Usually given away as gimmicks, at stuff like trade shows (I have one I got free courtesy of Bloomberg) these small radios due to cost only have one potentiometer for controlling volume/poweroff, and one single button which changes the station. Due to the lack of a display, pressing the button just scans till the next station it can find.
The board inside is tiny, about the size of your thumb, and my unit's casing was not much more than two fingers wide. Works fine as a simple radio, but I found no use for it, as I don't listen to radio much; and the button cell battery in there eventually died and a replacement cost more than I was willing to pay. I'm pretty sure this thing is just one of those same generic boards stuffed into a bigger case.
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Usually given away as gimmicks, at stuff like trade shows (I have one I got free courtesy of Bloomberg) these small radios due to cost only have one potentiometer for controlling volume/poweroff, and one single button which changes the station. Due to the lack of a display, pressing the button just scans till the next station it can find.
The board inside is tiny, about the size of your thumb, and my unit's casing was not much more than two fingers wide. Works fine as a simple radio, but I found no use for it, as I don't listen to radio much; and the button cell battery in there eventually died and a replacement cost more than I was willing to pay. I'm pretty sure this thing is just one of those same generic boards stuffed into a bigger case.