Thanks, what's the advantage of SSB?

"snow" wrote in message
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: Sangean sell some decent portables under $100. If you want SSB with it you
: may have to spend upto $150. For excellant audio you can't go wrong with a
: Grundig YB400, but it will cost close to $150 new. A Grundig YB300 without
: SSB and decent audio goes for $100 and under, so some good choices out
: there. Check places like Amazon.com, Universal Radio, Grove Enterprises
: websites. Amazon tends to have specials on shortwave radios.

: Pavel wrote in message
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: I am new to shortwave. The wife and I are looking for a decent sounding
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: reception wise short-wave radio that can pick up Canada and USA and
other
: international stations while travelling to places like Eastern Europe,
: Mexico - (Eastern) Yucatan, Caribbean
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: Radio Shack has many but with a maximum of 5 bands? We don't want to
: shell
: out more than $100. Is that possible? Oh, I should also say that our
: success with used products is not very good. So, we should buy new.
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: Thanks for any advice that you may have.
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