Hello..
I would like advice for buying a new shortwave radio (price range at or
under 100 $ US). My main interest is to get good reception for stations in
English and French from Canada and western Europe (I live in Northeastern
US).

so here are specific questions:
1) what are the features to look for? is the external attenna jack really
important? What makes some radios better than others?

2) Can you give me feed back on the Grundig Yacht Boy 300? I have seen it
advertized for 80 dollars through Radioshack.com. Looks interesting..is it
good?

3) I have an old short wave radio right now (10 + years old) and the
reception fades in and out a lot. Is that to be expected on short wave or do
just the older radios do that?

4) any specific reccommendations on a SW radio to buy?

All feed back appreciated! This is my first post in this group!