I agree with the other responses. It is ok for the beach and camping. I
brought mine out west when camping last summer for over a month. The band
selector fell off halfway through the trip and I had to use a paper clip to
switch bands. It did fine picking up many FM, AM and SW signals, but no DX
machine. Also, it is analog, so
frequencies are difficult to estimate exactly. But, in a way I was less
worried over the radio as it cost just $10, not $350....so I didn't worry
much about losing or dropping it during the trip.
"Lungshot1" wrote in message
...
What is the deal with this cheap radio? Is it any good or am I just
throwing
away $10 on a piece of junk?

I am not looking for anything fancy in shortwave....just something that
has
decent sound and can pull in shortwave bands for occasional listening and
amusement.

Ed