The best SW portables of all time: Eton E1 vs Sony ICF-2001D: Radio La Montana 4940 kHz, Venezuela @OxfordShortwaveLog

Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Hi there, this rather exotic1 kW regional station in Venezuela is an excellent weak target signal for the two best shortwave portables of all time. Both using the same magnetic loop via the RF splitter - and hard to split their audio! Let me know what you think.

Recorded in Oxford UK on 26/09/25 at 01:59 hrs UTC using a Wellbrook ALA1530 magnetic loop antenna (outdoors) via a Bonito/NTi AntennaJet RF splitter.

Thanks for watching and 73.

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