[8] Where online can I get more information on mobile SW radios? Google's archives of rec.radio.shortwave can get you started: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=rec.radio.shortwave So can these websites for radios with shortwave coverage: Car Radios: (to mount on-, under- or in-dash) www.anarc.org/naswa/issues/0597/equip0597.html www.motobras.com.br/Automotivos_esp.htm www.angelfire.com/ia/lfb/ Palm-sized, Belt-clippable Radios: (esp. recommended for bikers) www.universal-radio.com/catalog/widerxvr/1005.html Boom-boxes: (mobile noise pollution generators) (4 x 2 W) www.yousifi.com.kw/cd-radio-cassette.php (RX-CT650) www.motobras.com.br/Gravador_esp.htm (2x1.2 W) The websites in brackets are for radios that can tune in emergency transmissions in SSB-mode. However, they cost at least twice as much as the others listed (esp. for the car radio category where you must buy a transceiver in order to get SSB-demodulation capability) and tend to hold their values well on the used market. _________________________________________________________________ optimised for screen reading in pine