On Jan 1, 6:05 pm, "mc" wrote:
Sony makes a car stereo system that includes shortwave radio. How well does
it perform? Would I actually be able to hear at least the major
international outlets (BBC, RCI, etc.) while driving across town?

I'm a ham and have been an avid SWL in the past -- away from it recently --
but am also a linguist and would like to hear various languages regularly
(including something in Spanish with more intellectual content than the
local hit parade, or whatever it is). I understand that this radio would
not be for serious DXing.

Any experiences? Thanks.

I saw the specs once. You would not be impressed. If you are just
going to listen to the BBC, then satellite would be your answer. From
a shortwave perspective, Sirius is better than XM. XM just has the
BBC.

Kenwood made a small DIN sized DC to daylight radio, with daylight
somewhere around 900Mhz. The last one I saw on ebay was being sold by
RadioMart (TM). I recall it was rare and most excellent. ;-)