I think everyone should have at least one of these to be able to know what is going on in the world. http://www.amazon.com/Kaito-KA1102-S...532220&sr=1-21

Even though there are not all the stations there used to be there are enough SW stations out there that one would be able to have a clue what was going on. Us old guys grew up with SW as a way to learn about the world outside of our backyard.