I am still a broadcast band DX hound.  I started at about age 6 with a 
crystal set in the shape of a little red rocket ship listening by clipping 
the ground aligater clip on anything I figured was going to ground.  Got one 
station, of course.  We used to stand outside in the freezing cold at the 
Nebraska School for the Blind, with our radios pressed up against a light 
pole behind the school building because the close proximity help increase 
signal strength.  We could copy X E R F just over the Mexican border and 
loved listening to Wolf man Jack.  He did a year of broadcasting here in 
Denver in his later years.  I about fell off my chair when I heard him 
locally one day years ago.  Anyhow, My Icom 7000 is a super broadcast band 
receiver.  All the features, notch filter, DSP, crystal filters, etc.. and 
the 3 levels of pre-amp settings work, too, so plugging in all those 
frequencies of favorit stations makes it easy tuning, not to mention the QSY 
er used to tap in the frequencies.  Changing frequency increments, point 
one, point 01 and point 001 helps fine tuning and the 3 levels of Amplitude 
modulation makes a big difference as well.  It is still fun to tune the 
bands and now even below 500 KHz.

Phil.
K0NX