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The do sell "broadband" units in Japan that are so called "international"
units. I think that they are made for tourists.
Larry
Dale Greed wrote:
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> >Since we're on the boombox topic, are there any MD boombox/portable stereos
> >a vailable where MD is more popular, like Europe or Japan?
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> The only problem with this approach is that AM and FM radio bands differ
> from country to country. For example, in Japan, the FM band runs from
> 76-90MHz, eliminating 75 percent of the U.S. FM spectrum.
>
> This makes it a non-starter for me, because one of the reasons I would want
> a (battery-powered) boombox would be to take it on vacations to the beach,
> where I like to listen to (and record) local radio.
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> There are _very_ few, if any, DC-powered foreign boomboxes with "wide
> spectrum" radio coverage (usually called "tourist models"). Grrrrrrrr.
>
> For more info on boomboxes, see the MCP table at:
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> http://www.minidisc.org/boombox_table.html
>
> Unfortunately, information on DC power options is sketchy at best.
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