Agreed, go for a SR II. I lucked out last month and found a near mint one for the same price of $5. I did not know much at all about this radio, I am into old transistor radios. but when I got it home, cleaned off the dust and turned it on just as it turned dark outside, "wow" is all I can say as I slowly tuned accross the AM band, FM is great too.

Gary KY8M