Reply #30: Well, it was for me, at the time.

[Senior citizen]

I paid about $150 and the most expensive radio I'd ever had before was $20.00. But for $20 I could listen to Limpballs, and for $150 I got Ray, so it was definitely worth it.

Nowadays I use it to listen to my local pirate stations. I don't have the aerial that came with it up, but the little extension aerial works fine if I point it in the right direction.

This one is shortwave, so I can get radio Canada and Australia, but I'm in San Diego and can't get most Los Angeles stations. Maybe I just don't know where to look for them, or I'd need the other aerial. I had it run up the mast and left it on the boat when I sold the boat and moved ashore. They're pretty cheap though--I think it was about $15.