James,

Becker produced a SW auto radio but I believe that they have discontinued
it. Regardless you may be able to find a used one - there was one on ebay
not to long ago. The model is the Mexico 2340. I have one, I use the stock
car aerial and I'm very happy with it. Its easy to operate, has ten SW
presets, very good audio, good scan function and even has reasonable
sensitivity on Longwave ! It has no sideband capability though.
An amateur transceiver is also a good way to go however be aware that the
audio on these rigs is often underpowered and restricted. I have an Icom
706 MKIIG which of course covers all of the SW spectrum with sideband and
then some but the audio on this model is "constipated"- there is a
noticeable rolloff of the low and high ends of the audio spectrum.

Good Luck with your search and let us know what you buy and how you like it.

(I've included the 2340 specs here. Shortwave coverage is divided up into
bands for the scan function but the radio actually has continuous coverage
from 5900 to 15700 khz)

John

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Mexico 2340

a.. Tuner: AM, FM, LW, SW (6 Band), 70 station presets (30x FM, 10x FM
Autostore, 10x AM, 10x LW, 10x SW).
b.. Tuning bands:
a.. AM: 531 kHz - 1602 kHz
b.. FM: 87.5 MHz - 108.0 MHz
c.. LW: 153 kHz - 282 kHz
d.. SW:
a.. 49m band 5900 kHz - 6250 kHz
b.. 41m band 7100 kHz - 7550 kHz
c.. 31m band 9300 kHz - 10000 kHz
d.. 25m band 11500 kHz - 12100 kHz
e.. 22m band 13600 kHz - 13800 kHz
f.. 19m band 15000 kHz - 15700 kHz
c.. Cassette: Full-logic drive, programme / scan search, autoreverse,
Dolby® B + C.
d.. Audio: 4 x 20W maximum output, 4 x 15 W RMS (4 Ohms), separate treble
/ bass and fader control, dual pre-outputs (750 mV @ 22 kOhms) for
amplifier, user specific programming option.
e.. Other: ETC Easy to Control softkey menu operation, LCD multicolour
display (fadeable red to orange to green), removable fascia display panel
with case, security code, DIN-ISO connection (supplied with loom), remote
control.
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"James Boyk" wrote in message
...
Sorry to ask what must be a perennial question, but is a car radio now
available
for US market