Universal recently announced that they are again selling the AOR AR7030
Plus which is very good news.

I do not want to get into an argument and I recognize that we all have
our favorites, however, it is my opinion that the AR7030 Plus is
positively the finest short wave radio ever designed and it is
certainly the best model under $2000. If you have or can get the 2005
edition of PASSPORT TO WORLD BAND RADIO, take a look at its
specifications on page 168. They are even better, in some key aspects,
than the "professional" Ten-Tec or Watkins-Johnson which cost far more.
Numbers certainly do not tell all, but you cannot ignore them either.

I hope, however, that the Drake R8B and, especially, the Grundig
Satellit 800 are not discontinued. It would seem to me that, at least
in the case of the Grundig, there is still considerable demand. I do
not understand why Eton does not put some advertsing money into it;
after all, its development costs have been amortized by now so each
sale is pure profit.

Best,

Joe