hoom
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My main point of this thread is to ask if anyone knows of a modern alarm clock with equivalent features to an AWA-Thorn model 1306?
I have this old clock radio that my mother bought for me at a garage sale when I was a school kid, its possibly my most treasured possession because it has the best alarm I've ever heard of & keeps impeccable time.
It was already possibly 15 years old & quite decrepid when I got it nearly 20 years ago.
I think I've kept it in relatively good condition & its not showing any particular indications of having issues but I'm really starting to get concerned about how I will cope when it finally dies
Other alarms I'm aware of either only beep, only play radio or have the option of either radio or beep, with or without volume increasing over time.
My alarm is special because when it goes off, it plays radio for 8 mins, then beeps very loudly.
This is awesome because I set the radio to a relatively low volume and this wakes me gently about 99.9% of the time & I get 8mins to wake up enough to get around to switching the alarm off, avoiding the traumatic beeping :smile:
If I'm very tired & sleep through the radio, wake then doze off again or the radio station is having transmission issues, I get blasted by a shocking beep that never fails to get an immediate response.
I know of lots of people who have issues with waking to their alarms because they need that extra few minutes of rest before getting up & they sleep through radio/beeping or wind up switching it off by reflex then immediately falling asleep again.
So does anyone know of a modern alarm with the same feature?
Would it be likely that I could take it to some sort of electronics specialist & get it overhauled/rebuilt/replicated at reasonable cost?
I can't find any reference at all to this model on the internet
(The thread search thingie found this thread but I don't really want to go ressurecting a 5+yr old thread... & it didn't seem like anyone knew of such an alarm as mine there)
I have this old clock radio that my mother bought for me at a garage sale when I was a school kid, its possibly my most treasured possession because it has the best alarm I've ever heard of & keeps impeccable time.
It was already possibly 15 years old & quite decrepid when I got it nearly 20 years ago.
I think I've kept it in relatively good condition & its not showing any particular indications of having issues but I'm really starting to get concerned about how I will cope when it finally dies
Other alarms I'm aware of either only beep, only play radio or have the option of either radio or beep, with or without volume increasing over time.
My alarm is special because when it goes off, it plays radio for 8 mins, then beeps very loudly.
This is awesome because I set the radio to a relatively low volume and this wakes me gently about 99.9% of the time & I get 8mins to wake up enough to get around to switching the alarm off, avoiding the traumatic beeping :smile:
If I'm very tired & sleep through the radio, wake then doze off again or the radio station is having transmission issues, I get blasted by a shocking beep that never fails to get an immediate response.
I know of lots of people who have issues with waking to their alarms because they need that extra few minutes of rest before getting up & they sleep through radio/beeping or wind up switching it off by reflex then immediately falling asleep again.
So does anyone know of a modern alarm with the same feature?
Would it be likely that I could take it to some sort of electronics specialist & get it overhauled/rebuilt/replicated at reasonable cost?
I can't find any reference at all to this model on the internet
(The thread search thingie found this thread but I don't really want to go ressurecting a 5+yr old thread... & it didn't seem like anyone knew of such an alarm as mine there)