m II schrieb:

The segmentation of the shortwave bands on these type of radios has
bugged me for a long time. I think it would be cheaper for them just to
put in full coverage to 30 Mhz. That would eliminate the sliding band
select switch and probably simplify the circuitry.

Any ideas as to WHY they do things the way they do?

Prolly tuned front end circuits to help against overload and images.
Strong signal handling would probably be absolutely inacceptable
otherwise.

Stephan
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