Graham,
I have had pretty good luck with a Grundig Yachtboy YB400. I got
mine on eBay for 50 dollars. It is a paperback book sized portable
that uses six AA batteries. on 160 and the HF frequencies it operates
on USB, LSB, AM and I guess with the BFO, CW however I have not used
it for that mode because like you, I have only used it for RFI and ham
AM and SSB reception. It has a jack for headphones, external power,
and antenna. It is a pretty good rx for its size and cost. It has
two antennas, a loopstick antenna for AM broadcast band and a 90 cm
telescoping antenna for everything else. My only annoyance is it
automatically switches to the telescoping antenna when I tune it above
1710 KHz so the loop antenna is not used on 160 m. The loop antenna
is much better for direction finding so that is a pity. But, I just
found out yesterday that Grundig makes an external loop antenna that
has several turns, 10 or 15 on a circle that is about 23 cm diameter.
it has a jack for a wire to a receiver and a peak adjustment (a
capacitor I assume). This could be connected to the YB400 through its
antenna jack. The Grundig loop antenna is available here at Radio
Shack chain stores for $40. Of course making your own small receive
loop antenna is always an option.
73
Rob
K5UJ
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