Tchibo Offers - Home Electronics etc...

Hi
many of you who have been missing the BBC World Service et al will be pleased to know that next week Tchibo will be selling multi-band radios which receive SW for 9,99€ (compared with 50€ for a Philips one) as part of their hiking gear selection.
Cheers
Katrina

Nice! But isnt it free on the net ?

not when you go hiking

who the hell carries a radio that size with them when they go hiking?

Sorry, I didnt see the radio.. just that it was part of their hiking gear selection Come to think of it, who would want BBC world service while hiking anyways

If radio sites are firewalled, this is a good radio for a good price. But even I don't know why it belongs with hiking gear.

I had a look ( thinking of getting one for work) but could only find this for 9.99 :

http://www.tchibo.de/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfi...O&BackTo=Search

Is this the one? It says 2-Band : UKW/MW.. is that the same as SW?

For hiking, this sports radio for 5.99 may be better

http://www.tchibo.de/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfi...J&BackTo=Search

Nope
UKW = UHF (but should really be VHF, and is what we know as FM), MW = AM (Well the standard MW band thats labelled AM on most radios).
SW is probably KW here?

@UA: for the size yes, but it is only UKW (FM) which only has a relatively short range because it only works line of sight, so you will often have very bad reception in the areas you would be hiking because of hills, moutains, valleys etc.

I presume -

MW = Medium Wave (or AM)
SW = Short wave

UKW = ultrakurzwelle??

What's Longwave over here, ie I used to listen to Atlantic 252 (a v long time ago which was LW) and Virgin 1215 which was AM.

Can't you get these here? I don't understand radios

yes ukw is ultrakurzwelle but it refers to 30-300 MHz which is what we call VHF or very high frequency. This is confusing cos we have UHF or ultra high frequency for frequencies above 300 MHz.

Longwave is probably LW here, no idea if there are any local broadcasters on LW anymore, I doubt it.

I also picked a good asparagus cooking pot there on Sat.

(That's complety btw.)

What about coffee

yuk coffee

@MTV Why do you need a special pot for cooking asparagus? Wouldnt it be boiled up in a normal pot?

The tall pots mean that you can cook it standing up and thus steam the delicate tips while boiling the thicker ends hence less bitter and not soggy stems which are cooked at both ends.