Aloha! Does anyone know anything about shortwave or world band radios? I'm looking to get a portable one for my father for Christmas. He grew up on radios and still loves listening to radio programs. He used to have a small/portable shortwave/world band radio but hasn't worked in quite some time.
I've done some online research but I thought I'd ask BLF for some info and/or experience on these radios. I know absolutely nothing about this so any help/info/experience would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Thanks guys. He has a laptop but it's a little bit too overwhelming for him sometimes. He doesn't even use it anymore. I'd like to get a shortwave or world band radio that has a manual tuning knob instead of a digital tuner. The one I've been looking at is the Sangean ATS-909 but am open to any other suggestions.
Hmm... it seems all the Grundigs et al are now made by Tecsun anyway.
If you're feeling a tad adventurous, you might want to try the new PL-606 DSP radio. Very inexpensive, uses the latest tech, and supposedly quite good.