"Buzzygirl" wrote in message
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Hi there,

You might want to pick up a copy of the Passport to World Band
Radio. The
2006 edition is out now, I think (someone correct me if I'm wrong
here). You
can find it at Barnes & Noble or Amazon. It lists all kinds of
shortwave
radio shows, many of which contain programs of special interest and
music
from all over the world. There are a lot of news programs on
shortwave, but
there is a lot of other interesting stuff too.

It usually comes out in October, unless they changed
their schedule this year.

As far as cheapo shortwave radios that perform decently, check out
the Degen
DE-1103 or Degen DE-1102 (a/k/a Kaito KA-1103 and Kaito KA-1102).
You can
find these on eBay, and the seller with the best service and prices
is
Liypn. Do an advanced search and check out his store, V-COM
Collections.
These radios go for less than $50 each and Liypn is an excellent
seller.

Of course, you could pay a lot more and get a lot better radio that
would
allow you to hook up an outdoor antenna and pull in really exotic,
faint
signals, but since you indicate you were looking for something
cheap, I
recommend both of these radios for their price/performance ratio.

Personally, I'd advice an inexpensive radio that's not
something for the junk pile (like the Coby model).
If you like it, you can spring for something better. If
you don't, you're only out $50 bucks or so.

Beware, however; you can get bitten pretty hard by
the bug and you'll end up spending copious time
and money on it if not careful. I suppose that it's
money better spent than hanging out at the bars, tho.

--Mike L.