I like the Grundig FR 200. I read a number of reviews at Amazon.com, they seemed mixed but I went ahead anyway. I figured you couldn't go too wrong for 40 bucks delivered to your door...

Results after the first week are pretty good on all bands, the radio surpassed my expectations. I'm able to get a few low power FMs that I'm on the fringe of without a problem, AM is AM, I get all the nearby "big" stations as well as the locals and the shortwave is pretty good for commercial high power stations, I can get a station in Maine I listen to on the weekend better than on my more expensive Panasonic with both using the attached whips.

The FM band does have some limitations, strong nearby signals can overload the radio a bit and appear in multiple places on the dial but this has not been an issue to me, I tune carefully and make sure I'm set at 93 if that's where I want to listen. The shortwave tuning is a bit touchy, careful tuning is necessary and the dial does have a bit of backlash, but it's not an issue for me.

Considering the cost of a Baygen crank/solar AM only from the "old days" which was also twice the size-I think it's a pretty good deal.

Available from Radio Shack or Amazon.com on-line amongst other places...

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