I’ll mention that the abilities of cheap shortwave radios have never been better. The new Countycomm GP-7 SSB https://countycomm.com/collections/radio/products/

I’ll mention that the abilities of cheap shortwave radios have never been better. The new Countycomm GP-7 SSB https://countycomm.com/collections/radio/products/countycomm-gp-5-ssb-general-purpose-radio https://countycomm.com/collections/radio/products/countycomm... is under $100 and fits in your hand. It supports SSB modulation, so you can listen to utility and ham radio transmissions as well as AM used by broadcasters. It's one of the neatest shortwave receivers out there. (I don't own it, but I do own the predecessor, along with several other HF receivers.)