Shortwave listening used to be the gateway drug for many hams. That's the reason for the apparent overlap. Receivers of this type are pretty useless on the ham

Shortwave listening used to be the gateway drug for many hams. That's the reason for the apparent overlap. Receivers of this type are pretty useless on the ham bands. You can't even connect a proper antenna to it (technically you can, but the unit would struggle with overload issues). 73s, dg3mg