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überarbeitet am 20.11.2010

In the Timeline of portable receivers, find sets considered as "portable", many of them also offer reasonable performance for home shortwave reception and DXing.

1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Grundig 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964: Grundig Satellit 205 1970 1976: Grundig Satellit 2100 1978: Grundig Satellit 3000 1980: Grundig Satellit 1400 1978: Grundig Satellit 3400 1983: Grundig Satellit 600 1989: Grundig Satellit 500 1990 1992: Grundig Satellit 700 1995 2000 2005 2010
Nordmende 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964: Nordmende Globetrotter 1965 1971: Nordmende Galaxy Mesa 4000 1971: Nordmende Galaxy Mesa 7000 1974: Nordmende Galaxy Mesa 9000st 1971: Nordmende Globetrotter 808 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Panasonic 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1977: Panasonic RF-2200 1976: Panasonic RF-4800 1978: Panasonic RF-2800 1982: Panasonic RF-6300 1982: Panasonic RF-3100 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Philips 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1982: Philips AL-990 1986: Philips D-2935 1987: Philips D-2999 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Sony 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1967: Sony CRF-220 1968: Sony CRF-230 1970: Sony CRF-150 1975 1978: Sony CRF-320 1980: Sony ICF-6800W 1985: Sony ICF-2001D 1991: Sony ICF-SW55 1992: Sony ICF-SW77 1995 2000 2005 2010
various 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1963: Braun T 1000 1968: Blaupunkt Supernova 1970: Barlow Wadley XCR-30 1975 1977: ITT Touring CD108 1980: Euromatic 001 1992: Sanyo RB-8880 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010