Mike Donahue wrote:

i recently acquired a grundig yacht boy 400 and am quite frustrated as i
can find almost nothing interesting on it! does anyone have any advice
to help me get started?


It's hard to reply, when we don't know what it is you are looking for.
SW radio (and the Yacht Boy 400 is an above-average portable) is for
listening mostly to broadcasts from foreign countries, because you are
interested in their slant on the news, either in their native language,
or in their English broadcasts (few *don't* have an English-language
broadcast)or because you like to see from how far away you can get
reception/ID on a station, or because you like (fill in blank) type of
music, and want to hear it from it's native source, or because you get a
kick (or maybe even inspiration) from listening to the religious
broadcasters, who are all over the shortwave bands 24 hours a day. I
have to repeat: What is it you are looking for on SW?

There are many internet sites with a wealth of information, as well as
book publications and the like. Start "from scratch" and in six months
you'll have a good idea of what's out there, how SW works, and the
particular areas you want to devote more time to.

Tony