To address GOM's comments about HF portables, there are quite a few out there worth mentioning, even if they have their own foibles- Sangean's ATS909x2, Tecsun's H-501, PL880, PL660 are all worthy performers in their own right. But there's one that everyone seems to miss, and sad to say, it's the last we will see of these any time soon - the Belka DX. I had heard that there was a Belka One (or a similar name) under development, but with the War, I think it's safe to say we won't hear from that developer for quite a while, if ever again. I hope that I'm proven wrong, as from all reports, that little box did a stellar job especially for its price point.
Of course these are all current models. There were several older portables and a couple of portatops by Drake (the SW4A -especially after the passband tuning was replaced- and the Eton E1 in which Drake had a hand) that were real go getters in their own right
Mike