I have owned three of these radios.  They once performed well, especially distant AM reception.  The present version of this radio hardly performs any better than your average $10 radio.  At times, the Am reception from distant cities can be good.  But try to listen to a baseball game from a station only 35 miles away, and you have to correct the drift about every two minutes.  My wife saw my frustration one night, turned on the cheap table top radio and sure enough it held the station and had a better sound.