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You might want to find an older 80 - 10m ham transceiver and just reduce the power to 5W. In that price range though it might be difficult. I would search (not necessarily buy) on EBay for the radio type you're seeking then click on "Completed" or "Sold" listings to see what the ...

I don't know which is best but I've used a W6LVP loop indoors and it worked well for me on shortwave. See my response in another post on this site. Good luck, hope you find what you need.

I've used a W6LVP loop in the past and was very pleased with the performance. Attached is a photo of it (from a few years ago) in the shack installed on a tripod with an RCA rotor. Eventually I moved the antenna outdoors for even better reception. It's an active antenna with a preamp. Don't know wha...

Good question Jock and many nice responses with some very handsome radios. This is not per se a SW receiver, it's an IFR 1200S service monitor that works pretty well on HF. After owning more shortwave radios than socks over the past 60 years this one fills my needs for an overabundance of analog dia...

Definitely worldwide Volmet stations. They give me an idea of band conditions at a particular time of day.