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DJ wrote:
Have a friend who listens to tape delayed BBC broadcasts on local FM
station. Would like to get him an inexpensive ($100 or less) shortwave
radio so he can hear the real deal live. He won't install a secondary
antenna, so a unit with a good antenna is a must. Digital tuning (ie, the
ability to see the frequency) would be nice, too. He is in northern Indiana,
USA. Thanks for any tips/advice.

The sad fact is that the BBC has, in just the last year or two, cut out
shortwave broadcasting aimed at North America and you can't get reliable
reception of a lot of the programs in their schedule.

For example, the only time I can pick up their "World of Music", a
half hour of world music by Charlie Gillett is in the dead of
night on a frequency (15360 kHz, from Singapore, aimed at Japan) that
will quit working as the seasons change.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident