John,

I miss my Panasonic RF-B65. Great portable. They are impossible to find. You can pay top dollar but risk them breaking down and it is not worth it. The SDR units from today are seriously hit or miss. Also a lot of "muting" when switching SW frequencies.

The Sangean have degraded through the years. Tecsun are overpriced, massively and the QC is not there. (AC adapter totally has no insulation so they interfere like crazy with the radio). The Chinese SDR's are dime a dozen, vary in quality, unit to unit, along with what I stated above.

Z