Brian Denley wrote:
With reference to short-wave listening, a
newcomer who just wanted
to listen to the BBC, RCI, and The Power Hour would be quite happy
with a Grundig S350 or even a Grundig Yacht Boy 206 for $25 from
ebay. At least he has some evidence that the models on my list are
not prone to break down. I am sure that some of the new Chinese
radios represent good value but I have not had any first-hand
experience with them and they have not been on the market long enough
to determine their service life.

The S350 is is giant step backward in shortwave receivers. The Sony 7600
blows it away in technology and performance for the money.
And I still can't find the word 'inexpensive' in your original post. We are
seeing a lot of lower quality chinese knockoffs of late but (thankfully)
nothing at crude as the 350.

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We will just have to disagree. I think that you should read the whole
thread before making a critical post. For example, I wonder how you
could make a critical post that had any merit on , say, the 272 posts
on IBOC of Mar 2 2006 without carefully reading the whole thread.

There are some who agree with your opinion that the Grundig S350 is a
poor radio. But not many. I would refer you to eham where the great
majority of the 48 reviews were favourable.
www.eham.net/reviews/detail/3112. This review would also be of
interest to S350 owners as some of the posts have operating tips and
modifications.