delivered from China!)
-Price, $58 to start, $71 total to deliver it to my door.
So, in conclusion, if you collect Aiwa radios, this is ok, but since this may well be the only seller of this model, (that I could find in english) you're stuck paying their price, but if a similiar style of radio with real
coverage is what you need, then look into a Tecsun/Degen/Redsun model otherwise, you may get less than you expect from an Aiwa WR-D500 for what you'd expect a $60 world radio should do.
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