Anyone got any suggestions as to whether there have been any developments in
short-wave radio technology in the last few years which mandate looking for
some specific radio please? I accidentally broke the display on my YB400,
which never actually picked up many stations at all in any event. Only VERY
local god-spots. I always suspected some problem with its factory set-up.
The scan function would just spin past perfectly strong stations for no
apparent reason. And I use it in the dark and when I DID find some station,
setting the memory is (to me) a nightmare. In the dark, switching between
bands is virtually impossible. Worst of all, using it with headphones is an
even worse nightma It pushes out a painful pressure wave into your ear
every time it stops!!

Has any other company ever developed any proper seek function on short wave
or does anyone think that the YB500 actually picks up stations any better
than this one does? It doesn't bother with any sort of seek function,
preferring to stop every second or so in the hope of picking up at least
something!