Yes -- receiver reviews from Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, at URL:
http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/m...s/rx_curr.html

You will be a lot better off with a outdoor antenna than a whip

Whips are usually part of the radio -- mine is 4 foot high

The best radio in the world won't pick up beans without a good antenna

Whips will pull in the strong ones if conditions are right.

See CC Crane for a roll up 23 foot antenna

http://www.ccrane.com/shortwave-antenna.aspx
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"cj" wrote in message
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i thinking about $200 tops. is there a website i can browse with all the
brands/models? also, when you say whip antenna how big of a whip?
thanks, cj

DesignGuy wrote:
"cj" wrote in message
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greetings, i am trying to help my mom receive the german radio program
deutche welle. she has a portable short-wave radio, type, model unknown,
but apparently there is a ton of static and such. i'm thinking her radio
is rather old so if i were to buy a new unit can anyone recommend any
brands? she lives in the ozark mountains but at a rather high elevation
so i dont think interference from surrounding mountains will be an
issue. she wants a radio that she can move around the house. also, will
she need a large antenna?
any help/info is appreciated


You didn't say how much you were wanting to spend, but the Grundig S350
is a
really nice portable with decent sound and digital readout. It uses a
whip
antenna so no outside antenna should be necessary.