I can't say that has been my experience. I listen to the BBC for hours.
Look, it's an analog radio. It's not like a Drake R8 or something like that.
If you're into digital tuning, the S350/BCL2000 probably won't satisfy you.
But it's an outstanding medium-sized portable for the price.
Pete

"Jay Heyl" wrote in message
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I view the BCL-2000 as an outstanding MW portable at a great price. The
fact that it also tunes SW is a big plus, but SW is not its best
feature. If you mostly want to tune around the SW bands to see what you
can find and occasionally do some casual listening, you might be happy
with it. If you want to tune in the BBC and listen for an hour or two,
you would probably do better with something else. If the latter is the
case, the Degen/Kaito 1102 has been getting some good reviews. You might
also want to check ebay for a used DX-398 (rebadged Sangean ATS-909).
They've been going for $100-$125 recently.

-- Jay