Journeyman, all my long life I longed for a Grundig radio. I considered them the Rolls Royce of short wave radios. Well, I ordered one for thirty something dollars and the quality of it was something akin to what you might get in Cracker Jacks. I was out the return postage but I couldn't get rid of it quickly enough! Maybe if I had spent more for one of the high end models it would have had better quality but this one stunk! <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />