Hi All, On the bottom end of the portable receiver curve, the little
yachtboy400 and or 400PE by Grundig's a simple 40memory easily settable
decent lw-mw-sw-fm portable, the little Kaito KA1102's a nice very little
190 memory digital SW FM AM, with bfo, surprisingly decent cheapy that comes
with rechargeable bats, charger, and all.  Then There are several receivers
Sony makes with the 7600 model number.  1, I've read described as the 7600A,
and bought one of that deliniation by mistake, is an older, "Banded SWL
receiver, same size and similar layout to the other 7600 radios, it has no
bfo and does have a tuning knob, but is not digital at all and is strictly
an older swl-am-fm-lw portable, but a good one.
Then there is the 7600D, european version and it's also called, I think the
7600.  and may also be called something else like the 2002 or something
similar.  It's digital, has only nine memories and no synch detection,
pretty good radio, hard on bats, but only uses four AAs, as do all the
7600s.
The 7600G, is synch detected, has twenty memories, and a pretty dynamite
little/same size as the others, portable, then the 7600GR, has more memories
and is also synch detectored.
Another radio you might consider is the sony sw100 a 2 AA shirt pocket
clamshell type radio, synch detectored and a very good little set/though
expensive.  If buying a 7600, make sure you know which one you're getting.
They will all tune the LW band, lmore or less 150-400 or so, and tuning and
memory setting are easy.  the nine memory unit goes used for anywhere from
fifty to eighty, the G can go from fifty to a hundred and twenty, and the
GR, usually more.  The sw100 goes from 150 to three hundred depending on
what shape and what accessories.  Suggest you go to the universal radio site
and check out their comparative review of short wave receivers, pretty
revealing.  Appreciate all you guys and gals, dd.