David wrote:

It is certainly a fine radio, but its a scanner.
as far as the HF is concerned, i find the yb400pe and the sony7600gr much
better for sw and they are portables. only costing 100-140 bucks
Rikk


Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaalllllllyyyyyyyyyyyy..... ...

http://www.strongsignals.net/access/...= 038#HF_PERF


Where they say:

After digesting the section 4 contents you'll get the undeniable feeling
that the RD500 is primarily an HF receiver (which is a direct result of
its original design as an HF receiver) which we'll get into later.