Thanks for the tip. I just looked it up and noticed that you can hook up an external atenna as well. That would work well considering that I am in the basement. Hopefully an Onkyo will do what I need but this Grundig looks like it could be a fun toy all on its own. I haven't listened to SW in 20+ years (when I lived in Nebraska). Are you able to pickup much on SW nowadays or is the amount of interference in a metropolitan area pretty much limit its usefulness?