"SR" wrote in message
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I mostly use my Sony ICF-2010 for swling.
This afternoon, I bought MT mag, I hope that in the future they could
explain some of these things in 'Beginner's Corner'.

You might like to read the book Shortwave Listening Guidebook by Harry
Helms. It gives a nice general explanation of the basics about receiver
features and other SW topics. I'm reading a copy from my local library as I
just got my first SW radio yesterday (Sony ICF-SW7600GR).