ngu wrote in :

My experience with SW so far is limited to inexpensive analogue tuning
radio and a dirt cheap Kaide KK959.

I have had the 909 since it came out and and I like it a lot back then I
was traveling alot and I wanted reliable information rather than the local
tv and music radio. I had been a ham back then too but did not have a
transmiter with me so I used the SSB portion of the radio to listem to the
hams chating ;-) ! I ran it off of batteries and had a long wire I droped
out of the hotel room window! Not the best setup but it worked!
John