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Title: Excellent beginner's SW
Review: I've had a Grundig YB400PE radio for several years, and it has become my bedside alarm/radio. The SW performance is pretty good out of the box, and the unit ships with a retractable longwire that can help improve reception. It does receive SSB transmissions, but does not have a selector to specify LSB vs. USB...you have to compensate with the fine-tune knob. This is probably the greatest weakness of the radio, along with the almost useless (in SW) scan function. An adjustable squelch or carrier detect would be nice......I have successfully received RTTY and WEFAX transmissions using this radio and my Mac, so if you are interested in utility monitoring this is a cheap way to get started. You'll need a computer and software, of course.......
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