a car can pick up the signals because of the antenna length it says to get the retractable 21ft antenna for a smooth sound. all radios require you to do that and its not fair to put it as a negative for this.

that's exactly what I was thinking

Thank you. Next radio purchase I make will be the KA500L.

@@survivalistboards The KA500L has no AA battery option though but you can get 18650 lithium batteries for this radio pretty cheap on Amazon. I was amazed when I discovered that my radio would work on just the solar panel. I took the battery out and tried it and it actually worked! On FM the volume would distort when I turned it up but it worked great on AM/SW/Weather using the solar even when it wasn`t directly facing the sun. But on other videos I`ve watched this evening they`re saying the bigger solar panel doesn`t charge the battery fast. Maybe the output power to the phone charger is better? I don`t use a cell phone so I can`t test it. Still, having a radio that will work off nothing but the sun is a big plus. I ordered another one! Another great radio for power outages is the $29.00 SONY ICF-19 AM/FM. It has a loud four inch speaker and will run between 400-500 hours off three D-cell batteries. It has excellent long range daytime AM reception and works well at night too but the DSP chip causes muting on fading signals at night. I used one after the recent hurricanes hit Louisiana and it was a lifesaver. Radiojayallen website ranked it 3 1/2 stars in the AM mega shootout which is a great score for such an inexpensive radio.

I got it working again. Don't ask me how, it just started back up on its own after letting it sit for five months... However it is time for a new replacement. Thanks.