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I love when old radios creak like wooden floors. Cheers Todder

Bought mine new from Fry's in Dallas Texas, still looks brand new. Also have the 7600GR too.

Sony ICF-2010 is indeed, a great SW radio ever built. Love it so much.

You can tell a radio is from the 1980s if it says "Quartz Clock" on the digital clock display! 😀 What's amazing is that Todd's ICF-2010 has stood the test of time. Most liquid crystal displays go bad over the decades - they stain, darken and turn brown with age. It would be really great if Sony agrees to license the manufacture of their old radios to Tecsun, just like Grundig did with Eton. 📻🤔

Hej Todderbert thanks for the video and the AM bandscan a very nice sony radio you have there take care Todderbert and have nice evening.

Sony! The tuning is interesting. It doesn't do theremin noises like an analog, but it also doesn't fully mute and "chuff" like modern digital stuff.

Nice to see a video on this classic radio, thanks! A friend of mine has one that looked in a perfectly mint condition. He wanted to give it to me, but the radio is very sick. Doesn't turn on most of the time, sometimes does... a bit: some very weak noise from the speaker but no sign of life at all on its display. All buttons inoperative. It'd probably need a lof of work but I've been unable to find someone to fix it. Pity, really. Would have loved it I'm sure. It's my second bad experience with a classic Sony radio. I had bought an ICF-7600 which turned out to be completely deaf on FM and somewhat working on SW with a very, very low audio. Again, couldn't find anyone to fix it. It's taking dust in a drawer now... Bad luck with Sony. (edited for typos)

Cool radio

When you get WLW in Chicago in the daytime you have a good radio❤

To this very day that might just be the best portable shortwave radio ever built.

The programming on 750 WNDZ in Portage, Indiana is not totally religious. If you listen later in the day the programming is brokered as the station sells the airtime on the station.

Great video. I own the same radio, be it the type number is ICF-2001D. Exactly the same radio by the way. This probably is the best consumer portable radio ever made. The only downsides definately are the battery compartment (contact issues) and, as they are all old now, the circuit boards that can suffer from corrosion partly due to outgassing of poor quality batteries or leaky ones that were left in the radio. The battery gasses eat away the printed circuits. And maybe the radio only has two bandwidth filters but I never found this a real problem. As for AM, it shines there too. As a matter of fact, it even outperforms the famous GE Superadio series, all variants if it comes to pulling in real difficult signals and selectivity. But the radios have their own purposes, the GE series are ultimate daytime AM band receivers, this Sony on the other hand has all bells and whistles so it shines day or night. All in a self contained package. Speaking of the packige it comes in, be aware that the case is made of medium grade ABS that has a tendency to get brittle over time. By now all units suffer from this so be careful to store the radio well protected in e.g. an unused laptop bag. On the go this is definitely a must. If the unit is accidentally dropped, it will suffer irreparable damage. This quality is no longer made, certainly not in a portable package. For example ALL Tecsuns are absolutely no match for this radio if it comes to pure pulling power on AM. Even with only two bandwidth positions. By the way, the scale light is very dim. It can be replaced with a brighter one but only if you know your way around in this product. If not, do not even reach out for the screwdriver, you WILL mess things up. Mine has been fully restored (done by Rod). I sent it out to the USA to get the job done. Greetings from Hekelingen, The Netherlands. Bye, Willem.