wrote:

Well I could get an "all wonder" radio but it would cost me a
pretty penny. So what I am going to do for now is either buy a
inexpensive "GE Superadio III" or C. Crane for good AM reception.

Actually there are some cheap, inexpensive and fairly high quality
radios out there for just a couple bux to get your feet wet with.

If I were you I'd go to a bookstore (or library) and get "Passport to
World Band Radio 2005" before making *any* short wave purchase.

Their web site is:

http://www.passband.com

Notable articles:

o How to choose a radio:

http://www.passband.com/pdf_files/HowToChoose.pdf

o Getting started in World Band radio:

http://www.passband.com/pdf_files/GettingStarted.pdf


For cheap and (realatively) good quality, There are a number of Degen
radios to choose from. You aren't getting the best, but some of these
are $20 wonders.

The Superradio III has a far better reputation than the C. Crane,
despite its somewhat dowdy appearance.

Once you've decided you want to go further, don't skimp on quality --
buy a good one.

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By now there have been enough posters to let you know that the
SW1/SW2/SW3/SW4 breakdown of tuning on an *analog* short wave radio is
just a design convenience for the engineer who built it rather than
some defined separation. MW, medium-wave, is what the rest of the
world calls AM. (More accurately, MW broadcast band.) PS, as one
poster put it, probably means public service and is probably useless
on an analog radio (as opposed to a modern, trunk-tracking scanner).
Unless you live in a VERY small town, you won't get much use out of
that.

Good luck and keep us posted.



--
Eric F. Richards

"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940