Grundig was, at one time, a very hi-end consumer radio manufacturer. I don;t know if they're still hi-end, but their retail prices wouldn;t suggest so (IF that means anything). I've had at least one Grundig radio, maybe two through the years.

The real market (IF there is a SW market anymore) has pretty much been taken over by Eton / Grundig, Sangean, ICOM, Kaito, and Yaesu.

I have a Sangean ATS-505 AM/FM Longwave/Shortwave that's pretty nice and yet compact. I think it sold for a little over $100 during Christmas 2006.

The way to go now though, I would think, is a portable XM satellite radio, with a modest but decent LW/SW as backup.

I've been a big fan of AM radio for many years, if not decades. As long as they're broadcasting, I get my fill of pol....ooops, almost said the P-word!!!!!!, I mean soci.....oooops, almost said the S-word, I mean....well, I like to listen to it. In a traumatized society like one day may happen, satellite and SW would be better alternatives to AM because world news would be so important (and you would still be able to get any local AM broadcasting).