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Where can I get an inexpensive shortwave radio?

You can use the internet to locate stores that sell shortwave radios and then go see them in person. Your budget of $50 is extremely limited and will likely only get you a non digital portable receiver. You can get some digital tuned radios for about this price but these are not going to thunderous in performance. You can see a popular one here: It goes for about $60. Portables are fine for camping but often are found to be limited in performance and are often prone to suffer from interference w...

Where can I get an inexpensive shortwave radio?

You can use the internet to locate stores that sell shortwave radios and then go see them in person. Your budget of $50 is extremely limited and will likely only get you a non digital portable receiver. You can get some digital tuned radios for about this price but these are not going to thunderous in performance. You can see a popular one here: It goes for about $60. Portables are fine for camping but often are found to be limited in performance and are often prone to suffer from interference w...

What is actually "Shortwave" Radio?

Shortwave radio generally refers to a band of frequencies between about 2 MHz and 30 MHz. The special thing about these frequencies is that they can be used to transmit signals for very long distances. Under the right conditions, signals can be heard from around the world. You need a special type of radio to receive these frequencies, and costs range from under a $100 US to more than $2,000 US. If you have a shortwave radio, you can listen to commercial shortwave broadcasters, amateur radio, uti...

What is actually "Shortwave" Radio?

Shortwave radio generally refers to a band of frequencies between about 2 MHz and 30 MHz. The special thing about these frequencies is that they can be used to transmit signals for very long distances. Under the right conditions, signals can be heard from around the world. You need a special type of radio to receive these frequencies, and costs range from under a $100 US to more than $2,000 US. If you have a shortwave radio, you can listen to commercial shortwave broadcasters, amateur radio, uti...

Where can I get an inexpensive shortwave radio?

You can use the internet to locate stores that sell shortwave radios and then go see them in person. Your budget of $50 is extremely limited and will likely only get you a non digital portable receiver. You can get some digital tuned radios for about this price but these are not going to thunderous in performance. You can see a popular one here: It goes for about $60. Portables are fine for camping but often are found to be limited in performance and are often prone to suffer from interference w...

I want a radio that has more stations than just my regular AM/FM portable radio?

If you live in a metropolitan area like Chicago - New York - Miami - even smaller cities too. Then HD Radio might interest you , and they have table top radios for the home and also Car Radios . Quality is good as long as your close to the transmitter and some radio is comercial free. Shortwave Radio can be fun too , Radio shack has some decent entry level radios ,sound quality is not as good as FM , sometimes it sounds as good as AM but mostly it fades in and out and interference is normal. som...