On Apr 13, 10:13 pm, "Von Fourche" wrote:
I'm thinking of going after a Kenwood shortwave receiver on e-bay. Back
when I got into
shortwave radio during the mid 1990's I always wanted a Kenwood R-5000.
Well, after buying two great portables, a Grundig Yacht Boy 400 and the
famous Sony ICF-2010, I never went after a Kenwood.

Anyway, I stopped listening to shortwave four or five years ago. Now I
noticed that Kenwood radios are discontinued and are popping up on e-bay.

So, are Kenwood radios worth going after for shortwave? And will they
let me pick up the small stations in Africa that I could never get with my
portables?

Thanks!

Yes, Kenwood made it's last shortwave radio the best ever made by that
company. The R5000 is a compact package with four mode selectable
filters (two standard), tuning down to 10hz, an excellent notch
filter, IF shift, 99 memories, computer control port, etc. And it
delivers excellent quality audio. Kenwood has unfortunately been out
of the shortwave receiver business for several years now.

The R2000 and R1000 are a couple of steps down but competent
receivers. They are about equal in performance.